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The Best Seasons of Secrets of the Dead

Every season of Secrets of the Dead ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Secrets of the Dead!

Top season: Season 7; 8.0avg
Best episode: S13E6 Dick Cavett's Watergate; 8.257 votes

Season 7

2 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2008

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Escape from Auschwitz 8.2

Season 22

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2024

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One) 8.2

Season 21

6 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2023

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Eiffel's Race to the Top 8.0

Other Seasons

Season 10

3 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2010

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Silver Pharaoh 7.8

Season 16

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2016

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Graveyard of the Giant Beasts 8.1

Season 20

7 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2022

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Last Days of Pompeii 8.1

Season 12

6 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2012

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Ultimate Tut 8.0

Season 4

6 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2003

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Blood Red Roses 8.5

Season 19

6 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2021

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Magellan’s Crossing 7.8

#10

Season 6

5 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2006

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Herculaneum Uncovered 8.1

#11

Season 15

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2015

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Jamestown's Dark Winter 7.9

#12

Season 1

5 Episodes

First Aired: May 2000

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Catastrophe (1) 8.4

#13

Season 14

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Ben Franklin’s Bones 7.6

#14

Season 23

4 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2025

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Queens of Combat 7.8

#15

Season 17

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE7 · World War Speed 7.9

#16

Season 3

6 Episodes

First Aired: May 2001

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · Bombing Nazi Dams 8.4

#17

Season 5

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2005

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · The Hunt for Nazi Scientists 8.2

#18

Season 18

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2019

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Viking Warrior Queen 8.2

#19

Season 9

6 Episodes

First Aired: May 2009

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Airmen and the Headhunters 7.6

#20

Season 13

7 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2013

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Dick Cavett's Watergate 8.2

#21

Season 8

4 Episodes

First Aired: May 2008

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Executed in Error 7.0

#22

Season 2

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2001

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Witches Curse 6.9

#23

Season 11

3 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2011

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · The World’s Biggest Bomb 7.3

#24

Season 24

2 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2026

N/A/ 10

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The Best Seasons of Secrets of the Dead

Season 7

Season 22

Season 21

Other Seasons

Season 10

Season 16

Season 20

Season 12

Season 4

Season 19

Season 6

Season 15

Season 1

Season 14

Season 23

Season 17

Season 3

Season 5

Season 18

Season 9

Season 13

Season 8

Season 2

Season 11

Season 24

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