Secrets in the Dark
Pirate Skeletons & Fairy Coffins
Season 1 Episode 1
Documentary shedding light on unusual discoveries made in the darkest places on Earth. This episode focuses on two separate, but geographically connected, historical finds in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 'fairy coffins' are 17 miniature coffins containing carved figures, discovered in 1836 on Arthur's Seat, with their exact purpose remaining a mystery. Separately, in 2016, a skeleton of a man, believed to be a 16th-century pirate, was found under a primary school playground near Newhaven Harbour
Secrets in the Dark airs on Sky History at 10:00 PM, Monday 22 September. (New, series, subtitles.)
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