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 the 'fairy coffins' - 17 miniature coffins containing carved figures, discovered in 1836 on Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, with their exact purpose remaining a mystery. Plus, how the 1717 wreck of Black Sam Bellamy's pirate ship Whydah Gally yielded treasure, skeletons and new insights into the hidden world of piracy from its watery grave off Massachusetts
Secrets in the Dark airs on Sky History HD at 10:00 PM, Monday 22 September. (New, series, subtitles.)
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