Name: Secrets of the Dead
Genre: Documentary

Secrets Of The Dead Episode 14.01 Ben Franklin’s Bones

Secrets Of The Dead Episode 14.01 Ben Franklin’s Bones

Episode Premiere

January 28, 2015

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Thirteen

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/

Information

Episode Premiere

January 28, 2015

Genre

Documentary

Period

2000 -

Production Co

Thirteen

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/

Cast and Crew

Director

Kate Thomas-Couth

Additional Cast

Jay O. Sanders

Synopsis

In November 1997, when the skeletal remains of at least 28 bodies were unearthed in the basement of an elegant townhouse, police feared it was the work of a serial killer. But when research indicated the bones actually dated to the mid-1700s, the implications became even more dramatic. This was no ordinary house: 36 Craven Street was the former residence of one of the most important men in American history, Benjamin Franklin. Could the unthinkable be possible? Could one of America’s most iconic figures have been responsible in some way for the bones in the basement?