Secrets of the dead | preview | ben franklin's bones | season 14 | episode 1

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- [Narrator] On "Secrets of the Dead"... - I saw what I believed to be the remains of more than one person. - Here was a house that had been occupied by Benjamin Franklin. -


[Narrator] But was Franklin himself responsible for these grisly remains? Scientists dig into the truth and reveal the dark underbelly of early medicine. - Body snatchers could bring in


bodies from the docks, from the graveyards, and into his anatomy school. - [Narrator] "Ben Franklin's Bones," on "Secrets of the Dead." [dramatic music]