Secrets in the Dark

Science and the supernatural, focusing on the discovery of 17 'fairy coffins'

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