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Secrets of the Dead
The Nero Files
Season 16
Episode 6
Take a closer look at the life and legend of Nero, the infamous Roman emperor, as a forensic profiler attempts to find out what history may have gotten wrong about his alleged tyranny.
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A fresh look at the flaws that led to the infamous Hindenburg disaster in 1937.