David Duchovny, a man eternally linked with shadowy government conspiracies thanks to a certain long-running sci-fi series, now steps into the non-fiction realm to guide us through actual, recently declassified government secrets. This week on “Secrets Declassified,” the focus shifts to “Black Sites” – those clandestine locations governments build to hide their most sensitive, and often unsettling, operations. Forget little green men for a moment; the reality presented here appears plenty strange on its own.
The episode points its lens at some particularly chilling examples drawn from newly available files. Prepare for a look inside a deadly poison laboratory reportedly operated by the Soviet Union’s chillingly nicknamed “Doctor Death.” The scope then expands to encompass a massive nuclear missile installation buried deep beneath the Greenland ice sheet – a Cold War relic of potentially catastrophic proportions. Back on US soil, the show examines the government’s own contingency planning, featuring a doomsday bunker constructed within a hollowed-out mountain, designed to ensure continuity in the face of disaster.
“Secrets Declassified” aims to move beyond speculation, grounding its narratives in documented evidence. Duchovny serves as our navigator through these formerly hidden corners of modern history, connecting the dots between official denial and the truths slowly emerging from government archives. This episode, centered on physical locations built for secrecy, examines the lengths nations go to conceal activities conducted in the name of national security, revealing the architecture of clandestine power.
“Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny” airs its “Black Sites” episode on History, Friday, April 11, 2025, at 10:03 PM ET/PT.
