Video: History Detectives
HISTORY DETECTIVES returns to explore the stories behind historic sites, artifacts and tall tales told in cities across the country, with the help of an inquisitive team of fact-finders with an uncanny talent for uncovering the truth.
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History Detectives | Season 9, Episode 1 | PBS (#901)
Full Program: Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon Shavings; Yakima Canutt Saddle 55:10
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History Detectives | John Adams Book | PBS (#707)
Do these pages open the book on a President who built a nation as his son fell into ruin? 16:43
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History Detectives | Booth Letter | PBS (#703)
Did the father of John Wilkes Booth threaten to assasinate the President? 17:33
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History Detectives | Navajo Rug | PBS (#704)
Why would a weaver depart from tradition to make this rug? 18:09
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History Detectives | Sideshow Babies | PBS (#704)
Was the owner of this cup once a four-pound sideshow exhibit? 16:50
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History Detectives | Tokyo Rose | PBS (#705)
Did this 1940s recording help convict the woman alleged to be a Japanese spy? 17:22
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History Detectives | Fillmore Pardon | PBS (#706)
Did President Fillmore pardon a Native American convicted of murder? 17:40
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History Detectives | Amelia Earhart Plane | PBS (#706)
Was this piece of metal ripped from one of the most famous missing planes in history? 17:31
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History Detectives | Liberia Letter | PBS (#708)
Does this letter help to trace one freed man's dream to return to Africa? 18:11
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History Detectives | George Washington Miniature | PBS (#807)
What is this portrait's surprising connection to the abolitionist White Matlack? 17:07
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History Detectives | WPA Mural Studies | PBS (#709)
Are these unusual paintings part of the biggest job creation program in America's history? 16:52
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History Detectives | Seadrome | PBS (#710)
Did floating airports dot the Atlantic before modern air travel? 16:30
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History Detectives | Civil War Bridge | PBS (#711)
Has a new discovery rewritten Civil War history? 15:41
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History Detectives | Scottsboro Boys Stamp | PBS (#711)
Did a penny stamp help save the Scottsboro Boys from the electric chair? 17:48
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History Detectives | Duke Ellington Plates | PBS (#805)
Are these plates the first edition of Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train"? 17:14
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History Detectives | Copperhead Cane | PBS (#802)
How did this cane inspire a fiery political movement that threatened Lincoln's presidency? 00:00
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History Detectives | Transatlantic Cable | PBS (#803)
How did this twisted fragment of metal spark a communications revolution? 16:26
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History Detectives | Baker's Gold | PBS (#803)
What role did these drawings play in one of the largest migrations in American history? 16:45
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History Detectives | Spybook | PBS (#804)
What does this little black book reveal about spying on the home front during World War I? 18:34
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History Detectives | Andrew Jackson's Mouth | PBS (#804)
How is this fragment connected a political protest in the 19th century? 16:03
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