History Detectives
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Overview
A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."
11 seasons
Season 1
2003 · 10 episodes
Season 1
2003 · 10 episodes
Season 2
2004 · 12 episodes
Season 2
2004 · 12 episodes
- 1 1. Civil War Submarine / Red Cloud's Peace Pipe / Thomas Edison's House
- 2 2. Early Monopoly / Internment Artwork / Lewis and Clark Cane
- 3 3. Anti-Slavery Flag / Mail Order Brides / WWII Landing Craft
- 4 4. First Movie Studio / Hollywood: Warner's Lighter / King Kong Camera
- 5 5. Dueling Pistols / Little Big Horn Bayonet / Nesbit Portrait
- 6 6. Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot / Preston Brooks' Riding Crop / Revolutionary War Cannon
- 7 7. Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House
- 8 8. Bonnie & Clyde Bullets / George Washington Portrait / Revolutionary War Poem
- 9 9. Lost Gold Ship / John Hunt Morgan Saddle / Cesar Chavez Banner
- 10 10. Continental Army Muster Roll / Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium / Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun
- 11 11. Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque
- 12 12. Body in the Basement / Newport U-Boat / Shippen Golf Club
Season 3
2005 · 11 episodes
Season 3
2005 · 11 episodes
- 1 1. The Spirit of St. Louis
- 2 2. Black Star Line Certificates
- 3 3. Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons
- 4 4. Cherokee Bible
- 5 5. Portrait of George Washington
- 6 6. Secrets of the Tape
- 7 7. Doc Holliday's Watch
- 8 8. Hermann Goering's Shotgun
- 9 9. Coney Island Lion
- 10 10. Leisureama Homes
- 11 11. Home for Unwed Mothers
Season 4
2006 · 11 episodes
Season 4
2006 · 11 episodes
- 1 1. The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag
- 2 2. Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention
- 3 3. Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike
- 4 4. Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse’s Origin
- 5 5. U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis
- 6 6. Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering’s Shotgun
- 7 7. Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross
- 8 8. Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday’s Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates
- 9 9. Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle
- 10 10. Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper
- 11 11. Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask
Season 5
2007 · 12 episodes
Season 5
2007 · 12 episodes
- 1 1. 3D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting
- 2 2. Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin
- 3 3. GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell
- 4 4. Atocha Spanish Silver; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter; Lucy Parsons Book
- 5 5. Great Mexican War Posters; Muhlenberg Robe; Nora Holt Autograph Book
- 6 6. NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Civil War Balloon
- 7 7. Grace Kelly Car; Harley-Davidson Motorcycle; Civil War POW Photos
- 8 8. Coca-Cola Trade Card; Lawrence Strike; Vicksburg Map
- 9 9. Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle
- 10 10. Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; U.S.S. Indianapolis
- 11 11. Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films; McKinley Casket Flag
- 12 12. USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter
Season 6
2008 · 11 episodes
Season 6
2008 · 11 episodes
- 1 1. WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale
- 2 2. Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
- 3 3. Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
- 4 4. China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
- 5 5. Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
- 6 6. GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films
- 7 7. Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
- 8 8. John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic
- 9 9. Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
- 10 10. Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver
- 11 11. Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop
Season 7
2009 · 13 episodes
Season 7
2009 · 13 episodes
- 0 0. Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop
- 1 1. Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
- 2 2. Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems
- 3 3. St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm
- 4 4. Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug
- 5 5. Tokyo Rose; Crazy Horse; World War II Diary
- 6 6. Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Home
- 7 7. Hindenburg Artifact; John Adams Book; Birthplace of Hip-Hop
- 8 8. Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Device
- 9 9. WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bomb
- 10 10. Stalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shell
- 11 11. Duke Ellington Plates; Scottsboror Boys Stamp; Civil War Bridge
- 12 12. Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
Season 8
2010 · 11 episodes
Season 8
2010 · 11 episodes
- 1 1. Space Boot; Satelloon; Moon Museum
- 2 2. Iwo Jima Map; Copperhead Cane; Theremin
- 3 3. Lauste Film Clip; Baker's Gold; Transatlantic Cable
- 4 4. Barton Letter; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Spybook
- 5 5. Cromwell Dixon; Bartlett Sketchbook; Duke Ellington Plates
- 6 6. Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting
- 7 7. St.Valentine's Day Massacre; G. Washington Miniature; Stalag 17 Portrait
- 8 8. Hot Town Poster, Face Jug, Lost City of Gold
- 9 9. Jackie Robinson All-Stars; Modoc Basket; Special Agent Five
- 10 10. WB Cartoons; Galvez Papers; Mussolini's Dagger
- 11 11. Chicago Clock; Universal Friends; War Dogs
Season 9
2011 · 12 episodes
Season 9
2011 · 12 episodes
- 1 1. Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon
- 2 2. Spanish Civil War Eulogy; Word War II Leaflets; Tiffany Window
- 3 3. Siberian Bullet; John Brown Pike; Ronald McDonald Costume
- 4 4. African American Comic Book; Lindberg-Sikorsky Fabric; Civil War Letters
- 5 5. Drone Propeller; Clara Barton Letter; Teddy Roosevelt War Club
- 6 6. Baker's Gold; Kittery Telescope; Japanese Carved Cane
- 7 7. Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Modoc Basket; Hot Town Poster
- 8 8. Drug Smuggling Doll; Florida Map; Marion Carpenter Camera
- 9 9. 1775 Almanac; Exercise Records; Moon Museum
- 10 10. Leopold Medal; Suffrage Pennant; WB Cartoons
- 11 11. Continental Club Card; Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Society Circus Program
- 12 12. Ince Ledger; Harlem Heirs; Chandler Tintype
Season 10
2012 · 9 episodes
Season 10
2012 · 9 episodes
- 1 1. Bob Dylan Guitar; Beatles Autographs; Frank Zappa Collage
- 2 2. Civil War-era pistols; KKK records; Motown Amp
- 3 3. 100th Episode: Clint Black's book of wanted posters; Molten metal; Pinup Slide
- 4 4. World War II patches; Cheyenne possessions; Lincoln note; Civil War Fabric
- 5 5. Picture Frame from the Titanic or Lusitania; Woolworth Signs; Toy Soldiers
- 6 6. N. Vietnamese soldier's diary; Notebook with recipes for large volumes of liquor; Hollywood ledger
- 7 7. WWI poster; Map of Valley Forge; Transistor radio; Prohibition-era business card
- 8 8. A Kit Carson Biography; Yakima Canutt Saddle; Inscription on Sheet Music; Modoc Indian Basket
- 9 9. A Bill of Sale for a 17-Year Old Black Girl; Powder Horn; Handwritten Score of
Season 11
2014 · 4 episodes
Season 11
2014 · 4 episodes
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