History Detectives

  • Premiered: Jul 2003
  • Episodes: 114
  • Followers: 25
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Monday at 22
  • Documentary History Mystery

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Season 10
10x1
Bob Dylan Guitar; Beatles Autographs; Frank Zappa Collage
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 17, 2012
The Season 10 premiere investigates the history of an electric guitar to determine if Bob Dylan played it at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Also: possible Beatle autographs from 1964 .. show full overview
10x2
Civil War-era pistols; KKK records; Motown Amp
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 2012
A matched set of Civil War-era pistols; a 78 rpm record from KKK Records that features the songs "The Bright Fiery Cross" and "The Jolly Old Klansman." Also: Eduardo Pagán attempts to .. show full overview
10x3
Book of Rogues; Empire State Crash; Forbidden Pinup
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Air date
Jul 24, 2012
Country star Clint Black learns about an old book of wanted posters that he owns. Also: a chunk of molten metal that may be from a B-25 bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building .. show full overview
10x4
Bird of War; Lincoln Oath; War Spoils of a Peace Chief
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 31, 2012
Whether two patches that feature a symbol of a bird dropping a bomb are from a World War II unit; if a neckpiece and leggings belonged to Chief Black Kettle, a Cheyenne leader; whether a .. show full overview
10x5
Titanic Picture Frame; Woolworth Signs; Nazi Spy Toys
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 07, 2012
Is this picture frame a piece from the Titanic, Lusitania or neither? Were these signs part of the scene in an early victory for Civil Rights? Did a Nazi spy buy these toy soldiers?
10x6
Vietnam Diary; Bootlegger’s Notebook; Hollywood Ledger
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 02, 2012
A North Vietnamese soldier's diary; Notebook with recipes for large volumes of liquor; ledger sheds light on how American Indian actors were treated in Hollywood.
10x7
Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio
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Air date
Oct 09, 2012
World War I poster; a map of Valley Forge that George Washington may have used during the American Revolution; Transistor radio; business card may tie a man's father to Prohibition-era underworld crime.
10x8
Bill of Sale, Cobb Powder Horn and the Star Spangled Banner
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 08, 2013
A bill of sale for a 17-year-old black girl; powder horn; handwritten score helps make "Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem; 1775 almanac.
10x9
Mysteries from the Wild West
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 02, 2013
A Kit Carson biography that may have belonged to his family members; a saddle linked to Hollywood stuntman Yakima Canutt; "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" sheet music with curious inscription; a .. show full overview
10x10 Season finale
3-D Cuban Missile Crisis
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Air date
Aug 06, 2013
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