History Detectives

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

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Season 4
4x1
The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 19, 2006
Puzzles involving the Chisholm Trail, Houdini posters and a flag that may have draped the coffin of President William McKinley, assassinated in 1901. Included: determining how far south .. show full overview
4x2
Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 26, 2006
Questions surrounding a baseball autographed by Dizzy Dean, a brass eyeglass containing an image of Jefferson Davis, and a question on credit for an oil-drilling device. Included: .. show full overview
4x3
Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 2006
Puzzles involve an 1886 Coca-Cola trade card, a map connected to a Civil War battle and a billy club from a 1912 textile-factory strike in Lawrence, Mass. Included: a trip to Coca-Cola .. show full overview
4x4
Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse’s Origin
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 10, 2006
Puzzles pertaining to 1943 certificates labeled “alternate service to war”; a set of books that may have belonged to 19th-century politician John C. Calhoun; and a toy mouse named Micky .. show full overview
4x5
U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 17, 2006
Puzzles concerning items believed to have come from a WWII kamikaze attack; a badge that may have belonged to a British soldier in the Revolutionary War; and two New Jersey brothers who .. show full overview
4x6
Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering’s Shotgun
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 2006
Puzzles involve a film reel of 1920s stuntman Eddie Polo; scales used by Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century; and a shotgun that belonged to Nazi henchman Hermann Goering.
4x7
Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 31, 2006
Puzzles involve a camera that belonged to a Holocaust survivor; the link between a 1942 letter and the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous; and a cross found at a Tallahassee excavation of a 17th-century mission.
4x8
Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday’s Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 14, 2006
Puzzles include a bison skull that may date to 3000 B.C.; a watch that may have belonged to gambler-gunman Doc Holliday; and stock certificates possibly signed by black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
4x9
Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 21, 2006
Puzzles involve a car that may be the one driven by Grace Kelly in “To Catch a Thief”; possible Civil War POW photographs; and a 1914 motorcycle that might have been used in WWI France.
4x10
Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 28, 2006
A baseball ticket possibly signed by Lou Gehrig on the day of his farewell speech; an electric streetcar from Cleveland; and a document that may have granted freedom to a slave.
4x11 Season finale
Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 04, 2006
A Superman sketch apparently signed by the comic strip's creators; a metal master used to press records in the 1920s and '30s; and a whiskey flask that may date to the time of George Washington.

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