History Detectives

  • :
  • : 114
  • : 25
  • PBS
  • 22
  • Documentary History Mystery

:

.

5
5x1
3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n' Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting
Episode overview
The fifth season begins with a portable projection screen that may have been used by President Kennedy to view spy photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: an aluminum record that .. show full overview
5x2
Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin
Episode overview
A possible Colonial-era $6 bill found by a Nebraska family; and a British 10-shilling note said to have been signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and George Patton. Also: A North Carolina .. show full overview
5x3
GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell
Episode overview
A fight bell that may have been used in a Jack Dempsey boxing match; a photo that may depict white Civil War soldiers standing with two black men, all of whom are thought to be members .. show full overview
5x4
Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle’s Typewriter
Episode overview
Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship that went down off Florida; a book that might have belonged to social activist Lucy Parsons; a typewriter that may have belonged to WWII journalist Ernie Pyle.
5x5
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
Episode overview
Movie posters for a film that might contain footage of fighting during the Mexican Revolution; and an autograph book that may have signatures from Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. .. show full overview
5x6
NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon
Episode overview
A square of fabric that may have been part of an NC-4 aircraft, which was the first to fly across the Atlantic; and an altimeter that might have been part of the XF-11 aircraft flown by .. show full overview
5x7
Red Cloud Letter; `32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle
Episode overview
A 1932 Ford Roadster that may have been used in dry-lake races; a letter that may have been written by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum to James Red Cloud of the Lakota tribe; a .. show full overview
5x8
Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis
Episode overview
A letter that may have been signed by Abraham Lincoln; a map that might have markings for the Underground Railroad in Ohio; and artifacts that may have been aboard the USS Indianapolis when the ship was sunk by a Japanese sub during WWII.
5x9
Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films
Episode overview
A saddle that may have been owned by cowboy legend Bill Pickett; a flag that might have been draped over the casket of President William McKinley; and film cans that may contain archival footage of Nazi officials.
5x10
USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter
Episode overview
The fifth season ends with documents that may be related to the USS Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in 1963; storyboards that may be for a comic strip about one-armed baseball player .. show full overview