History Detectives
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Episode Guide
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Name
Air Date
109.
Untitled
Four stories from the American West include a saddle connected to Yakima Canutt and the meaning of an inscription on sheet music for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."
04-02-2013
108.
Untitled
A bill of sale for a 17-year-old black girl; powder horn; handwritten score helps make "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem; 1775 almanac.
01-08-2013
107.
Untitled
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... Full summary
10-09-2012
106.
Untitled
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.
10-02-2012
105.
Untitled
A picture frame that may have come from the Titanic or Lusitania; Woolworth signs; toy soldiers; journal full of liquor recipes.
08-07-2012
104.
Untitled
The meaning of a symbol of a bird dropping a bomb; a tiny swatch of tattered red fabric may be tied to the U.S. Civil War.
07-31-2012
103.
Fiery Cross; Civil War Deringers; Motown Amp
The search for a man whose name is engraved on a rare matched set of Civil War-era pistols; the story behind an old 78 rpm; a battered Ampeg B-15 amp.
07-24-2012
102.
Untitled
Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; whether a piece of molten metal came from a B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building.
07-24-2012
101.
Frank Zappa Collage; Beatles Autographs; Bob Dylan Guitar
Electric Fender Stratocaster that may have been used by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival; autographs allegedly signed during the Beatles' 1964 tour of the U.S.
07-17-2012
100.
Untitled
A rare Civil War photograph; whether Hollywood fairly paid Native Americans; an ornate stock certificate refers to the early days of Harlem.
10-11-2011
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