History Detectives
This series explores the true stories behind historic sites, artifacts and tall tales at the request of citizens all over America, with the help of an inquisitive team of fact-finders with an uncanny talent for uncovering the truth.
Genre: Documentary, Documentary, Action and Adventure
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Episode 3
History Detectives : Episode 3
aired: Sat, Jan 31, 2009
In Reconstruction-era America, what brought 20 white men in Civil War uniform and two black men together to take a picture in a time when racial mixing was taboo? A Civil War enthusiast wants to know what history lies in his vintage photograph. A Washington, D.C. photo archivist discovers a big piece of history. A list of signatures, including Thomas Jefferson's, pledging $200 to open a pair of elementary schools hints at a larger underlining story. Icon Jack Dempsey became the world's first boxing superstar in 1919, and he did it with the clang of a bell. A Nevada man wants to know if the bell he toasts to at his favorite bar was the one used at ringside during Dempsey's legendary match.
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Episode 2
History Detectives : Episode 2
aired: Sat, Jan 31, 2009
CONTINENTAL CURRENCY- A family in Nebraska finds a puzzling $6 bill dated 1776, and wants to learn the story behind it. How could federal money have been printed five months before the Declaration of Independence? Why does it say it is backed by "Spanish milled dollars"? SHORT-SNORTER- A man in New York City has a British ten-shilling note dated July 25, 1942 that is an autograph hunter's dream: a single slip of paper, called a "short-snorter," signed by most every luminary on the allied side of World War II, from Patton, to Churchill to Roosevelt. He wants to learn the story behind this oddity. LIBERTY BELL PIN- A woman in North Carolina owns an unassuming pin that has been passed down for generations. According to her family's lore, this pin is made of metal drawn from the Liberty Bell. What history does this pin hold inside?
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Episode 1
History Detectives : Episode 1
aired: Sat, Jan 31, 2009
3-D CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS- A woman in Oregon has a projection screen that President Kennedy may have used to view 3D technology that resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis. Did the U.S. Air Force turn to an amateur 3D enthusiasts club to help identify Russian missiles? AMOS N' ANDY RECORD- At a flea market, a Florida man bought an aluminum record with the hand-written words "Amos and Andy". Is this a rare recording of the most successful radio show in the early 1900's, or just another old record? WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PAINTING- Could you believe a watercolor painting bought at a garage sale had a role in granting women suffrage? A Texas woman finds out is this painting is the original program for the "Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington D.C., 1913."
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