History Detectives

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(07/14/2003–07/23/2014)

MysteryHistory

PBS (US)60 min

Researchers identify how historical significance gathered them into wondering how past events occurred.

Source: unknown History Detectives

Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

New Jersey

July 15, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E02

The Mid West

July 16, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E03

New England

July 17, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E04

The Capitol

July 18, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E05

The South East

July 22, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E06

California

July 29, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E07

Texas

August 05, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E08

New York

August 26, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E09

Oregon

September 02, 2003 at 02:00 AM

S01E10

Philadelphia

September 09, 2003 at 02:00 AM

Season 2

S02E01

Civil War Submarine

June 22, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E02

Internment Artwork

June 29, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E03

Mail Order Brides

July 06, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E04

Hollywood

July 13, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E05

Dueling Pistols

July 20, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E06

Riding Crop

August 03, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E07

Migrant Poems

August 17, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E08

Bonnie & Clyde

August 24, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E09

Lost Gold Ship

September 07, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E10

Pop Lloyd Baseball Field

September 14, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E11

Koranic School Book

September 21, 2004 at 02:00 AM

S02E12

Body in the Basement

September 28, 2004 at 02:00 AM

Season 3

S03E01

The Spirit of St. Louis

June 28, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E02

Black Star Line Certificates

July 12, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E03

Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons

July 19, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E04

Cherokee Bible

July 26, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E05

Portrait of George Washington

August 02, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E06

Secrets of the Tape

August 16, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E07

Doc Holliday's Watch

August 23, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E08

Hermann Goering's Shotgun

August 30, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E09

Coney Island Lion

September 06, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E10

Leisureama Homes

September 13, 2005 at 02:00 AM

S03E11

Home for Unwed Mothers

September 20, 2005 at 02:00 AM

Season 4

S04E01

The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag

June 20, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E02

Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention

June 27, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E03

Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike

July 04, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E04

Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse's Origin

July 11, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E05

U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis

July 18, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E06

Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering's Shotgun

July 25, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E07

Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross

August 01, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E08

Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday's Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates

August 15, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E09

Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle

August 22, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E10

Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper

August 29, 2006 at 02:00 AM

S04E11

Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask

September 05, 2006 at 02:00 AM

Season 5

S05E01

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amon 'n' Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting

June 26, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E02

Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin

July 03, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E03

GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell

July 10, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E04

Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter

July 17, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E05

Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe

July 24, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E06

NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon

July 31, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E07

Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle

August 21, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E08

Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis

August 28, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E09

Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films

September 04, 2007 at 02:00 AM

S05E10

USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter

September 11, 2007 at 02:00 AM

Season 6

S06E01

WWII Diary/Annie Oakley Coin/1856 Mormon Tale

July 01, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E02

Red Hand Flag/Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong

July 08, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E03

Japanese Balloon Bomb/Society Circus Program/Camp David Letter

July 15, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E04

China Marine Jacket/Airstream Caravan/Lincoln Forgery

July 22, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E05

Hindenburg Artifact/Bonus Army Stamp/Dempsey Fight Bell

July 29, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E06

GAR Photograph/Bill Pickett Saddle/Hiter Films

August 05, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E07

Black Tom Shell/USS Olympia Glass/Front Street Blockhouse

August 12, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E08

John Adams Book/Mankato Spoon/NC-4

August 19, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E09

Shipwreck Cannons/Connecticut Farmhouse/Kahil Gibran Painting

September 09, 2008 at 02:00 AM

S06E10

Blueprint Special/Monroe Letter/Atocha Spanish Silver

September 16, 2008 at 02:00 AM

Season 7

S07E01

PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob

June 23, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E02

Manhattan Project Patent/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems

June 30, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E03

St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm

July 07, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E04

Sideshow Babies/Lubin Photos/Navajo Rug

July 14, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E05

Tokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; WWII Diary

July 21, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E06

Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home

July 28, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E07

Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip-Hop

August 11, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E08

Mussolini Dagger, Liberia Letter, N.E.A.R. Device

August 18, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E09

WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb

August 25, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E10

Stalag 17 Portrait/Seadrome/Black Tom Shell

September 01, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E11

Duke Ellington Plates/Scottsboror Boys Stamp/Civil War Bridge

September 08, 2009 at 02:00 AM

S07E12

Shipwreck Cannons/Connecticut Farmhouse/Kahlil Gibran Painting

September 15, 2009 at 02:00 AM

Season 8

S08E01

Space Boot; Satelloon; Moon Museum

June 22, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E02

Iwo Jima Map, Copperhead Cane, Theremin

June 29, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E03

Lauste Film Clip; Baker's Gold; Transatlantic Cable

July 06, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E04

Barton Letter; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Spybook

July 13, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E05

Cromwell Dixon; Bartlett Sketchbook; Duke Ellington Plates

July 20, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E06

Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting

July 27, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E07

St.Valentine's Day Massacre; G. Washington Miniature; Stalag 17 Portrait

August 10, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E08

Hot Town Poster, Face Jug, Lost City of Gold

August 17, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E09

Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five

August 24, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E10

WB Cartoons; Galvez Papers; Mussolini's Dagger

August 31, 2010 at 02:00 AM

S08E11

Chicago Clock; Universal Friends; War Dogs

September 07, 2010 at 02:00 AM

Season 9

S09E01

Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon

June 22, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E02

Spanish Civil War Eulogy; World War II Leaflets; Tiffany Windows

June 29, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E03

Siberian Bullet; John Brown Pike; Ronald McDonald Costume

July 06, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E04

African American Comic Book; Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric; Civil War Letters

July 13, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E05

Clara Barton Letter; Teddy Roosevelt War Club; Drone Propeller

July 20, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E06

Baker's Gold; Kittery Telescope; Japanese Carved Cane

July 27, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E07

Andrew Jackson's Mouth Modoc Basket Hot Town Poster

August 24, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E08

Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map, Marion Carpenter Camera

August 31, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E09

1775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum

September 07, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E10

Leopold Medal, Suffrage Pennant, WB Cartoons

September 21, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E11

Continental Club Card, Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Society Circus Program

September 28, 2011 at 02:00 AM

S09E12

Ince Ledger; Harlem Heirs; Chandler Tintype

October 12, 2011 at 02:00 AM

Season 10

S10E01

Bob Dylan Guitar; Beatles Autographs; Frank Zappa Collage

July 18, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E02

Civil War-Era Pistols; KKK Records; Motown Amp

July 25, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E03

Book of Rogues; Empire State Crash; Forbidden Pinup

July 25, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E04

Bird of War; Lincoln Oath; War Spoils of a Peace Chief

August 01, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E05

Titanic Picture Frame; Woolworth Signs; Nazi Spy Toys

August 08, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E06

Vietnam Diary; Bootlegger's Notebook; Hollywood Ledger

October 03, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E07

Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio

October 10, 2012 at 02:00 AM

S10E08

Bill of Sale, Cobb Powder Horn and the Star Spangled Banner

January 09, 2013 at 03:00 AM

S10E09

Mysteries from the Wild West

April 03, 2013 at 02:00 AM

S10E10

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis

August 07, 2013 at 02:00 AM

Season 11

S11E01

Civil War Sabotage?

July 02, 2014 at 02:00 AM

S11E02

The Disappearance of Glenn Miller

July 09, 2014 at 02:00 AM

S11E03

Texas Servant Girl Murders

July 16, 2014 at 02:00 AM

S11E04

Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?

July 23, 2014 at 02:00 AM