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  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Jul 5, 2004
  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Jul 5, 2004

Summary 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.

Directed By: Adam Steinman

  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Jul 5, 2004
  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Jul 5, 2004
History Detectives
S2 • Episode 3
Anti-Slavery Flag/Mail Order Brides/WWII Landing Craft
Air Date: Jul 5, 2004
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Summary 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.

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Episode 1 • Jun 21, 2004
Civil War Submarine/Red Cloud's Peace Pipe/Thomas Edison's House
Episode 2 • Jun 28, 2004
Early Monopoly/Internment Artwork/Lewis and Clark Cane
Episode 3 • Jul 5, 2004
Anti-Slavery Flag/Mail Order Brides/WWII Landing Craft
Episode 4 • Jul 12, 2004
First Movie Studio/Hollywood: Warner's Lighter/King Kong Camera
Episode 5 • Jul 19, 2004
Dueling Pistols/Little Big Horn Bayonet/Nesbit Portrait
Episode 6 • Aug 2, 2004
Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot/Preston Brooks' Riding Crop/Revolutionary War Cannon
Episode 7 • Aug 16, 2004
Chinese Poem/Ventriloquist's Dummy/Witch's House
Episode 8 • Aug 23, 2004
Bonnie & Clyde Bullets/George Washington Portrait/Revolutionary War Poem
Episode 9 • Sep 6, 2004
Lost Gold Ship/John Hunt Morgan Saddle/Cesar Chavez Banner
Episode 10 • Sep 13, 2004
Continental Army Muster Roll/Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium/Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun
Episode 11 • Sep 20, 2004
Charlie Parker's Saxophone/Koranic School Book/Prison Plague
Episode 12 • Sep 27, 2004
Body in the Basement/Newport U-Boat/Shippen Golf Club
12 Seasons

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