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  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Aug 24, 2009
  • 54 m
  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Aug 24, 2009
  • 54 m

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.

Written By: Shervin Hess

  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Aug 24, 2009
  • 54 m
  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Aug 24, 2009
  • 54 m
History Detectives
S7 • Episode 9
WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb
Air Date: Aug 24, 2009
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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 0 • Feb 23, 2009
Slave Songbook/Josh White Guitar/Birthplace of Hip Hop
Episode 1 • Jun 22, 2009 • 54 m
Psychophone/War Dog Letter/Pancho Villa Watch Fob
Episode 2 • Jun 29, 2009 • 53 m
Manhattan Project Patent/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems
An invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb. A 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings. And a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.
Episode 3 • Jul 6, 2009 • 54 m
St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm
A gun that may have belonged to a member of Al Capone's gang. A letter allegedly written by John Wilkes Booth's father. And a device meant to guard against grave robbers.
Episode 4 • Jul 13, 2009
Sideshow Babies/Lubin Photos/Navajo Rug
Episode 5 • Jul 20, 2009 • 54 m
Tokyo Rose/Crazy Horse/World War II Diary
A recording that may have played a part in the World War II treason trial of Tokyo Rose. A photo ostensibly of Crazy Horse. And the poignant diary of a World War II pilot.
Episode 6 • Jul 27, 2009
Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home
Episode 7 • Aug 10, 2009
Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip Hop
Episode 8 • Aug 17, 2009 • 54 m
Mussolini Dagger/Liberia Letter/N.E.A.R. Device
A dagger that may have belonged to dictator Benito Mussolini. Letters from a man who may have been part of the post-slavery exodus to Liberia. And a device that could have had something to do with nuclear attack preparedness.
Episode 9 • Aug 24, 2009 • 54 m
WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb
Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 1940s. A miniature painting that may depict George Washington. And a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.
Episode 10 • Aug 31, 2009 • 54 m
Stalag 17 Portrait/Seadrome/Black Tom Shell
Episode 11 • Sep 7, 2009
Civil War Bridge/Scottsboro Boys Stamp/Duke Ellington Plates
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