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Season 1 – History Detectives

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Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi.
History Detectives — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Jul 14, 2003 Fire Station: Morristown, New Jersey; Face Artifact: Mantoloking, New Jersey; Pop Lloyd's Baseball Field: Altlantic City, New Jersey President Ulysses S. Grant's visit to a Morristown, N.J., firehouse; a stone with an etched face; baseball field named for black ballplayer John Henry Lloyd. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 15, 2003 Bonnie & Clyde: Brodhead, Wisconsin; Al Ringling Theater: Baraboo, Wisconsin; Sears Home: Akron, Ohio Bullets that possibly killed Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow; Al Ringling Theater; Sears, Roebuck and Co. house. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 16, 2003 Charles W. Morgan Whaling Ship: Mystic, Connecticut; Witch's House: Essex County, Massachusetts; Jigsaw Puzzle: Worcester, Massachusetts Whaling ship's connection to the underground railroad; accused witch Martha Carrier's house; 1909 puzzle depicts women playing a contact sport. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 17, 2003 Portrait of George Washington: Frederick, Maryland; Patty Cannon: Federalsburg, Maryland; Trumpet: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Potential painting of George Washington; home of slave trader Patty Cannon; trumpet from the Revolutionary War. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 21, 2003 Lee's Last Orders: Beech Island, South Carolina; Natchez House: Natchez, Mississippi; Napoleonic Sword: St. Martinville, Louisiana Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's farewell address; home overlooking the Mississippi River; Napoleon's sword. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 28, 2003 John Brown's Letters: Sacramento, California; Japanese House: Gilroy, California; Poems: San Francisco, California Descendant of abolitionist John Brown; Japanese tea house; poems carved in the walls of the Angel Island detention center. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 4, 2003 The Depot That Made Dallas; Mexican Peso; Pirate Spyglass The first railroad station in Dallas; Mexican currency which may be linked to Mexican bandits; spyglass. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 25, 2003 Ventriloquist Dummy; Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot; 34 Star Flag Ventriloquist John Cooper's dummy; New York home may be the site of the Lincoln assassination plot; 34-star flag from a Staten Island boarding house. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 1, 2003 Sheridan's House; Mark Twain Watch; Prisoner Poem An early 20th century Dutch Colonial style home which could have been the home of Gen. Philip Sheridan; whether a watch could have been a gift from Mark Twain. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 8, 2003 The Love Dish; Rebel Gun; Prison Plaque An 18th-century set of china; flintlock rifle; plaque found at the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
History, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 14, 2003