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Season 2 – 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 2

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Episode 1 Aired Jun 21, 2004 Civil War-Era Submarine; Red Cloud's Pipe; The Edison House New Orlean's French Quarter has a Civil War submarine, salvaged from a lake; an official's descendant believes she has Chief Red Cloud's pipe; the architecture of Thomas Edison's home reveals technological innovations. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 28, 2004 Monopoly; Japanese Internment Camp Artwork; The Lewis and Clark Cane A Delaware man wants his board game investigated; postcard-size watercolors are painted on the back of a notice of an internment camp; the descendant of a fur trader shows a cane he thinks came from the Lewis and Clark expedition. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 5, 2004 LCT103/WW2 Land Craft; The Abolitionist Flag; Mail Order Brides A Bayfield, Wis., dredger may be a D-Day landing craft; abolitionist flag; 19th-century photo advertisements for mail-order brides. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 12, 2004 The First Movie Studio; UFA Light; King Kong Camera Lincoln Heights, Calif., and the beginning of the movie industry; a lighter has "Harry Warner" on one side and "Ufatone" on the other; a movie camera may be one of those used to film the original "King Kong." Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 19, 2004 Dueling Pistols; Evelyn Nesbit Portrait; Little Bighorn Bayonet A San Francisco banker has questions about dueling pistols; a portrait of a woman may link to a 1906 crime; an Old West cavalry bayonet turns up in a New Jersey attic. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 2, 2004 Preston Brook's Riding Crop; Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot A riding crop which may have belonged to the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis; house where Lincoln assassination plot may have been planned. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 16, 2004 Ventriloquist Dummy; Witch's House; Poems Whether a black ventriloquist dummy helped transform how Americans viewed race in the early 20th century; house which may have belonged to an accused witch. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 23, 2004 Bonnie & Clyde; Revolutionary War Poem; Portrait Deaths of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow; Revolutionary War poem; possible portrait of George Washington. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 6, 2004 Lost Gold Ship; John Hunt Morgan Saddle; Cesar Chavez Banner Shipwreck in Alaska; possible Civil War saddle; banner may be linked to civil-rights march. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 13, 2004 Pretty Boy Floyd Handgun; Paul Cuffee Muster Roll; Pop Lloyd Handgun may have belonged to Pretty Boy Floyd; muster roll; baseball field. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 20, 2004 Charlie Parker Saxophone; Prison Plaque; Koranic School Book Saxophone may have belonged to Charlie Parker; prison plaque; schoolbook contains passages from the Koran. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 27, 2004 Body in the Basement; Newport U-Boat; Shippen Golf Club Human skeleton in basement; propellers that may have been on a U-boat; golf club. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
History, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 21, 2004