Season 1
- 1New Jersey14 Jul 2003
- 2The Mid West15 Jul 2003
- 3New England16 Jul 2003
- 4The Capitol17 Jul 2003
- 5The South East21 Jul 2003
- 6California28 Jul 2003
- 7Texas4 Aug 2003
- 8New York25 Aug 2003
- 9Oregon1 Sep 2003
- 10Philadelphia8 Sep 2003
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History Detectives
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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Seasons (11)
Season 2
- 1Civil War Submarine21 Jun 2004
- 2Internment Artwork28 Jun 2004
- 3Mail Order Brides5 Jul 2004
- 4Hollywood12 Jul 2004
- 5Dueling Pistols19 Jul 2004
- 6Riding Crop2 Aug 2004
- 7Migrant Poems16 Aug 2004
- 8Bonnie & Clyde23 Aug 2004
- 9Lost Gold Ship6 Sep 2004
- 10Pop Lloyd Baseball Field13 Sep 2004
- 11Koranic School Book20 Sep 2004
- 12Body in the Basement27 Sep 2004
Season 3
- 1The Spirit of St. Louis27 Jun 2005
- 2Black Star Line Certificates11 Jul 2005
- 3Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons18 Jul 2005
- 4Cherokee Bible25 Jul 2005
- 5Portrait of George Washington1 Aug 2005
- 6Secrets of the Tape15 Aug 2005
- 7Doc Holliday's Watch22 Aug 2005
- 8Hermann Goering's Shotgun29 Aug 2005
- 9Coney Island Lion5 Sep 2005
- 10Leisureama Homes12 Sep 2005
- 11Home for Unwed Mothers19 Sep 2005
Season 4
- 1The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag19 Jun 2006
- 2Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention26 Jun 2006
- 3Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike3 Jul 2006
- 4Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse's Origin10 Jul 2006
- 5U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis17 Jul 2006
- 6Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering's Shotgun24 Jul 2006
- 7Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross31 Jul 2006
- 8Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday's Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates14 Aug 2006
- 9Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle21 Aug 2006
- 10Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper28 Aug 2006
- 11Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask4 Sep 2006
Season 5
- 13-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amon 'n' Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting25 Jun 2007
- 2Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin2 Jul 2007
- 3GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell9 Jul 2007
- 4Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter16 Jul 2007
- 5Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe23 Jul 2007
- 6NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon30 Jul 2007
- 7Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle20 Aug 2007
- 8Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis27 Aug 2007
- 9Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films3 Sep 2007
- 10USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter10 Sep 2007
Season 6
- 1WWII Diary/Annie Oakley Coin/1856 Mormon Tale30 Jun 2008
- 2Red Hand Flag/Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong7 Jul 2008
- 3Japanese Balloon Bomb/Society Circus Program/Camp David Letter14 Jul 2008
- 4China Marine Jacket/Airstream Caravan/Lincoln Forgery21 Jul 2008
- 5Hindenburg Artifact/Bonus Army Stamp/Dempsey Fight Bell28 Jul 2008
- 6GAR Photograph/Bill Pickett Saddle/Hiter Films4 Aug 2008
- 7Black Tom Shell/USS Olympia Glass/Front Street Blockhouse11 Aug 2008
- 8John Adams Book/Mankato Spoon/NC-418 Aug 2008
- 9Shipwreck Cannons/Connecticut Farmhouse/Kahil Gibran Painting8 Sep 2008
- 10Blueprint Special/Monroe Letter/Atocha Spanish Silver15 Sep 2008
Season 7
- 1PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob22 Jun 2009
- 2Manhattan Project Patent/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems29 Jun 2009
- 3St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm6 Jul 2009
- 4Sideshow Babies/Lubin Photos/Navajo Rug13 Jul 2009
- 5Tokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; WWII Diary20 Jul 2009
- 6Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home27 Jul 2009
- 7Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip-Hop10 Aug 2009
- 8Mussolini Dagger, Liberia Letter, N.E.A.R. Device17 Aug 2009
- 9WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb24 Aug 2009
- 10Stalag 17 Portrait/Seadrome/Black Tom Shell31 Aug 2009
- 11Duke Ellington Plates/Scottsboror Boys Stamp/Civil War Bridge7 Sep 2009
- 12Shipwreck Cannons/Connecticut Farmhouse/Kahlil Gibran Painting14 Sep 2009
Season 8
- 1Space Boot; Satelloon; Moon Museum21 Jun 2010
- 2Iwo Jima Map, Copperhead Cane, Theremin28 Jun 2010
- 3Lauste Film Clip; Baker's Gold; Transatlantic Cable5 Jul 2010
- 4Barton Letter; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Spybook12 Jul 2010
- 5Cromwell Dixon; Bartlett Sketchbook; Duke Ellington Plates19 Jul 2010
- 6Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting26 Jul 2010
- 7St.Valentine's Day Massacre; G. Washington Miniature; Stalag 17 Portrait9 Aug 2010
- 8Hot Town Poster, Face Jug, Lost City of Gold16 Aug 2010
- 9Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five23 Aug 2010
- 10WB Cartoons; Galvez Papers; Mussolini's Dagger30 Aug 2010
- 11Chicago Clock; Universal Friends; War Dogs6 Sep 2010
Season 9
- 1Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon21 Jun 2011
- 2Spanish Civil War Eulogy; World War II Leaflets; Tiffany Windows28 Jun 2011
- 3Siberian Bullet; John Brown Pike; Ronald McDonald Costume5 Jul 2011
- 4African American Comic Book; Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric; Civil War Letters12 Jul 2011
- 5Clara Barton Letter; Teddy Roosevelt War Club; Drone Propeller19 Jul 2011
- 6Baker's Gold; Kittery Telescope; Japanese Carved Cane26 Jul 2011
- 7Andrew Jackson's Mouth Modoc Basket Hot Town Poster23 Aug 2011
- 8Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map, Marion Carpenter Camera30 Aug 2011
- 91775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum6 Sep 2011
- 10Leopold Medal, Suffrage Pennant, WB Cartoons20 Sep 2011
- 11Continental Club Card, Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Society Circus Program27 Sep 2011
- 12Ince Ledger; Harlem Heirs; Chandler Tintype11 Oct 2011
Season 10
- 1Bob Dylan Guitar; Beatles Autographs; Frank Zappa Collage17 Jul 2012
- 2Civil War-Era Pistols; KKK Records; Motown Amp24 Jul 2012
- 3Book of Rogues; Empire State Crash; Forbidden Pinup24 Jul 2012
- 4Bird of War; Lincoln Oath; War Spoils of a Peace Chief31 Jul 2012
- 5Titanic Picture Frame; Woolworth Signs; Nazi Spy Toys7 Aug 2012
- 6Vietnam Diary; Bootlegger's Notebook; Hollywood Ledger2 Oct 2012
- 7Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio9 Oct 2012
- 8Bill of Sale, Cobb Powder Horn and the Star Spangled Banner8 Jan 2013
- 9Mysteries from the Wild West2 Apr 2013
- 103-D Cuban Missile Crisis6 Aug 2013
Season 11
- 1Civil War Sabotage?1 Jul 2014
- 2The Disappearance of Glenn Miller8 Jul 2014
- 3Texas Servant Girl Murders15 Jul 2014
- 4Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?22 Jul 2014