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PBS
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 6960 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG

History Detectives (2003)

Season 4 (June 19, 2006, midnight)

A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."

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History Detectives (2003)

Season 4 (June 19, 2006, midnight)

A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."

76
?
IMDb
8.7
/274/
Trakt
72
/14/
TMDb
70
/3/
Tomatoes
Bernadette McDaid
Bernadette McDaid
Director

June 19, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E1 - The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag

Puzzles involving the Chisholm Trail, Houdini posters and a flag that may have draped the coffin of President William McKinley, assassinated in 1901. Included: determining how far south the Chisholm Trail extended; checking the authenticity of Harry Houdini posters for a Chicago magic show; learning if a flag handed down to the great-grandson of McKinley's bodyguard actually adorned the 25th president's casket.
June 26, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E2 - Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention

Questions surrounding a baseball autographed by Dizzy Dean, a brass eyeglass containing an image of Jefferson Davis, and a question on credit for an oil-drilling device. Included: investigation of a 1944 baseball game in which the players supposedly included Dean, Satchel Paige and an Air Force staff sergeant; whether an eyeglass belonged to a Confederate supporter; whether a twin-cone roller-rock bit was invented by Howard Hughes or a San Jose resident's grandfather.
July 3, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E3 - Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike

Puzzles involve an 1886 Coca-Cola trade card, a map connected to a Civil War battle and a billy club from a 1912 textile-factory strike in Lawrence, Mass. Included: a trip to Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta to try to verify the trade card info; digging up details pertaining to the 1863 siege of Vicksburg, Miss.; a journey to Lawrence to investigate the Bread and Roses strike.
July 10, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E4 - Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse’s Origin

Puzzles pertaining to 1943 certificates labeled “alternate service to war”; a set of books that may have belonged to 19th-century politician John C. Calhoun; and a toy mouse named Micky that bears a patent date of 1926 (two years before Walt Disney created Mickey).
July 17, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E5 - U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis

Puzzles concerning items believed to have come from a WWII kamikaze attack; a badge that may have belonged to a British soldier in the Revolutionary War; and two New Jersey brothers who suspect that their uncle built the Spirit of St. Louis's Wright Whirlwind J-5C engine.
July 24, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E6 - Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering’s Shotgun

Puzzles involve a film reel of 1920s stuntman Eddie Polo; scales used by Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century; and a shotgun that belonged to Nazi henchman Hermann Goering.
July 31, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E7 - Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross

Puzzles involve a camera that belonged to a Holocaust survivor; the link between a 1942 letter and the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous; and a cross found at a Tallahassee excavation of a 17th-century mission.
Aug. 14, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E8 - Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday’s Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates

Puzzles include a bison skull that may date to 3000 B.C.; a watch that may have belonged to gambler-gunman Doc Holliday; and stock certificates possibly signed by black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
Aug. 21, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E9 - Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle

Puzzles involve a car that may be the one driven by Grace Kelly in “To Catch a Thief”; possible Civil War POW photographs; and a 1914 motorcycle that might have been used in WWI France.
Aug. 28, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E10 - Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper

A baseball ticket possibly signed by Lou Gehrig on the day of his farewell speech; an electric streetcar from Cleveland; and a document that may have granted freedom to a slave.
Sept. 4, 2006, midnight 0.0

S4E11 - Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask

A Superman sketch apparently signed by the comic strip's creators; a metal master used to press records in the 1920s and '30s; and a whiskey flask that may date to the time of George Washington.
PBS
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 6960 min.
Released: July 15, 2003
Last Air Date: July 22, 2014, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+

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