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

History Detectives (2003)

Season 5 (June 25, 2007, 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."

poster

History Detectives (2003)

Season 5 (June 25, 2007, 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 25, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E1 - 3D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting

The fifth season begins with a portable projection screen that may have been used by President Kennedy to view spy photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: an aluminum record that might contain an original recording of the “Amos 'n' Andy” program; and a painting that may have been an original portrait used in the women's suffrage movement.
July 2, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E2 - Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin

A possible Colonial-era $6 bill found by a Nebraska family; and a British 10-shilling note said to have been signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and George Patton. Also: A North Carolina woman has a pin she claims was made from metal taken from the Liberty Bell.
July 9, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E3 - GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell

A fight bell that may have been used in a Jack Dempsey boxing match; a photo that may depict white Civil War soldiers standing with two black men, all of whom are thought to be members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Also: a document that may have Thomas Jefferson's signature on it, along with a pledge that would help finance a school.
July 16, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E4 - Atocha Spanish Silver; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter; Lucy Parsons Book

Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship that went down off Florida; a book that might have belonged to social activist Lucy Parsons; a typewriter that may have belonged to WWII journalist Ernie Pyle.
July 23, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E5 - Great Mexican War Posters; Muhlenberg Robe; Nora Holt Autograph Book

Movie posters for a film that might contain footage of fighting during the Mexican Revolution; and an autograph book that may have signatures from Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Also: a robe that might have belonged to Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who led troops during the American Revolution.
July 30, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E6 - NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Civil War Balloon

A square of fabric that may have been part of an NC-4 aircraft, which was the first to fly across the Atlantic; and an altimeter that might have been part of the XF-11 aircraft flown by Howard Hughes in 1946. Also: a piece of material that may have been part of a Civil War-era hot-air balloon designed for the U.S. Army.
Aug. 6, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E7 - Grace Kelly Car; Harley-Davidson Motorcycle; Civil War POW Photos

Aug. 13, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E8 - Coca-Cola Trade Card; Lawrence Strike; Vicksburg Map

Aug. 20, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E9 - Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle

A 1932 Ford Roadster that may have been used in dry-lake races; a letter that may have been written by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum to James Red Cloud of the Lakota tribe; a cast-iron eagle that might have been a decoration for a New York post office
Aug. 27, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E10 - Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; U.S.S. Indianapolis

A letter that may have been signed by Abraham Lincoln; a map that might have markings for the Underground Railroad in Ohio; and artifacts that may have been aboard the USS Indianapolis when the ship was sunk by a Japanese sub during WWII.
Sept. 3, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E11 - Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films; McKinley Casket Flag

A saddle that may have been owned by cowboy legend Bill Pickett; a flag that might have been draped over the casket of President William McKinley; and film cans that may contain archival footage of Nazi officials.
Sept. 10, 2007, midnight 0.0

S5E12 - USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter

The fifth season ends with documents that may be related to the USS Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in 1963; storyboards that may be for a comic strip about one-armed baseball player Pete Gray; and handwritten documents that may pertain to the Manhattan Project during World War II.
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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