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Learn about Ballistics Collecting clues and evidence from bullets and firearms.
Revolutionary War Cannon Is this the cannon that ignited the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Bettie Page Slide Is this a lost Bettie Page image by Irving Klaw?
Bonus Episodes! Mark your calendars for two new History Detectives episodes!   The first will air Tuesday, January 8th...
Wes Cowan A passionate explorer of "the grand panoply of American history."
How to Date Timber Using ring sequences or radiocarbon dating.
How to Analyze Textiles How to find out more about a textile's origins.
How to use Archives Learn how to successfully use archives for your research.
Eduardo Pagán Excited by history's journey of discovery and attacks investigations with a scholarly rigor.
Lawrence Billy Club Was this truncheon used in the famous Bread and Roses labor strike?
Cleveland Electric Car What happened to the electric street car network in Cleveland?
Japanese Balloon Bomb Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland?
PsychoPhone Did Thomas Edison make a machine to unlock the secrets of the dead?
How to Preserve Items Learn how to preserve papers, books, photographs and textiles.
Tukufu Zuberi Keen observer of the social and cultural forces that shape a mystery.