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Investigations Follow Up August 2, 2011 Jennifer Silverman This week’s episode contained three popular repeats from season 8. Here’s an update on what happened with the stories since they originally aired in 2010. Comments (0)

War Club Correction July 19, 2011 The History Detectives Team In our story about Teddy Roosevelt's war club, History Detectives mistakenly identified William Taft as Roosevelt's former Vice President. Comments (0)

Season 9... and we're off! July 5, 2011 Jennifer Silverman, Series Producer The ninth season of History Detectives has started airing, and while that in itself is an accomplishment (one we owe to the continued support of our unquenchably curious audience) looking back over the season, I’m always amazed we get to the end. Comments (0)

Have you seen this window? June 29, 2011 The History Detectives Team If you know where this window is, or have a good lead where we might look, please let us know. Comments (0)

Moon Museum Update June 23, 2011 The History Detectives Team Many creatives dedicated their time and artistic energy to making the Moon Museum. Two of those people were Bell Laboratories engineers Bob Merkle and Burt Unger. Comments (0)

Let Us Solve Your Mystery March 2, 2011 The History Detectives Team History Detectives producers are hunting for great cases. Do you have an intriguing item you’ve always wondered about? Series Producer, Jennifer Silverman, asks your help for the upcoming season. Comments (0)

Tukufu and Max Manning August 23, 2010 The History Detectives Team Pop Lloyd was a great baseball player. He’s in the hall of fame and one of his best students was a guy named Max Manning. Comments (0)

Correction: Cotton Club Interstitial August 6, 2010 The History Detectives Team We want to acknowledge a couple of factual mistakes in the Cotton Club interstitial which last aired on July 19, 2010. First, the Cotton Club did not launch Ella Fitzgerald’s career. Comments (0)

Viewer Comment: U.S. Army Air Corps July 28, 2010 The History Detectives Team Viewer Holand Davis shared this correction about the Iwo Jima Map story aired earlier this season. During the story (which I found fascinating), it was stated that the person who took the map from the Japanese soldier was in the Army Air Corps. Comments (0)

DIY: Lookout Mountain Painting July 26, 2010 The History Detectives Team The painting of the Battle of Lookout Mountain was by artist John Gisch. In the course of our investigation we discovered he fought during the battle for Chattanooga. Comments (0)

DIY: Moon Museum Update July 14, 2010 The History Detectives Team Thanks to all our viewers who submitted suggestions and leads to follow up on the Moon Museum story. We’re tracking down several of these, but at the moment we haven’t found the smoking gun, so please keep sending us any information you may have that could identify John F. Comments (0)

DIY: Clara Barton Letter July 12, 2010 The History Detectives Team In this story we investigated a letter written by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Dated July 1866, the letter reports the death of a man named Israel Brown. Comments (0)

Viewer Comment: Theremin Story July 8, 2010 The History Detectives Team Viewer Patrick MacKinnon shared this comment about the story Watched your interesting video on the theremin and learned much I didn’t know. However there is something I do know that was not mentioned in your presentation. Comments (0)

Viewer Comment: Iwo Jima Map July 6, 2010 The History Detectives Team Viewer Charles E Voigtsberger shared this information about the translation of some of the Japanese characters on the hand-drawn battle map featured in the Iwo Jima Map story. My wife reads Japanese and on the Iwo map of south island the legend that you have marked Mt. Comments (0)

Theremin story: Correction June 30, 2010 The History Detectives Team In this week’s Theremin story, there was an inaccurate statement regarding Vladimir Lenin. Lenin died in 1924, and therefore could not have directly sent Leon Theremin on an international tour in 1926. Comments (0)