Investigations

Discover the objects, the people and the stories behind each investigation.

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Frank Zappa Collage Season 10, Episode 1 Is the artist who created this piece Frank Zappa?
Beatles Autographs Season 10, Episode 1 Are these genuine Beatles signatures?
Bob Dylan Guitar Season 10, Episode 1 Is this the guitar Bob Dylan played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965?
Fiery Cross Season 10, Episode 2 What is the story behind this record?
Civil War Deringers Season 10, Episode 2 Are these pistols union or rebel?
Motown Amp Season 10, Episode 2 Did this amp boom the bass line of the Motown sound?
Empire State Building Plane Crash Piece Season 10, Episode 3 Does this piece of metal belong to the plane that crashed into the Empire State Building?
Bettie Page Slide Season 10, Episode 3 Is this a lost Bettie Page image by Irving Klaw?
Hollywood Sign Season 10, Episode 3 Is this a piece of the original Hollywood sign?
Rogue Book Season 10, Episode 3 Who did this book of rogue characters belong to?
WWII Patch Season 10, Episode 4 What is the story behind these patches?
Lincoln Oath Season 10, Episode 4 Was this note penned by Abraham Lincoln?
Marshall House Flag Season 10, Episode 4 Did this piece of fabric come from a flag that cost a Union colonel his life?
Chief Black Kettle Season 10, Episode 4 Are these war spoils of a Cheyenne chief?
Luxury Liner Picture Frame Season 10, Episode 5 Is this picture frame a piece of the Titanic, Lusitania or neither?
Woolworth Sign Season 10, Episode 5 Were these signs part of the scene in an early victory for Civil Rights?
Nazi Spy Toys Season 10, Episode 5 Did a Nazi spy buy these toy soldiers?
Ince Ledger Season 10, Episode 6 What does this accounts ledger for a movie company have to do with the changing world of the Lakota Sioux?
Vietnam War Diary Season 10, Episode 6 Why did this story capture international interest?
Bootlegger's Notebook Season 10, Episode 6 Does this book belong to a Prohibition era bootlegger?
Continental Club Card Season 10, Episode 7 What secrets can this business card reveal about glamour and vice in 1930s Los Angeles?
Transistor Radio Season 10, Episode 7 Is this the oldest transistor radio in existence?
Valley Forge Map Season 10, Episode 7 Did George Washington use this map during the American Revolution?
Our Colored Heroes Season 10, Episode 7 Is this a WWI recruitment poster... or something else?
Modoc Basket Season 10, Episode 8 What tales does this basket weave of the heroism of an American-Indian woman?
Carson Family Secrets Season 10, Episode 8 Is this book a Carson family heirloom?
Tumbling Tumbleweeds Season 10, Episode 8 Why would writing this song be bad for Bob Nolan?
Yakima Canutt's Saddle Season 10, Episode 8 What leading role did this saddle play in the birth of the Hollywood cowboy?
Powder Horn Season 10, Episode 9 Who is the man etched into this powder horn?
1775 Almanac Season 10, Episode 9 What do these crumbling pages reveal about divided loyalties during the American Revolution?
Bill Of Sale Season 10, Episode 9 Who was this girl sold into slavery?
Star Spangled Banner Season 10, Episode 9 Is this the first official copy of the national anthem?