SEASON 3 - 2005
History Detectives aired 11 episodes in Season 3.Each one featured three more stories from America’s past.
See the previews below to find out more about each story
You can also check your local listings here to find out if any show are being repeated on your local PBS station.
Or if you're looking for more stories, browse the Archive where you can sort by Geographical Region, Historical Era or Detective.
Or you can view videos from Season 3.
EPISODE 11
Long Expedition
An Omaha, Nebraska, resident holds land along the Missouri River, where archaeologists are currently digging an encampment from the "Long Expedition."..MoreNesbit Portrait
A woman in New Jersey owns a portrait she believes is a lost masterpiece by one of America's greatest illustrators and artists, Howard Chandler Christy...MoreUnwed Mothers' Home
The only reminder one woman has of her birth parents is a medallion of the Virgin Mary that was attached to her diaper when she was presented from a home for unwed mothers to her adoptive parents...MoreEPISODE 10
Jim Thorpe Ticket
A pair of sports tickets from 1927 are discovered in a used book...MoreLand Grant
A collector holds a fragment of aged parchment, which may be evidence of one of the first revolts against slavery in the Americas...MoreLeisurama Homes
The grandson of Andrew Geller, the designer of Leisureama homes, is trying to find some of his grandfather's products in Florida...MoreEPISODE 9
Broadway Ballet Shoes
A 13-year old ballet dancer in Long Island, New York, recently learned from her grandmother that her deceased grandfather once made ballet shoes for many of the top dancers in the 1920s and 30s, including the legendary Ziegfeld star Marilyn Miller...MoreConey Island Lions
A New York resident recently purchased a pair of giant zinc lion's claws from the estate sale of a deceased collector of amusement park memorabilia...MoreLee Family Doll
A retired school principal owns a beautiful, antique and rare "Greiner" doll...MoreEPISODE 8
Calf Creek Arrow
An Oklahoma resident discovered an unusual bison skull while fossil hunting in a dry riverbed...MoreGoering Gun
In the dying days of the Third Reich, Hermann Goering, the former head of the mighty German Luftwaffe, was holed up in his castle in the German countryside, addicted to opium and terrified of capture by the advancing Allies...MoreThomas Edison's House
Was this home designed and built by inventor Thomas Edison?...MoreEPISODE 7
Civil War Soldier Photo
A Louisiana resident owns a Civil War photograph featuring a finely boned, slight-figured soldier...MoreDoc Holliday's Watch
Four years ago, a pawn store clerk in Tulsa, Oklahoma, met a customer claiming to be a descendant of John Henry "Doc" Holliday....MoreInternment Artwork
A San Francisco archive has discovered a set of watercolor paintings of what appears to be a prison camp...MoreEPISODE 6
Birth Control Box
A Missouri resident recently inherited a number of items that had been in her family for over 130 years, including an unusual wooden box...MoreCar Tape Deck
A man thinks he may have inherited the first commercially produced automobile tape player in the U.S...MoreSnowshoe's Mailbag
While browsing through a Montana antique store, a resident of Modesto, California, discovered an unusual leather satchel...MoreEPISODE 5
George Washington Portrait
Could a portrait passed down through a Frederick, Maryland family actually be an authentic portrait of the nation's first president, George Washington?...MoreRevolutionary War Cannon
A Boston woman is fascinated by an old cannon, kept in a local national park storage facility...MoreRevolutionary War Poem
he History Detectives arrive in Salem, Oregon to look into the story of a Revolutionary War poem found 25 years ago hiding in an antique trunk...MoreEPISODE 4
Cherokee Bible
A Texan of Cherokee descent inherits a mysterious bible from her father...MoreSlave Banjo
A beautiful, worn banjo is purchased by a Chicago resident at an auction a few years ago...MoreUnited Empire Loyalist
A Californian college dean comes across a family tree, begun by a deceased aunt, which contains the words "United Empire Loyalist" scribbled alongside several names...MoreEPISODE 3
Civil War Balloon
A collector may have purchased a fragment of American aviation history. At first glance, it's a simple piece of frayed material in a frame...MoreSzyk Picture
A Polish-American art collector comes across four striking drawings while browsing an online auction...MoreWW1 Chemical Warfare Map
A woman inherits a map of a World War I battlefield in France from her grandfather, an engineer under General Pershing...MoreEPISODE 2
Black Star Line
A woman recently found two Black Star Line stock certificates, which had been purchased by her great grandfather in 1919...MoreMouse Toy
Popular history has it that Mickey Mouse was born from a drawing sketched on a napkin by Walt Disney during a train ride from New York to Los Angeles in 1928...MoreTexas POW Camp
A resident of Hearne, Texas recently heard rumors that a German POW camp was based in her town during World War II...MoreEPISODE 1
Geronimo Photograph
One woman's heritage goes back to the 1870s, when her great-great-grandfather was Lieutenant Governor of the still-wild New Mexico territory...MoreLindbergh Engine
Two brothers from New Jersey grew up listening to their uncle's tall tales of adventures in the skies...MorePoison Pin
A miniaturist recently rediscovered a purchase he had made at an auction several years before...MoreDon’t forget you can watch a video preview of the new series, here. [Requires free Real Player]
