Investigations

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Pancho Villa Watch Fob Season 7, Episode 1 Did the owner of this watch fob witness the horrifying raid on Pancho Villa?
War Dog letter Season 7, Episode 1 The military put great effort into a new War Dogs program during WWII. What went wrong on Cat Island?
PsychoPhone Season 7, Episode 1 Did Thomas Edison make a machine to unlock the secrets of the dead?
Manhattan Project Patent Season 7, Episode 2 Was this drawing part of America's secret plans to fuel the atomic bomb?
Creole Poems Season 7, Episode 2 Does this manuscript contain words of love or illegal acts of rebellion?
Galleon Shipwreck Season 7, Episode 2 Is this a piece of treasure from a Spanish galleon washed up on an Oregon beach?
Cemetery Alarm Season 7, Episode 3 Was this explosive device used to stop a morbid black market trade?
St Valentine's Day Massacre Season 7, Episode 3 Was this weapon fired in one of the nation's most infamous crimes?
Booth Letter Season 7, Episode 3 Did the father of John Wilkes Booth threaten to assassinate the President?
Lubin Photos Season 7, Episode 4 What do these photo albums reveal about the birth of the silver screen?
Sideshow Babies Season 7, Episode 4 Was the owner of this cup once a four-pound sideshow exhibit?
Navajo Rug Season 7, Episode 4 Why would a weaver depart from tradition to make this rug?
WWII Diary Season 7, Episode 5 Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II?
Tokyo Rose Season 7, Episode 5 Did this 1940s recording help convict the woman alleged to be "Tokyo Rose"?
Crazy Horse Photo Season 7, Episode 5 Is this the only photograph of a Native American legend?
Boxcar Home Season 7, Episode 6 Why is a boxcar buried beneath this suburban kitchen?
Fillmore Pardon Season 7, Episode 6 Did President Fillmore pardon a Native American convicted of murder?
Amelia Earhart Plane Season 7, Episode 6 Was this piece of metal ripped from one of the most famous missing planes in history?
Hindenburg Artifact Season 7, Episode 7 Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin?
Birthplace Of Hip Hop Season 7, Episode 7 Did this Bronx apartment building give birth to a culture that now spans the globe?
John Adams Book Season 7, Episode 7 Was this book a gift from John Adams to his son?
Mussolini's Dagger Season 7, Episode 8 Did a World War II GI return home with Mussolini's dagger?
Liberia Letter Season 7, Episode 8 Does this letter help to trace one freed man’s dream to return to Africa?
N.E.A.R Device Season 7, Episode 8 Was this device invented to help Americans believe they could survive a Soviet nuclear attack?
George Washington Miniature Season 7, Episode 9 Did the artist paint this portrait from life, and what is its surprising connection to the abolitionist White Matlack?
Japanese Balloon Bomb Season 7, Episode 9 Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland?
WPA Mural Studies Season 7, Episode 9 Are these unusual paintings part of the biggest job creation program in America's history?
Black Tom Shell Season 7, Episode 10 Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on American soil?
Seadrome Season 7, Episode 10 Did floating airports dot the Atlantic before modern air travel?
Stalag 17 Portrait Season 7, Episode 10 What happened to the artist of this portrait made in a German POW camp?
"Scottsboro Boys" Stamp Season 7, Episode 11 Did a penny stamp help save the Scottsboro Boys from the electric chair?
Duke Ellington Plates Season 7, Episode 11 What is the story behind the printing plates for this famous Jazz song?
Civil War Bridge Season 7, Episode 11 Has a new discovery rewritten Civil War history?
Kahlil Gibran Painting Season 7, Episode 12 Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired an American generation?
Shipwreck Cannons Season 7, Episode 12 Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?
Connecticut Farmhouse Season 7, Episode 12 Why did this Connecticut farmhouse have so many owners in such a short space of time?