SEASON 7
History Detectives aired 12 episodes in Season 7.
See the previews below to find out more about each story.
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EPISODE 12 - September 14, 2009
Shipwreck Cannons
Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?...MoreConnecticut Farmhouse
How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar?...MoreKahlil Gibran Painting
Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired an American generation?...More
EPISODE 11 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Duke Ellington Plates
Are these plates the first edition of Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train”?...More"Scottsboro Boys" Stamp
Did a penny stamp help save the Scottsboro Boys from the electric chair?...MoreCivil War Bridge
Has a new discovery rewritten Civil War history?...More
EPISODE 10 - AUGUST 31, 2009
Stalag 17 Portrait
What happened to the artist of this portrait made in a German POW camp?...MoreSeadrome
Did floating airports dot the Atlantic before modern air travel?...MoreBlack Tom Shell
Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on American soil?...More
EPISODE 9 - AUGUST 24, 2009
WPA Mural Studies
Are these unusual paintings part of the biggest job creation program in America's history?...MoreGeorge Washington Miniature
Did the artist paint this portrait of Washington from life, and what is its surprising connection to the abolitionist White Matlack?...MoreJapanese War Balloon
Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland?...More
EPISODE 8 - AUGUST 17, 2009
Mussolini's Dagger
Did a World War II GI return home with Mussolini's dagger?...MoreLiberia Letter
Does this letter help to trace one freed man’s dream to return to Africa?...MoreN.E.A.R Device
Was this device invented to help Americans believe they could survive a soviet nuclear attack?...More
EPISODE 7 - AUGUST 10, 2009
Hindenburg Artifact
Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin? ...MoreJohn Adams Book
Do these tattered pages open the book on a President who built a nation even as his own son fell into ruin?...MoreBirthplace of Hip Hop
Did this Bronx apartment building give birth to a culture that now spans the globe?...More
EPISODE 6 - JULY 27, 2009
Amelia Earhart Plane
Was this twisted piece of metal ripped from one of the most famous missing planes in history?...MoreFillmore Pardon
Did President Fillmore pardon a Native American convicted of murder?...MoreBoxcar Home
Why is a boxcar buried beneath this suburban kitchen?...More
EPISODE 5 - JULY 20, 2009
Tokyo Rose
Did this 1940s recording help convict the woman alleged to be a Japanese spy?...MoreCrazy Horse
Is this the only photograph of a Native American legend?...MoreWorld War II Diary
Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II?...More
EPISODE 4 - JULY 13, 2009
Sideshow Babies
Was the owner of this cup once a four-pound sideshow exhibit?...MoreLubin Photos
What do these photo albums reveal about the birth of the silver screen?...MoreNavajo Rug
Why would a weaver depart from tradition to make this rug?...More
EPISODE 3 - JULY 6, 2009
St Valentine's Day Massacre
Was this weapon fired in one of the nation's most infamous crimes?...MoreBooth Letter
Did the father of John Wilkes Booth threaten to assasinate the President?...MoreCemetary Alarm
Was this explosive device used to stop a morbid black market trade?...More
EPISODE 2 - JUNE 29, 2009
Manhattan Project Patent
Could this drawing have been part of America's secret plans to fuel the atomic bomb?...MoreGalleon Shipwreck
Is this a piece of treasure from a Spanish galleon washed up on an Oregon beach?...MoreCreole Poems
Does this manuscript contain words of love or illegal acts of rebellion?...More
EPISODE 1 - JUNE 22, 2009
Psychophone
Did Thomas Edison make a machine to unlock the secrets of the dead?...MoreWar Dog Letter
The military put great effort into a new “War Dogs” program during WWII. What went wrong on Cat Island?...MorePancho Villa Watch Fob
Did the owner of this watch fob witness the horrifying raid on Pancho Villa?...MoreDon’t forget you can watch a video Sneak peek of Season 7, here.
