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SEASON 7

History Detectives returns for a brand new season on June 22, 2009.

See the previews below to find out more about each story.

Or if you're looking for an older story, browse the Archive featuring details you won't have seen on TV and full transcripts of each story.

 

EPISODE 2 - JUNE 29, 2009

Manhattan Project Patent
Could this drawing have been part of America's secret plans to fuel the atomic bomb?...More
Galleon Shipwreck
Is this a piece of treasure from a Spanish galleon washed up on an Oregon beach?...More
Creole 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?...More
War Dog Letter
The military put great effort into a new “War Dogs” program during WWII. What went wrong on Cat Island?...More
Pancho Villa Watch Fob
Did the owner of this watch fob witness the horrifying raid on Pancho Villa?...More



Don’t forget you can watch a video Sneak peek of Season 7, here.