Featured Investigation Civil War Sabotage?
The steamship Sultana exploded one night in 1865, killing more than 1,800 people. Was the disaster a result of Civil War sabotage?
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Red Cloud's Peace Pipe
Season 2, Episode 1
Was this pipe given to an Indian agent by the famous Lakota warrior Chief Red Cloud?
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Thomas Edison's House
Season 2, Episode 1
Was this New Jersey home built by inventor Thomas Edison?
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Civil War Submarine
Season 2, Episode 1
Is this submarine an example of new technology developed by the Confederates during the Civil War?
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Early Monopoly
Season 2, Episode 2
Could this be the earliest version of the world's best-selling board game?
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Lewis & Clark's Cane
Season 2, Episode 2
Was this family heirloom a gift from the famous explorers Lewis and Clark?
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Internment Artwork
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What is the story behind these watercolor paintings of a prison camp?
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Anti-Slavery Flag
Season 2, Episode 3
Did this old sheet found in a family trunk contribute to the end of slavery in America?
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Mail Order Brides
Season 2, Episode 3
Are these images evidence of mail order brides in 1890s Chicago?
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WWII Landing Craft
Season 2, Episode 3
Did this vessel land tanks on the beaches of France during World War II?
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First Movie Studio
Season 2, Episode 4
Could a broken gateway once have been the grand entrance to a Hollywood studio?
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King Kong Camera
Season 2, Episode 4
Was this old movie camera used to film the original version of King Kong?
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Warner's Lighter
Season 2, Episode 4
What is the connection between Harry Warner and a studio associated with the Nazi party?
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Dueling Pistols
Season 2, Episode 5
Were these pistols used in the last great duel on U.S. soil?
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Nesbit Portrait
Season 2, Episode 5
Is this portrait a lost masterpiece by one of America's greatest artists?
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Little Bighorn Bayonet
Season 2, Episode 5
Could this bayonet have been used at one of the largest massacres of U.S. soldiers by American Indians?
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Revolutionary War Cannon
Season 2, Episode 6
Is this the cannon that ignited the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
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Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot
Season 2, Episode 6
Did the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln begin in this New York City building?
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Preston Brook's Riding Crop
Season 2, Episode 6
Was this riding crop a gift from Jefferson Davis as a reward for attacking a political opponent?
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Chinese Poems
Season 2, Episode 7
Who were the authors of the poems describing bitterness and misery on the Angel Island detention center walls?
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Ventriloquist Dummy
Season 2, Episode 7
How did an African-American ventriloquist act become so successful in a time of racial unrest?
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Witch's House
Season 2, Episode 7
Could this house have once belonged to a woman executed during the Salem Witch trials?
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Revolutionary War Poem
Season 2, Episode 8
How did this poem, written by an American prisoner in England in 1780 end up in Oregon 200 years later?
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Bonnie & Clyde's Bullets
Season 2, Episode 8
Are these the bullets that ended one of the most infamous crime-sprees in American history?
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George Washington Portrait
Season 2, Episode 8
Could this be an authentic portrait of the nation's first president?
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John Hunt Morgan Saddle
Season 2, Episode 9
Could this be a saddle from one of the most audacious attacks launched by the South during the Civil War?
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Lost Gold Ship
Season 2, Episode 9
Is this wreck in Alaska the remains of a steamship carrying miners to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897?
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Cesar Chavez Banner
Season 2, Episode 9
What role did this banner play in one of the most famous civil rights campaigns in U.S. history?
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Army Muster Roll
Season 2, Episode 10
What can a Continental Army muster roll tell us about this remarkable African-American soldier?
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Pop Lloyd Baseball Field
Season 2, Episode 10
Why was this baseball field named after an African-American ballplayer in a time of racial tension?
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Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun
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Did this vintage Colt handgun belong to the outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd?
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Koranic School Book
Season 2, Episode 11
Why does this 200 year old schoolbook contain two translated passages from the Koran?
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Prison Plaque
Season 2, Episode 11
Were convicted felons responsible for bringing peace to Western Europe during World War I?
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Charlie Parker's Saxophone
Season 2, Episode 11
Could this be jazz legend Charlie "Bird" Parker's saxophone?
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Body In The Basement
Season 2, Episode 12
Are these the remains of an executed prisoner of war from an English Civil War battle?
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Shippen Golf Club
Season 2, Episode 12
Was this the golf club used by John Shippen when he made sporting history in the 1896 U.S. Open?
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Newport U-Boat
Season 2, Episode 12
Did these propellers come from a WWII German submarine?
