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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Civil War Cannon
Season 9, Episode 1
How did the contents of this glass tube impact the first hours of the Civil War?
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The Ni'ihau Incident
Season 9, Episode 1
What do these metal parts reveal about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
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Yakima Canutt's Saddle
Season 9, Episode 1
What leading role did this saddle play in the birth of the Hollywood cowboy?
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Spanish Civil War Eulogy
Season 9, Episode 2
What can this faded document tell about a US volunteer fighting in another country’s civil war?
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Tiffany Window
Season 9, Episode 2
What can this watercolor reveal about the unexpected world of one of America’s great artists?
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World War II Leaflets
Season 9, Episode 2
How did this scrap of paper help change the course of World War II?
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John Brown Pike
Season 9, Episode 3
How did this metal blade spark violent tension between the North and the South?
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Siberian Bullet
Season 9, Episode 3
What can this bullet reveal about the hidden agenda of American forces in a fight against Soviet Communism?
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Ronald McDonald Costume
Season 9, Episode 3
Is this the costume that helped serve up a billion Happy Meals?
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African American Comic Book
Season 9, Episode 4
Did the makers of this 1950s comic book have more than romance on their minds?
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Civil War Letters
Season 9, Episode 4
What can these letters reveal about a racially-charged massacre on a Civil War battlefield?
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Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric
Season 9, Episode 4
How do the signatures on this patch of fabric connect Charles Lindbergh to another first in flight?
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Clara Barton Letter
Season 9, Episode 5
What does this letter reveal about America's early efforts to honor its war dead?
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Drone Propellor
Season 9, Episode 5
Could this propellor have powered a top secret weapon that transformed modern warfare?
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Teddy Roosevelt War Club
Season 9, Episode 5
What could this strange object have to do with Teddy Roosevelt and his run for a third term presidency?
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Baker's Gold
Season 9, Episode 6
What role did these unusual drawings play in one of the largest mass migrations in American history?
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Japanese Carved Cane
Season 9, Episode 6
What can the message on this cane expose about life behind barbed wire in World War II America?
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Kittery Telescope
Season 9, Episode 6
What can this telescope reveal about America’s earliest struggles for independence?
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Andrew Jackson's Mouth
Season 9, Episode 7
How was this wood fragment connected to one of the most celebrated political protests of the 19th century?
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Modoc Basket
Season 9, Episode 7
What tales does this basket weave of the heroism of an American-Indian woman?
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Hot Town Poster
Season 9, Episode 7
What role did this striking poster play in the explosive events of 1960s America?
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Drug Smuggling Doll
Season 9, Episode 8
What does this doll reveal about disease, death and daring during the Civil War?
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Florida Map
Season 9, Episode 8
How did this faded map help unlock the riches of the New World?
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Marion Carpenter Camera
Season 9, Episode 8
What might this battered camera reveal about a photographer who changed the image of a U.S president?
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1775 Almanac
Season 9, Episode 9
What do these crumbling pages reveal about divided loyalties during the American Revolution?
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Exercise Records
Season 9, Episode 9
What role did these records play in the sculpting of america's fixation with fitness?
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Moon Museum
Season 9, Episode 9
Was work by major artists, including Andy Warhol, smuggled to the moon?
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Leopold Medal
Season 9, Episode 10
What does this medal reveal about a top-secret American Military project during WWII?
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Suffrage Pennant
Season 9, Episode 10
What can this pennant tell us about one woman's role at a crucial point in Women's Suffrage movement?
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WB Cartoons
Season 9, Episode 10
What can this curious artwork tell us about some of our most beloved cartoon characters?
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St Valentine's Day Massacre
Season 9, Episode 11
Was this weapon fired in one of the nation's most infamous crimes?
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Continental Club Card
Season 9, Episode 11
What secrets can this business card reveal about glamour and vice in 1930s Los Angeles?
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Society Circus Program
Season 9, Episode 11
Why are some of New York's wealthiest planning a circus at the depth of the Great Depression?
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Chandler Tintype
Season 9, Episode 12
How did this Civil War era tintype help re-ignite a fiery debate about African Americans bearing arms for the confederacy?
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Harlem Heirs
Season 9, Episode 12
How is this ornate document connected to the earliest settlers of New York City and a potential multi-million dollar land dispute?
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Ince Ledger
Season 9, Episode 12
What does this accounts ledger for a movie company have to do with the changing world of the Lakota Sioux?
