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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Amos n' Andy Record
Season 5, Episode 1
Is this aluminum record an early recording of the old-time radio series?
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Women's Suffrage Painting
Season 5, Episode 1
What role did this watercolor painting play in securing women the right to vote?
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3D Cuban Missile Crisis
Season 5, Episode 1
Did this portable projection screen help save the Free World?
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Continental Currency
Season 5, Episode 2
Could this $6 bill represent America’s first declaration of its independence?
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Liberty Bell Pin
Season 5, Episode 2
Was one of America’s most iconic symbols melted down into a mere memento?
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Short Snorter
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Was this British ten-shilling note witness to the forging of the alliance between America and Britain?
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Dempsey Fight Bell
Season 5, Episode 3
Is this the bell that sat ringside at the world's first boxing superstar's legendary match?
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GAR Photograph
Season 5, Episode 3
How did two African Americans come to be part of this photograph in Reconstructionist-era America?
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Jefferson Pledge
Season 5, Episode 3
Did the transformation of the nation's public education system begin with this $200 pledge?
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Atocha Spanish Silver
Season 5, Episode 4
What are these markings on a silver bar discovered in the wreck of a Spanish ship?
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Lucy Parson's Book
Season 5, Episode 4
Was the legendary anarchist the owner of this manifesto found in a library?
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Ernie Pyle's Typewriter
Season 5, Episode 4
Did America’s most beloved battlefront correspondent bang out his dispatches on this Corona 3?
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Great Mexican War Posters
Season 5, Episode 5
Is this an advertisement for a film made by an eyewitness to the Mexican Revolution?
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Muhlenberg Robe
Season 5, Episode 5
Was this robe torn off during a fiery sermon to rally congregants to the cause of the Revolutionary War?
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Nora Holt Autograph Book
Season 5, Episode 5
Why did this Harlem Renaissance luminary own a book filled with U.S. Presidents' signatures?
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Howard Hughes Crash
Season 5, Episode 6
Was this the instrument that chartered Howard Hughes' near fatal plunge into Beverly Hills?
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Civil War Balloon
Season 5, Episode 6
Could this piece of frayed material be from the country's first military airship?
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NC-4: First Across The Atlantic
Season 5, Episode 6
Is this piece of fabric a remnant from the first transatlantic flight?
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Cast Iron Eagle
Season 5, Episode 7
Did this 12-foot-high eagle once grace the old Grand Central Station in Manhattan?
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Red Cloud Letter
Season 5, Episode 7
How was a leader of the Lakota people connected with the controversial sculptor of Mount Rushmore?
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32' Ford Roadster
Season 5, Episode 7
Was this car among the popular hot rods that raced out at the dry lakes in the 1930s?
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Lincoln Letter
Season 5, Episode 8
Does this cryptic letter reveal Abraham Lincoln's secret strategy for winning political power?
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Quaker Map
Season 5, Episode 8
Did this faded map once guide slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
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U.S.S Indianapolis
Season 5, Episode 8
Are these WWII souvenirs remnants from one of Japan’s famous kamikaze attacks?
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McKinley Casket Flag
Season 5, Episode 9
Did this flag once drape the casket of President William McKinley?
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Hitler Films
Season 5, Episode 9
Could these rusting film canisters contain unknown footage of one of the 20th century's most heinous murderers?
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Bill Picket Saddle
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Did this saddle ride into cowboy history with one of rodeo's most daring innovators?
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Pete Gray Cartoon
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Do these unsigned drawings from the golden age of comics tell the tale of a real life superhero?
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Manhattan Project Letter
Season 5, Episode 10
Did this letter help persuade President Harry S. Truman to change policy in the post war era?
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U.S.S. Thresher
Season 5, Episode 10
Do these documents disclose information about U.S. secret weapons in the Cold War?
