HDSI - Texas Servant Girl Murders
Before Jack the Ripper, a serial killer walked the streets of Austin, Texas. Can modern forensics help the History Detectives crack the case?
Episodes
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HDSI - Texas Servant Girl Murders
S11 E3 - 54m 41s
Before Jack the Ripper, a serial killer walked the streets of Austin, Texas. Can modern forensics help the History Detectives crack the case?
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HDSI - The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
S11 E2 - 54m 41s
In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen or heard from again. Can the History Detectives find out what happened?
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HDSI - Civil War Sabotage?
S11 E1 - 54m 41s
The steamship Sultana exploded without warning one night in 1865, killing 1,800 people. Was the disaster a result of Civil War sabotage?
Extras + Features
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HDSI: Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa
S11 E4 - 31s
While others have concentrated on locating Hoffa’s body, the History Detectives are after the answer to the more important question: Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?”
Schedule
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 22
1 Hour
A 1960s poster suggests a battle between citizens and police; carving of Andrew Jackson; a basket tells the story of a Modoc War heroine. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 22
1 Hour
A camera may have been used to photograph President Truman; Civil War doll may have been used to smuggle medicine; a 15th-century map shows how Europe colonized Florida. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 22
1 Hour
A 1775 Almanac; a 1920s media exercise guru; whether NASA may have transported Andy Warhol's art to the moon. -
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History Detectives
Fiery Cross; Civil War Deringers; Motown Amp
Monday
May 23
1 Hour
The search for a man whose name is engraved on a rare matched set of Civil War-era pistols; the story behind an old 78 rpm; a battered Ampeg B-15 amp. -
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History Detectives
Tuesday
May 24
1 Hour
Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; whether a piece of molten metal came from a B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building. -
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History Detectives
Wednesday
May 25
1 Hour
The meaning of a symbol of a bird dropping a bomb; a tiny swatch of tattered red fabric may be tied to the U.S. Civil War. -
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History Detectives
Thursday
May 26
1 Hour
A picture frame that may have come from the Titanic or Lusitania; Woolworth signs; toy soldiers; journal full of liquor recipes. -
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History Detectives
Friday
May 27
1 Hour
A North Vietnamese soldier's diary; notebook with recipes for large volumes of liquor; ledger sheds light on how American Indian actors were treated in Hollywood. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 29
1 Hour
Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 29
1 Hour
Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
May 29
1 Hour
Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi. -
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History Detectives
Tuesday
May 31
1 Hour
Four stories from the American West include a saddle connected to Yakima Canutt and the meaning of an inscription on sheet music for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." -
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History Detectives
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
A bill of sale for a 17-year-old black girl; powder horn; handwritten score helps make "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem; 1775 almanac. -
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History Detectives
WWII Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
Thursday
Jun 2
1 Hour
A diary written by a World War II pilot; an 1856 book about a woman married to a Mormon elder when polygamy was openly practiced; coin shot by Annie Oakley. -
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History Detectives
Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
Friday
Jun 3
1 Hour
A flag that may have been carried into battle by a black infantry regiment during World War I; painting may have been done by military officer Seth Eastman. -
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History Detectives
Frank Zappa Collage; Beatles Autographs; Bob Dylan Guitar
Sunday
Jun 5
1 Hour
Electric Fender Stratocaster that may have been used by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival; autographs allegedly signed during the Beatles' 1964 tour of the U.S. -
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History Detectives
Fiery Cross; Civil War Deringers; Motown Amp
Sunday
Jun 5
1 Hour
The search for a man whose name is engraved on a rare matched set of Civil War-era pistols; the story behind an old 78 rpm; a battered Ampeg B-15 amp. -
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History Detectives
Sunday
Jun 5
1 Hour
Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; whether a piece of molten metal came from a B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building. -
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History Detectives
Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
Monday
Jun 6
1 Hour
Scrap could be evidence of the Japanese balloon bomb; Cobina Wright's Society Circus; memorabilia reveals the beginning of Camp David. -
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China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
Tuesday
Jun 7
1 Hour
An embroidered jacket may have belonged to a member of the China Marines; Airstream trailer may have been a member of the Wally Byam Caravan Club.
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