Previews + Extras
Titanic Picture Frame
S10 E5 - 18m 36s
Robert and Cathy were told that their great-grandfather worked on a ship recovering bodies after the Titanic sank. When his ship the Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915, he grabbed a floating piece of wood and had it made into a frame. Robert believes the frame was made from a piece of the Titanic whereas Cathy heard it was made from the Lusitania. They ask Elyse to help them figure out the truth.
Woolworth Signs
S10 E5 - 16m 42s
Matt thinks he may have snatched up a remnant of American Civil Rights history. Perusing Craig’s List, Matt saw an ad for two “F.W. Woolworth Co.” signs. The seller claims he helped clean out a closed Winston-Salem store in the 1990s. Matt aks Tukufu to find out whether these signs were at the Winston-Salem Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in.
Toy Soldiers Reveal a Mysterious Past
S10 E5 - 15m 35s
Growing up in Detroit during WWII, Jim played toy soldiers with his best friend, Fritz. The toys they played with bared a special mark “Lineol – Germany.” Jim vividly remembers on a summer afternoon in 1943 hearing a newspaper boy yell “Extra! Nazi spy ring broken in Detroit!” Fritz’s family soon moved away and Jim never saw him again. Was Fritz’s father a Nazi spy? Jim asks Eduardo to find out.
Preview: disputed picture frame, German toy soldiers
S10 E5 - 30s
Get the facts about a disputed picture frame, Woolworth signs, German toy soldiers and a book of liquor recipes. 8/7/2012
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