History DetectivesStaffel 7
TV-PG
A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."
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- Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
F1Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch FobSeason 7 begins with a closer look at the "Psycho-Phone," a device presumed to have been built by Thomas Edison and was designed to communicate with the dead. Then, a WWII letter between two soldiers which talks about a third man's qualifications to become a dog trainer. Lastly, a watch fob which commemorates Pancho Villa's infamous raid on Columbus, New Mexico in 1916. - Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems
F2Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole PoemsManhattan Project Patent - Could this drawing have been part of America's secret plans to fuel the atomic bomb? Galleon Shipwreck - Is this a piece of treasure from a Spanish galleon washed up on an Oregon beach? Creole Poems - Does this manuscript contain words of love or illegal acts of rebellion? - St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm
F3St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery AlarmItems include a shotgun believed to have been used by a member of Al Capone's gang during the St. Valentine's Day Massacre; a threatening letter to President Andrew Jackson believed to have been written by John Wilkes Boothe's father; and an alarm which is thought to have been an alarm against grave robbers in a cemetery. - Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo RugF4
Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo RugA woman wonders whether her mother was used as an infant as part of the incubator expedition at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Also, a look at the Siegmund Lubin Studios, which made silent films in Philadelphia. And lastly, a closer look at a Navajo rug which may have a taboo symbol on it of a man in a feathered headdress holding lightening bolts. - Tokyo Rose; Crazy Horse; World War II Diary
F5Tokyo Rose; Crazy Horse; World War II DiaryItems explored include a recording believed to be from the trial of Iva Toguri, better known Tokyo Rose, the Japanese American woman who made propaganda broadcasts for the Japanese during WWII; a possible photograph of the legendary Crazy Horse, the Lakota warrior. Also, a diary written by a pilot during WWII who perished in action is returned to his family. - Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar HomeF6
Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar HomeA Honolulu flight mechanic's grandson believes he possesses a piece of Amelia Earhart's airplane but needs help identifying it. Next, the 1851 presidential commutation of a death sentence to life in prison in the case of See See Sah Mah, a Native American who was charged with murdering a a St. Louis trader. Lastly, a home in Colorado which is believed to have been built solely from railroad boxcars. - Hindenburg Artifact; John Adams Book; Birthplace of Hip-HopF7
Hindenburg Artifact; John Adams Book; Birthplace of Hip-HopA man from New Jersey claims to have the instrument panel from the Hindenburg in his possession, in which his family lore claims it came from the blimps 1937 crash site. Then, an 18th-century book titled "Trials of Patriots," may contain John Adams signature and an inscription to his son, Charles. And a search is on at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx to see, as legend has it, the origins of hip-hop music. - Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Device
F8Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. DeviceA man from Nevada believes he holds a dagger which was owned by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, including a letter which indicates it was retrieved from Mussolini's apartment following his death. Also, a stack of letters from post-Civil War from a freed slave emigrating from the US to Liberia; and a Cold War era, hand size device that has "National Emergency Alarm Repeater, Civilian Warning Device" printed across them. - WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bomb
F9WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon BombItems look at include six paintings by Thelma Johnson Streat, which may have been mural studies commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or '40s; a 1790 miniature color portrait of a "G. Washington" which was found stored above a Manhattan tavern in a box of documents; and a scrap of material believed to have come from a Japanese balloon bomb used during WWII. - Stalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shell
F10Stalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom ShellA portrait created in a German prisoner of war camp. A floating airport anchored to the ocean floor where trans-Atlantic flights could refuel. And an intact artillery shell that may have been part of an attack on the U.S. during World War I. - Duke Ellington Plates; Scottsboror Boys Stamp; Civil War BridgeF11
Duke Ellington Plates; Scottsboror Boys Stamp; Civil War BridgeDuke Ellington Plates - Are these plates the first edition of Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train”? "Scottsboro Boys" Stamp - Did a penny stamp help save the Scottsboro Boys from the electric chair? Civil War Bridge - Has a new discovery rewritten Civil War history? - Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran PaintingF12
Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran PaintingShipwreck Cannons - Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire? Connecticut Farmhouse - How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar? Kahlil Gibran Painting - Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired an American generation?