History Detectives

tv show

poster for History Detectives

116 total episodes

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11 seasons

First Aired July 14, 2003

Overview

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."

Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems poster unavailable

Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems

Season 7 - Episode 2 - 1h 0m

Air Date

June 29, 2009

Overview

Manhattan 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?