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America's top gumshoes are on the case to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. Exploring historical objects and the stories behind them, History Detectives crisscrosses the country delving into legends, folklore and personal histories to discover potentially extraordinary objects in everyday American homes.

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History Detectives
Full episodes
53 VIDEOS

Chandler Tintype, Hollywood Indian Ledger, Harlem Heirs
55:09 Air Date 10/11/11

Club Continental, St. V-Day Massacre, Society Circus Program
55:09 Air Date 09/27/11

Order of Leopold, Suffrage Pennant, WB Cartoon
55:09 Air Date 09/20/11

1775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum
55:09 Air Date 09/06/11

Marion Carpenter Camera, Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map
55:09 Air Date 08/30/11

Hot Town Poster, Andrew Jackson Mouth, and Modoc Basket
56:09 Air Date 08/23/11

Japanese Cane, Revolutionary Telescope & I.W. Baker's Gold Rush Hype
55:09 Air Date 07/26/11

Top Secret Drone, Roosevelt's War Club & Clara Barton Letter
55:09 Air Date 07/19/11

Civil War Letters, Aviation Fabric & African American Comic Book
55:09 Air Date 07/12/11

John Brown Spear, US Bullet in Siberia & Ronald McDonald Suit
55:09 Air Date 07/05/11

Propaganda Leaflet,Tiffany Window & Spanish Civil War Eulogy
55:09 Air Date 06/28/11

A Hero in Hawaii, Civil War Cannon & Stuntman Pioneer
55:09 Air Date 06/21/11
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Previews
13 VIDEOS

Preview: October 25th
0:30 Air Date 10/25/11

Preview: October 18th
0:30 Air Date 10/18/11

Preview: October 11th
0:30 Air Date 10/11/11

Preview: September 27th
0:30 Air Date 09/27/11

Preview: September 20th
0:30 Air Date 09/20/11

Preview: September 6th
0:30 Air Date 09/06/11

Preview: August 30th
0:30 Air Date 08/30/11

Preview: August 23rd
0:30 Air Date 08/23/11

Preview: August 9th
0:30 Air Date 08/09/11

Preview: July 26th
0:30 Air Date 07/26/11

Preview: July 19th
0:30 Air Date 07/19/11

Season 9 Preview
3:12 Air Date 06/28/11
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Shorts
218 VIDEOS

Wearing the Confederate Uniform: Slave or Soldier?
19:57 Air Date 10/11/11

Fighting for Harlem Land Rights
15:13 Air Date 10/11/11

Ince's Hollywood Indian Payroll
15:56 Air Date 10/11/11

Club Continental: Underworld Calling Card
18:58 Air Date 09/27/11

Suffrage Pennant
16:36 Air Date 09/20/11

Order of Leopold: A Medal of High Honor from Belgium
17:13 Air Date 09/20/11

Web Extra: Interview with Si Lewen
7:38 Air Date 09/19/11

Fitness, Flappers and Phonograph Records
18:03 Air Date 09/06/11

1775 Almanac: Diary of the Revolution
16:24 Air Date 09/06/11

Florida Map: Europe's Colonial Blueprint
17:22 Air Date 08/30/11

The Woman Who Photographed the President
16:34 Air Date 08/30/11

The Civil War Secrets of a Drug Smuggling Doll
18:13 Air Date 08/30/11
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