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History Detectives Season 5

June. 25,2007
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History Detectives

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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2003  / 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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History Detectives Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 12 - USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter
First Aired: September. 10,2007

The fifth season ends with documents that may be related to the USS Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in 1963; storyboards that may be for a comic strip about one-armed baseball player Pete Gray; and handwritten documents that may pertain to the Manhattan Project during World War II.

Episode 11 - Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films; McKinley Casket Flag
First Aired: September. 03,2007

A saddle that may have been owned by cowboy legend Bill Pickett; a flag that might have been draped over the casket of President William McKinley; and film cans that may contain archival footage of Nazi officials.

Episode 10 - Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; U.S.S. Indianapolis
First Aired: August. 27,2007

A letter that may have been signed by Abraham Lincoln; a map that might have markings for the Underground Railroad in Ohio; and artifacts that may have been aboard the USS Indianapolis when the ship was sunk by a Japanese sub during WWII.

Episode 9 - Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle
First Aired: August. 20,2007

A 1932 Ford Roadster that may have been used in dry-lake races; a letter that may have been written by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum to James Red Cloud of the Lakota tribe; a cast-iron eagle that might have been a decoration for a New York post office

Episode 6 - NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Civil War Balloon
First Aired: July. 30,2007

A square of fabric that may have been part of an NC-4 aircraft, which was the first to fly across the Atlantic; and an altimeter that might have been part of the XF-11 aircraft flown by Howard Hughes in 1946. Also: a piece of material that may have been part of a Civil War-era hot-air balloon designed for the U.S. Army.

Episode 5 - Great Mexican War Posters; Muhlenberg Robe; Nora Holt Autograph Book
First Aired: July. 23,2007

Movie posters for a film that might contain footage of fighting during the Mexican Revolution; and an autograph book that may have signatures from Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Also: a robe that might have belonged to Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who led troops during the American Revolution.

Episode 4 - Atocha Spanish Silver; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter; Lucy Parsons Book
First Aired: July. 16,2007

Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship that went down off Florida; a book that might have belonged to social activist Lucy Parsons; a typewriter that may have belonged to WWII journalist Ernie Pyle.

Episode 3 - GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell
First Aired: July. 09,2007

A fight bell that may have been used in a Jack Dempsey boxing match; a photo that may depict white Civil War soldiers standing with two black men, all of whom are thought to be members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Also: a document that may have Thomas Jefferson's signature on it, along with a pledge that would help finance a school.

Episode 2 - Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin
First Aired: July. 02,2007

A possible Colonial-era $6 bill found by a Nebraska family; and a British 10-shilling note said to have been signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and George Patton. Also: A North Carolina woman has a pin she claims was made from metal taken from the Liberty Bell.

Episode 1 - 3D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting
First Aired: June. 25,2007

The fifth season begins with a portable projection screen that may have been used by President Kennedy to view spy photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: an aluminum record that might contain an original recording of the “Amos 'n' Andy” program; and a painting that may have been an original portrait used in the women's suffrage movement.

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