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History Detectives Season 7 Episodes

12 Episodes 2009 - 2009

Episode 0

Slave Songbook/Josh White Guitar/Birthplace of Hip Hop

Mon, Feb 23, 2009

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Episode 1

Psychophone/War Dog Letter/Pancho Villa Watch Fob

Mon, Jun 22, 200954 mins

A peculiar phonograph acquired at an antiques auction. A cryptic World War II letter from a soldier to another military man. And a watch fob commemorating Francisco "Pancho" Villa's murderous raid on the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.

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Episode 2

Manhattan Project Patent/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems

Mon, Jun 29, 200953 mins

An invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb. A 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings. And a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.

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Episode 3

St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm

Mon, Jul 6, 200954 mins

A gun that may have belonged to a member of Al Capone's gang. A letter allegedly written by John Wilkes Booth's father. And a device meant to guard against grave robbers.

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Episode 4

Sideshow Babies/Lubin Photos/Navajo Rug

Mon, Jul 13, 2009

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Episode 5

Tokyo Rose/Crazy Horse/World War II Diary

Mon, Jul 20, 200954 mins

A recording that may have played a part in the World War II treason trial of Tokyo Rose. A photo ostensibly of Crazy Horse. And the poignant diary of a World War II pilot.

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Episode 6

Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home

Mon, Jul 27, 2009

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Episode 7

Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip Hop

Mon, Aug 10, 2009

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Episode 8

Mussolini Dagger/Liberia Letter/N.E.A.R. Device

Mon, Aug 17, 200954 mins

A dagger that may have belonged to dictator Benito Mussolini. Letters from a man who may have been part of the post-slavery exodus to Liberia. And a device that could have had something to do with nuclear attack preparedness.

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Episode 9

WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb

Mon, Aug 24, 200954 mins

Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 1940s. A miniature painting that may depict George Washington. And a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.

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Episode 10

Stalag 17 Portrait/Seadrome/Black Tom Shell

Mon, Aug 31, 200954 mins

A 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.

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Episode 11

Civil War Bridge/Scottsboro Boys Stamp/Duke Ellington Plates

Mon, Sep 7, 2009

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