A contributor from Bath, Maine has an 1853 French Napoleon coin with a great bit of family lore said that the coin was shot by Annie Oakley who gave the coin to two of her great-grand uncles. She wants to know if the story is true. To find out, host Elyse Luray travels to Cody, Wyoming to conduc...
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Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II? Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West’s most popular female sharpshooters? Is this tattered book a true account of female slavery in the old West?
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A man in Lexington, North Carolina has a moving diary written by a World War II pilot. He inherited the diary 20 years ago from his father, who said it once belonged to a close friend he fought with in WWII, until the war took his friend’s life in 1944. Host Wes Cowan heads to Florida on a quest...
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The tattered pages of an 1856 anonymously authored book titled "Female Life Among the Mormons" claim to be the personal memoirs of a wife of a Mormon elder. In it, the author claims to have witnessed a shocking, immoral culture of violence, polygamy, sexual depravity and brainwashing. Our contri...
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Investigating strange and mysterious objects from the past take the History Detectives down the seldom explored avenues of our history. The seventh season of the popular series debuts on Monday, June 22 at 9-10 p.m.. New episodes air all summer on Monday evenings at 9 p.m. (check local listings)
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Watch a preview for the Monday, July 27th, episode of History Detectives. A Colorado couple makes an unusual discovery in their basement, is their home made from a boxcar? Host Gwendolyn Wright investigates.
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Did John Wilkes Booth, the infamous assassin of Abraham Lincoln, spend time in this house? How was this ventriloquist dummy created and was a protest against racial prejudice? Did this flag once save a boarding house from being burnt down?
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Could this be a piece of Amelia Earhart�??s lost airplane? Why did an obscure court case about an unknown Native American matter to a US President? Was this unusual home made from a boxcar?
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Could a World War II souvenir be a dagger that belonged to Benito Mussolini? Could references in family letters refer to a post-slavery exodus to Liberia? Was a little black box a Civilian Warning Device for nuclear attacks?
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