Schedule
Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Belt
Saturday Nov 21
at 10:00 PM
'GBH Kids
PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
Saturday Nov 21
at 10:00 PM
WGBH World
China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery?
Sunday Nov 22
at 1:00 AM
'GBH Kids
PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
Sunday Nov 22
at 2:00 AM
WGBH World
China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery?
Sunday Nov 22
at 3:00 AM
'GBH Kids
GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films
Sunday Nov 22
at 4:00 AM
'GBH Kids
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America's History Detectives prove that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture at Columbia University, Elyse Luray, independent appraiser and expert in art history, and Wesley Cowan, independent appraiser and auctioneer, leave no stone unturned as they travel around the country to explore the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures, and family legends.
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Season 5 begins with a screen JFK may have used.
| Wednesday | December 2 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Wednesday | December 2 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Wednesday | December 2 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse's Origin
1943 certificates labeled "alternate service to war."
Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Home
A possible piece of Amelia Earhart's airplane.
Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon; Chemical Warfare Map
The World War II-era cartoonist Arthur Szyk.
Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter
Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship.
Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films
A saddle that may have been owned by cowboy Bill Pickett.
Black Star Line Stock Certificates; Mickey Mouse's Origin; Pro-Nazi Newspaper in Texas
Cases involve Mickey Mouse and a WWII POW camp in Texas.
Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
An artillery shell that may have been part of a WWI attack.
| Monday | November 23 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Monday | November 23 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Monday | November 23 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver
A promo for a musical about servicemen.
| Monday | November 30 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Monday | November 30 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Monday | November 30 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
Bonnie & Clyde; Revolutionary War Poem; Portrait of George Washington
Bullets that might have killed Bonnie and Clyde.
Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday's Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates
Puzzles include a bison skull that may date to 3000 B.C.
Charlie Parker Saxophone; Prison Plaque; Koranic School Book
Bebop legend Charlie Parker.
Cherokee Bible; Slave Banjo; United Empire Loyalists
A Cherokee-language bible; a Civil War-era banjo.
China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery?
An Airstream caravan; a Marine's jacket from WWII.
| Sunday | November 22 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Sunday | November 22 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Monday | November 23 | 4:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
Civil War Bridge; Scottsboro Boys Stamp; Duke Ellington Plates
A Confederate attempt to stop Gen. William T. Sherman.
Civil War-Era Submarine; Red Cloud's Pipe; The Edison House
Included: a Civil War submarine.
Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike
Puzzles involve an 1886 Coca-Cola trade card.
Coney Island Lion; Legacy of a Doll; Ballet Shoes
"Junior detectives" help sniff out facts.
Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin
A possible Colonial-era $6 bill; a British 10-shilling note.
Doc Holliday's Watch; Civil War Female Soldiers; Japanese Internment Camp Artwork
Doc Holliday's watch; female Civil War soldiers.
Dueling Pistols; Evelyn Nesbit Portrait; Little Big Horn Bayonet
An 1859 duel over slavery.
Fire Station; Face Artifact; Pop Lloyd's Baseball Field
Three New Jersey mysteries are investigated.
| Tuesday | December 1 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Tuesday | December 1 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
| Wednesday | December 2 | 4:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films
Previously aired segments are featured, including a saddle.
| Sunday | November 22 | 4:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Sunday | November 22 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell
An unusual Civil War photo; a fight bell.
Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle
A car that may have been in "To Catch a Thief."
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
Posters for a film that may have Mexican Revolution footage.
Hermann Goering's Shotgun; Calf Creek Arrow; the Edison House
A shotgun tied to Hermann Goering.
Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Belt
An artifact that could be from the Hindenburg.
| Saturday | November 21 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
Hindenburg Artifact; John Adams Book; Birthplace of Hip-Hop
A possible artifact from the Hindenburg.
Home for Unwed Mothers; Long Expedition Encampment; Evelyn Nesbit Portrait
An adoptee searching for her birth parents.
Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
A WWII-era Japanese weapon.
John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic
A spoon with an image of people hanging from a gallows.
| Tuesday | November 24 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Tuesday | November 24 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Tuesday | November 24 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
LCT103/WW2 Land Craft; The Abolitionist Flag; Mail Order Brides
A barge that might have been at D-Day.
Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis
A letter that may have been signed by Abraham Lincoln.
Lost Gold Ship; John Hunt Morgan Saddle; Cesar Chavez Banner
Topics include the 1897 Klondike gold rush.
Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper
A possible Lou Gehrig autograph.
Monopoly; Japanese Internment Camp Artwork; The Lewis and Clark Cane
A Monopoly-like board game 30 years older than Monopoly.
Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Device
A dagger that may have belonged to Benito Mussolini.
NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon506
A piece of fabric that may have been from an NC-4 aircraft.
Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering's Shotgun
Puzzles involve a film reel of 1920s stuntman Eddie Polo.
Portrait of George Washington; Revolutionary War Poem; Revolutionary War Cannon
A Revolutionary War-themed program.
Preston Brook's Riding Crop; Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot; Revolutionary War Cannon
A Revolutionary War cannon.
Pretty Boy Floyd Handgun; Paul Cuffee Muster Roll; Pop Lloyd Baseball Field
Questions involve "Pretty Boy" Floyd.
PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
The "Psycho-Phone," said to have been built by Edison.
| Saturday | November 21 | 10:00 PM | WGBH World |
| Sunday | November 22 | 2:00 AM | WGBH World |
| Monday | November 23 | 5:00 AM | WGBH World |
Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
A painting that may have been done by Seth Eastman.
Secrets of the Tape; Mountain Mail Bag; Banned Birth Control Box
A vintage automobile tape player; a 19th-century mailbag.
Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
Cannons that may have been from the USS Shark.
| Wednesday | November 25 | 1:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Wednesday | November 25 | 3:00 AM | 'GBH Kids |
| Wednesday | November 25 | 10:00 PM | 'GBH Kids |
Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug
A 1933 Chicago World's Fair incubator exhibition.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm
A gun that may be linked to Al Capone's gang.
| Saturday | November 28 | 10:00 AM | WGBH World |
| Saturday | November 28 | 4:00 PM | WGBH World |
| Saturday | November 28 | 10:00 PM | WGBH World |
Stalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shell
A WWII-era sketch of an American POW by a fellow POW.
Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross
Puzzles involve a camera once owned by a Holocaust survivor.
The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag
Puzzles involving the Chisholm Trail, Houdini posters.
The First Movie Studio; UFA Light; King Kong Camera
Movie-related questions for the detectives.
The Manhattan Project; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems
A man believes his father worked on the Manhattan Project.
| Saturday | November 28 | 9:00 AM | WGBH World |
| Saturday | November 28 | 3:00 PM | WGBH World |
| Saturday | November 28 | 9:00 PM | WGBH World |
The Spirit of St. Louis; Suicide Pin; Image of Apache Warrior Geronimo
A photograph of Geronimo; the spirit of St. Louis's engine.
Tokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; WWII Diary
A recording that may come from the trial of "Tokyo Rose."
U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis
Items believed to have come from a WWII kamikaze attack.
Ventriloquist Dummy; Witch's House; Poems
Questions involve witchcraft in 17th-century Massachusetts.
Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention
An autographed baseball; a brass eyeglass.
WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bomb
Six Thelma Johnson Streat paintings.
WWII Diary; 1856 Mormon Table; Annie Oakley Coin
The sixth season begins with a diary of a WWII pilot.








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