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History Detectives
Season 8, Episode 3
Season 8
Episode 3
Lauste Film Clip: Did a HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer find a clip of the first talking picture? Baker's Gold: What's the story behind Gold Rush sketches of five and eight-pound gold nuggets? Transatlantic Cable: Did a beachcomber find a section of the first transatlantic cable?
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Before Jack the Ripper, a serial killer walked the streets of Austin, Texas.
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In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen again.
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The steamship Sultana exploded without warning one night in 1865, killing 1,800 people.
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Eduardo investigates the story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl".
53:09
The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West.
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U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps Tukufu track down the true story behind a WWI poster.
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Wes searches for the family of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier.
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Was this picture frame crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither?
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Country star Clint Black is floored by what he learns about his book of wanted posters.
53:09
An all rock-and-roll episode featuring stories on Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Frank Zappa.
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Slave in a Confederate Uniform, Hollywood Indian Payroll, Fighting for Harlem Land Rights.
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Underworld calling card, Gang massacre shotgun, and High Society in the Depression.