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History Detectives

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Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi.

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Upcoming TV Listings for History Detectives

History Detectives Manhattan Project; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems

Invention may have been used to build the atomic bomb; a 23-pound block of beeswax; French manuscript could be love poems.

10:00 AM on PBS - Network HD - Eastern

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History Detectives St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm

Shotgun may have belonged to one of Al Capone's men; letter indicates that John Wilkes Booth's father threatened to kill President Andrew Jackson.

10:00 AM on PBS - Network HD - Eastern

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