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History Detectives (2003) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch History Detectives online in HD.

History Detectives — Storyline

A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Bernadette McDaid

History Detectives — Series Details

History Detectives — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: New Jersey (2003-07-14) — Face Artifact The Place: Mantoloking, New Jersey Found on the beach, a pebble in the sand with sculpted human features. To unlock this riddle, the team must travel through time
• E2: The Mid West (2003-07-15) — Bonnie & Clyde The Place: Brodhead, Wisconsin Did these five .45 caliber bullets end one of the most infamous crime sprees in American history? The History Detectives try to li
• E3: New England (2003-07-16) — Morgan Whaling Ship The Place: Mystic, Connecticut Did this Charles W. Morgan whaling ship smuggle slaves out of the south as part of the Underground Railroad? The History Dete
• E4: The Capitol (2003-07-17) — Portrait of George Washington The Place: Frederick, Maryland Is this an authentic portrait of the nation's first president, George Washington? The History Detectives call in a
• E5: The South East (2003-07-21) — Lee's Last Orders The Place: Beech Island, South Carolina Is the Beech Island Agricultural Club's copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's farewell address the original?

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• E6: California (2003-07-28) — John Brown's Letters The Place: Sacramento, California Does a Californian woman own a treasure trove of John Brown's documents? Tukufu sets out to authenticate the letters and
• E7: Texas (2003-08-04) — The Depot That Made Dallas The Place: Dallas, Texas A local historian calls in the History Detectives to find out if a disused depot was the first railroad station in Texas and
• E8: New York (2003-08-25) — Ventriloquist Dummy The Place: Brooklyn, New York Where did ""Sam"" the first black ventriloquist dummy, come from? Did he change the way Americans viewed race in the early 20t
• E9: Oregon (2003-09-01) — Sheridan's House? The Place: Grand Ronde, Oregon Although the locals have little interest in this abandoned Dutch Colonial Style home, new research suggests the house may origi
• E10: Philadelphia (2003-09-08) — The Love Dish The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Was a set of 18th century china emblazoned with hearts and arrows given by the Marquis de Lafayette to Elizabeth Willing, th

Season 2

• E1: Civil War Submarine / Red Cloud's Peace Pipe / Thomas Edison's House (2004-06-21) — Civil War-Era Submarine The Place: New Orleans, Louisiana In Louisiana's bustling French Quarter sits a surprising remnant of American warfare – a Civil War-era submarine. Salv
• E2: Early Monopoly / Internment Artwork / Lewis and Clark Cane (2004-06-28) — Early Monopoly? The Place: Arden, Delaware A man in Delaware has an old board game that bears a remarkable similarity to Monopoly, but was made 20 years before Parker Brothers
• E3: Anti-Slavery Flag / Mail Order Brides / WWII Landing Craft (2004-07-05) — World War II Landing Craft The Place: Bayfield, Wisconsin A craft used for dredging and hauling rocks in Bayfield's harbor could hold a dramatic secret. A local man whose fathe
• E4: First Movie Studio / Hollywood: Warner's Lighter / King Kong Camera (2004-07-12) — The First Movie Studio? The Place: Los Angeles, California Lincoln Heights is a quiet neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles located far from the glitz and glamour normally asso
• E5: Dueling Pistols / Little Big Horn Bayonet / Nesbit Portrait (2004-07-19) — Dueling Pistols The Place: San Francisco, California A San Francisco bank owns two antique pistols, allegedly used in the last great duel on U.S. soil. Fought in 1856, the duel
• E6: Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot / Preston Brooks' Riding Crop / Revolutionary War Cannon (2004-08-02) — Preston Brooks' Riding Crop The Place: Long Island, New York A man claims that a beautiful riding crop was given to a family ancestor by the President of the Confederacy, Jeffe
• E7: Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House (2004-08-16) — Ventriloquist Dummy The Place: Brooklyn, New York An African American woman in Brooklyn, New York, has her father's black ventriloquist dummy, ""Sam."" Her father, John Cooper,
• E8: Bonnie & Clyde Bullets / George Washington Portrait / Revolutionary War Poem (2004-08-23) — Bonnie & Clyde The Place: Brodhead, Wisconsin Could 5 spent bullets in the possession of a Wisconsin woman have been responsible for the demise of the notorious Bonnie Parker a
• E9: Lost Gold Ship / John Hunt Morgan Saddle / Cesar Chavez Banner (2004-09-06) — Lost Gold Ship The Place: Alaska Environmentalist Gabriel Scott was working in the Copper River Delta near Cordova, Alaska, when he came across the wreckage of an old ship. Acc
• E10: Continental Army Muster Roll / Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium / Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun (2004-09-13) — ""Pretty Boy"" Floyd's Handgun The Place: La Verne, California A man owns a vintage Colt automatic handgun, which family legend suggests once belonged to the Depression-era des
• E11: Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque (2004-09-20) — Charlie Parker's Saxophone? The Place: Oakland, California A woman owns a beautiful old alto saxophone that belonged to her father and according to family legend was once owned
• E12: Body in the Basement / Newport U-Boat / Shippen Golf Club (2004-09-27) — Body in the Basement

  Newport U-Boat

  Shippen Golf Club

Season 3

• E1: The Spirit of St. Louis (2005-06-27) — The Spirit of St. Louis Two brothers from New Jersey suspect that their uncle may have built the engine in Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis plane.

  Suicide Pin A Kansa

• E2: Black Star Line Certificates (2005-07-11) — Black Star Line Certificates

  Mickey Mouse's Origin

  Pro-Nazi Newspaper in Texas

• E3: Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons (2005-07-18) — Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons

  Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon

  Chemical Warfare Map

• E4: Cherokee Bible (2005-07-25) — Cherokee Bible

  Slave Banjo

  United Empire Loyalists

• E5: Portrait of George Washington (2005-08-01) — Portrait of George Washington

  Revolutionary War Poem

  Revolutionary War Cannon

• E6: Secrets of the Tape (2005-08-15) — Secrets of the Tape

  Mountain Mail Bag

  Banned Birth Control Box

• E7: Doc Holliday's Watch (2005-08-22) — Doc Holliday's Watch

  Civil War Female Soldiers

  Japanese Internment Camp Artwork

• E8: Hermann Goering's Shotgun (2005-08-29) — Hermann Goering's Shotgun

  Calf Creek Arrow

  The Edison House

• E9: Coney Island Lion (2005-09-05) — Coney Island Lion

  Legacy of a Doll

  Ballet Shoes

• E10: Leisureama Homes (2005-09-12) — Leisureama Homes

  Jim Thorpe Tickets

  1667 Land Grant

• E11: Home for Unwed Mothers (2005-09-19) — Home for Unwed Mothers

  Long Expedition Encampment

  Evelyn Nesbit Portrait

Season 4

• E1: The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag (2006-06-19) — Puzzles involving the Chisholm Trail, Houdini posters and a flag that may have draped the coffin of President William McKinley, assassinated in 1901. Included: determining how far
• E2: Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention (2006-06-26) — Questions surrounding a baseball autographed by Dizzy Dean, a brass eyeglass containing an image of Jefferson Davis, and a question on credit for an oil-drilling device. Included:
• E3: Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike (2006-07-03) — Puzzles involve an 1886 Coca-Cola trade card, a map connected to a Civil War battle and a billy club from a 1912 textile-factory strike in Lawrence, Mass. Included: a trip to Coca-
• E4: Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse’s Origin (2006-07-10) — Puzzles pertaining to 1943 certificates labeled “alternate service to war”; a set of books that may have belonged to 19th-century politician John C. Calhoun; and a toy mouse named
• E5: U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis (2006-07-17) — Puzzles concerning items believed to have come from a WWII kamikaze attack; a badge that may have belonged to a British soldier in the Revolutionary War; and two New Jersey brother
• E6: Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering’s Shotgun (2006-07-24) — Puzzles involve a film reel of 1920s stuntman Eddie Polo; scales used by Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century; and a shotgun that belonged to Nazi henchman Hermann Goering.
• E7: Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross (2006-07-31) — Puzzles involve a camera that belonged to a Holocaust survivor; the link between a 1942 letter and the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous; and a cross found at a Tallahassee excava
• E8: Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday’s Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates (2006-08-14) — Puzzles include a bison skull that may date to 3000 B.C.; a watch that may have belonged to gambler-gunman Doc Holliday; and stock certificates possibly signed by black nationalist
• E9: Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle (2006-08-21) — Puzzles involve a car that may be the one driven by Grace Kelly in “To Catch a Thief”; possible Civil War POW photographs; and a 1914 motorcycle that might have been used in WWI Fr
• E10: Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper (2006-08-28) — A baseball ticket possibly signed by Lou Gehrig on the day of his farewell speech; an electric streetcar from Cleveland; and a document that may have granted freedom to a slave.
• E11: Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask (2006-09-04) — A Superman sketch apparently signed by the comic strip's creators; a metal master used to press records in the 1920s and '30s; and a whiskey flask that may date to the time of Geor

Season 5

• E1: 3D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting (2007-06-25) — The fifth season begins with a portable projection screen that may have been used by President Kennedy to view spy photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: an aluminum record
• E2: Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin (2007-07-02) — A possible Colonial-era $6 bill found by a Nebraska family; and a British 10-shilling note said to have been signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and George Patton. Also: A North Carol
• E3: GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell (2007-07-09) — A fight bell that may have been used in a Jack Dempsey boxing match; a photo that may depict white Civil War soldiers standing with two black men, all of whom are thought to be mem
• E4: Atocha Spanish Silver; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter; Lucy Parsons Book (2007-07-16) — Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship that went down off Florida; a book that might have belonged to social activist Lucy Parsons; a typewriter that may have be
• E5: Great Mexican War Posters; Muhlenberg Robe; Nora Holt Autograph Book (2007-07-23) — Movie posters for a film that might contain footage of fighting during the Mexican Revolution; and an autograph book that may have signatures from Warren G. Harding and Calvin Cool
• E6: NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Civil War Balloon (2007-07-30) — A square of fabric that may have been part of an NC-4 aircraft, which was the first to fly across the Atlantic; and an altimeter that might have been part of the XF-11 aircraft flo
• E7: Grace Kelly Car; Harley-Davidson Motorcycle; Civil War POW Photos (2007-08-06)
• E8: Coca-Cola Trade Card; Lawrence Strike; Vicksburg Map (2007-08-13)
• E9: Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle (2007-08-20) — A 1932 Ford Roadster that may have been used in dry-lake races; a letter that may have been written by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum to James Red Cloud of the Lakota tribe
• E10: Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; U.S.S. Indianapolis (2007-08-27) — A letter that may have been signed by Abraham Lincoln; a map that might have markings for the Underground Railroad in Ohio; and artifacts that may have been aboard the USS Indianap
• E11: Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films; McKinley Casket Flag (2007-09-03) — A saddle that may have been owned by cowboy legend Bill Pickett; a flag that might have been draped over the casket of President William McKinley; and film cans that may contain ar
• E12: USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter (2007-09-10) — The fifth season ends with documents that may be related to the USS Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in 1963; storyboards that may be for a comic strip about one-armed baseball pl

Season 6

• E1: WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale (2008-06-30) — WWII Diary: Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II?

  Annie Oakley Coin: Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West'

• E2: Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong (2008-07-07) — Red Hand Flag: Is this peculiar flag one that African-American soldiers marched under in the war to end all wars?

  Seth Eastman Painting: Is this painting an original depiction of

• E3: Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter (2008-07-14) — Japanese Balloon Bomb: Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland?

  Society Circus Program: Why are some of New York's wealthiest pl

• E4: China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery (2008-07-21) — China Marine Jacket: Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing identify a marine who may have witnessed a Chinese paradise tumbling into disaster?

  Airstream Caravan: Was th

• E5: Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell (2008-07-28) — Hindenburg Artifact Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin?

  Bonus Army Stamp: Is this stamp connected to a moment when the U.S. Army advanced

• E6: GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films (2008-08-04) — GAR Photograph: How did two African Americans come to be part of this photograph of about 20 older white men in Reconstructionist-era America?

  Bill Pickett Saddle: Did this saddle

• E7: Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse (2008-08-11) — Black Tom Shell: Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on American soil?

  USS Olympia Glass: Could this farmhouse door have sailed into battle in one of the coun

• E8: John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic (2008-08-18) — John Adams Book: Do these tattered pages open the book on a President who built a nation even as his own son fell into ruin?

  Mankato Spoon: What does this delicate silver spoon ha

• E9: Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting (2008-09-08) — Shipwreck Cannons: Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?

  Connecticut Farmhouse: How is this Connecticut far

• E10: Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver (2008-09-15) — Blueprint Special: Did this record play a dramatic role in the Allied victory during the Second World War?

  Monroe Letter: Does this letter link America's fifth President to the hi

• E11: Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop (2008-02-23) — Slave Songbook – Are these tattered pages the earliest record of music created by slaves?

  Josh White Guitar – What role did this guitar play in the transformation of the music ind

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does History Detectives have? 11 season(s) with 116 episodes.

Who created History Detectives? Bernadette McDaid.

Where can I watch History Detectives? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.