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Causes of the Civil War

Get background on the causes of the Civil War and its cost to a young nation.
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HDSI - Civil War Sabotage?

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Tukufu Zuberi on Being a History Detective
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Behind the Scenes - Series Three
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Sports Memorabilia
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Provenance
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Trash or Treasure
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House Dating
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Real or Fake
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Preservation
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Causes of the Civil War
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Thin Section Analysis
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Genealogy
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Underground Railroad
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Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
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History Detectives - S10 E7

Premiered On: 10/03/2012

World War I poster; a map of Valley Forge that George Washington may have used during the American Revolution; transistor radio; business card may tie a man's father to Prohibition-era underworld crime.

  • Tuesday December 12, 2023 11:30 pm ET on KET2
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History Detectives - S10 E8

Premiered On: 04/03/2013

The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West including a biography of Kit Carson, a saddle that tells the story of Yakima Canutt, an inscription on sheet music of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," and basket from the Modoc Indian wars.

  • Tuesday December 19, 2023 11:30 pm ET on KET2
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History Detectives - S10 E9

Premiered On: 01/09/2013

Stories from our nation's beginning involve an early American bill of sale for a 17-year old girl, a powder horn from the American Revolution, a handwritten score and the "Star Spangled Banner," and a 1775 almanac.

  • Tuesday December 26, 2023 11:30 pm ET on KET2
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Book of Rogues, Empire State Crash & a Forbidden Pinup - S10 E3

Premiered On: 07/25/2012

Country music singer Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; a chunk of molten metal thay may be linked to the B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945; a slide of Bettie Page, "Queen of Pinups," that may have escaped the censorship of the 1950s; and a six-foot metal bar tells the story behind the original iconic Hollywood sign.

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History Detectives - S10 E4

Premiered On: 08/01/2012

What does the evocative symbol of a bird dropping a bomb mean? Did two patches with the symbol belong to a World War II unit? Then, Gwen Wright connects a tiny swatch of tattered red fabric to a pivotal moment in U.S. Civil War history. Did a neckpiece and leggings once belong to Chief Black Kettle, known as a Cheyenne Peace Chief? Finally, did President Lincoln actually sign this note?

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History Detectives - S10 E6

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History Detectives - S10 E5

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History Detectives - S10 E4

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Book of Rogues, Empire State Crash & a Forbidden Pinup - S10 E3

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