Skip to Main Content

HDSI - The Disappearance of Glenn Miller

In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen or heard from again. Can the History Detectives find out what happened?
Season 11 Episode 2 Length 54:41 Premiere: 07/08/14

Recent Episodes

Sponsored by:

Kelsey Starks with and illustrated Louisville skyline behind her and text reading Inside louisville and check scheduleKelsey Starks with and illustrated Louisville skyline behind her and text reading Inside louisville and check schedule

Clips & Previews

Specials

Season 11 Episodes

HDSI - Texas Servant Girl Murders
S11 E3 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/15/14

HDSI - The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
S11 E2 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/08/14

HDSI - Civil War Sabotage?

S11 E1 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/01/14

Tukufu Zuberi on Being a History Detective
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Behind the Scenes - Series Three
Clip Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Sports Memorabilia
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 04/28/05

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Thin Section Analysis
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Genealogy
Clip Length 01:36 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Underground Railroad
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

See All Episodes

caret down

TV Schedules

Jump to Recent Airdates

Upcoming

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.

  • Sunday August 23, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday August 23, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday August 25, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday August 25, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday August 27, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday August 27, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

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.

  • Sunday August 30, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday August 30, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 1, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday September 3, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday September 3, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

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.

  • Sunday September 6, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday September 6, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 8, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 8, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday September 10, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday September 10, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

PsychoPhone/War Dog Letter/Pancho Villa Watch Fob - S7 E1

Premiered On: 06/22/2009

A couple in Cincinnati acquired a machine that may have been intended to record messages from the dead; dogs trained for war; and a watch fob commemorating Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, N.M.

  • Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday September 13, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 15, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 15, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday September 17, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

Manhattan Project/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems - S7 E2

Premiered On: 06/29/2009

An invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb; a 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings; and a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.

  • Sunday September 20, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday September 20, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday September 24, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday September 24, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
Jump to Upcoming Airdates

Recent

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

  • Thursday August 6, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday August 6, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday August 4, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday August 4, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday August 2, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday August 2, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

History Detectives - S10 E2

  • Thursday July 30, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday July 30, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday July 28, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday July 28, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday July 26, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

History Detectives - S10 E1

  • Thursday July 23, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday July 23, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
Top

Explore KET