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Barton Letter: Why did Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, write a letter about a Civil War soldier? Andrew Jackson's Mouth: The reunification of two halves of a vandalized sculpture of President Andrew Jackson? Spybook: Does a Pennsylvania man have a notebook that once belonged to a World War I spy?
Season 8 Episode 4 Length 53:09 Premiere: 07/12/10

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Season 8, Episode 10
S8 E12 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/30/10

Season 8, Episode 11
S8 E11 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 09/05/10

Season 8, Episode 9
S8 E9 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/23/10

Season 8, Episode 8
S8 E8 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/16/10

Season 8, Episode 7
S8 E7 Length 56:10 Premiere Date 08/09/10

Season 8, Episode 6
S8 E6 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/25/10

Season 8, Episode 5
S8 E5 Length 53:10 Premiere Date 07/19/10

Season 8, Episode 4
S8 E4 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 07/12/10

Season 8, Episode 3
S8 E3 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/05/10

Season 8, Episode 2
S8 E2 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 06/28/10

Season 8: Episode 1
S8 E1 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 06/21/10

WB Cartoons
Clip Length 16:57 Premiere Date 08/29/10

Galvez Papers
Clip Length 15:42 Premiere Date 08/29/10

Spybook
Clip Length 18:34 Premiere Date 07/11/10

Lauste Film Clip
Clip Length 17:22 Premiere Date 07/11/10

Andrew Jackson's Mouth
Clip Length 16:03 Premiere Date 07/11/10

Clara Barton Letter
Clip Length 17:31 Premiere Date 07/11/10

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

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

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre, George Washington Miniature, Stalag 17 - S8 E7

Premiered On: 08/07/2010

Family lore says their 12-gauge shotgun played a role in the Chicago St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Is their story true? Then, why is this miniature of George Washington much more than a piece of art? And, a portrait sketched in a World War II prison leads to a moving meeting 65 years later. These three encore segments first aired in 2009.

  • Thursday March 26, 2026 4:30 am ET on KET2
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Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/Lost City of Gold - S8 E8

Premiered On: 08/14/2010

The images and words on a poster suggest a battle is brewing: a clenched fist, police called "pigs." Who made this poster and why? Then, did the artist mean to scare someone with the grimace on a face jug? And what does the inscription on a rock in Phoenix tell us about when Spain first arrived in America?

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Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five - S8 E9

Premiered On: 08/21/2010

Does the roster on a Jackie Robinson All-Stars scorecard signal early steps toward integration of major league baseball? Then, see the name 'Toby' worked into the weave of a basket. Could it be Toby Riddle, the woman congress honored as a heroine of the Indian Wars of the American West? And, why did J. Edgar Hoover endorse a radio script, a crime suspense drama based on an FBI case?

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WB Cartoons/Galvez Papers/Mussolini Dagger - S8 E10

Premiered On: 08/28/2010

A box of cartoon drawings and cels tell an unexpected story about the early days of animation and the people behind the art. Then, why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? And (in a repeated segment), did a dagger once belong to Fascist Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini?

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Chicago Clock/Universal Friends/War Dog Letter - S8 E11

Premiered On: 09/06/2010

How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and was this that clock? Then, a document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. So why is her name missing from this document? And, in an encore segment, Tukufu Zuberi investigates what went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island.

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre, George Washington Miniature, Stalag 17 - S8 E7

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Korean War Letter/Diana/Lookout Mt. Painting - S8 E6

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Cromwell Dixon, Bartlett Sketchbook, & Duke Ellington Plates - S8 E5

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