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Season 8: Episode 1

Our contributor inherited a peculiar object from his father: a jerry-rigged ski boot with a magnetic metal brick bolted to the bottom. In the 1960s, his father worked as an engineer for Westinghouse, which played a role in the space program. Could this be the prototype for a NASA space boot? History Detectives finds out what place this boot has in space history.
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Season 8 Episodes

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

Moon Museum
Clip Length 17:26 Premiere Date 06/20/10

Space Boot
Clip Length 15:59 Premiere Date 06/20/10

Exclusive Interview: Alan Bean
Clip Length 02:40 Premiere Date 06/20/10

Satelloon
Clip Length 18:14 Premiere Date 06/20/10

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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History Detectives - S10 E1

Premiered On: 07/17/2012

A Fender Stratocaster may be the guitar that Bob Dylan plugged in at the '65 Newport Folk Festival, autographs allegedly signed for two brothers in Miami Beach could be from the Beatles' legendary 1964 "British Invasion" tour, and a $5 thrift store find unearths a little-known artistic side of musician Frank Zappa.

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History Detectives - S10 E2

Premiered On: 07/24/2012

Wes Cowan travels to Frankfort, Kentucky, to research the identity of an Owensboro, Kentucky, man whose name is engraved on a rare set of Civil War-era pistols. He visits local landmarks including Rick's City Cafe and discovers his family history intersects with that of original owner of these guns. Also, the story behind an old 78rpm distributed by K.K.K and Eduardo Pagan tries to prove that Motown bass player James Jamerson owned a battered Ampeg B-15 amp.

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

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Country music singer Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; a chunk of molten metal that 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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Chandler Tintype, Hollywood Indian Ledger, Harlem Heirs - S9 E12

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Continental Club Card; Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Society Circus - S9 E11

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Marion Carpenter Camera, Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map - S9 E8

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