History Detectives

Description

Digging deeper into the complexities of historical mysteries, this popular PBS program uses traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies and old-fashioned legwork to provide new insights into our national history, and oftentimes presents a human story associated with age-old artifacts. The hosts include appraiser Wes Cowan, art historian Elyse Luray, and authors and professors Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi.

Upcoming Episodes

• PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob

  Thomas Edison created the PsychoPhone to record messages from the afterlife; a World War II soldier's letter; watch fob commemorates murderous raid. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Tuesday, May. 27, 2025 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT2 34.2	Stereo

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• Manhattan Project; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems

  Invention may have been used to build the atomic bomb; a 23-pound block of beeswax; French manuscript could be love poems. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Tuesday, Jun. 03, 2025 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT2 34.2	Stereo

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