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

• Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Barton Letter; Spybook

  Sculpture piece may be part of one that featured Andrew Jackson; Clara Barton letter; a notebook may have belonged to a World War I spy. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021 @ 5:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo
  Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 @ 04:00AM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo
  Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 @ 04:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 @ 05:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD

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• Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters; whether a piece of molten metal came from a B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo
  Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 @ 1:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo

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• Cromwell Dixon; Bartlett Sketchbook; Duke Ellington Plates

  Pilot Cromwell Dixon was America's youngest barnstormer; sketchbook may illustrate the first U.S.-Mexican border survey; metal plates could be the first copy of "Take the A Train." (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 @ 5:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo
  Tuesday, Nov. 02, 2021 @ 05:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD

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• The meaning of a symbol of a bird dropping a bomb; a tiny swatch of tattered red fabric may be tied to the U.S. Civil War. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Tuesday, Nov. 02, 2021 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo
  Wednesday, Nov. 03, 2021 @ 1:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo

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• Korean War Letter; Diana; Lookout Mt. Painting

  A woman searches for a man who may have saved her father's life during the Korean War; author of a lesbian autobiography. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Saturday, Nov. 06, 2021 @ 5:00PM ET	WNIT InFocus 34.2	Stereo

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