History Detectives - Season 5

History Detectives - Season 5

Season 5

Network
Episodes10
DatesJun 25, 2007 - Sep 10, 2007
Previous SeasonNext Season

Episodes

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amon 'n' Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting
Season 5Episode 160 min

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amon 'n' Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting

The fifth season begins with a portable projection screen that may have been used by President Kennedy to view spy photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: an aluminum record that might contain an original recording of the “Amos 'n' Andy” program; and a painting that may have been an original portrait used in the women's suffrage movement.
Jun 25, 2007
Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin
Season 5Episode 260 min

Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin

A possible Colonial-era $6 bill found by a Nebraska family; and a British 10-shilling note said to have been signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and George Patton. Also: A North Carolina woman has a pin she claims was made from metal taken from the Liberty Bell.
Jul 2, 2007
GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell
Season 5Episode 360 min

GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell

A fight bell that may have been used in a Jack Dempsey boxing match; a photo that may depict white Civil War soldiers standing with two black men, all of whom are thought to be members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Also: a document that may have Thomas Jefferson's signature on it, along with a pledge that would help finance a school.
Jul 9, 2007
Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter
Season 5Episode 460 min

Atocha Spanish Silver; Lucy Parsons Book; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter

Two bars of silver that may have been from a Spanish ship that went down off Florida; a book that might have belonged to social activist Lucy Parsons; a typewriter that may have belonged to WWII journalist Ernie Pyle.
Jul 16, 2007
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
Season 5Episode 560 min

Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe

Movie posters for a film that might contain footage of fighting during the Mexican Revolution; and an autograph book that may have signatures from Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Also: a robe that might have belonged to Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who led troops during the American Revolution.
Jul 23, 2007
NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon
Season 5Episode 660 min

NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon

A square of fabric that may have been part of an NC-4 aircraft, which was the first to fly across the Atlantic; and an altimeter that might have been part of the XF-11 aircraft flown by Howard Hughes in 1946. Also: a piece of material that may have been part of a Civil War-era hot-air balloon designed for the U.S. Army.
Jul 30, 2007
Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle
Season 5Episode 760 min

Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle

Aug 20, 2007
Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis
Season 5Episode 860 min

Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; USS Indianapolis

Aug 27, 2007
Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films
Season 5Episode 960 min

Bill Pickett Saddle; McKinley Casket Flag; Hitler Films

Sep 3, 2007
USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter
Season 5Episode 1060 min

USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter

Sep 10, 2007

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
Run Away
Upcoming

Run Away

Simon had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out she's not alone and an argument escalates into shocking violence that will shatter Simon's life all over again. His search for his daughter will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.

The Lincoln Lawyer
Running

The Lincoln Lawyer

Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.

Mayor of Kingstown
Running

Mayor of Kingstown

Mayor of Kingstown is set in a small Michigan town where the only industry remaining are federal, state, and private prisons, the story follows the McLusky family, the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians, in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain. It is a stark and brutal look at the business of incarceration.

GenreDrama
The Hunting Party
Running

The Hunting Party

When a secret prison suffers a mysterious explosion that allows the nation's most violent serial killers to escape, a former profiler is thrust back into a thrilling game of cat and mouse. Alongside a team of soldiers, spies and special agents, she has no choice but to track down and recapture these dangerous criminals… before they kill again.

Strike
Running

Strike

Strike is a drama series based on the novels by Robert Galbraith. Cormoran Strike, an injured war veteran turned PI, and secretary Robin Ellacott seek the truth surrounding a mysterious death.