History Detectives - Season 4 Episode 5 U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis

Name: History Detectives
Genre: Documentary
Released: 22 Jul 2014
Rating: 7.00

2014-07-22 United States of America 60 minutes.

7.00 3 votes

Documentary investigation

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

11 Season 11 Jul 01, 2014

11 - 1

Civil War Sabotage? Jul 01, 2014
11 - 2

The Disappearance of Glenn Miller Jul 08, 2014
11 - 3

Texas Servant Girl Murders Jul 15, 2014
11 - 4

Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa? Jul 22, 2014

10 Season 10 Jul 17, 2012

10 - 1

Bob Dylan Guitar; Beatles Autographs; Frank Zappa Collage Jul 17, 2012
10 - 2

Civil War-era pistols; KKK records; Motown Amp Jul 24, 2012
10 - 3

100th Episode: Clint Black's book of wanted posters; Molten metal; Pinup Slide Jul 24, 2012
10 - 4

World War II patches; Cheyenne possessions; Lincoln note; Civil War Fabric Jul 31, 2012
10 - 5

Picture Frame from the Titanic or Lusitania; Woolworth Signs; Toy Soldiers Aug 07, 2012
10 - 6

N. Vietnamese soldier's diary; Notebook with recipes for large volumes of liquor; Hollywood ledger Oct 02, 2012
10 - 7

WWI poster; Map of Valley Forge; Transistor radio; Prohibition-era business card Oct 09, 2012
10 - 8

A Kit Carson Biography; Yakima Canutt Saddle; Inscription on Sheet Music; Modoc Indian Basket Apr 02, 2013
10 - 9

A Bill of Sale for a 17-Year Old Black Girl; Powder Horn; Handwritten Score of Jan 08, 2013

9 Season 9 Jun 21, 2011

9 - 1

Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon Jun 21, 2011
9 - 2

Spanish Civil War Eulogy; Word War II Leaflets; Tiffany Window Jun 28, 2011
9 - 3

Siberian Bullet; John Brown Pike; Ronald McDonald Costume Jul 05, 2011
9 - 4

African American Comic Book; Lindberg-Sikorsky Fabric; Civil War Letters Jul 12, 2011
9 - 5

Drone Propeller; Clara Barton Letter; Teddy Roosevelt War Club Jul 19, 2011
9 - 6

Baker's Gold; Kittery Telescope; Japanese Carved Cane Jul 26, 2011
9 - 7

Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Modoc Basket; Hot Town Poster Aug 23, 2011
9 - 8

Drug Smuggling Doll; Florida Map; Marion Carpenter Camera Aug 30, 2011
9 - 9

1775 Almanac; Exercise Records; Moon Museum Sep 06, 2011
9 - 10

Leopold Medal; Suffrage Pennant; WB Cartoons Sep 20, 2011
9 - 11

Continental Club Card; Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Society Circus Program Sep 27, 2011
9 - 12

Ince Ledger; Harlem Heirs; Chandler Tintype Oct 11, 2011

8 Season 8 Jun 21, 2010

8 - 1

Space Boot; Satelloon; Moon Museum Jun 21, 2010
8 - 2

Iwo Jima Map; Copperhead Cane; Theremin Jun 28, 2010
8 - 3

Lauste Film Clip; Baker's Gold; Transatlantic Cable Jul 05, 2010
8 - 4

Barton Letter; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Spybook Jul 12, 2010
8 - 5

Cromwell Dixon; Bartlett Sketchbook; Duke Ellington Plates Jul 19, 2010
8 - 6

Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting Jul 26, 2010
8 - 7

St.Valentine's Day Massacre; G. Washington Miniature; Stalag 17 Portrait Aug 09, 2010
8 - 8

Hot Town Poster, Face Jug, Lost City of Gold Aug 16, 2010
8 - 9

Jackie Robinson All-Stars; Modoc Basket; Special Agent Five Aug 23, 2010
8 - 10

WB Cartoons; Galvez Papers; Mussolini's Dagger Aug 30, 2010
8 - 11

Chicago Clock; Universal Friends; War Dogs Sep 06, 2010

7 Season 7 Jun 22, 2009

7 - 0

Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop Feb 23, 2009
7 - 1

Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob Jun 22, 2009
7 - 2

Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems Jun 29, 2009
7 - 3

St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm Jul 06, 2009
7 - 4

Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug Jul 13, 2009
7 - 5

Tokyo Rose; Crazy Horse; World War II Diary Jul 20, 2009
7 - 6

Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Home Jul 27, 2009
7 - 7

Hindenburg Artifact; John Adams Book; Birthplace of Hip-Hop Aug 10, 2009
7 - 8

Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Device Aug 17, 2009
7 - 9

WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bomb Aug 24, 2009
7 - 10

Stalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shell Aug 31, 2009
7 - 11

Duke Ellington Plates; Scottsboror Boys Stamp; Civil War Bridge Sep 07, 2009
7 - 12

Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting Sep 14, 2009

6 Season 6 Jun 30, 2008

6 - 1

WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale Jun 30, 2008
6 - 2

Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong Jul 07, 2008
6 - 3

Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter Jul 14, 2008
6 - 4

China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery Jul 21, 2008
6 - 5

Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell Jul 28, 2008
6 - 6

GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films Aug 04, 2008
6 - 7

Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse Aug 11, 2008
6 - 8

John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic Aug 18, 2008
6 - 9

Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting Sep 08, 2008
6 - 10

Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver Sep 15, 2008
6 - 11

Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop Feb 23, 2008

5 Season 5 Jun 25, 2007

5 - 1

3D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n Andy Record; Women's Suffrage Painting Jun 25, 2007
5 - 2

Continental Currency; Short-Snorter; Liberty Bell Pin Jul 02, 2007
5 - 3

GAR Photograph; Jefferson Pledge; Dempsey Fight Bell Jul 09, 2007
5 - 4

Atocha Spanish Silver; Ernie Pyle's Typewriter; Lucy Parsons Book Jul 16, 2007
5 - 5

Great Mexican War Posters; Muhlenberg Robe; Nora Holt Autograph Book Jul 23, 2007
5 - 6

NC-4: First Across the Atlantic; Howard Hughes Crash; Civil War Balloon Jul 30, 2007
5 - 7

Grace Kelly Car; Harley-Davidson Motorcycle; Civil War POW Photos Aug 06, 2007
5 - 8

Coca-Cola Trade Card; Lawrence Strike; Vicksburg Map Aug 13, 2007
5 - 9

Red Cloud Letter; '32 Ford Roadster; Cast Iron Eagle Aug 20, 2007
5 - 10

Lincoln Letter; Quaker Map; U.S.S. Indianapolis Aug 27, 2007
5 - 11

Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films; McKinley Casket Flag Sep 03, 2007
5 - 12

USS Thresher; Pete Gray Cartoon; Manhattan Project Letter Sep 10, 2007

4 Season 4 Jun 19, 2006

4 - 1

The Chisholm Trail; Harry Houdini Poster; McKinley Casket Flag Jun 19, 2006
4 - 2

Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention Jun 26, 2006
4 - 3

Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike Jul 03, 2006
4 - 4

Alternative Service Certificates; Carolina Mystery Books; Mickey Mouse’s Origin Jul 10, 2006
4 - 5

U.S.S. Indianapolis; Highlander Badge; Spirit of St. Louis Jul 17, 2006
4 - 6

Orphan Film Reel; Chinese Opium Scale; Hermann Goering’s Shotgun Jul 24, 2006
4 - 7

Survivor Camera; Alcoholics Anonymous Letter; Tallahassee Mystery Cross Jul 31, 2006
4 - 8

Calf Creek Arrow; Doc Holliday’s Watch; Black Star Line Stock Certificates Aug 14, 2006
4 - 9

Grace Kelly Automobile; Illicit P.O.W. Photos; Mystery Motorcycle Aug 21, 2006
4 - 10

Lou Gehrig Autograph; Cleveland Electric Car; Philadelphia Freedom Paper Aug 28, 2006
4 - 11

Superman Sketch; Lost Musical Treasure; Rebel Whiskey Flask Sep 04, 2006

3 Season 3 Jun 27, 2005

3 - 1

The Spirit of St. Louis Jun 27, 2005
3 - 2

Black Star Line Certificates Jul 11, 2005
3 - 3

Arthur Szyk's Earliest Cartoons Jul 18, 2005
3 - 4

Cherokee Bible Jul 25, 2005
3 - 5

Portrait of George Washington Aug 01, 2005
3 - 6

Secrets of the Tape Aug 15, 2005
3 - 7

Doc Holliday's Watch Aug 22, 2005
3 - 8

Hermann Goering's Shotgun Aug 29, 2005
3 - 9

Coney Island Lion Sep 05, 2005
3 - 10

Leisureama Homes Sep 12, 2005
3 - 11

Home for Unwed Mothers Sep 19, 2005

2 Season 2 Jun 21, 2004

2 - 1

Civil War Submarine / Red Cloud's Peace Pipe / Thomas Edison's House Jun 21, 2004
2 - 2

Early Monopoly / Internment Artwork / Lewis and Clark Cane Jun 28, 2004
2 - 3

Anti-Slavery Flag / Mail Order Brides / WWII Landing Craft Jul 05, 2004
2 - 4

First Movie Studio / Hollywood: Warner's Lighter / King Kong Camera Jul 12, 2004
2 - 5

Dueling Pistols / Little Big Horn Bayonet / Nesbit Portrait Jul 19, 2004
2 - 6

Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot / Preston Brooks' Riding Crop / Revolutionary War Cannon Aug 02, 2004
2 - 7

Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House Aug 16, 2004
2 - 8

Bonnie & Clyde Bullets / George Washington Portrait / Revolutionary War Poem Aug 23, 2004
2 - 9

Lost Gold Ship / John Hunt Morgan Saddle / Cesar Chavez Banner Sep 06, 2004
2 - 10

Continental Army Muster Roll / Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium / Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun Sep 13, 2004
2 - 11

Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque Sep 20, 2004
2 - 12

Body in the Basement / Newport U-Boat / Shippen Golf Club Sep 27, 2004

1 Season 1 Jul 14, 2003

1 - 1

New Jersey Jul 14, 2003
1 - 2

The Mid West Jul 15, 2003
1 - 3

New England Jul 16, 2003
1 - 4

The Capitol Jul 17, 2003
1 - 5

The South East Jul 21, 2003
1 - 6

California Jul 28, 2003
1 - 7

Texas Aug 04, 2003
1 - 8

New York Aug 25, 2003
1 - 9

Oregon Sep 01, 2003
1 - 10

Philadelphia Sep 08, 2003

Overview

Puzzles concerning items believed to have come from a WWII kamikaze attack; a badge that may have belonged to a British soldier in the Revolutionary War; and two New Jersey brothers who suspect that their uncle built the Spirit of St. Louis's Wright Whirlwind J-5C engine.

Year 2014

Studio PBS

Director Bernadette McDaid

Crew

Popularity 0.5907

Language English