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The Best Episodes of History Detectives Season 6

Every episode of History Detectives Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of History Detectives Season 6!

A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale" is the best rated episode of "History Detectives" season 6. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/30/2008. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong".

  • WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale
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    #1 - WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 6/30/2008

    WWII Diary: Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II? Annie Oakley Coin: Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West's most popular female sharpshooters? 1856 Mormon Tale: Is this tattered book a true account of female slavery in the old West?

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  • Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
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    #2 - Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong

    Season 6 Episode 2

    Aired 7/7/2008

    Red Hand Flag: Is this peculiar flag one that African-American soldiers marched under in the war to end all wars? Seth Eastman Painting: Is this painting an original depiction of Native American life from one of the premiere painters of the American West? Isleton Tong: Was this building a safe haven for persecuted immigrants, or a hub for organized crime?

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  • Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
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    #3 - Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter

    Season 6 Episode 3

    Aired 7/14/2008

    Japanese Balloon Bomb: Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland? Society Circus Program: Why are some of New York's wealthiest planning a high society circus at the very depth of the Great Depression? Camp David Letter: Could a box found in a dumpster hold information about the founding of a top-secret Presidential retreat?

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  • China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
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    #4 - China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery

    Season 6 Episode 4

    Aired 7/21/2008

    China Marine Jacket: Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing identify a marine who may have witnessed a Chinese paradise tumbling into disaster? Airstream Caravan: Was this mobile home part of a modern-day wagon train halfway across the world? Lincoln Forgery: Could this piece of sheet music have come from Abraham Lincoln's private collection?

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  • Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
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    #5 - Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 7/28/2008

    Hindenburg Artifact Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin? Bonus Army Stamp: Is this stamp connected to a moment when the U.S. Army advanced with fixed bayonets against fellow soldiers in the nation’s capital? Dempsey Fight Bell: Is this the bell that sat ringside at the world's first boxing superstar's legendary match?

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  • GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films
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    #6 - GAR Photograph; Bill Pickett Saddle; Hitler Films

    Season 6 Episode 6

    Aired 8/4/2008

    GAR Photograph: How did two African Americans come to be part of this photograph of about 20 older white men in Reconstructionist-era America? Bill Pickett Saddle: Did this saddle ride into cowboy history with one of rodeo's most daring innovators? Hitler Films: Could these rusting film canisters contain unknown footage of one of the 20th century's most heinous murderers?

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  • Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
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    #7 - Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 8/11/2008

    Black Tom Shell: Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on American soil? USS Olympia Glass: Could this farmhouse door have sailed into battle in one of the country's greatest naval victories? Front Street Blockhouse: Did this unassuming house once protect an American colony from attack almost 300 years ago?

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  • John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic
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    #8 - John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across the Atlantic

    Season 6 Episode 8

    Aired 8/18/2008

    John Adams Book: Do these tattered pages open the book on a President who built a nation even as his own son fell into ruin? Mankato Spoon: What does this delicate silver spoon have to do with the largest mass execution in American history? NC-4: First Across the Atlantic: Is this piece of fabric a remnant from the first transatlantic flight, eight years before Lindbergh?

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  • Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
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    #9 - Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting

    Season 6 Episode 9

    Aired 9/8/2008

    Shipwreck Cannons: Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire? Connecticut Farmhouse: How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar? Kahlil Gibran Painting: Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired an American generation?

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  • Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver
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    #10 - Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver

    Season 6 Episode 10

    Aired 9/15/2008

    Blueprint Special: Did this record play a dramatic role in the Allied victory during the Second World War? Monroe Letter: Does this letter link America's fifth President to the high seas piracy of U.S. merchant ships in the early 1800s? Atocha Spanish Silver: What is the meaning of these markings on a silver bar discovered in the wreck of the Spanish ship?

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  • Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop
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    #11 - Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop

    Season 6 Episode 11

    Aired 2/23/2008

    Slave Songbook - Are these tattered pages the earliest record of music created by slaves? Josh White Guitar - What role did this guitar play in the transformation of the music industry in the 1960's? Birthplace of Hip Hop - Did this Bronx apartment building give birth to a culture that now spans the globe?

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