6.0/106 votes#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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- NaN/100 votes
#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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- 6.5/106 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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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- 7.0/105 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- 7.0/106 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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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- 6.2/105 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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?
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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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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
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"WWII Diary; Annie Oakley Coin; 1856 Mormon Tale" is the best rated episode of "History Detectives" season 6. It scored 6/10 based on 6 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".