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Season 8, Episode 11

Season 8 Episode 11 | 55m 10s

Chicago Clock: How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and is this it? Universal Friends: A document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. War Dogs: What went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island?

Aired: 09/04/10
Season 8, Episode 11
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Notorious teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared without a trace in 1975. Was he murdered?
Before Jack the Ripper, a serial killer walked the streets of Austin, Texas.
In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen again.
The steamship Sultana exploded without warning one night in 1865, killing 1,800 people.
Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.
The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West.
Eduardo investigates the story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl".
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps Tukufu track down the true story behind a WWI poster.
Wes searches for the family of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier.
Was this picture frame crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither?
Extras
We investigate the tragic story behind the most famous cowboy song ever.
Did this antique biography once belong to Kit Carson’s family?
Was this handwritten sheet of music central to deciding our national anthem?
What is the story behind an engraved horn found in a Minnesota field?
Eduardo investigates the life story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl.”
A Tucson man wonders if he has one of the first transistor radios ever made.
Did George Washington hold this map during the critical winter at Valley Forge?
Tukufu and fellow host Elyse Luray track down the true story behind a WWI poster.
A journal of liquor recipes makes a man wonder if his uncle was a prohibition bootlegger.
Wes searches for the family of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier.