History Detectives
Booth Letter
Show title: History Detectives
Video title: Booth Letter
Video duration: 17m 33sVideo description: History Detectives investigates a letter which indicates that thirty years before John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, Booth's father threatened to kill another sitting president, Andrew Jackson. The letter to Jackson reads, "You damn'd old scoundrel... I will cut your throat whilst you are sleeping." Is this letter a hoax? Or does assassination run in the Booth blood?
Finger Printing
The Criminal Justice and Information Service (CJIS) in West Virginia holds over 65 million fingerprint records, with over 200 thousand new subjects turning up everyday, how does CJIS sort through all the prints when trying to find a match? Tukufu explains how digital technology has revolutionized the process.
Painting Analysis
Ever wondered if that piece of art you own is the real deal? Watch Wes as he takes us through some techniques you can try at home as well techniques that the experts use when authenticating a paintings.
Textiles
Examining threads under a microscope can you tell you a lot about a piece of fabric. Gwen shows us the difference between man made and natural fibres when viewed under a microscopic lens, as well as examining weaving techniques and dyes to identify a fabric's country of origin.
Authentication
Elyse has some useful tips on how to spot if your handwritten document maybe a forgery, from looking at particular characteristics in the penmanship to using modern day infra-red lighting techniques.
Universal Friends
Chicago Clock
Fan Q&A: Wes Cowan
Wes fields your questions about what he likes to research, his career change, how he started an auction house and his personal collections.
Web Extra: Bosko the Talk Ink Kid
Galvez Papers
WB Cartoons
Modoc Basket
Jackie Robinson Scorecard
Special Agent Five
Lost City of Gold
Face Jug
Hot Town Poster
Extended Interview: Baseball player Max Manning
An interview from History Detectives Season One, with baseball player Max Manning.
FAN Q&A: EDUARDO
Eduardo fields your questions about where he's from, what draws him to the Southwest and how he became a History Detective.
Hindenburg Artifact
A New Jersey man has a green metal box that looks like an instrument panel. Family lore says a relative was among the many bystanders plucking items from the Hindenburg wreckage. Was this item recovered from the crash site? Host Elyse Luray travels to Atlanta and the New Jersey landing site of the ill-fated zeppelin to determine if the instrument panel is in fact from the horrifying crash.