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A look at exciting yet controversial military campaigns that have all but faded from American history.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 21, 2:00 am
Alarmed by FDR's economic policies, a cabal of industrialists and financiers plot to create a fascist state.
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Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 21, 6:00 am
Two well-diggers discover a 10-foot man in 1868, which was later revealed to be a hoax planned by Stub's cousin.
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In the 1920s, four poor Texan brothers became America's most successful bank and train robbers. The Newton Boys robbed over 80 banks and six trains, while never killing a soul. As a result, they achieved something few outlaws did - they lived to old age.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 21, 8:00 am
The 1800s saw the heyday of "patent medicines", elixirs promising to cure nearly anything--if they didn't kill people. Snake-oil salesmen hawked potent potions with ingredients like opium, cocaine, or grain alcohol--until the FDA acted in the 1900s.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 21, 9:00 am
A look at the private life of Tsar Nicholas and his wife, Alexandra.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 28, 2:00 am
The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, founded to protect Christians on pilgrimage, quickly belied its name becoming the most powerful and wealthiest religious order, rumored to possess the Holy Grail.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 28, 3:00 am
Over the course of 3,000 years, Karnak grew from a small shrine to a sprawling religious complex and community. The society of priests who maintained the temple conspired to keep their power at all costs.
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The Roman city of Ostia was founded in the 4th-century B.C. at the mouth of the Tiber and was once a vital harbor town and important port. Today, Ostia is covered in sand. The reasons for its demise are examined.
More details for In Search of History, Sat 28, 5:00 am
Nestled high in the Peruvian Andes, Machu Picchu stayed hidden until Hiram Bingham stumbled on it in 1911. Perhaps the Americas' most astonishing ruin and one of few pre-Columbian cities found intact.
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Located on a tiny cluster of islands, Venice boasts an unrivaled military past. Without defensive walls, she relied on her 200-square-mile lagoon for protection until surrendering to Napoleon in 1797. Yet her origins have sunk into the miasma of myth.
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The story of the Nabataeans, a desert people who carved the city of Petra out of the Jordanian mountains some 2,000 years ago.
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A trip to the heart of Cambodia's jungle unlocks the secrets of the ancient city of Angkor, 75 miles of gilded palaces and stone temples constructed over a span of some 400 years. For centuries, the city remained hidden by jungle.
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