America's Hidden Stories

Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation's most iconic stories.

Genre: Documentary, Fantasy, History

Cast:Josh Goodman , Lisa Edmondson , Margie Curran , Cole Elliott , Chris Smorto , Nathan Whitmer , Todd Patrick Taylor , Noah Peterson , Vivian Lee Wood , Andrew Bryce , Harvey Roberts , Ron Blake , Jeff Moore , Tricia Hawn , Vince Eisenson , Adam LaFramboise , Lily Kerrigan , Jesse Marciniak

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Salem's Secrets

Mon, Mar 4, 2019

In 1692, the townspeople of Salem, Massachusetts found themselves in a panic over witchcraft. But after several months, the paranoia and violence ended almost as quickly as it began. All trials were halted, publications about the terror were officially banned, and the location of the execution site vanished from any records. Today, a group of historians uncovers new information about the infamous witch hunt in an effort to answer its most enduring mysteries.

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S1.E2 ∙ Targeting Jefferson Davis

Mon, Mar 11, 2019

During a failed raid to free northern POWs in 1864, papers are found on the body of Union Colonel Ulric Dahlgren ordering the assassination of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The discovery fuels outrage in the South and energizes the Confederate secret service. Now, historians have teamed up with descendants of the slain colonel to uncover who was behind the audacious murder plot and to consider if Abraham Lincoln's assassination one year later may have been a retaliatory measure.

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S1.E3 ∙ Pandemic 1918

Mon, Mar 18, 2019

The Spanish flu was one of the most devastating natural disasters in history, an unstoppable virus that swept the planet in 1918, killing tens of millions of people. New evidence suggests the possible birthplace was actually in America's heartland. Witness a globe-spanning story of death and denial on an epic scale, as we visit a mass gravesite, pore over old medical records and diaries, and use cutting edge scientific research to reveal the horrific truth behind this deadly pandemic.

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S1.E4 ∙ Pearl Harbor Spies

Mon, Mar 25, 2019

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan's war machine attacked Pearl Harbor, killing over 2,300 American servicemen. The conventional story is that America was caught sleeping that day and was hit without warning. But newly declassified documents from U.S. Naval intelligence and the FBI reveal a very different tale, one of Japanese and German spies studying Pearl Harbor long before the assault with our agents watching them the whole time. So, how were we still caught so tragically off guard? Modern historians are determined to find out.

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S1.E5 ∙ CIA Cyber Attack

Mon, Apr 1, 2019

It's a Cold War story involving a turncoat KGB agent, doctored computer chips, and a fiery blast in the Siberian wilderness big enough to see from space. Modern historians investigate the claim of a June 1982 explosion of a Russian gas pipeline to see if it was the result of the world's first-ever cyber attack, a retaliatory measure secretly ordered by Ronald Reagan to bring the Soviet Union to its knees.

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S1.E6 ∙ The General was Female?

Mon, Apr 8, 2019

Casimir Pulaski was an American Revolutionary War hero who helped save George Washington's life in the Battle of Brandywine. He was known as the "Father of the American Cavalry," but new evidence suggests that the general may not have been male. Follow a team of anthropologists as they examine the bones found at Pulaski's monument in Savannah and run state-of-the-art DNA tests in order to determine if the officer was female or if someone else was buried in the tomb.

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S1.E7 ∙ Mrs. Benedict Arnold

Mon, Apr 15, 2019

Benedict Arnold was a hero of the revolution. He was one of Washington's best generals. He had a new bride said to be the most beautiful woman in the colonies. And yet, just one month after marrying 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, Arnold reached out to the British and began to plot treason. What drove the celebrated general to betray his country? Investigators are now exposing a vast conspiracy to crush America's hopes for independence with Benedict Arnold's young wife at the center.

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S1.E8 ∙ Mystery at Jamestown

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

Follows the forensic detective work as scientists excavate and analyze the burials, hoping to match clues with historical records of Yeardley's life. Dramatic reconstructions transport viewers back to the precarious first years of the colony, when rivalries between leaders, disease and starvation, and conflict with the Powhatan confederation.

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S2.E1 ∙ Hitler's US Election Plot

Mon, Oct 26, 2020

Did Hitler secretly try to swing the 1940 Presidential election against Franklin Roosevelt? Newly uncovered evidence reveals the Nazis spent millions of dollars trying to influence the election, defeat FDR, and keep America out of WWII.

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S2.E2 ∙ The Klan Makes a Movie

Mon, Jan 11, 2021

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S2.E3 ∙ Madam President

Mon, Jan 18, 2021

Newly discovered documents suggest Edith Wilson effectively became America's first female president.

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S2.E4 ∙ Vampires in America

Mon, Jan 25, 2021

See how a silent, invisible, and very real threat turned 19th century New England farmers into vampire hunters.

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S2.E6 ∙ George Washington's Secret Love

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

On his way to Boston to plead his case for a field promotion promised by his slain commander, young George Washington tarries in New York where he and heiress Mary Philipse are said to have fallen in love.

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S2.E8 ∙ CIA Museum Declassified

Sun, Sep 18, 2022