Legends & Lies

Profiles of notable figures in American history, through dramatic re-enactments, interviews with descendants and historians, and archival photographs.

Genre: Documentary, Biography, History

Cast:Dermot Mulroney , Bill O'Reilly , Timothy Brooks , Brian Kilmeade , Dan Matteucci , Sean Archulet , Fritz Klein , Justin Young , Joel King , Dwight Tolar , Garry Nation , Jody Matzer , Mark Lacy , Daniel Potes , Richard Lafleur , John Henry Richardson , Alexander McPherson , Adam Jones

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Jesse James: Bloody Politics

Sun, Apr 12, 2015

A profile of Jesse James.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Doc Holliday: Desperate Measures

Sun, Apr 12, 2015

A profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ James "Wild Bill" Hickok: Plains Justice

Sun, Apr 19, 2015

A profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Kit Carson: Duty Before Honor

Sun, Apr 26, 2015

A profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Davy Crockett: Capitol Hillbilly

Sun, May 3, 2015

A profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Black Bart: Gentleman Bandit

Sun, May 10, 2015

A profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Billy the Kid: Escape Artist

Sun, May 17, 2015

A profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ George Custer: A General's Reckoning

Sun, May 31, 2015

A profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger

Sun, Jun 7, 2015

A profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Butch Cassidy: "The Last Man Standing"

Sun, Jun 14, 2015

A profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Patriots: Sam Adams & Paul Revere - The Rebellion Begins

Sun, Jun 5, 2016

The story behind the Sons of Liberty and how they started the fight for American Independence, leading to the infamous Boston Massacre.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Patriots: John Adams - Ready for War

Sun, Jun 19, 2016

Lawyer John Adams represents the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in 1770; colonists protest the Tea Act of 1773; the American Revolution begins in April, 1775 at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Patriots: Benjamin Franklin - Inventing America

Sun, Jun 26, 2016

A profile of Benjamin Franklin includes his frequent trips to Europe; influence in the Second Continental Congress; and role in the American Revolution.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ The Patriots: General George Washington - Commanding Revolution

Sun, Jul 3, 2016

George Washington's exploits as commander of the Continental Army, including his first victory in Boston and subsequent defeat in New York, are examined.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Patriots: Thomas Jefferson - Independence Declared

Sun, Jul 10, 2016

Thomas Jefferson becomes the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which is used as a rallying cry by George Washington for his troops, during a desperate 1776 campaign to keep New York from falling into British hands.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The Patriots: Benedict Arnold - American Traitor

Sun, Jul 17, 2016

Benedict Arnold goes from a respected Continental Army general to America's most notorious traitor, thanks to his plot to surrender West Point to the British and switch sides.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Patriots: Francis Marion - American Guerrilla Fighter

Sun, Jul 24, 2016

A profile of Francis Marion, a South Carolina militia officer, known for his guerrilla tactics that frustrated and tormented the occupying British army.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Patriots: President George Washington - Forged in Conflict

Sun, Jul 31, 2016

America is a sovereign nation after the Revolution but is beset by squatting factions and financial debt. George Washington comes out of retirement and is elected president and works to guarantee the rights for which he and his comrades fought so hard.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr - Deadly Division

Sun, Aug 7, 2016

The season finale chronicles the dawn of the 19th century, under two-term President Thomas Jefferson and the duel between his vice president, Aaron Burr, and one of his chief rivals, Alexander Hamilton, in 1804.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Patriots: Forgotten Heroes

Sun, Dec 11, 2016

Black slaves join the Continental Army in the fight for independence.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Patriots: America's First Christmas

Sun, Dec 18, 2016

George Washington leads his men across the icy Delaware River into a bloody, barefoot march to Trenton and the brutal Hessian fighters who await them.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Patriots - How Freedom Was Won

Sun, Jan 1, 2017

The truths behind the events and people that comprise the legends of the American Revolution.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ John Brown: This Guilty Land

Sun, Mar 25, 2018

Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins

Sun, Apr 1, 2018

Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides

Sun, Apr 8, 2018

Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day

Sun, Apr 15, 2018

Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire

Sun, Apr 22, 2018

A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Gettysburg: The High Water Mark

Sun, Apr 29, 2018

The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War

Sun, May 6, 2018

Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag

Sun, May 13, 2018

A U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign

Sun, May 20, 2018

George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War

Sun, May 27, 2018

Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln

Sun, Jun 3, 2018

John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

Sun, Jun 10, 2018

The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ The Civil War

2017

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29Season 3

S3.E29 ∙ The Civil War

2017

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