History Detectives

Iwo Jima Map, Copperhead Cane, Theremin

Season 8, Episode 2 of 11

First, detective Eduardo Pagan investigates the history of a hand-drawn map, taken from the body of a Japanese soldier during the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, in the segment "Iwo Jima Map." Then, in "Copperhead Cane," Wes Cowan follows the story of a cane topped with a coiled snake that has ties to the anti-Abraham Lincoln group, the "Peace Democrats." Finally, in the segment "Theremin," Elyse Luray traces the origins of the Theremin - one of the first electronic musical instruments - and finds out if a New Mexico man owns one of the fewer than a dozen Theremins in the U.S. built by Leon Theremin himself.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
7/4/2010
3 p.m.
8/2/2011
8 p.m.
8/3/2011
1 a.m.
8/7/2011
4 p.m.
7/18/2017
noon
7/19/2017
2 a.m.
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