Skip to Main Content

HDSI - The Disappearance of Glenn Miller

In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen or heard from again. Can the History Detectives find out what happened?
Season 11 Episode 2 Length 54:41 Premiere: 07/08/14

Recent Episodes

Sponsored by:

Blue background with illustration and text about KET's GED program FastForward being used nationwide with a 90% pass rate

Clips & Previews

Specials

Season 11 Episodes

HDSI - Texas Servant Girl Murders
S11 E3 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/15/14

HDSI - The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
S11 E2 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/08/14

HDSI - Civil War Sabotage?

S11 E1 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 07/01/14

Tukufu Zuberi on Being a History Detective
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Behind the Scenes - Series Three
Clip Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Sports Memorabilia
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 04/28/05

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Thin Section Analysis
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Genealogy
Clip Length 01:36 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Underground Railroad
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

See All Episodes

caret down

TV Schedules

Jump to Recent Airdates

Upcoming

Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home - S7 E6

Premiered On: 07/27/2009

A fragment that may been a piece of Amelia Earhart's plane, a letter from President Millard Fillmore commuting the death sentence of a Native American, and a Colorado home whose supports may have been constructed from a railroad boxcar.

  • Tuesday October 20, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 20, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday October 22, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip Hop - S7 E7

Premiered On: 08/10/2009

Encore presentations: An instrument that may have been recovered from the Hindenburg, a book that may have been a gift from John Adams to his son, and a home in the Bronx that may have been the birthplace of hip hop.

  • Sunday October 25, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 25, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 27, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 27, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday October 29, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday October 29, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

WPA Mural Studies/George Washington Miniature/Japanese Balloon Bomb - S7 E9

Premiered On: 08/24/2009

Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 40s, a miniature painting that may depict George Washington, and a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.

  • Sunday November 1, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday November 1, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday November 3, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday November 3, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday November 5, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday November 5, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

Stalag 17 Portrait/Seadrome/Black Tom Shell - S7 E10

Premiered On: 08/31/2009

A portrait created in a German prisoner of war camp; the Seadrome, a floating airport anchored to the ocean floor where trans-Atlantic passenger flights could refuel; and an intact artillery shell that may have been part of an attack on the U.S. in WWI.

  • Sunday November 8, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday November 8, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday November 10, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday November 10, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday November 12, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday November 12, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2

Civil War Bridge/Scottsboro Boys Stamp/Duke Ellington Plates - S7 E11

Premiered On: 09/07/2009

The site where a bridge may have been burned to thwart General Sherman's attempt to cross into Columbia, S.C.; a penny stamp that may be connected to a landmark civil rights case; and metal sheets that look like printing plates for Billy Strayhorn's "Take the A Train," a song made famous by Duke Ellington.

  • Sunday November 15, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday November 15, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday November 17, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday November 17, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Thursday November 19, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday November 19, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
Jump to Upcoming Airdates

Recent

Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home - S7 E6

  • Sunday October 18, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 18, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

Tokyo Rose Recording/Crazy Horse Photo/WWII Diary - S7 E5

  • Thursday October 15, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday October 15, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday October 11, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 11, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

Sideshow Babies/Lubin Photos/Navajo Rug - S7 E4

  • Thursday October 8, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday October 8, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday October 4, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 4, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm - S7 E3

  • Thursday October 1, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday October 1, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 29, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 29, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday September 27, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday September 27, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2

Manhattan Project/Galleon Shipwreck/Creole Poems - S7 E2

  • Thursday September 24, 2026 4:00 am ET on KET2
  • Thursday September 24, 2026 3:00 am CT on KET2
  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
  • Sunday September 20, 2026 11:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday September 20, 2026 10:00 pm CT on KET2
Top

Explore KET