America: Facts vs. Fiction - Season 3

America: Facts vs. Fiction - Season 3

Season 3

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Episodes12
DatesOct 6, 2015 - Dec 22, 2015
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Episodes

Ike and MacArthur
Season 3Episode 130 min

Ike and MacArthur

The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. West Point cadet Dwight Eisenhower used an alias to hide a secret and Douglas MacArthur deserved a court-martial, not a medal, for his actions in the Philippines in World War II.

Oct 6, 2015
Worlds of Amusement
Season 3Episode 230 min

Worlds of Amusement

Much of what we know about amusement parks and world's fairs is myth, not truth. Discover why Walt Disney's second theme park was almost in St. Louis instead of Florida, and how world's fairs we remember as family entertainment featured nudity.

Oct 6, 2015
Welcome to the Big Apple
Season 3Episode 330 min

Welcome to the Big Apple

Myths obscure the facts about two Manhattan landmarks - the Empire State Building and Grand Central Terminal. Discover why a penny tossed from the top of the skyscraper won't kill anyone, and the real story of Grand Central's "secret" train platform.

Oct 13, 2015
The Princess and the Pathfinders
Season 3Episode 430 min

The Princess and the Pathfinders

Myths obscure the truth about Pocahontas and America's renowned explorers, Lewis and Clark. Pocahontas allegedly saved the life of Englishman John Smith and we remember them as lovers, but she actually married another John. The exploits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were forgotten for a century.

Oct 20, 2015
Kings of the Sky
Season 3Episode 530 min

Kings of the Sky

Myths obscure the truth of two pioneering flights. Charles Lindbergh was far from the first man to fly the Atlantic. The biggest danger astronaut John Glenn faced wasn't a problem with his heat shield during reentry but on the launch pad.

Oct 27, 2015
Top Secret Vaults
Season 3Episode 630 min

Top Secret Vaults

Myths surround America's most secret vaults. The interior of Fort Knox looks nothing like it does in the movie "Goldfinger" and the $250 billion of gold in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is protected by low-tech technology built in 1924.

Nov 3, 2015
Not So Close Encounters
Season 3Episode 730 min

Not So Close Encounters

Did an alien spaceship crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Are scientists reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology in the Nevada desert's Area 51? Conspiracy theorists have no doubts. But the facts tell a very different story.

Nov 17, 2015
Roads to Freedom
Season 3Episode 830 min

Roads to Freedom

Myths obscure the truth about the Underground Railroad and the Women's Suffrage Movement. Black leaders, not white, dominated the system that brought hundreds of slaves to freedom. And women's fight for the vote was more violent than we remember.

Nov 24, 2015
D.C. Decoding
Season 3Episode 930 min

D.C. Decoding

Myths surround the landmarks of Washington, D.C. Few realize that the remains of the original White House are buried under a baseball diamond in Virginia or that thousands of people have literally jumped over the top of the Washington Monument.

Dec 1, 2015
Final Voyages
Season 3Episode 1030 min

Final Voyages

Myths cloud the facts of the Titanic and Hindenburg disasters. Few know that the Titanic nearly hit another obstacle days before it struck the iceberg or that radio broadcast of the Hindenburg's destruction is distorted by a technical flaw.

Dec 8, 2015
The Rock and the Bridge
Season 3Episode 1130 min

The Rock and the Bridge

Myths obscure the real facts about two San Francisco landmarks: Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. If Alcatraz was so harsh, why did inmates ask to be transferred there? And why did the Navy want to paint the bridge a garish yellow and black?

Dec 15, 2015
Unwrapping the Holidays
Season 3Episode 1230 min

Unwrapping the Holidays

Myths and misconceptions surround our celebrations of Christmas and New Year's Eve. Learn how the Santa we cherish is actually the product of three New Yorkers and how the Times Square Ball drop is based on a bygone system of standardizing time.

Dec 22, 2015

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