America: Facts vs. Fiction
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record st...
America: Facts vs. Fiction
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record straight on the most familiar and beloved stories from our nation's and military's past, filling in the blanks, debunking the occasional myth, and exploring why we sometimes get our own history, well, slightly wrong
America: Facts vs. Fiction
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record st...
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Episodes
Episode 1: Bonus Round: All-American Landmarks
Discovering the real truth behind some of America's greatest landmarks.
Episode 2: Bonus Round: Fall into the Truth
Exposing the truth behind favorite Fall holidays Thanksgiving and Halloween.
Episode 3: Bonus Round: Vote for the Truth
Profiles of U.S. generals, including Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. Also: a look at Washin...
Episode 4: Bonus Round: Secret Vaults and Final Journeys
Investigating the nation's most secret vaults to separate fiction from fact.
Episode 5: Bonus Round: The Truth Will Set You Free
Profiles of Lewis and Clark; and Pocahontas. Also: a look at the women's suffrage movement.
Episode 6: Bonus Round: America Celebrates
The spotlight is on amusement parks and world's fairs to separate fiction from truth; explore the my...
Episode 7: Bonus Round: Patriots and Presidents
The birth of America and the powerful people behind it are featured.
Episode 8: Bonus Round: Cowboys vs. Hollywood
Hollywood's vision of the old west is explored. Included: the truth behind some of America's renowne...
Episode 9: Bonus Round: No Liars Allowed
The true stories behind America's most infamous bad guys; and the truths behind America's notorious...
Episode 10: Bonus Round: Yankees, Rebels and World War II
The myths behind World War II are exposed. Delves into the truths that are often forgotten when it c...
Episode 11: Bonus Round: Vices and Vacations
The myths surrounding popular favorite vices and the facts behind the most-liked holidays are explor...
Episode 12: Bonus Round: Monumental Realities
The myths behind some of history's most defining moments are uncovered, as well as revealing facts b...
Episode 13: Bonus Round: Science or Sci-Fi?
The science in America's history is examined, including its medical history and its nuclear age.
Episode 1: Flying Machines
Flying devices have been created to take us all around the world and even into space. On America's F...
Episode 2: Founding Fathers
We think we know the true story of the birth of the United States but there is a whole other story....
Episode 3: Pilgrims and Witches
The roots of America can be traced to the first settlers that came there. In this episode of America...
Episode 4: Trick or Treat
We don't always know the truth behind what scares us. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fic...
Episode 5: The Inventors
We don't always know the truth behind the inventors that create the devices we use every day. On Ame...
Episode 6: Presidential Conspiracies
With our greatest Presidents, we have to differentiate between the man and the legend. On the next e...
Episode 7: The New World
There is more to the explorers who discovered America than we have been told. On the next episode of...
Episode 8: Roadside Stories
A whole other story is behind the roads and bridges that cross the United States. On this episode of...
Episode 1: Fool's Gold
The real facts behind America's biggest economic boom and biggest bust will shock you. On this episo...
Episode 2: Last Man Standing
The true stories of the Alamo and Custer's Last Stand are very different from the way we remember th...
Episode 3: Lost at Sea
Myths cloud the real facts of history on the high seas. Find out what pirates really did with their...
Episode 4: Booze and Bullets
Our memories of the roaring twenties and lawless thirties are more myth than truth. Learn the shocki...
Episode 5: Patton and Grant
The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. Learn that George Patton's nickname...
Episode 6: Red, White and True?
Myths and misconceptions surround our most revered patriotic symbols. Learn how the Statue of Libert...
Episode 7: Wartime Rosies
The truth about women during World War II goes way beyond Rosie the Riveter. In this episode, our st...
Episode 8: Masters of Illusion
Much of what we know about America's showmen is myth, not truth. Discover how Harry Houdini didn't d...
Episode 9: Seeing Isn't Believing
On this episode, we look further into some of the most iconic photos and footage from the Civil War,...
Episode 10: What Happens in Vegas...
Myths obscure the truth about Las Vegas. In this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, learn that g...
Episode 11: Conquering the Sky
The stories of pioneering aviators are often not the truth but flights of fancy. In this episode of...
Episode 12: Engineering the Impossible
The truth about great feats of engineering can be clouded by myth. Discover that the Panama Canal do...
Episode 1: Ike and MacArthur
The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. West Point cadet Dwight Eisenhower...
Episode 2: Worlds of Amusement
Amusement parks and world's fairs are examined. Included: the history of roller-coasters and how wor...
Episode 3: Welcome to the Big Apple
Myths obscure the facts about two Manhattan landmarks - the Empire State Building and Grand Central....
Episode 4: The Princess and the Pathfinders
Myths obscure the truth about Pocahontas and America's renowned explorers, Lewis and Clark. We remem...
Episode 5: Kings of the Sky
Charles Lindburg myths and John Glenn fictions
Episode 6: Top Secret Vaults
Myths surround America's most secret vaults. The interior of Fort Knox looks nothing like it does in...
Episode 7: Not So Close Encounters
Did an alien spaceship crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Are scientists reverse-engineering extr...
Episode 8: Roads to Freedom
Myths obscure the truth about the Underground Railroad and the Women's Suffrage Movement. Black lead...
Episode 9: D.C. Decoding
Myths surround the landmarks of Washington, D.C. Few realize that the remains of the original White...
Episode 10: Final Voyages
Myths cloud the facts of the Titanic and Hindenburg disasters. Few know that the Titanic nearly hit...
Episode 11: The Rock and the Bridge
Myths obscure the real facts about two San Francisco landmarks: Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge....
Episode 12: Unwrapping the Holidays
Myths and misconceptions surround our celebrations of Christmas and New Year's Eve. Learn how the Sa...
Episode 1: Presidential Special
Episode 2: Epic Interventions
Episode 3: Discovering America
Episode 4: The Great Escape
The "facts" of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of Little Big Horn vs. the "fiction".
Episode 5: Tales of Sea and Sky
Episode 6: Engineering America
Episode 7: Saluting the Truth
Profiles of U.S. generals, including George Patton and Ulysses S. Grant. Also: a look back at the Ro...
Episode 8: Striking It Rich
Episode 9: Bonus Round: Defending the Truth
True tales of women at war, including those that worked at manufacturing jobs, as WASPS, as computer...
Episode 10: Bonus Round: All-American Landmarks
Discovering the real truth behind some of America's greatest landmarks.
Episode 11: Bonus Round: Fall into the Truth
Exposing the truth behind favorite Fall holidays Thanksgiving and Halloween.
Episode 1: World War 2
The war waged by America's greatest generation is obscured by myth. Few remember that an American ad...
Episode 2: Smoking, Drinking and Gambling
Myths obscure the real facts about our favorite vices: smoking, drinking and gambling. You won't bel...
Episode 3: Liberty, Leprechauns and Lounging
Myths taint our knowledge of the 4th of July, St. Patrick's Day, and our favorite mini-holiday, the...
Episode 4: The Real West
Much of what we know about the old west is myth, not fact, drawn from movies and TV. Gunfights never...
Episode 5: Secret Societies
Much of what we know about America's secret societies is myth, not truth. The Freemasons have no evi...
Episode 6: Space: The Final Frontier
Myths eclipse the real facts about NASA's dramatic rescue of three astronauts aboard the crippled Ap...
Episode 7: The Atomic Age
The real facts of the nuclear age are clouded by myth. Manhattan played a major role in the Manhatta...
Episode 8: American Villains
Myths litter the stories of America's most infamous bad guys. Al Capone was a philanthropist as well...
Episode 9: Famous Feuds
Myths distort the stories of two of America's most renowned rivalries. Before their fateful duel, Al...
Episode 10: Moments That Changed History
Myths and misconceptions surround four pivotal historic moments: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, t...
Episode 11: The Civil War
Myths cloud the real facts of America's Civil War. The North's biggest city tried to secede; the Uni...
Episode 12: Bad Medicine
America's medical history is infected with myths. George Washington's doctors may have inadvertently...
Episode 13: Bonus Round: Vote for the Truth
Profiles of U.S. generals, including Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. Also: a look at Washin...
Episode 14: Bonus Round: Fire in the Sky
On this special edition of America: Facts vs. Fiction, we explore the myths behind extraterrestrial...
Episode 15: Bonus Round: Secret Vaults and Final Journeys
Investigating the nation's most secret vaults to separate fiction from fact.
Episode 16: Bonus Round: The Truth Will Set You Free
Profiles of Lewis and Clark; and Pocahontas. Also: a look at the women's suffrage movement.
Episode 17: Bonus Round: America Celebrates
The spotlight is on amusement parks and world's fairs to separate fiction from truth; explore the my...
Episode 18: Bonus Round: Patriots and Presidents
The birth of America and the powerful people behind it are featured.
Episode 19: Bonus Round: Cowboys vs. Hollywood
Hollywood's vision of the old west is explored. Included: the truth behind some of America's renowne...
Episode 20: Bonus Round: No Liars Allowed
The true stories behind America's most infamous bad guys; and the truths behind America's notorious...
Episode 21: Bonus Round: Yankees, Rebels and World War II
The myths behind World War II are exposed. Delves into the truths that are often forgotten when it c...
Episode 22: Bonus Round: Vices and Vacations
The myths surrounding popular favorite vices and the facts behind the most-liked holidays are explor...
Episode 23: Bonus Round: Monumental Realities
The myths behind some of history's most defining moments are uncovered, as well as revealing facts b...
Episode 24: Bonus Round: Science or Sci-Fi?
The science in America's history is examined, including its medical history and its nuclear age.
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