Unsolved History — Season 1, Episode 4: Forensics in the White House

Episode synopsis

A team of Secret Service officers, historians and forensic scientists unravel the mysteries behind some of the most high-profile deaths and assassination attempts in the White House. The 1881 shooting of James Garfield prompted Alexander Graham Bell to invent a metal detector in order to locate the assassin's bullet and try to save his life. Zachary Taylor's body was exhumed to determine if he had been poisoned instead of dying from gastroenteritis. An assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt helped shape the function of today's Secret Service. And a plot to crash a passenger jet into the White House in order to assassinate Richard Nixon was foiled.

About Unsolved History

Unsolved History is an American documentary television series that aired from 2002 to 2005. The program was produced by MorningStar Entertainment, Termite Art Productions, Lions Gate Television, and Discovery Communications for the Discovery Channel. The series lasted over three seasons and had a total of 47 episodes, in which a team of people, each with different skills, try to solve historical mysteries. As of 2007, the series airs on Investigation Discovery and occasionally on the Science Channel. However, episodes regarding the military are sometimes aired on the Military Channel.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge
• E2The Death of the U.S.S. Maine
• E3Inside Hitler's Bunker
• E5Custer's Last Stand
• E6The Alamo
• E7The Iceman Mystery
• E8Pearl Harbor: Death of the Arizona
• E9The Death of the Red Baron
• E10Shoot-Out at the O.K. Corral
• E11The Boston Massacre
• E12JFK: Death in Dealey Plaza
• E13The Roman Colosseum