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Mysteries at the Museum

Dewey Defeats Truman, Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure

Don Wildman examines how an iconic headline came to be, the real-life inspiration for a literary villain and the search for millions of dollars of sunken treasure.

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