Decoded

I found a FANTASTIC new show on The History Channel recently - "Decoded" with Brad Meltzer. It's a must-see for other history geeks like me! Here is the description of the show from The History Channel's website:

What if the history you knew was only half the story? Brad Meltzer's Decoded investigates the other half: the secret history of the symbols and codes that surround us everyday. Best-selling author Brad Meltzer has been writing novels for more than a decade. He has studied and written about some of the most revered institutions and documents in human history, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Presidency, the Secret Service, Wall Street and the Bible. Brad has assembled a team to investigate the countless clues and theories uncovered through his years of research, but unexplored until now. From the dollar bill to the first Presidential Codes, the hidden messages of the Statue of Liberty and the ciphers protecting the location of lost Confederate gold, the team uncovers the truth behind history's most provocative secrets.

Each episode is one hour and he has his team of experts go out and investigate different mysteries from history. The experts are: an engineer, a lawyer and a professor.

Some of the topics they have investigated have been: the Lincoln assassination, secrets of the Statue of Liberty, some lost Confederate gold buried in the south, Secret Societies, the White House, and Secret Presidential Codes. I find it absolutely FASCINATING and the show is VERY well done!

I think I am going to read Brad Meltzer's novels too, because if they are anything like the show, I'm IN!