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Brad Meltzer's Decoded

Brad Meltzer's Decoded

Description: And now you'll know the rest of the story, thanks to the investigations led in this programme by best-selling author Brad Meltzer. As he's written about and studied such revered institutions as the US Supreme Court, the presidency, the Secret Service and Wall Street, Meltzer has uncovered countless codes, theories and stories that have remained dormant ... until now. He's joined by a team of researchers to hunt down answers to some of history's most provocative, perplexing mysteries.
Genre: Mystery
Year Released: 2010
Number of seasons: 2
First episode air date: December 2, 2010
Network: History
Presented By: Brad Meltzer
Writers: Dominique Navarro, Johnathan Walton, Rob Blumenstein
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