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Mission Declassified

Mission Declassified

Description: Seasoned investigative reporter Christof Putzel has a resume filled with hard-hitting stories, including identifying an illegal U.S. weapons ring smuggling firearms across the border to the cartels in Mexico, and exposing the tobacco industry's exploitation of children in Asia. In this series, Putzel employs his tried and true information-gathering method -- using declassified government documents -- to explore legendary and notorious mysteries. Each hourlong episode sees Putzel decoding documents to discover new, or simply missed, clues and connections that could finally unlock decades-long cold cases, among them the Lindbergh kidnapping and the actual identity of hijacker DB Cooper.
Genre: Documentary, History
Year Released: 2019
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 9
First episode air date: March 24, 2019
Cast: Christof Putzel

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