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Allan Pinkerton: Saving Lincoln

Season 1 • Episode 1

Celebrated P.I. Allan Pinkerton is hired to protect a strategic railroad from attack, but as his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a hidden conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln.

43 min|TV-PG|Premiered 02/18/2016

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