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Expedition Unknown

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Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe. With direct audio from the hit TV show, you’ll hear Gates explore stories like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in the south Pacific and the location of Captain Morgan's treasure in Panama. These authentic, roughshod journeys help Gates separate fact from fiction, and learn the truth behind these compelling stories.

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Episodes

India's Atlantis

Josh travels to India in search of Dwarka, a mythical kingdom swallowed by the ocean. To find evidence that the golden city is real, he dives into the Arabian Sea and visits a dig site that could rewrite history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 202439 min

Italy's Barbarian Booty

Josh travels to Italy in search of what may be history's richest treasure -- the looted relics of the Roman Empire interred with the Visigoth king Alaric. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 17, 202440 min

Corsica's Nazi Treasure

Josh hunts for the treasure of Erwin Rommel, a Nazi general who plundered the wealth of North Africa as his tank corps fled the continent. The search brings Josh to never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of WWII. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 10, 202439 min

England's Vanished Crown Jewels

Josh goes on a quest to find the legendary lost treasure of King John. He explores the deadly marshlands of England to find the despised king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 03, 202439 min

The Ark of the Covenant

Josh follows in the footsteps of Indiana Jones as he searches in Israel and Ethiopia for the lost Ark of the Covenant, the sacred relic said to contain the Ten Commandments and possess extraordinary powers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 26, 202439 min

Africa's Cursed Lake of Gold

Josh journeys to the wilds of Namibia to embark on a treacherously deep dive into Lake Otjikoto for a long-lost World War I treasure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 19, 202439 min

Captain Kidd's Treasure

Josh retraces the footsteps of Captain Kidd in the hopes of finding his buried treasure. From the East Coast to the Caribbean, the search takes him to a real pirate shipwreck and to the island hideout of the notorious buccaneer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 12, 202439 min

Tracking Tasmania's Tiger

Josh ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of a supposedly extinct marsupial known as the Tasmanian Tiger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 05, 202441 min

Lasseter's Gold

Josh goes on an epic journey through the Australian outback to find a legendary field of gold known as Lasseter's Reef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 29, 202439 min

Cracking the D.B. Cooper Case

Josh sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in US history. Picking up where the FBI left off, he discovers new clues and theories in the Pacific Northwest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 22, 202439 min

Journey to the Ice Age

Josh treks deep into Siberia for a site where priceless mammoth bones are mined out of the permafrost. Once he gets back to the lab, Josh views the DNA results to find out if the woolly mammoth will walk the earth again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 15, 202439 min

Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

To help clone the extinct woolly mammoth back to life, Josh visits a Korean biotech lab driving the project and excavates ancient bones in a Canadian mine. He then descends into a vast sinkhole in Siberia to unearth frozen DNA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 08, 202439 min

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Josh Gates joins leading archeologists as they investigate America's first missing-persons case, The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Following newly discovered clues, he digs for answers to this over 400-year-old mystery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 01, 202440 min

The Vanished Empire

Josh travels to Greece to find out exactly how the mighty Minoan civilization disappeared from the ancient world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 24, 202437 min

The Lost Tomb of Attila the Hun

Josh travels to Hungary to join three archaeological teams looking for the lost tomb of Attila the Hun. Legends and ancient texts lead the search from the bottom of the Danube to the mountain forests just outside of Budapest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 17, 202440 min

Plummer's Gold

Josh sets off for gold rush country to search for the lost fortune of a notorious Montana sheriff. During his investigation, Josh explores hidden cave systems and blows open a mine that's been sealed for over a century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 10, 202440 min

Lost Spanish Fortune, Found!

Josh travels the coast of Florida and to the newly opened country of Cuba in search of sunken treasure from a fleet of Spanish ships sunk in 1715. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 07, 202437 min

Incan King's Mummy

Josh ventures into the mysterious cloud forests of Ecuador's remote central highlands in search of the all-powerful mummy of the last Inca king, Atahualpa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 202437 min

Lost Mexican City

Josh searches Mexico for clues behind the mysterious rise and disappearance of Teotihuacan, a powerful civilization that predated the Aztecs in Mesoamerica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 202436 min

Columbus: Legend or Liar?

Josh embarks on a journey around the world to uncover mysteries about Christopher Columbus. First, Josh looks for Columbus' legendary ship, the Santa Maria, and later ventures to find the real remains of the explorer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 17, 202436 min

Secrets of Shangri-La

Josh travels to the remote Mustang region of Nepal to explore the legendary Sky Caves. He and his team visit three different cave sites, each of which provide clues to the location of Shangri-La, the fabled heaven on earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 10, 202438 min

Yamashita's Gold

Josh travels to the Philippines searching for Yamashita's Gold, a treasure that has been hidden since World War II. He joins two treasure hunters who each believe they know of some of the gold's clandestine whereabouts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 03, 202436 min

Kalahari Desert's Lost City

Josh travels to the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa to look for a fabled lost city. On the journey, he traverses rough desert terrain, encounters wild animals, rafts down rapids and flies in an open-air helicopter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 27, 202337 min

Africa's Gold Hoard

Josh travels to South Africa in search of former President Paul Kruger's missing gold cache. He evades dangerous poachers and meets the Shangaan tribe en route to the treasure that may be hiding in the African wilderness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 202336 min

Nazi Secrets Revealed

Josh heads to Europe to expose the last secrets of the Third Reich. He dives deep to locate a Nazi war criminal's lost treasure. Then, he meets a researcher to find out how close was Hitler to having an atomic bomb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 202336 min

The Sultan's Heart

Josh travels to Turkey and Hungary to find the missing heart of one of the greatest Ottoman rulers in Turkish history, Suleiman the Magnificent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 06, 202336 min

True Cross of Christ

Josh journeys to Jerusalem and Istanbul searching for lost pieces of the cross from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 202335 min

Japan's Atlantis

Josh travels to remote Yonaguni Island and dives into the waters of the Pacific Rim to explore an underwater phenomenon described as Japan's Atlantis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 202335 min

Genghis Khan's Tomb

Josh journeys into the heart of Mongolia in search of the fabled lost tomb of Genghis Khan. For even more Expedition Unknown, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/expeditionunknown to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 202335 min

Finding Fenn's Fortune

Josh joins the hunt for for a $2,000,000 treasure. He attempts to decode the clues of the modern day treasure's location by following a cryptic poem, leading him deep into the harsh Rocky Mountains. For even more Expedition Unknown, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/expeditionunknown to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 08, 202336 min
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