Missed Fortune

Missed Fortune

When Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of gold, sapphires, and rubies somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in 2010, he tapped into something deep. It was like the American Dream reduced to its essence—an equal-opportunity quest for a small fortune. What seemed at first like a harmless poem containing nine treasure clues sent thousands on a journey of obsession and desperation. One searcher—Darrell Seyler—gave everything. New episodes out every Monday. Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts. https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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August 8, 2022 3 mins

In 2010, retired art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a bronze chest worth roughly $1 million somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The only way to find it? Deciphering clues in a poem he published in his autobiography. Hundreds of thousands of searchers went looking. But few risked more on their hunt than a former cop from Seattle named Darrell Seyler.


Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in as...

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There’s a hidden treasure worth $1 million up for grabs somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, and nine clues to its location are hidden in a poem. Darrell Seyler knows where it is, but he’ll have to risk everything to go get it.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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August 15, 2022 29 mins

Gold fever is the single-minded pursuit of treasure. And wow, Darrell has it.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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August 15, 2022 42 mins

At the heart of this treasure hunt is enigmatic millionaire Forrest Fenn—an amateur archaeologist and professional art dealer. You can’t solve the treasure hunt without understanding Fenn and all the people he’s pissed off over the years.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

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August 22, 2022 34 mins

Darrell’s obsession with treasure goes all the way back to childhood. And it turns out there’s a very good reason for that.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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August 29, 2022 34 mins

Darrell may be obsessed, but he’s also probably closer to the treasure than any other hunter. Though it’s hard to stay focused when Fenn himself is distracting you.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune


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September 5, 2022 31 mins

Darrell’s on the brink, searchers are dying, and the police want Fenn to call the whole thing off. The downsides of giving away a fortune.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune


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September 12, 2022 35 mins

Darrell finds what he was looking for. And everything we thought we knew about what he was looking for is wrong.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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September 19, 2022 37 mins

Fenn said finding the treasure would be difficult but not impossible. He didn’t say how complicated things would get if you found it.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune


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September 26, 2022 62 mins

The Fenn treasure was going to solve all of Darrell’s problems. Now he has to face them.

Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune

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