Expedition Unknown

Expedition Unknown

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Finding Italy's Lost Empire

May 20, 2026 • 44 mins
Searching a city of the dead, Josh unearths artifacts from the mysterious Etruscans who ruled central Italy before being conquered by the Roman Empire. A dig site unearths clues that reveal the Etruscans may have inspired Rome's greatest achievements.

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Escaping the Rock

May 13, 2026 • 44 mins
Tackling the most famous prison break of all time, Josh retraces the 1962 Alcatraz escape. New leads take Josh from San Francisco to the jungles of Brazil where he finds witnesses and evidence that re-write the FBI's version of the story.

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Donner Party Horror and Heroes

May 6, 2026 • 43 mins
Josh treks the punishing Donner Pass to uncover how desperate pioneers trapped by blizzards in the Sierra Nevada mountains turned to cannibalism. In an unprecedented six-month investigation, Josh retraces the steps of the courageous rescue teams.

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Egypt's City of the Dead

April 29, 2026 • 45 mins
Investigating the mysterious collapse of Egypt's old kingdom, Josh completes his Saqqara necropolis dig. Opening several tombs, Josh finds treasure, clues and haunting remains. Testing results may prove they've discovered Egypt's oldest royal mummy.

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Egypt's Lost Tombs

April 22, 2026 • 56 mins
With breakthrough discoveries in Egypt, Josh races to join an active dig of 4000-year-old tombs. Josh gains exclusive access and uncovers mummies and treasure that could solve the mysterious collapse of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom.

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Chasing the Mysteries of Moses

April 15, 2026 • 44 mins
In the epic conclusion of his two-part investigation, Josh Gates re-traces Moses' steps from the peak of Mount Sinai deep into the Israeli desert. To separate man from myth, Josh dives the Sea of Galilee and investigates what is said to be Moses' tomb.

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Mysteries of Moses

April 8, 2026 • 43 mins
Looking to answer enduring questions around Moses' existence and the story of Exodus, Josh takes an epic adventure that starts with opening an ancient Egyptian tomb and ends with trekking what could be the true Mount Sinai.

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Chasing Everglades Treasure

April 1, 2026 • 40 mins
Josh digs deep into the swamp to hunt the lost fortune of notorious bootleggers and bank robbers, the Ashley Gang. To find the millions, Josh needs to re-trace the outlaw family's criminal empire that included a blood feud with the local Florida sheriff.

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Knights Templar Treasure Hunt

March 25, 2026 • 44 mins
Josh digs in to unearth the secret world of the Knights Templar, the legendary warriors rumored to have amassed vast riches and treasures, including the coveted Holy Grail. Josh joins an excavation of a rare Templar gravesite in eastern Europe.

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Buried Secrets of the Nazis

March 18, 2026 • 44 mins
Josh Gates rafts into an abandoned tunnel system to chase art and treasure stolen by the Third Reich. Then, the diary of a high-ranking SS officer leads to a search for tons of stolen gold. Later, Josh searches for a buried Nazi Enigma machine.

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Buried Secrets of Hitler

March 11, 2026 • 44 mins
With word of an urgent lead, Josh jets to Poland to join in the opening of a secret Nazi tunnel system dug into a dormant volcano. Josh helps a local team tear away a stone wall built by the Germans in the last days of World War 2.

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Outlaw Fortune of the Dalton Gang

March 4, 2026 • 42 mins
Josh Gates heads to the Wild West in search of the hidden loot - worth millions in today's dollars -- that was heisted by the infamous group of lawmen turned criminals, the Dalton Gang.

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Lindbergh's Lost Rival

February 25, 2026 • 44 mins
On the trail of aviation's most famous lost plane, Josh goes on a worldwide search. Before Lindbergh made history, two rivals attempted a Paris to New York transatlantic flight. Chasing new leads, Josh scours two continents to find the lost "White Bird."

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The Bootlegger's Millions

February 18, 2026 • 45 mins
Josh Gates chases the lost fortune of Prohibition's infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz. Josh dives the murky shore near Dutch's lavish New York mansion and searches the massive underground bunker that housed Dutch's secret distillery.

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America's Titanic

February 11, 2026 • 42 mins
Josh dives the Atlantic in search of millions in lost coins sunk with America's Titanic. In 1838, a steamship carrying some of America's wealthiest citizens exploded off the Carolina coast. New sonar scans may lead to the wreckage and the lost fortune.

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Uncovering the Golden City

February 4, 2026 • 45 mins
The hunt for El Dorado is Josh's most grueling journey ever and one of the crew tumbles into a raging river. When cutting-edge aerial scans reveal a lost city, they push into the jungle to uncover El Dorado and the gold that comes with it.

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The Quest for El Dorado

November 26, 2025 • 44 mins
Josh Gates treks deep into Colombia's deadly jungle to unravel the El Dorado myth and retrace the steps of Spanish conquistadors. Josh meets with the tribe who inspired the legend of a city of gold and unearths their treasure in a surprising location.

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Ransom in the Sky

November 19, 2025 • 44 mins
With brand-new evidence Josh looks to finally crack the DB Cooper case, America's only unsolved skyjacking. A deathbed confession and cutting-edge forensics have Josh hot on the trail of the $200,000 ransom that's never been recovered.

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The Lost Avenger

November 12, 2025 • 34 mins
A three-man crew of Navy pilots training for World War 2 crashed into the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago. Josh Gates teams up with Project Recover on a daring mission to find their plane and bring closure for the three souls who have never been found.

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Dillinger's Lost Loot

November 5, 2025 • 43 mins
Josh Gates joins the hunt for notorious bank robber John Dillinger's fortune that's never been found. Chasing leads across the Midwest, Josh searches Public Enemy Number One's childhood home and dives a frigid lake at a remote Wisconsin lodge.

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