About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- Hunt for the Secret Seaplane · 44 minJosh searches for a top-secret WWII seaplane that crashed into the Pacific. Now, 70 years later, Josh joins a team scouring the ocean floor hundreds of feet below to find a lost…
- Riches of Spain's Pirate King · 43 minHot on the trail of a massive stolen fortune, Josh chases the treasure of the infamous Spanish pirate Amaro Pargo. An exhaustive hunt of Pargo's stomping grounds in the Canary…
- Mystery of the Flooded Pyramid · 39 minThe epic conclusion to Josh Gates' dive into a Kush king's flooded pyramid tomb. Josh scales a mountain to learn how the Kingdom of Kush conquered Egypt and braves the murky…
- Sunken Pyramids of The Nile · 50 minJosh Gates travels to the Kingdom of Kush to dive the flooded pyramid tomb of a king. The murky water provides zero visibility, and the pyramid is at risk of collapse -- but the…
- Hunt for Spain's King Arthur · 43 minPlunging hundreds of feet below ground, Josh explores Spain's treacherous La Garma cave system and finds a floor littered with human remains more than 1,000 years old. Josh's…
- Cambodia's Stolen Monuments · 45 minA clandestine meeting with a Cambodian looter puts Josh on the trail of multi-million-dollar stolen monuments. Thanks to the looter's intel, Josh dives into a murky moat where he…
- Looted Treasures of Cambodia · 43 minPushing into remote jungles, Josh investigates one of the 20th century's biggest heists looting of Cambodian statues worth hundreds of millions. Chasing new leads, Josh rappels…
- Lost City of the Gospels · 45 minJosh travels to the Holy Land to find a lost city where Jesus performed many miracles and is also home to three apostles. While investigating competing sites that claim to be the…
- Treasure of the Pirate King · 43 minRisking life and limb, Josh finds treasure from the greatest score in pirate history. The most feared pirate of his time, Henry Avery stole a fortune worth more than $100 million…
- Lost Tomb of the Viking King · 44 minJosh chases the treasure of legendary Viking Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. The discovery of a mysterious gold artifact sends Josh on a journey through Scandinavia and into remote…
- Great Lakes' Vanished Warships · 43 minDiving into Lake Superior, Josh has brand-new intel that may finally solve a 100-year-old mystery: the resting place of two WW1 minesweepers. On their way to combat German mines…
- Finding Italy's Lost Empire · 44 minSearching 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…
- Escaping the Rock · 44 minTackling 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…
- Donner Party Horror and Heroes · 43 minJosh 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…
- Egypt's City of the Dead · 45 minInvestigating the mysterious collapse of Egypt's old kingdom, Josh completes his Saqqara necropolis dig. Opening several tombs, Josh finds treasure, clues and haunting remains…
- Egypt's Lost Tombs · 57 minWith 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…
- Chasing the Mysteries of Moses · 45 minIn 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…
- Mysteries of Moses · 44 minLooking 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…
- Chasing Everglades Treasure · 41 minJosh 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…
- Knights Templar Treasure Hunt · 45 minJosh 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…
