154 episodes · 33 transcripts · 33 summaries
Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs
With unprecedented access, Josh digs in front of Petra's iconic Treasury. Searching for clues to the mysterious civilization that created one of the Seven New Wonders of the World, Josh rappels a seven-story cliff face to perform a high-tech scan.
Petra's Secrets Revealed
Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury building. Twelve skeletons may belong to a royal family of Petra. State-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls explaining Petra's fall.
Search for Pan Am's Clipper
Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a legendary missing plane. The crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever. Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlantic as they hunt for the plane 2,000 feet below.
America's First Train Robbers
Josh Gates ventures to Seymour, Indiana, chasing the forgotten fortune of the Reno Gang, America's first train robbers who terrorized Midwestern railroads in the 1860s. On October 6, 1866, brothers John and Simeon Reno pulled off an audacious crime never before attempted in the United States: robbing a moving train using a false signal lantern and cardboard masks. Over two years, the gang stole hundreds of thousands of dollars—worth tens of millions today—much of which was never recovered. Gates follows two promising leads: a treasure hunter who claims to have located the long-lost Reno family homestead, and intelligence about a hidden cave rumored to serve as the gang's secret hideout. Gates meets with local historian Lance Geiger, known as "the history guy," at a train-themed brewery in Seymour to understand why this pioneering criminal operation has been overshadowed by later outlaws like Jesse James and Butch Cassidy.
Dive for America's Pirate Loot
Josh Gates returns to his hometown of Boston to chase one of history's most tantalizing maritime mysteries: the lost treasure of Captain "Black Sam" Bellamy and the Whydah Gally, the only confirmed pirate shipwreck ever discovered. In 1717, Bellamy commanded a fleet that captured more than 50 ships, amassing a fortune worth hundreds of millions in today's currency—over £20,000 in gold and silver, jewels, and ornate artifacts. But a savage nor'easter off Cape Cod destroyed the Whydah, killing Bellamy and 180 crew members and scattering the loot across underwater sandbars. Gates joins underwater explorer Barry Clifford's high-tech recovery team to dive the frigid, shark-patrolled waters and follow a newly discovered debris trail that may lead to the ship's stern castle, where the richest treasures would have been stored.
'Twas the Search for St. Nick
In a holiday search spanning three continents, Josh chases the true history of St. Nicholas, the real-life saint who has become known as Santa Claus. Following clues from Turkey to Italy, Josh gathers DNA to try to identify the saint's missing remains.