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The Best Episodes of Expedition Files Season 4

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Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained mysteries.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 1 - Mysteries of American History
    0.0/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Mysteries of American History

    S4:E1

    Josh Gates explores American history, including a shocking theory that John Wilkes Booth escaped justice -- only to meet a far stranger fate. Learn myth-busting truths behind Paul Revere's midnight ride and a U.S. Navy sub that vanished in the Cold War.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 2 - Deadly Forecast
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Deadly Forecast

    S4:E2

    Josh Gates explores three mysteries shaped by extreme weather, the disappearance of the Donner Party in Sierra Nevada blizzards, secrets of an Arctic missile base entombed in ice, and the Mary Celeste. a ghost ship adrift in the Atlantic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 3 - Fateful Coverups
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Fateful Coverups

    S4:E3

    From a secret World War II unit that deceived Nazis, to the alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, and a royal death tied to a scandal, Josh Gates explores mysteries built on coverups. Was the truth buried to protect power, reputation, and empires?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 4 - Under Pressure
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Under Pressure

    S4:E4

    Josh Gates reopens cases where the truth stayed buried -- he exposes new clues, shaken alibis, and explosive revelations that challenge everything that we thought we knew about Noah's Ark, the terror of anthrax attacks, and Bugsy Siegel's murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 5 - Dark Waters
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Dark Waters

    S4:E5

    Josh Gates investigates three aquatic mysteries: the Kraken, Lake Lanier and Atlantis. From terrifying sailor lore, to a deadly lake's dark past, and a lost city beneath the sea, he searches for evidence behind legends shaped by fear, myth and history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 6 - Fact or Fiction?
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Fact or Fiction?

    S4:E6

    Josh Gates investigates Dracula, Cold War psychic spying, and Spartacus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 7 - Truth Vs. Tabloids
    10.0/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Truth Vs. Tabloids

    S4:E7

    Josh investigates Jim Morrison's death, a "mermaid" in a Japanese temple and an alien abduction claim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 8 - Who Done It?
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Who Done It?

    S4:E8

    Josh Gates investigates three of history's most baffling mysteries, uncovering the truth behind the death of explorer Meriwether Lewis, a possible plot around Dag Hammarskjöld's 1961 plane crash, and the vanishing of Judge Joseph Crater.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 9 - Larger Than Life
    0.0/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Larger Than Life

    S4:E9

    Expedition Files reveals shocking new secrets hidden in our world's most captivating mysteries. With three stories sharing one theme per episode, Josh Gates uncovers stunning revelations, recreating pivotal historical moments in his virtual time machine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 10 - You Don't Know Me
    0.0/10(10 votes)

    #10 - You Don't Know Me

    S4:E10

    Josh Gates explores hidden identities, from a 50-year-old cold case about a mysterious woman, new evidence that could rewrite the account of Judas' betrayal of Jesus, and the shocking tale of a teenager claiming to be a lost German prince.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 11 - The Supernatural
    0.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The Supernatural

    S4:E11

    Josh Gates explores the supernatural, from Nikola Tesla's mysterious "Death Ray", to a message from a Sicilian nun believed to be of demonic origin. Plus, scientists uncover the explanation behind the Oracle of Delphi's prophetic visions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Expedition Files Season 4 Episode 12 - Smoke and Mirrors
    0.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Smoke and Mirrors

    S4:E12

    Josh Gates explores new evidence reshaping history's mysteries, a fresh analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's death, a novel take on Ponce de León's quest for the Fountain of Youth, and DNA evidence reviving the murder case of Dr. Crippen's wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Mysteries of American History" is the best rated episode of "Expedition Files" season 4. It scored /10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/2026. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Deadly Forecast".