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The Worst Episodes of Expedition Unknown

Every episode of Expedition Unknown ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Expedition Unknown!

The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Chasing the Snake Kings" is the worst rated episode of "Expedition Unknown". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/2019. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cracking the Secret".

  • Chasing the Snake Kings
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    #1 - Chasing the Snake Kings

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 9/25/2019

    With a potential new breakthrough in the search for a Snake King tomb, Josh Gates returns to the jungles of Guatemala and the archaeological dig at the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador; the archeologists attempt to pinpoint the tomb's location.

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  • Cracking the Secret
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    #2 - Cracking the Secret

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 10/2/2019

    Josh Gates is on a nation-wide treasure hunt to solve a mystery no one has cracked for 40 years: The Secret. Josh travels coast-to-coast and back in time using cutting edge augmented reality and tapping into a network of obsessed Secret detectives.

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  • Gold Rush Of The Atlantic
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    #3 - Gold Rush Of The Atlantic

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 10/10/2019

    Josh Gates has a fresh lead on the massive lost treasure of the shipwrecked 1715 Spanish fleet. Josh returns to the waters of Florida's Atlantic coast and dives in with a new expedition that uses the latest high tech to locate the fleet's flagship.

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  • Search For The Sultan's Heart
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    #4 - Search For The Sultan's Heart

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 10/16/2019

    Four years after Josh Gates went on a journey to find the lost heart of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, he travels to the newly rediscovered town of Turbek for some shocking new revelations about the case.

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  • The Secret Solved
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    #5 - The Secret Solved

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 10/30/2019

    Josh Gates cuts another expedition short to return to his hometown of Boston and pursue the strongest lead in decades for a 40 year old treasure hunt dubbed: The Secret. Following the amazing solve of a Boston puzzle maker could lead him to the very prize he has sought himself for years.

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  • Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle
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    #6 - Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2020

    Josh Gates dives into the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. His investigation leads him to the ocean floor, the skies above and even the edge of space as he tackles some of the most intriguing disappearances in history.

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  • Revealing the Triangle
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    #7 - Revealing the Triangle

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2020

    In the conclusion of his epic investigation, Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology to investigate the Triangle's most infamous shipwreck and lost flights. Will he find answers to just how the Triangle works or will it forever remain a mystery?

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  • Egypt's City of the Dead
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    #8 - Egypt's City of the Dead

    Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2022

    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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  • Chasing Everglades
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    #9 - Chasing Everglades

    Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2022

    Josh digs deep into the swamp to hunt the lost fortune of notorious bootleggers and bank robbers the Ashley Gang; Josh needs to retrace the outlaw family's criminal empire, which included a blood feud with the local Florida sheriff.

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  • Mysteries of Moses
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    #10 - Mysteries of Moses

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 8/11/2022

    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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    #11 - Chasing The Mysteries of Moses

    Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2022

    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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  • Donner Party Horror and Heroes
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    #12 - Donner Party Horror and Heroes

    Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2022

    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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  • Finding Italy's Lost Empire
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    #13 - Finding Italy's Lost Empire

    Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 8/31/2022

    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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  • Hunt for the Secret Seaplane
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    #14 - Hunt for the Secret Seaplane

    Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/2024

    Josh 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 aviation treasure -- the only XP5Y-1 still in existence.

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  • Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise
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    #15 - Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise

    Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2024

    Just off Florida's coast, Josh Gates braves shark-infested waters in search of an American ship sunk by a Nazi U-boat during WWII. Josh joins Tristan Guttridge who has a bold new strategy to use sharks as spies to uncover the wreck.

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  • Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs
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    #16 - Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs

    Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2024

    With unprecedented access, Josh digs in front of Petra's treasury; searching for clues to the mysterious civilization that created one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Josh rappels a seven-story cliff face to perform a high-tech scan.

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  • Petra's Secrets Revealed
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    #17 - Petra's Secrets Revealed

    Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2024

    Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury; the twelve skeletons inside may belong to a royal family of Petra; state-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls.

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  • Search for Pan Am's Clipper
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    #18 - Search for Pan Am's Clipper

    Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2024

    Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a 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.

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  • America's First Train Robbers
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    #19 - America's First Train Robbers

    Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2024

    Josh tracks down the legend of an outlaw posse who terrorized the Midwest's railroads. The Reno Gang stole a fortune until a vigilante mob exacted violent justice. Josh tracks their lost loot to a cave hideout that could hold millions.

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  • Dive for America's Pirate Loot
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    #20 - Dive for America's Pirate Loot

    Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2024

    Josh braves the shark-infested waters off Cape Cod to dive the world's only confirmed pirate wreck. Joining a high-tech recovery mission, Josh chases the multi-million-dollar treasure of Black Sam Bellamy, including coins, gold and jewels.

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  • 'Twas the Search for St. Nick
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    #21 - 'Twas the Search for St. Nick

    Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2024

    In a search spanning 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.

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  • Legend of the Crystal Skull
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    #22 - Legend of the Crystal Skull

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2019

    Josh Gates takes on Central America's jungles to investigate the legendary crystal skull discovered by a renowned adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Josh probes whether the skull is an invaluable relic or archaeology's tallest tale.

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  • Global Game Show: Out of This World
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    #23 - Global Game Show: Out of This World

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/21/2018

    Josh Gates' Global Game Show goes all over the planet but this time he's going out of this world by giving his contestants the opportunity to win big on the topic of extraterrestrials. Players at home can win a big prize too, plus a bonus look at footage that never aired in the original Expedition Unknown episodes.

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  • Finding Fenn's Fortune
    6.6/1045 votes
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    #24 - Finding Fenn's Fortune

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2015

    Josh answers questions from viewers, reveals new developments in intriguing unfinished investigations and pulls back the curtain to reveal what really happens behind the scenes in this special episode of Expedition Unknown.

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  • True Cross of Christ
    6.8/1041 votes
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    #25 - True Cross of Christ

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/2015

    Gates searches for the True Cross. This relic, said to have mystical healing powers, has been lost for 2,000 years. Gates visits Jerusalem, Israel and Istanbul, Turkey, to find if the cross or fragments of it still exist. The cross was cut into three pieces on the orders of Empress Helena. He examines this legend at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City where the tomb of Jesus is located and where he was crucified. Then he learns more about crucifixion in Tel Aviv, and discovers ancient cross wall carvings at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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