The Worst Episodes of Expedition Unknown

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#1 - Hunt for World War II Hellships
S18:E16/24/2026
Josh searches for lost Allied soldiers on the Hofuku Maru, a Japanese Hellship.
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#2 - Finding World War II's Lost Prisoners
S18:E27/1/2026
A deep-water dive leads to the historic discovery of a lost WWII hell ship, where an estimated 1,000 soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice. Given rare access, Josh assists a U.S. Department of Defense mission, recovering potential remains of American POWs.
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#3 - Death Jars of Laos
S18:E37/8/2026
Josh Gates treks into the remote jungles of Laos to investigate the mysterious Plain of Jars. Navigating landscapes still littered with unexploded ordnance, he uses advanced technology to uncover the secrets of this ancient, lost civilization.
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#4 - Sunken City of Pirates
S18:E47/15/2026
A first-of-its-kind sonar survey reveals a submerged pirate lair located off the coast of Jamaica. Using groundbreaking photogrammetry, Josh dives in to hunt for the $50M stolen treasure of Black Bart, the King of Pirates.
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#5 - Inca Treasure Tunnels
S18:E68/5/2026
Josh helps discover and explore a labyrinth of lost tunnels; he dodges traffic to assist in a first-ever radar scan below the busy streets of Cuzco, Peru; he joins them as they push into the tunnels and find priceless ancient treasures.
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#6 - Chasing Civil War Gold
S18:E78/12/2026
Josh hunts for millions in missing Confederate gold. First, he follows a new lead and explores a wagon train robbery site where gold and silver coins vanished. Then, an eyewitness account points to the location of Jefferson Davis's lost war chest.
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#7 - Chasing Everglades
S11:E108/4/2022
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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6.0/10(24 votes)
#8 - Global Game Show: Out of This World
S4:E92/21/2018
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#9 - Gold Rush Of The Atlantic
S8:E1110/10/2019
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#10 - Search For The Sultan's Heart
S8:E1210/16/2019
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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6.3/10(62 votes)
#11 - Legend of the Crystal Skull
S7:E75/15/2019
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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6.5/10(2 votes)
#12 - Chasing the Snake Kings
S8:E99/25/2019
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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6.5/10(2 votes)
#13 - Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle
S9:E73/18/2020
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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6.5/10(2 votes)
#14 - Revealing the Triangle
S9:E83/25/2020
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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6.6/10(50 votes)
#15 - Finding Fenn's Fortune
S2:E611/18/2015
Josh Gates joins the hunt for for a $2,000,000 treasure. He attempts to decode the clues of the modern day treasure's location by following a cryptic poem, leading him deep into the harsh Rocky Mountains.
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6.7/10(37 votes)
#16 - Shipwreck Triangle of Greece
S16:E47/9/2025
Josh dives into a mysterious Greek sea passage known as the ancient world's shipwreck capital. Chasing truth and treasure, Josh separates fact from myth and learns what makes these waters as deadly as the Bermuda Triangle.
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6.8/10(46 votes)
#17 - True Cross of Christ
S2:E812/23/2015
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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6.8/10(39 votes)
#18 - Corsica's Nazi Treasure
S3:E143/22/2017
Gates hunts for the hidden treasure of Erwin Rommel, a Nazi general who plundered the wealth of North Africa as his tank corps fled the continent. The search brings Gates to never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of World War II.
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6.9/10(36 votes)
#19 - Italy's Barbarian Booty
S3:E155/31/2017
To find the plundered riches of the Roman Empire, Gates looks for the tomb of the Visigoth king Alaric in Italy. The hunt extends from the capital of Rome to the southern city of Cosenza, where the mayor is spearheading an effort to find the tomb.
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6.9/10(85 votes)
#20 - Death and Beyond
S6:E210/14/2018
To crack the code of reincarnation, Josh seeks out expert Dr. Deepak Chopra, who advises him to investigate the phenomenon firsthand in India. He explores an Islamic path to paradise in Turkey and faces a man possessed by an evil spirit.
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6.9/10(68 votes)
#21 - Chasing the Fortune of Sir Francis Drake
S8:E38/22/2019
Josh Gates searches land and sea for the lost fortune of legendary pirate Sir Francis Drake; joining treasure hunters and maritime archaeologists, Josh hunts for a lost cache of Spanish gold and the remains of Drake himself.
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6.9/10(53 votes)
#22 - Uncovering the Golden City
S10:E58/18/2021
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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6.9/10(43 votes)
#23 - Riches of Spain's Pirate King
S13:E412/6/2023
Hot 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 Islands leads Josh beneath an active volcano to dive for the pirate's hoard.
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7.0/10(87 votes)
#24 - Nazis in Argentina
S5:E36/12/2018
Josh ventures to Argentina, where many Nazi SS officers escaped to after World War II.
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7.0/10(66 votes)
#25 - Mahogany Ship
S5:E56/26/2018
Josh goes down under to search along Australia's infamous Shipwreck Coast for the missing Mahogany Ship.
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