6.0/1042 votes#1 - Death on the Mountain
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/2019
A team of Americans explores a mountain in the Philippines to search for a treasure rumored to have been buried by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in the closing months of World War II.
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5.8/1028 votes#2 - X Marks the Spot
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2019
Digging continues at Breach-6, but when the team unearths a possible water trap, excavation is put on hold. To find another way into the mountain, the team conducts a LiDAR scan that reveals a cave, perhaps used by Japanese soldiers during the war.
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- 5.9/1029 votes
#3 - Dead Giveaway
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2019
After discovering a bomb marker, the team brings in an explosives expert to search a cave that may have been a headquarters of General Yamashita during the war. Inside, they uncover a potential booby trap, along with their first hint of treasure.
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- 5.7/1027 votes
#4 - What Lies Beneath
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2019
The team triggers a possible water trap in the cave and is forced to stop digging; Martin Flagg believes the Story Rock indicates a tunnel behind a waterfall, and the team brings in a diver to explore the plunge pools for an entrance.
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- 6.0/1028 votes
#5 - The Backdoor
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2019
Unable to find a tunnel at the waterfall, the team is guided by an animal marker to a boulder carved in the shape of a turtle, which leads them to a golden lily symbol indicating a secret backdoor entrance.
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- 5.7/1026 votes
#6 - Nazi Concrete
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/2019
The team attempts to prove if a tunnel exists behind a unique formation of rocks they believe is a secret backdoor entrance into the mountain.
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- 6.1/1023 votes
#7 - Blood & Conspiracy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/30/2019
As the team zeroes in on a tunnel that may be part of the treasure labyrinth, Bingo learns that part of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' fortune may have been stolen from Yamashita's treasure and uncovers a possible link to a CIA conspiracy.
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- 5.8/1017 votes
#8 - Tunnel Found
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2019
Peter meets with a man who warns of the deathly risks in searching for Yamashita's treasure; the team clears the last obstacles and finds a secret tunnel directly into the mountain.
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Legend has it that there is a treasure of immense value buried in the Philippine jungle - now a team of American experts, with the...
Genre:Documentary
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Death on the Mountain" is the best rated episode of "Lost Gold of World War II" season 1. It scored 6/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/19/2019. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "X Marks the Spot".