The BEST episodes of Expedition Files
Every episode of Expedition Files ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Expedition Files!
Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained mysteries.
#2 - Conspiracy Theories
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/16/2025
Josh Gates investigates shocking conspiracy theories, including that the Titanic was sunk by more than just an iceberg, the true story behind the death of Harry Houdini, and lost Civil War Gold that spawned a lawsuit against the FBI.
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#3 - Code Breakers
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/2024
Cryptic clues left by the Zodiac Killer are finally deciphered, leading to a prime suspect. The location of Forrest Fenn's million-dollar buried treasure is revealed. The Voynich Manuscript, a text that possibly explains the origins of life, is decoded.
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#4 - Lost Civilizations
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2024
Josh Gates investigates some of history's most mysterious locations. 1. Roanoke Colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared, What happened? 2. Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Were they real? What truely happened if they were real cities? 3. Stonehenge. New evidence of why and how.
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#5 - Tragic Endings
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/2024
Josh Gates investigates whether an ancient curse killed the explorers who discovered King Tut's tomb, the strange and untimely demise of nine students hiking in Siberia, and the mysterious disappearance of an influencer in the Nevada desert.
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#6 - Lost and Found
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/21/2025
The true identity of infamous plane hijacker D.B. Cooper may finally be revealed. The fate of Michael Rockefeller, lost heir to the Rockefeller fortune, is exposed. The car in which James Dean died might not be missing anymore.
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#7 - Family Secrets
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/30/2025
Generations later, the truth of serial killer H.H. Holmes's death may be exposed by one of his descendants. Did the government conspire with the mafia about a mysterious helicopter crash? How might the youngest Romanov daughter have escaped slaughter?
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#8 - Invisible Enemies
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/2024
Josh Gates steps into the past to examine unsolved mysteries, including the alleged alien abduction of Travis Walton, the bizarre death of American hero Charles Lindbergh's son, and the invisible attacks visited upon CIA operatives in Cuba
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#9 - Deadly Adventures
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/23/2025
Josh Gates investigates several mysterious tragedies and downfalls. An expedition crew goes insane, turning cannibalistic; an explorer searches for a lost city in the Brazilian rainforest; an aspiring young actress falls victim to a deranged killer.
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#10 - Identity Crises
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/2025
New evidence suggests the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid may have lived to old age under an alias. Modern scholars explore the true identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. After their UFO encounter, Betty and Barney Hill were forever changed.
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Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/2025
A new investigation into the Shroud of Turin, a cloth said to have covered Jesus' body, reveals clues toward its authenticity. Modern tools are used to analyze photos of ghosts from the 1800's. The creator of the enigmatic Georgia Guidestones is revealed
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#12 - Mysterious Phenomena
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/14/2025
Josh Gates looks at some of history's most intriguing hoaxes and unexplained events, including the Amityville Horror, the strange fate of a military submarine crew, and a phenomenon in which people's body fat causes them to burn alive.
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