The BEST episodes of Expedition Files season 4
Every episode of Expedition Files season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Expedition Files season 4!
Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained mysteries.
#1 - Truth Vs. Tabloids
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2026
Josh Gates investigates Jim Morrison's death, a "mermaid" in a Japanese temple and an alien abduction claim. From a rock legend's mysterious disappearance, to a bizarrely preserved creature, and a U.S. Airman's extraterrestrial encounter, he seeks the truth behind these unexplained stories.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Fact or Fiction?
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2026
Josh Gates investigates Dracula, Cold War psychic spying, and Spartacus. From Vlad the Impaler's infamous reign of terror to secret U.S. mind-control tests and a gladiator who defied Rome, he seeks the historical truths behind legends that refuse to die.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Who Done It?
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2026
Josh Gates uncovers the culprits behind three of history's most baffling mysteries: the suspected murder of explorer Meriwether Lewis, a possible U.N. plot around Dag Hammarskjöld's 1961 plane crash, and the vanishing of New York judge Joseph Crater.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Deadly Forecast
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2026
From pioneers trapped in Sierra Nevada blizzards, to a secret Arctic missile base entombed in ice, and a ghost ship adrift in the Atlantic, Josh Gates explores three mysteries shaped by extreme weather: the disappearance of the Donner Party, Cold War secrets, and the Mary Celeste.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Fateful Coverups
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2026
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?
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Under Pressure
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2026
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.
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#7 - Mysteries of American History
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2026
In this episode of Expedition Files, Josh Gates explores three mysteries woven into the fabric of American history, digging beneath the official record to reveal how our country's past may be far more complicated than the stories we've been taught. What really happened to the USS Scorpion, a U.S. Navy submarine that disappeared during the height of the Cold War? Who truly sounded the legendary alarm that helped ignite the Revolutionary War, and does new research change the story of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride? And finally, a shocking theory surrounding John Wilkes Booth, America's most infamous assassin. Could he have escaped justice only to meet a far stranger fate than the one recorded in the history books?
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Larger Than Life
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2026
Josh Gates explores larger-than-life legends, including Henry Every's $400M heist and disappearance; the conspiracy behind Pharaoh Ramesses III's death, and new evidence that the fabled Amazons, truly existed, and were more than mere myth.
#9 - Dark Waters
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2026
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.