The WORST episodes of Expedition Unknown
Every episode of Expedition Unknown ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Expedition Unknown!
Expedition Unknown chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates iconic mysteries across the globe. Gates begins by interviewing key eyewitnesses and uncovering recent developments in the story, then springboards into a fully immersive exploration. This authentic, roughshod adventure leads Gates closer to the truth behind these unanswered global enigmas, such as the disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane. Josh Gates is an adventurer and avid explorer with a unique brand of humor and passion for off-the-map excursions.
#1 - Hunt for the Chupacabra
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/2019
In the dark caves and thick jungles of Puerto Rico, Josh Gates tracks a modern-day mystery - the Chupacabra. Working with a wildlife biologist, a veterinarian and an investigator, Josh explores a recent wave of attacks to separate fact from fiction.
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#2 - Egypt's Lost Tombs
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2022
Josh gains exclusive access to the mysterious tombs of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
#3 - Escaping the Rock
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/6/2022
Tackling the most famous prison break of all time, Josh retraces the 1962 Alcatraz escape. New leads take Josh from San Francisco to the jungles of Brazil where he finds witnesses and evidence that re-write the FBI's version of the story.
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#4 - Ransom in the Sky
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2021
With brand-new evidence Josh looks to finally crack the DB Cooper case, America's only unsolved skyjacking. A deathbed confession and cutting-edge forensics have Josh hot on the trail of the $200,000 ransom that's never been recovered
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#5 - The Lost Avenger
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2021
A three-man crew of Navy pilots training for World War 2 crashed into the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago. Josh Gates teams up with Project Recover on a daring mission to find their plane and bring closure for the three souls who have never been found.
#6 - Revealing the Triangle
Season 8 - 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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#9 - Searching For America's Lost Flight
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2020
Josh Gates investigates the most mysterious airline disaster in American history -- searching for why Northwest Flight 2501 vanished, taking the lives of all 58 people on board.
#10 - Digging Into D-Day
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2020
In a season premiere event, Josh Gates touches down in Normandy to investigate battles on land, air and sea. The expedition reveals a Nazi threat greater than ever imagined, unearthing a massive German bunker complex buried for 75 years.
#11 - The Secret Solved
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/30/2019
Breaking news sends Josh racing across the globe. One of the wickedly hard puzzles of The Secret, which he has been chasing for years, might have been solved, and while he's been crisscrossing the US, this solution is in his hometown.
#12 - Search for the Sultan's Heart
Season 7 - Episode 11 - 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.
#13 - Gold Rush of the Atlantic
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/9/2019
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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#14 - Chasing the Snake Kings
Season 7 - Episode 8 - 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.
#15 - Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship
Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/2025
Josh braves Nicaragua's croc-infested waters and snake-filled jungle to find the wreckage of the Orus. Chasing Gold Rush-era fortune, Vanderbilt's ship crashed on its maiden attempt to create a new route between the Atlantic and Pacific.
#16 - America's Lost WWII Hero
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/2019
Josh Gates explores the case of lost World War II hero Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, who went missing when her P-51 Mustang crashed. Josh joins search teams using cutting-edge technology to bring the lost hero home.
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#17 - Legend of the Crystal Skull
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2019
Josh Gates enters 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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#18 - Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2019
Josh Gates tackles an enduring maritime mystery, the first ship to be lost in the Great Lakes, The Griffon. Using a state of the art two-man submersible, Josh dives in to find a ship so elusive, it's known as "The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks."
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#19 - Solved: Mystery of the Lost Ruby Slippers
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/5/2018
After more than a decade of searching, the mystery behind the missing pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the most-watched film of all time "The Wizard of Oz" has been solved.
#20 - India's Atlantis
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/7/2017
Josh Gates travels to India in search of Dwarka, a mythical kingdom swallowed by the ocean. To find find evidence that the golden city is real, Josh dives into the Arabian Sea and visits a dig site that could rewrite history.
#21 - Corsica's Nazi Treasure
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2017
Josh hunts for the treasure of Erwin Rommel, a Nazi general who plundered the wealth of North Africa as his tank corps fled the continent. The search brings Josh to never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of WWII.
#22 - England's Vanished Crown Jewels
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/15/2017
Josh goes on a quest to find the legendary lost treasure of King John. He explores the deadly marshlands of England to find the despised king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century.
#23 - The Ark of the Covenant
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/8/2017
Josh follows in the footsteps of Indiana Jones as he searches in Israel and Ethiopia for the lost Ark of the Covenant, the sacred relic said to contain the Ten Commandments and possess extraordinary powers.
#24 - Africa's Cursed Lake of Gold
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/1/2017
Josh Gates journeys to the wilds of Namibia to embark on a treacherously deep dive in Lake Otjikoto for a long lost World War I treasure.
#25 - Captain Kidd's Treasure
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2017
Josh retraces the footsteps of Captain Kidd in the hopes of finding his buried treasure. From the East Coast to the Caribbean, the search takes him to a real pirate shipwreck and to the island hideout of the notorious buccaneer.