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 - Dalton Gang's Outlaw Fortune
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/2022
Josh Gates heads to the Wild West in search of the hidden loot heisted by infamous lawmen turned criminals, the Dalton Gang. Re-tracing the Gang's last steps and investigating their final, deadly shoot-out, Josh chases a fortune worth millions today.
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#2 - Secrets of Christopher Columbus
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2015
In part 1 of a two-part special, Josh visits Portugal & Haiti to discover whether Christopher Columbus was a hero or history's greatest villain. He hopes to find the remnants of Columbus's legendary flagship, the Santa Maria.
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#3 - Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2020
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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#4 - Blackbeard's Hidden Gold
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2015
Josh explores the ocean floor of the Cayman Islands and the coasts of North Carolina in his quest to find the lost treasure of the legendary pirate Blackbeard.
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#5 - The Quest for King Arthur
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2015
In the Season 2 premiere, Gates travels to England, Wales and Scotland to explore the legend of King Arthur.
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#6 - Butch Cassidy's Lost Loot
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/24/2018
Josh immerses himself in Wild West lore on a quest to find Butch Cassidy's missing money. He traces the iconic outlaw's footsteps through Colorado, Utah and Nevada, eventually learning that he may need to find the man himself to locate the lost loot.
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#7 - Secrets of Brother XII
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2018
Josh Gates attempts to uncover a treasure left behind by the Aquarian Foundation, an isolated spiritual community led by a mystic known as Brother XII.
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#8 - 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 - The Hunt for Our Ancient Ancestors
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2020
Josh Gates ventures to Africa, embedding with fierce warriors and squaring off with lions to investigate the mystery of humanity's origins. Then, Expedition X ventures into Cambodia's jungle searching for a monster that's haunted the area for centuries.
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#11 - The Real Robin Hood
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2015
Josh journeys across England uncovering the true stories behind the legendary Robin Hood. Josh explores underground tunnels that Robin used to escape confinement and he finds what appears to be Robin's final resting place.
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#12 - Genghis Khan's Tomb
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2015
Josh journeys into the heart of Mongolia in search of the fabled lost tomb of Genghis Khan. After encountering harsh weather and resistance from locals, can Josh enter Mongolia's "Forbidden Zone" to locate the burial grounds?
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#13 - Chasing Everglades Treasure
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2022
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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#14 - Hunting Vampires
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2015
Josh scours Eastern Europe to confront both the ancient origins and modern legacy of the vampire legend. Josh's investigation leads him to a Romanian cemetery, but will he leave in one piece when angry locals confront him?
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#15 - The Sultan's Heart
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2016
Josh travels to Turkey & Hungary on a quest to find the missing golden box containing the heart of beloved Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent. The hunt is on to locate the artifact before the 450th anniversary of his death.
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#16 - Buried Secrets of the Nazis
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2022
Josh Gates hunts for Third Reich secrets as he searches for stolen art in a flooded tunnel complex, tries to decode an officer's diary pointing to tons of plundered Nazi gold and visits the ruins of a city burned to ashes in the final days of WWII.
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#17 - 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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#19 - Captain Morgan's Lost Gold
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2015
Josh joins a team of archaeologists in Panama as they search for the Satisfaction, the sunken flagship of legendary pirate Captain Morgan. Using a magnetometer, which reads ferrous metals on the seafloor, they scour the reef for additional signs of wreckage.
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#20 - 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.
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#21 - Temple of Doom
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2015
Josh travels to the remote and land-mine-riddled jungles of Cambodia to investigate the lost city of the Khmer Empire and search for a mystical relic that gave its god king the power to incinerate his enemies more than 1,000 years ago.
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#22 - Revealing Our Ancient Ancestors
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2020
Josh Gates continues his epic investigation as he ranges across Africa to study wild chimpanzees and scales sheer cliffs on his quest for the missing links of human evolution. In Mexico City, the Expedition X investigation puts the team's safety at risk.
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#23 - Origins of Stonehenge
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2018
Josh travels to his ancestral home of Great Britain to explore the origins of Stonehenge. From high in the air to deep under the sea, he finds an unexpected network of monuments that could have inspired one of history's most mystical locations.
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#24 - Treasure of the Warrior Queen
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2020
Searching across England, Josh Gates unearths a cache of ancient treasure as he chases the legend of Queen Boudica. Then, the Expedition X team investigates mysterious deaths and reported hauntings in the longest cave system in the world.
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#25 - 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.
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