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In a holiday search spanning three continents, Josh chases the history of St. Nicholas, the real-life saint who has become known as Santa Claus; following clues from Turkey to Italy, Josh gathers DNA to try to identify the saint's missing remains.

'Twas the Search for St. Nick

Josh braves the frigid, shark-infested waters off Cape Cod to dive the world's only confirmed pirate wreck; joining a high-tech recovery mission, Josh chases the multi-million-dollar treasure of Black Sam Bellamy, including coins, gold and jewels.

Dive for America's Pirate Loot

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 1800s; the creator of the Georgia Guidestones is revealed.

Mysterious Relics

Josh tracks down the legend and treasure of an outlaw posse, who terrorized the Midwest's railroads; Josh tracks the Reno Gang's lost loot to a cave hideout that could hold millions.

America's First Train Robbers

Deciphering clues left by the Zodiac Killer, leading to a prime suspect; revealing the location of Forrest Fenn's million-dollar buried treasure; decoding the Voynich Manuscript, a text that possibly explains the origins of life.

Code Breakers

In the 16th century, settlers of Roanoke vanished without a trace, and new evidence reveals what happened; archaeologists investigate what destroyed the original sin city, Sodom; a new theory suggests Stonehenge may be more than it seems.

Lost Civilizations

Josh Gates steps into the past to examine unsolved mysteries; the alleged alien abduction of Travis Walton, the death of American hero Charles Lindbergh's son and the invisible attacks visited upon CIA operatives in Cuba.

Invisible Enemies

Josh braves Puerto Rico's seas to find a missing plane; the crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever; Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlantic as they hunt for the plane 2,000 feet below.

Search for Pan Am's Clipper

Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury; the twelve skeletons inside may belong to a royal family of Petra; state-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls.

Petra's Secrets Revealed

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; the mysterious disappearance of an influencer in the Nevada desert.

Tragic Endings

With unprecedented access, Josh digs in front of Petra's treasury; searching for clues to the mysterious civilization that created one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Josh rappels a seven-story cliff face to perform a high-tech scan.

Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs

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