About this season
Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained mysteries.
Episodes (8)
1. Vanished: Jimmy Hoffa, Holy Grail, Inventor Rudolf Diesel
6.0Aired 5 November 2025 • 42 min
What really happened to union boss Jimmy Hoffa? Could modern technology finally prove the existence of the Holy Grail? And did inventor Rudolf Diesel really die at sea, or did he stage his own disappearance?
2. Madness Explained
Aired 12 November 2025
Was witchcraft at work during the Salem Witch Trials, or psychological illness? Did Britain's famous UFO sighting by military officials have a more earthly explanation? Who's really responsible for the murder of the "Mad Monk" of Russia?
3. Time Reveals All
Aired 19 November 2025
Over 80 years ago, a mysterious body was found on a beach, accompanied by only a cryptic note. The Trojan War and the Trojan Horse may not be mythical after all. And new evidence may prove Shakespeare didn't author his own works.
4. Lost Treasures
Aired 3 December 2025 • 43 min
Josh hunts down the world's most elusive treasures. What became of Konigsberg Castle's Amber Room, stolen by the Nazis? Could a lost hard drive in a British landfill hold millions in Bitcoin? Did King Solomon's legendary mines ever exist?
5. Behind the Myth
Aired 10 December 2025 • 46 min
High on Everest's icy slopes, two climbers vanish into legend. In a quiet West Virginia town, a ghost demands justice from beyond the grave. And learn the real story of Mata Hari -- the exotic dancer condemned as a German spy.
6. Strange but True
Aired 7 January 2026 • 43 min
A real child whose possession inspired "The Exorcist"; a master con artist who left a trail of deception (and maybe murder); and an ancient army defeated by hallucinogenic honey, these three stories prove that truth can outmatch fiction.
7. Mysterious Endings
Aired 14 January 2026 • 43 min
Using modern analysis and a "virtual time machine" to explore three distinct historical or scientific mysteries under a single theme.
8. History Got It Wrong
8.5Aired 21 January 2026 • 44 min
Was the Hindenburg truly destroyed by accident or by sabotage? Could the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage hold clues that only modern analysis can define? What really happened when 50,000 Persian soldiers disappeared without a trace in 524 B.C.?