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The H.L. Hunley: South Carolina's Lost Submarine Mystery
Eight men, a hand crank and a bomb on a pole sank a warship in 1864, then vanished. The wreck was found and raised, yet how the crew died is still argued over.
Joseph Bradish's Block Island Pirate Loot: Legend vs Record
A mutinous London ship, four sealed bags and a governor with a long memory. Here's what the record says about Bradish's loot, and where Block Island fits.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: North Carolina's Vanished Settlers
117 English settlers, one word carved on a post and a mystery that has outlasted four centuries. Here's what's documented about Roanoke's Lost Colony, and what isn't.
Isles of Shoals Pirate Treasure: Quelch, Haley's Silver and Legend
A hanged pirate's gold, a sea captain's silver bars and a Blackbeard honeymoon that doesn't add up. Here's what's real on New Hampshire's Isles of Shoals.
King Kamehameha's Lost Treasury and Hidden Resting Place
A sandalwood king, storehouses of Spanish silver and a fortune that seemed to vanish. Plus the real Hawaii mystery: where Kamehameha the Great lies, a secret kept on purpose for 200 years.
Captain Kidd's Delaware Bay Treasure: Lewes and the Lost Chest
In 1699 Captain Kidd anchored off Lewes for ten days, locals rowed out to trade, and a pirate's chest went ashore. Legend says Kidd buried gold on a Delaware Bay island. Here's what really happened.
The 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet: Florida's Sunken Treasure
A hurricane sank eleven Spanish treasure ships off Florida in 1715. Pirates, salvors and beachcombers have chased the silver ever since, and the queen's jewels are still missing.
Blackbeard's Crew Treasure: Maryland's Eastern Shore Legend
Blackbeard really did raid ships off the Chesapeake and hide out on the Eastern Shore. So did his crew bury loot in the sand? What the records say, and what three centuries of shovels have found.
Captain Kidd's Treasure on Charles Island, Connecticut
An iron chest, three curses and a headless guardian. The legend of Captain Kidd's gold on Charles Island off Milford, Connecticut, sorted into fact and folklore, plus how to walk out at low tide.
The Spanish Treasure of Dauphin Island: Alabama's Lost Silver
Spanish silver and church relics buried in the dunes, then storms and pirates wiped out the camp. Dauphin Island's treasure legend, checked against its very real raids and hurricanes.
Jean Lafitte's Barataria Treasure: Pirate Gold in the Bayous
Warships closing in, a fortune in the warehouses and a swamp at his back. Did the pirate Jean Lafitte bury his loot in the Louisiana bayous, or is the Barataria treasure pure legend?
Jean Lafitte's Secret Stash: The Fort Morgan Treasure Legend
Pirate Jean Lafitte supposedly buried a fortune near Fort Morgan, Alabama. The catch: no record puts him digging there, and nobody is quite sure how, or when, he died.
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