Our first episode of the decade takes a trip back to the 1990s to revisit a children’s game show called Legends of the Hidden Temple. Animator and hobby cartoon archivist, Brett Wilson, joins me as we discuss the veracity of the treasures featured on t...

The definition of treasure is sometimes broad. In this episode we examine three lost “treasures”, three musicians who were not recognized in their time, and tragically vanished into the night. What happened to Connie Converse, Richey Edwards,

In this episode of the Trove: – First-time metal detector enthusiasts experience the best beginner’s luck ever. – A mysterious wall – A look inside the (formerly) lost Arctic exploration vessel,The Terror – Good news: more Nazca lines!

During the Age of Exploration (Colonization), the Spanish invaded the “New World”, in search of gold and spices. But the conquest was also driven by more outlandish desires: for hundreds of years, legends told of a mysterious spring of eternal life tha...

We’re back after our post Halloween fatigue with a new episode of The Trove! In this episode: – Courtney and Max’s favorite Pokemon – A lost Cambodian city, now less lost – The tragic and important work of discovering sunken slave ships – The logistic ...

Happy Halloween! In this abbreviated, seasonal special: Three stories of civil war gold, two of which involve ghosts. SPOOKY! Patreon.com/Relic @Losttreasurepod Music by by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.

In this spooky, Halloween edition of the Trove, Max and Courtney talk about a lot of dead people being done wrong. Plus: Everything you thought you knew about the burning of the Library of Alexandria is wrong (still gone though…) How the most expensive...

The “cursed jewel” is a pop cultural trope with a very complicated history–the The Hope Diamond being the most famous example. Some of these dark gems have also gone missing. Was the Florentine Diamond’s disappearance due to bad luck and greed,

Need your Relic fix every week? Introducing “The Trove” a half-hour, round table style talk that discusses weird archaeology and strange historical discoveries in the news. In this inaugural episode of “The Trove,

Dutch Schultz was one of the most ruthless mobsters of Prohibition Era New York, and had his fair share of enemies. Legend has is that paranoia drove Schultz to hoarding his loot and concealing it within a safe,