Seasons & episodes

S15 · E1Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs 2024-10-09＋

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.

S15 · E2Petra's Secrets Revealed 2024-10-16＋

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.

S15 · E3Search for Pan Am's Clipper 2024-10-23＋

Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy 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.

S15 · E4America's First Train Robbers 2024-11-06＋

Josh tracks down the legend of an outlaw posse who terrorized the Midwest's railroads. The Reno Gang stole a fortune until a vigilante mob exacted violent justice. Josh tracks their lost loot to a cave hideout that could hold millions.

S15 · E5Dive for America's Pirate Loot 2024-11-13＋

Josh braves the 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.

S15 · E6'Twas the Search for St. Nick 2024-11-20＋

In a search spanning continents, Josh chases the true 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.

S16 · E1Hitler's Amerikabomber 2025-06-18 · 42 min＋

Josh hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber, a warplane designed to obliterate New York City; ruins of a mysterious Nazi underground city and long-lost weapons factories provide clues about Hitler's dream-killing machine.

S16 · E2The Man-Eating Lions of Kenya 2025-06-25 · 41 min＋

Josh braves the African savanna to investigate the rampage of two lions who killed as many as 135 railroad workers in 1898; to prevent more bloodshed, Josh joins wildlife rangers tracking a pair of rogue lions who are on a modern-day killing spree.

S16 · E3The Lost Grave of Buffalo Bill 2025-07-02 · 42 min＋

Josh saddles up to investigate a scandal over the remains of Buffalo Bill Cody. A first-hand account claims Bill's body was stolen and buried 500 miles away. With new leads and cadaver dogs, Josh digs for the cowboy's grave and the truth.

S16 · E4Shipwreck Triangle of Greece 2025-07-09＋

Josh dives into a mysterious Greek sea passage known as the ancient world's shipwreck capital. Chasing truth and treasure, Josh separates fact from myth and learns what makes these waters as deadly as the Bermuda Triangle.

S16 · E5Treasure of the Pirate Queen 2025-07-16＋

Josh braves the South Carolina swamps to search for the lost treasure of the infamous Anne Bonny. The Pirate Queen used her wits, beauty and daring to steal millions in booty; and while recovering coins, Josh may have unearthed Anne's secret trading post.

S16 · E6Searching for World War II's Lost Hero 2025-07-30＋

Armed with a new eyewitness account and cutting-edge tech, Josh travels to Micronesia and dives the Pacific to find a lost P-47 Thunderbolt. Piloted by an American hero, it took part in a daring raid during the final days of World War II.

S16 · E7Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age 2025-08-06＋

Josh investigates rumors swirling around a Turkish dig site that is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Separating fact from fiction, they uncover evidence of tribal skull rituals, debunking the legend of an alien-constructed observatory.

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S17 · E1Mysteries of the Great Pyramid 2025-11-05＋

With exclusive access to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Josh unravels wild conspiracy theories about the pyramid. Crawling through every passage under the pyramid, Josh searches for the lost tomb and treasure of Pharaoh Khufu.

S17 · E2Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed 2025-11-12＋

To solve the mystery of the pyramid's construction, Josh joins a daring experiment to replicate its ancient build; first-of-their-kind 3D scans of a mysterious tunnel system could uncover a labyrinth of secrets buried deep beneath the stone.

S17 · E3The Great Gold Rush Shootout 2025-11-19＋

Gold Rush's Parker Schnabel joins Josh Gates to investigate an infamous California stagecoach robbery gone bad. Fighting a driving rainstorm, Josh leans on Parker's gold mining expertise to close in on the $10M lost treasure.

S17 · E4The Nazi's Lost Super Sub 2025-11-26 · 43 min＋

Josh dives the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea in search of a revolutionary Nazi submarine: the V-80. Hitler ordered it scuttled to prevent the Allies from learning its secrets. Now, Josh risks it all to bring the prototype to the surface.

S17 · E5The Real Goonies Treasure 2025-12-03 · 42 min＋

For the 40th Anniversary of The Goonies, Josh braves the Oregon coast to search for pirate treasure that inspired his all-time favorite movie. On the rocky shores of the Pacific, he finds pieces of a Spanish galleon that wrecked in 1694.

S17 · E6Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship 2025-12-10 · 42 min＋

Josh braves Nicaragua's croc-infested waters and snake-filled jungle to find the wreckage of the Orus. Chasing Gold Rush-era fortune, Vanderbilt's ship crashed on its maiden attempt to create a new route between the Atlantic and Pacific.

S18 · E1Hunt for World War II Hellships 2026-06-24 · 42 min＋

Josh searches for lost Allied soldiers on the Hofuku Maru, a Japanese Hellship.

S18 · E2Finding World War II's Lost Prisoners 2026-07-01 · 42 min＋

A deep-water dive leads to the historic discovery of a lost WWII hell ship, where an estimated 1,000 soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice. Given rare access, Josh assists a U.S. Department of Defense mission, recovering potential remains of American POWs.

S18 · E3Death Jars of Laos 2026-07-08 · 42 min＋

Josh Gates treks into the remote jungles of Laos to investigate the mysterious Plain of Jars. Navigating landscapes still littered with unexploded ordnance, he uses advanced technology to uncover the secrets of this ancient, lost civilization.

A first-of-its-kind sonar survey reveals a submerged pirate lair located off the coast of Jamaica. Using groundbreaking photogrammetry, Josh dives in to hunt for the $50M stolen treasure of Black Bart, the King of Pirates.