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1.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
The Secret Solved
(2019)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates cuts another expedition short to return to his hometown of Boston and pursue the strongest lead in decades for a 40 year old treasure hunt dubbed: The Secret. Following the ... See full summary »
Stars: Josh Gates, Jason Krupat, James Renner, Brian D. Zinn
Votes: 81
2.
Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
Episode:
Great Josh!
(2021)
TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd's hunt for an original DeLorean Time Machine hits a snag, forcing them to scramble. But with the help of an expert builder and the car's original designer, they hope to make the delivery on time.
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Dan Botkin, Michael J. Fox, Josh Gates, Rob Klein
Votes: 32
3.
Legendary Locations (2017– )
Episode:
Slave to Love
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
From a former spy hub on the coast of Spain to a cave in Puerto Rico that just might hold the fabled Fountain of Youth, Josh Gates explores six legendary locations where passionate people risked it all for love.
Stars: Josh Gates, Aidan Quigley, Tina Barcoe, Juan José Téllez
Votes: 7
4.
Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
Episode:
Almost Outta Time
(2021)
TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd's mission to hunt down an original DeLorean Time Machine takes them to Orlando, where they finally believe they have finally found the right car, but instead, they are hit with an unexpected problem.
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Dan Botkin, James Espey, Josh Gates, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 35
5.
Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
Episode:
DeLorean Debacle
(2021)
TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd track down Bob Gale, creator of Back to the Future, and discover that their hunt for a Time Machine will take them to a super-fan's collection in Massachusetts and DeLorean's HQ in Texas.
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Josh Gates, Christopher Lloyd, Bill Shea, Patrick Shea
Votes: 35
6.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2
(2023)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh dives deep into the Navy's Pearl Harbor counterattack, uncovering an eyewitness who shares details of American soldiers' executions. New intel leads to a discovery that changes history, the first US plane ever found from this battle.
Stars: Josh Gates, Mark Moline, Colin Colbourn, Dan Davis
Votes: 40
7.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Escaping the Rock
(2022)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Tackling the most famous prison break of all time, Josh retraces the 1962 Alcatraz escape. New leads take Josh from San Francisco to the jungles of Brazil where he finds witnesses and evidence that re-write the FBI's version of the story.
Stars: Josh Gates, Stewart Fillmore, Amanda Williford, Ken Widner
Votes: 46
8.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Aswang & Haunted Forest
(2008)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
The Team searches for the Aswang, ghostly creatures said to haunted a tree in the Phillipines. Then the Team investigates ghost sightings in Japan's Aokigahara Forest, the site of nearly 1,000 reported suicides.
Stars: Daniel Beck, Casey Brumels, Gabriel Copeland, Michael Dee
Votes: 37
9.
Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
Episode:
Josh's Adventure of a Lifetime
(2021)
TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd embark on an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the "Back to the Future" trilogy, hoping to hand it over to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Jonathan Biver, Bob Gale, Josh Gates, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 39
10.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Egypt's City of the Dead
(2022)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Investigating the mysterious collapse of Egypt's old kingdom, Josh completes his Saqqara necropolis dig. Opening several tombs, Josh finds treasure, clues and haunting remains. Testing ... See full summary »
Stars: Josh Gates, Mostafa Waziri, Mohamed el-Saidy, Mohammad Mohammad Yousef
Votes: 37
11.
Tales from the Explorers Club (2022– )
Episode:
Polar Extremes
(2022)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
Josh Gates tackles history's most chilling polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole as well as Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice.
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Josh Gates, Richard Garriott, Bill Taradash, Lacey Flint
Votes: 16
12.
Stranded (2013– )
Episode:
Three Valley Chateau
(2013)
TV-PG | 43 min | Horror, Reality-TV
Yarc, his girlfriend Princess, and their friend Stephen leave the comforts of Brooklyn NY to check into the sprawling Three Valley Chateau in the snowy mountains of British Columbia. Yarc ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Cofield Jr., Princess Harris, Yarc Lewinson
Votes: 9
13.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Cambodia's Stolen Monuments
(2023)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
A looter's intel helps Josh chase priceless stolen treasures.
Stars: Josh Gates, Phin Phakdey, Brad Gordon, Blue Tiger
Votes: 26
14.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
The Secret
(2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh travels all over the US to find the treasures featured in The Secret, a cryptic book published in the 1980s. He meets with members of the book's cult following, who each think they're ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Abrams, John Fraser, Eric Gasiorowski, Josh Gates
Votes: 79
15.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Egypt's Lost Queens
(2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
In the second installment of an epic two-part investigation, Josh continues his journey through Egypt to uncover the secrets, and possibly the final resting place, of ancient history's most powerful women rulers, Nefertiti and Cleopatra.
Stars: Elisabeth Daynes, Aidan Dodson, Mohamed El-Sayed, Josh Gates
Votes: 65
16.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Siberia's Coldest Case
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates concludes his in-depth investigation of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Taking on Dead Mountain's brutal conditions, Josh and two investigators re-trace the last steps of the hikers. A big discovery could finally solve the mystery.
Stars: Josh Gates, Teodora Hadjiyska, Mike Libecki, Yuri Kuntsevich
Votes: 75
17.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Sunken Pyramids of the Nile
(2023)
TV-PG | 56 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates travels to the deserts of Sudan to dive the flooded pyramid tomb of a king. The pyramid is at risk of collapsing and the dive could unlock the mystery behind civilization that once conquered Egypt.
Stars: Josh Gates, Abdelrahman Ali, Pearce Paul Creasman, David Dunn
Votes: 37
18.
Expedition X (2020– )
Episode:
Ghosts of Eloise Asylum, Part 2
(2023)
TV-PG | 42 min | Mystery, Reality-TV
After capturing an unknown entity on film, Josh Gates and his team attempt to communicate with spirits that still reside in the asylum -- including the ghost of a 10-year-old girl who drowned during a freezing hydrotherapy treatment.
Stars: Josh Gates, Phil Torres, Jessica Chobot, John Hambrick
Votes: 45
19.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Shangri-La Found
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh continues his epic adventure through the Himalaya Mountains, exploring the region's ancient sky caves in search of the origins of the utopian paradise Shangri-La. He discovers a monastery perched 14,000 feet into a cliff.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Star: Josh Gates
Votes: 64
20. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.
Stars: Josh Gates, Brian C. Weed, Evan B. Stone, Jessica Chobot
Votes: 3,743
21. Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
174 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd set out an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the "Back to the Future" trilogy of movies, hoping to deliver it to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Josh Gates, Kevin Pike, Bill Shea
Votes: 541
22.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Mystery of Dead Mountain
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Braving sub-zero conditions of Siberia, Josh Gates investigates the Dyatlov Pass incident, during which nine hikers died under suspicious circumstances in 1959.
Stars: Josh Gates, Yuri Kuntsevich, Evan B. Stone, Teodora Hadjiyska
Votes: 83
23.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Island of the Dolls/Lusca
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
Josh takes the team to Mexico to investigate an island filled with possessed dolls. Then, the Team hunts the Lusca, a giant octopus that inhabits underwater tunnels in The Bahamas.
Stars: Josh Gates, Bechara 'Bicha' Gholam, Jael De Pardo, Sharra Romany
Votes: 41
24.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Egypt's Lost Tombs
(2022)
TV-PG | 62 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
With breakthrough discoveries in Egypt, Josh races to join an active dig of 4000-year-old tombs. Josh gains exclusive access and uncovers mummies and treasure that could solve the mysterious collapse of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom.
Stars: Josh Gates, Mostafa Waziri, Mohamed el-Saidy, Mohammad Mohammad Yousef
Votes: 40
25.
Tales from the Explorers Club (2022– )
Episode:
The Race to Space
(2022)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
Josh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space. Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Josh Gates, Michael Massimino, Joe Rohde, Jeff Bezos
Votes: 14
26.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Mystery of the Flooded Pyramid
(2023)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
The conclusion to Josh Gates' dive into a Kush king's flooded pyramid tomb; Josh scales a mountain to learn how the Kingdom of Kush conquered Egypt and braves the murky waters for one more dive to find the king's mummified remains.
Stars: Josh Gates, John T. Godfrey, Geoff Emberling, Sami Elamin
Votes: 33
27.
Expedition X (2020– )
Episode:
Skinwalker Valley
(2023)
TV-PG | 42 min | Mystery, Reality-TV
Phil and Jess investigate Utah's Uintah Basin, a region teeming with paranormal activity -- including numerous UFO sightings, cattle mutilations and reports of shape-shifting creatures.
Stars: Josh Gates, Phil Torres, Jessica Chobot, Manny Herrera
Votes: 37
28.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Sunken Treasure of the Bahamas
(2023)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh helps recover the richest stash of lost treasure in the Americas. Using cutting-edge technology and an armada of boats, Josh and the team dive the Caribbean to bring coins and jewels from the Spanish galleon Maravillas to the surface.
Stars: Josh Gates, James Sinclair, Michael P. Pateman, Carl Allen
Votes: 23
29.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Searching for Shangri-La
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh ventures into Nepal to investigate the mythical paradise of Shangri-La.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Star: Josh Gates
Votes: 70
30.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Cloning the Wooly Mammoth
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
To help clone the extinct woolly mammoth back to life, Josh visits a Korean biotech lab driving the project and excavates ancient bones in a Canadian mine. He then descends into a vast sinkhole in Siberia to unearth frozen DNA.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Stars: Josh Gates, Guy Favron, Semyon Grigoriev, Terry Lee
Votes: 65
31.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Journey to the Ice Age
(2017)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
To find a viable sample of mammoth DNA, Josh Gates retrieves bone samples from the massive Batagay crater, then journeys far upriver to a site in the lawless Siberian wilderness where tusk ... See full summary »
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Stars: Josh Gates, Grigoriev Semyon Egorovich, Insung Hwang, Alexei Tikhonov
Votes: 58
32. Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Talk-Show
Josh Gates brings his adventures home with a new talk show where he shares updates of his worldwide adventures, interviews celebrities and experts from across the globe, connects with fans and chats with members of his Discovery family.
Stars: Josh Gates, Tony Sam, Cliff Beach, Jessica Chobot
Votes: 166
33.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Digging Into D-Day
(2020)
TV-PG | 95 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
In a season premiere event, Josh Gates touches down in Normandy to investigate battles on land, air and sea. The expedition reveals a Nazi threat greater than ever imagined, unearthing a massive German bunker complex buried for 75 years.
Stars: Josh Gates, Dale Dye, Gary Sterne, Isabelle Le Tellier-Heitz
Votes: 63
34.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
After the Hunt - D-Day Revealed
(2020)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
At EXU Headquarters, Josh Gates is joined by historian Gary Sterne and military veteran Captain Dale Dye to analyze unseen footage, unravel new insights, and dig into more secrets of D-Day.
Stars: Josh Gates, Gary Sterne, Brian C. Weed, Evan B. Stone
Votes: 11
35.
Expedition X (2020– )
Episode:
Into the Alien Ocean
(2021)
TV-PG | 42 min | Mystery, Reality-TV
Jess and Phil's investigation into the phenomenon of unidentified submerged objects off the coast of Catalina Island intensifies after the discovery of an extraterrestrial underwater base between the island and the mainland.
Stars: Josh Gates, Phil Torres, Jessica Chobot, Luis Elizondo
Votes: 47
36.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
America's Titanic
(2021)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh searches the Atlantic for millions in lost coins sunk with the shipwreck of SS Pulaski known as the 'Titanic of the South'. New sonar scans may lead the crew not only to the wreckage, but also to the fortunes within.
Stars: Josh Gates, Patti Callahan, Micah Eldred, Mark Martin
Votes: 42
37.
Ghost Hunters (2004– )
Episode:
Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2010
(2010)
TV-PG | Reality-TV, Thriller
Stars: Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Adam Berry, Amy Bruni
Votes: 12
38.
Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Episode:
Behind Closed Gates
(2022)
TV-PG | 42 min | Talk-Show
Josh infiltrates Secret Societies with Elvis star Austin Butler, What We Do In The Shadows' Mark Proksch and Dishon Isaac from Discovery+'s Love In The Jungle.
Stars: Josh Gates, Cliff Beach, Marie King, Austin Butler
Votes: 10
39.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Finding Italy's Lost Empire
(2022)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Searching a city of the dead, Josh unearths artifacts from the mysterious Etruscans who ruled central Italy before being conquered by the Roman Empire. A dig site unearths clues that reveal... See full summary »
Stars: Josh Gates, Vincenzo Bellelli, Davide Zori, Forrest Briggs
Votes: 32
40.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Treasure of the Pirate King
(2023)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh finds treasure from the greatest score in pirate history; the most feared pirate of his time, Henry Avery stole a fortune worth more than $100 million today; Josh leaps into the frigid North Atlantic to recover Avery's riches.
Stars: Josh Gates, Colin Woodard, Tyrone Leech, Robert Jenner
Votes: 27
41.
Expedition X (2020– )
Episode:
Transylvanian Terror
(2024)
TV-PG | 48 min | Mystery, Reality-TV
Phil and Jess explore the world's most haunted forest near the site of the Dracula legend where Josh Gates had his most terrifying experience; during a night investigation, Jess finds herself being watched by someone or something sinister.
Stars: Josh Gates, Phil Torres, Jessica Chobot, Evan B. Stone
Votes: 50
42.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Incan King's Mummy
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates searches high in the Andes Mountains for a long-lost Incan mummy.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Stars: Mayra Caragulla, Benoit Duverneuil, Pable Garcia, Josh Gates
Votes: 61
43.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Secrets of Shangri-La
(2016)
TV-PG | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates treks high into the Sky Caves of Nepal in search of the origins of the Shangri-La myth.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Star: Josh Gates
Votes: 44
44. The Vest (2003)
10 min | Short
When a third-grader wears a homemade vest to school and gets teased for it, her reaction surprises even herself and leaves her with a lot of explaining to do (or not do) back at home.
Director: Paul Gutrecht | Stars: Skye McCole Bartusiak, Enrico Colantoni, Kellie Waymire, Gage Stevens
Votes: 104
45.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Cracking the Secret
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates goes on a nationwide treasure hunt to solve a mystery no one has cracked for 40 years: The Secret; Josh travels coast-to-coast and back in time using cutting-edge augmented ... See full summary »
Stars: Josh Gates, Coy A. Lothrop, Andrew Abrams, Stanley Choy
Votes: 55
46.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
The Warrior Queen's Treasure
(2020)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Searching across England, Josh Gates unearths a cache of ancient treasure as he chases the legend of Queen Boudica, the legendary Celtic queen who nearly defeated the invading Roman army 2,000 years ago.
Stars: Josh Gates, Vanessa Collingridge, John Davies, Kevin Elfleet
Votes: 54
47.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Orang Pendek & Worm Monster
(2008)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
The Team searches for the Orang Pendek, a small ape-like creature, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Then, the Team heads to Lagarfljót Lake in Iceland to search for a large lake-dwelling worm.
Stars: Casey Brumels, Gabriel Copeland, Josh Gates, Erin Ryder
Votes: 23
48.
Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Episode:
It Takes a Villain
(2021)
TV-PG | 53 min | Talk-Show
Josh breaks bad celebrating all things villain with The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Reiser of Aliens and Dr. Who's Michelle Gomez. Josh learns how to be a movie bad guy at a Hollywood stunt school.
Stars: Josh Gates, Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Reiser, Gregg Sargeant
Votes: 12
49.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Alien Monsters/Lake Van Monster
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
The Team travels to Chile to investigate claims of Aliens and UFOs. Then, the Team searches Lake Van in Turkey for a creature resembling a dinosaur.
Stars: Josh Gates, Bechara 'Bicha' Gholam, Jael De Pardo, Sharra Romany
Votes: 28
50.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Missing Heroes of WW2
(2023)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh dives into America's daring response to Pearl Harbor, which destroyed a vital Japanese base in the South Pacific. Using brand-new intel, Josh helps Project Recover find 40 planes and 200 American heroes lost in Operation Hailstone.
Stars: Josh Gates, Kyle Sinisi, Colin Colbourn, Dan Davis
Votes: 35