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1. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Looted Treasures of Cambodia (2023)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Pushing into remote jungles, Josh investigates one of the 20th century's biggest heists - looting of Cambodian statues worth hundreds of millions; Josh rappels into a crumbling pyramid and digs up a treasure trove of missing monuments.

Stars: Josh Gates, Brad Gordon, Nick Ray, Toek Tik

Votes: 29

2. 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

3. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Riches of Spain's Pirate King (2023)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

On the trail of a stolen fortune, Josh chases the treasure of the infamous Spanish pirate Amaro Pargo. An exhaustive hunt of Pargo's stomping ground in the Canary Islands leads Josh beneath an active volcano to dive for the pirate's hoard.

Stars: Josh Gates, Richard Blakemore, Bradley Williamson, Ricardo Sánchez-Serrano Guerrero

Votes: 29

4. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Chasing Bonnie and Clyde (2023)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Tracking America's most infamous couple, Josh teams up with a former FBI agent to scour a legendary Bonnie and Clyde hideout. Then Josh hits the road on a 700-mile trip across America to the site of the outlaws most notorious shootout.

Stars: Josh Gates, Stewart Fillmore, Sam Adams, Nikoline Bohr

Votes: 31

5. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Lost Tomb of the Viking King (2023)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh chases the treasure of legendary Viking Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. The discovery of a mysterious gold artifact sends Josh on a journey through Scandinavia to remote northern European forests to uncover Bluetooth's tomb and fortune.

Stars: Josh Gates, Søren Sindbæk, Tomas Sielski, Jacek Godlewski

Votes: 27

6. Tales from the Explorers Club (2022– )

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

It showcases the headquarters of the legendary Explorers Club to relive the epic adventures of members who have pushed the bounds of human possibility.

Stars: Josh Gates, Lacey Flint, Joe Rohde, Michael Massimino

Votes: 154

7. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Buried Secrets of Hitler (2022)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

With word of an urgent lead, Josh jets to Poland to join in the opening of a secret Nazi tunnel system dug into a dormant volcano. Josh helps a local team tear away a stone wall built by the Germans in the last days of World War II.

Stars: Josh Gates, Sebastian Terenda, Oliver Krüger, Kamil Chmura

Votes: 40

8. Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Episode: Gates Goes Underground (2022)

TV-PG | 42 min | Talk-Show

Josh digs into underground mysteries with Evangeline Lily from Ant-Man and the Wasp, Expedition X's Phil Torres and Jessica Chobot and Soprano's villain Joe Pantoliano. Josh hits the track to take on Discovery+'s Baby Drivers.

Stars: Josh Gates, Cliff Beach, Tim Smith, Evangeline Lilly

Votes: 9

9. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Buried Secrets of the Nazis (2022)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates hunts for Third Reich secrets as he searches for stolen art in a flooded tunnel complex, tries to decode an officer's diary pointing to tons of plundered Nazi gold and visits the... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, Pawel Piatkiewicz, Robert Kubiszewski, Roman Furmaniak

Votes: 40

10. Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Episode: The Great Gates Robbery (2022)

TV-PG | 42 min | Talk-Show

Josh talks stolen treasure with Parker Posey from Lost In Space, Monuments Men author Robert Edsel, Fantastic Beasts' Dan Fogler and Matt Wright from Naked and Afraid XL.

Stars: Josh Gates, Cliff Beach, Parker Posey, Brandon Flynn

Votes: 6

11. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: The Bootlegger's Millions (2022)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates chases the lost fortune of Prohibition's infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz. Josh dives the murky shore near Dutch's lavish New York mansion and searches the massive underground bunker that housed Dutch's secret distillery.

Stars: Josh Gates, Robbie Hoffman, Barry Lipsky, Gus Bricker

Votes: 36

12. Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Episode: The Gate-teenth Amendment (2022)

TV-PG | 42 min | Talk-Show

There's no Prohibition on laughs as Josh chats with Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, Joe Mantegna from The Simpsons and Criminal Minds, and auto racing superstar Danica Patrick.

Stars: Josh Gates, Mike Henry, Gabe Abelson, Lyndsey Frank

Votes: 9

13. 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

14. 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

15. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Chasing the Mysteries of Moses (2022)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

In the epic conclusion of his two-part investigation, Josh Gates re-traces Moses' steps from the peak of Mount Sinai deep into the Israeli desert. To separate man from myth, Josh dives the ... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, Rabia Barakat Selim, Pierre Tallet, David Ben-Shlomo

Votes: 33

16. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Donner Party Horror and Heroes (2022)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh treks the punishing Donner Pass to uncover how desperate pioneers trapped by blizzards in the Sierra Nevada mountains turned to cannibalism. In an unprecedented six-month investigation... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, Frank Mullen, Bob Crowley, Tim Twietmeyer

Votes: 33

17. Tales from the Explorers Club (2022– )
Episode: Monsters and Myths (2022)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

Investigating the unexplained, Josh recounts a legendary Himalayan mission to find the Yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the ferocious elephant king. The starving crew of a tragic Antarctic expedition makes unimaginable choices to survive.

Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Josh Gates, Joe Rohde, Sarah Parcak, Trevor Wallace

Votes: 17

18. Tales from the Explorers Club (2022– )
Episode: Explorer's Club at the Movies (2022)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

Josh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood. A bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones and a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing Seven Years in Tibet became a Brad Pitt star turn.

Director: Lee Farber | Stars: Josh Gates, Joe Rohde, Lacey Flint, Sarah Parcak

Votes: 16

19. Hunting Atlantis (2021– )

TV-PG | Documentary, Fantasy

Stel Pavlou and Jess Phoenix investigate a new trail of evidence, unearthing sunken cities, ancient artifacts and geological catastrophes, in a quest to locate Atlantis.

Stars: Stel Pavlou, Jess Phoenix, Michael Boyd, Dinko Radic

Votes: 122

20. Hunting Atlantis (2021– )
Episode: City Underground (2021)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Fantasy

Stel and Jess investigate cave paintings in Turkey that match an advanced civilization that built the world's oldest city. Tracing their ancient migration to the coast they discover a ... See full summary »

Stars: Stel Pavlou, Jess Phoenix, Tamer Karabulut, Dilek Iskar

Votes: 9

21. Hunting Atlantis (2021– )
Episode: Pyramid at Sea (2021)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Fantasy

Stel and Jess investigate a mysterious Greek island where an advanced ancient civilization built a massive marble pyramid. Artifacts there lead them to Turkey where ground penetrating radar... See full summary »

Stars: Stel Pavlou, Jess Phoenix, Michael Boyd, Anno Hein

Votes: 10

22. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Dillinger's Lost Loot (2021)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates chases leads across the Midwest, searches a childhood home, and dives into a frigid lake at a remote Wisconsin lodge as he joins the hunt for notorious bank robber John Dillinger's fortune.

Stars: Josh Gates, Stewart Fillmore, John Dillinger, Oscar Martinez

Votes: 47

23. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Ransom in the Sky (2021)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

With brand-new evidence, Josh looks to finally crack the DB Cooper case, America's only unsolved skyjacking. A deathbed confession and cutting-edge forensics have Josh hot on the trail of the $200,000 ransom that's never been recovered.

Stars: Josh Gates, Mark Meltzer, Joe Koenig, Bruce Smith

Votes: 43

24. History's Greatest Mysteries (2020– )
Episode: Hunting Hitler's U-Boats (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, Mystery

An investigation into the unshakable claims of Roger Miklos, one of America's most eccentric, controversial, and accomplished treasure hunters. Decades before his death in 2018, Roger ... See full summary »

Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Chris Atkins

Votes: 63

25. History's Greatest Mysteries (2020– )

TV-PG | Documentary, History, Mystery

Investigating a range of mysteries surrounding the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell and John Wilkes Booth.

Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sami Jarroush, Amory Sivertson, Nicola Denzey Lewis

Votes: 726

26. 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

27. Lost in the Wild (2019– )
Episode: Invisible Empire (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Mystery

Kinga and J.J. investigate the 2019 disappearance of a runner in Malaysia.

Director: Griffin Kenemer | Stars: Nik Amri, J.J. Kelley, Muzadar Mohamad, Kinga Philipps

Votes: 5

28. Lost in the Wild (2019– )

42 min | Documentary, Mystery

Filmmaker-Explorer J.J. Kelley and Journalist Kinga Philipps journey into the wilderness to trace puzzling missing persons cases.

Stars: Kinga Philipps, J.J. Kelley, Luis Atenico, Frank Van De Groot

Votes: 140

29. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )

Reality-TV

It provides Animal Planet's global audiences with a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at San Diego Zoo Global, whose mission is to save species worldwide while inspiring passion for animals and nature.

Stars: Rick Schwartz, Beth Bicknese, Ben Nevitt, Matt Akel

Votes: 137

30. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Deciphering the Last Nazi Code (2019)

TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates ventures into the former Third Reich in search of an elusive Nazi fortune hidden with a code allegedly created by Hitler's private secretary, and embedded into a piece of sheet music.

Stars: Josh Gates, Karl Hammer, Jean-Christophe Boulay, Jürgen Proske

Votes: 47

31. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Atlantis of the Andes (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates dives into a mystery below South America's Lake Titicaca. During the investigation, Josh discovers multiple structures of the ancient Tiwanaku people, including ruins hidden in ... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, Alexei Vranich, Jose Ignacio Gallego, Robert Leonard

Votes: 52

32. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Global Game Show: Pirate Treasure (2019)

TV-PG | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Money will be flowing like rum as Josh Gates quizzes travelers across the globe about the scoundrels of the seas -- pirates, privateers and buccaneers. The contestants' swashbuckling knowledge could land them $500 in loot.

Star: Josh Gates

Votes: 15

33. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates tackles an enduring maritime mystery, the first ship to be lost in the Great Lakes, the Griffon. Using a state of the art two-man submersible, Josh dives in to find a ship so elusive it's known as "The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks."

Stars: Josh Gates, Joan Forsberg, Brendon Baillod, Greg Busch

Votes: 50

34. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Legend of the Crystal Skull (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates takes on Central America's jungles to investigate the legendary crystal skull discovered by a renowned adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Josh probes whether ... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, Bill Homann, Jorge Ramos, Aaron Celestian

Votes: 60

35. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: America's Lost WWII Hero (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates explores the case of lost World War II hero Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, who went missing when her P-51 Mustang crashed. Josh joins search ... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Gates, G. Pat Macha, David Lane, Nell Bright

Votes: 49

36. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Welcome to Our World (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

At the Zoo, a baby klipspringer is born on one of the coldest nights of the season and is nursed back to health while a young venomous snake receives X-rays and extra care for a possible ... See full summary »

Stars: Lacy Pearson, Ben Nevitt, Kim Weibel, Rick Schwartz

Votes: 14

37. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Chasing the Fortune of Sir Francis Drake (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Josh Gates searches land and sea for the lost fortune of legendary pirate Sir Francis Drake. Joining treasure hunters and maritime archaeologists, Josh hunts for a lost cache of Spanish gold and the remains of Drake himself.

Stars: Josh Gates, Michael Turner, Caleb Duckworth, James Sinclair

Votes: 49

38. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: New Day for an Old Tortoise (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

At the Zoo, Hunter the koala is ready for a new mate and Jaws the Galapagos tortoise isn't feeling well; and at the Safari Park, two baby giraffe calves need to be hand-reared.

Stars: Lindsey King, Jim Oosterhuis, Meredith Clancy, Jonny Carlson

Votes: 8

39. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Yeti and the Cubs (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

San Diego Zoo keepers have a plan to find a mate for Impo the hamadryads baboon; and two young cheetah cubs are joined by an experienced canine guide in their training to become animal ambassadors.

Stars: Janet Hinostroza, Jade Price, Andrew Stehly, Jenny Tibbott

Votes: 8

40. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: A Lion's Tale (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

Safari Park keepers prepare Aria the rambunctious black rhino for her new life in the open African Plains enclosure; Zoo keepers care for 15 year old M'bari the lion and his mate, Etosha; ... See full summary »

Stars: Mike Veale, Sandy Craig, Brooke Johnson, Jenny Tibbott

Votes: 10

41. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Panda-monium (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

The Zoo says goodbye to its beloved giant pandas Bai-Yun and Xiao Liwu as mother and cub prepare for shipment to China; keepers use traditional Chinese medicine to help retired Hollywood ... See full summary »

Stars: Kathy Hawk, Rick Schwartz, Robbie Clark, Deena Brenner

Votes: 12

42. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Mek Comes Home (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Reality-TV

Meek the tiger returns to the Zoo after a six year absence; tree kangaroos Spike and Polly shyly meet for potential Safari Park breeding; it's flamingo check-up day; and over 100 animals are moved, some reluctantly, for the remodeling of the Children's Zoo.

Stars: Tom Sica, Aimee Goldcamp, Bree Barney, Rick Schwartz

Votes: 7

43. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Mkhaya Discovers Her Trunk (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

At the Safari Park, snake wrangler Jeff searches for the coastal patch noses snake and baby elephant Mkhaya learns how to use her trunk; at the Zoo, Alba the Andean bear is monitored for pregnancy while Mandazzi the gorilla is examined.

Stars: Evan Miracle, Hali O'Connor, Melissa Nau, Jeff Lemm

Votes: 9

44. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Cooking for 7,000 (2019)

Reality-TV

A look at what it takes to feed over 6,000 animals, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park; the eye-popping and sometimes mouthwatering world of feeding time at the zoo.

Stars: Mike Veale, Lauren Cook, Jon Rolfs, Adam Graves

45. Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode: Search for the Sultan's Heart (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV

Four years after Josh Gates goes on a journey to find the lost heart of Suleiman the Magnificent, he travels to the newly rediscovered town of Turbek for some new revelations about the case.

Stars: Josh Gates, Gunhan Borecki, Máté Kitanics, Gabor Bertok

Votes: 49

46. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Penguin Chick Swim School (2019)

Reality-TV

Safari Park must say goodbye to two elephants. The vets look to fit Felix, an excitable three-toed Baird's Tapir, with a custom shoe. Two African penguin chick are ready to join the colony.

Stars: Rick Schwartz, Katie Dirckschneider, Peter Hagopian, Julie Anderson

Votes: 8

47. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Miracle Calf (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

A southern white rhino is pregnant and may be able to save her species. Connor, the Malayan tiger, has a toothache. A new bird keeper must learn to feed the shoebills. Polar bears exercise their hunting skills.

Stars: Jill Van Kempen, Rick Schwartz, Barbara Durrant, Jo Haddad

Votes: 7

48. Legendary Locations (2017– )
Episode: Pi-Rat Paradise (2019)

TV-G | 21 min | Documentary

Josh explores places where unusual heroes rule the day, from a legendary pirate paradise near Madagascar to a small Mexican town that celebrates a wealthy rancher's generosity with the most explosive festival on Earth.

Stars: Josh Gates, Henry Bellon, Imboule Copertinot Canisius, Utsav Saboo

Votes: 13

49. Legendary Locations (2017– )
Episode: Angels or Demons? (2019)

TV-G | 21 min | Documentary

Josh Gates shines a light on places darkened by the past, from a mysterious mansion connected to a haunted heiress in California to a colorful festival commemorating the death of a demoness in India.

Stars: Josh Gates, Jake Williams, Anastacio Santana Velazco, Aditya Chaturvedi

Votes: 14

50. Legendary Locations (2017– )
Episode: Fire of the Gods (2019)

TV-G | 21 min | Documentary

Josh Gates explores places where destruction and creation exist in breathtaking concert, from the legendary Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine to a Spanish festival that culminates with a citywide inferno.

Stars: Josh Gates, Sergey Akulinin, Nikolai Soloviev, John Adams

Votes: 13