Expedition Files
Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained mysteries.
Seasons
1. Invisible Enemies
Air Date: 2024-10-30
Josh Gates examines an alleged alien abduction, the bizarre death of an American hero's son, and invisible attacks made upon CIA operatives in Cuba
2. Monsters Unmasked
Air Date: 2024-11-27
New information reveals Jack the Ripper's identity. DNA suggests the existence of a Yeti. Max Headroom hijacks a live broadcast, shocking the world.
3. Tragic Endings
Air Date: 2024-12-04
Josh Gates investigates whether an ancient curse killed the explorers who discovered King Tut's tomb, the strange and untimely demise of nine students hiking in Siberia, and the mysterious disappearance of an influencer in the Nevada desert.
4. Lost Civilizations
Air Date: 2024-12-11
In the 16th century, settlers of Roanoke vanished without a trace. New evidence finally reveals what happened. Archaeologists investigate what destroyed the original Sin City, Sodom. A bold new theory suggests Stonehenge may be more than it seems.
5. Code Breakers
Air Date: 2024-12-18
Cryptic clues left by the Zodiac Killer are finally deciphered, leading to a prime suspect. The location of Forrest Fenn's million-dollar buried treasure is revealed. The Voynich Manuscript, a text that possibly explains the origins of life, is decoded.
6. Mysterious Relics
Air Date: 2025-01-01
A new investigation into the Shroud of Turin, a cloth said to have covered Jesus' body, reveals clues toward its authenticity. Modern tools are used to analyze photos of ghosts from the 1800s.
1. Conspiracy Theories
Air Date: 2025-04-16
Josh Gates investigates shocking conspiracy theories, including that the Titanic was sunk by more than just an iceberg, the true story behind the death of Harry Houdini, and lost Civil War Gold that spawned a lawsuit against the FBI.
2. Deadly Adventures
Air Date: 2025-04-23
Josh Gates investigates several mysterious tragedies and downfalls. An expedition crew goes insane, turning cannibalistic; an explorer searches for a lost city in the Brazilian rainforest; an aspiring young actress falls victim to a deranged killer.
3. Family Secrets
Air Date: 2025-04-30
Generations later, the truth of serial killer H.H. Holmes's death may be exposed by one of his descendants. Did the government conspire with the mafia about a mysterious helicopter crash? How might the youngest Romanov daughter have escaped slaughter?
4. Identity Crises
Air Date: 2025-05-07
New evidence suggests the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid may have lived to old age under an alias. Modern scholars explore the true identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. After their UFO encounter, Betty and Barney Hill were forever changed.
5. Mysterious Phenomena
Air Date: 2025-05-14
Josh Gates looks at some of history's most intriguing hoaxes and unexplained events, including the Amityville Horror, the strange fate of a military submarine crew, and a phenomenon in which people's body fat causes them to burn alive.
6. Lost and Found
Air Date: 2025-05-21
The true identity of infamous plane hijacker D.B. Cooper may finally be revealed. The fate of Michael Rockefeller, lost heir to the Rockefeller fortune, is exposed. The car in which James Dean died might not be missing anymore.
1. Vanished: Jimmy Hoffa, Holy Grail, Inventor Rudolf Diesel
Air Date: 2025-11-05
What really happened to union boss Jimmy Hoffa? Could modern technology finally prove the existence of the Holy Grail? And did inventor Rudolf Diesel really die at sea, or did he stage his own disappearance?
2. Madness Explained
Air Date: 2025-11-12
Was witchcraft at work during the Salem Witch Trials, or psychological illness? Did Britain's famous UFO sighting by military officials have a more earthly explanation? Who's really responsible for the murder of the "Mad Monk" of Russia?
3. Time Reveals All
Air Date: 2025-11-19
Over 80 years ago, a mysterious body was found on a beach, accompanied by only a cryptic note. The Trojan War and the Trojan Horse may not be mythical after all. And new evidence may prove Shakespeare didn't author his own works.
4. Lost Treasures
Air Date: 2025-12-03
Josh hunts down the world's most elusive treasures. What became of Konigsberg Castle's Amber Room, stolen by the Nazis? Could a lost hard drive in a British landfill hold millions in Bitcoin? Did King Solomon's legendary mines ever exist?
5. Behind the Myth
Air Date: 2025-12-10
High on Everest's icy slopes, two climbers vanish into legend. In a quiet West Virginia town, a ghost demands justice from beyond the grave. And learn the real story of Mata Hari -- the exotic dancer condemned as a German spy.
6. Strange but True
Air Date: 2026-01-07
A real child whose possession inspired "The Exorcist"; a master con artist who left a trail of deception (and maybe murder); and an ancient army defeated by hallucinogenic honey, these three stories prove that truth can outmatch fiction.
7. Mysterious Endings
Air Date: 2026-01-14
Using modern analysis and a "virtual time machine" to explore three distinct historical or scientific mysteries under a single theme.
8. History Got It Wrong
Air Date: 2026-01-21
Was the Hindenburg truly destroyed by accident or by sabotage? Could the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage hold clues that only modern analysis can define? What really happened when 50,000 Persian soldiers disappeared without a trace in 524 B.C.?
1. Mysteries of American History
Air Date: 2026-04-01
Josh Gates explores American history, including a shocking theory that John Wilkes Booth escaped justice -- only to meet a far stranger fate. Learn myth-busting truths behind Paul Revere's midnight ride and a U.S. Navy sub that vanished in the Cold War.
2. Deadly Forecast
Air Date: 2026-04-08
Josh Gates explores three mysteries shaped by extreme weather, the disappearance of the Donner Party in Sierra Nevada blizzards, secrets of an Arctic missile base entombed in ice, and the Mary Celeste. a ghost ship adrift in the Atlantic.
3. Fateful Coverups
Air Date: 2026-04-15
From a secret World War II unit that deceived Nazis, to the alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, and a royal death tied to a scandal, Josh Gates explores mysteries built on coverups. Was the truth buried to protect power, reputation, and empires?
4. Under Pressure
Air Date: 2026-04-22
Josh Gates reopens cases where the truth stayed buried -- he exposes new clues, shaken alibis, and explosive revelations that challenge everything that we thought we knew about Noah's Ark, the terror of anthrax attacks, and Bugsy Siegel's murder.
5. Dark Waters
Air Date: 2026-04-29
Josh Gates investigates three aquatic mysteries: the Kraken, Lake Lanier and Atlantis. From terrifying sailor lore, to a deadly lake's dark past, and a lost city beneath the sea, he searches for evidence behind legends shaped by fear, myth and history.
6. Fact or Fiction?
Air Date: 2026-05-06
Josh Gates investigates Dracula, Cold War psychic spying, and Spartacus.
7. Truth Vs. Tabloids
Air Date: 2026-05-13
Josh investigates Jim Morrison's death, a "mermaid" in a Japanese temple and an alien abduction claim.
8. Who Done It?
Air Date: 2026-05-20
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Rating
7.1/10
Release Date
2024-10-30
Episodes
24 (4 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Ping Pong Productions