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RRATOR:
Tonight on
The Curse of Civil War Gold...
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I believe that there are,
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potentially, billions in gold
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hidden by the Knights
of the Golden Circle.
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And it played out in Muskegon
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because of Charles Hackley.
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-He fits the profile.
-KEVIN: Wow.
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AKRAM:
Here you're in
the Mason's Temple.
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I've always felt
that the Masons collaborated
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about the missing
Confederate gold.
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What gold?
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-Vault number one.
-[laughs]: Oh, my goodness.
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Every history textbook
in America has this wrong.
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Absolutely.
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ALEX:
Are you saying
that Stanton was involved
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in the murder
of Abraham Lincoln?
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-Yes.
-You are?
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-How do you know that?
-I know it for a fact.
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-BRAD: Wow.
-Wow.
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NARRATOR: While tracking down connections
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between the men who arrested
Jefferson Davis
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on the morning of May 10, 1865
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and Secretary of War
Edwin Stanton,
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the man who gave the orders, treasure hunter Kevin Dykstra,
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his brother Al, along with
researcher Brad Richards
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and Marty Lagina's son Alex
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have traveled
to Washington, D.C.
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They are meeting with
investigative journalist
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and author Warren Getler,
whose bookRebel Gold
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makes numerous connections
between Stanton
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and an elaborate plot
to assassinate
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President Abraham Lincoln
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and then steal millions
in gold and silver
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from the Confederate treasury--
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a portion of which,
Kevin believes,
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now lies at the bottom
of Lake Michigan.
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The story
that I've heard is that
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John Wilkes Booth
was just, like,
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a rogue Southern sympathizer
who executed Abraham Lincoln,
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-but you're saying
that that's not the case.
-WARREN: Right.
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That's the established history,
but it's, it's not true.
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NARRATOR:
On the evening
of April 14, 1865,
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President Abraham Lincoln
was attending a production
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ofOur American Cousin
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at Ford's Theatre
in Washington, D.C.
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John Wilkes Booth,
a famous actor,
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entered the president's
private box
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and fired a single
.44 caliber bullet
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into the back of his head.
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As chaos erupted
in the stunned theater,
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Booth leapt to the stage,
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injured his leg
and then shouted,
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"Sic semper tyrannis"--
death to tyrants.
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He then escaped out the back door of the theater
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and fled into the night
on a waiting horse.
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But Booth's act of treachery
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was by no means a solitary one.
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That same night,
there were similar plots
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against two other members
of Lincoln's cabinet:
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Vice President Andrew Johnson,
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and Secretary of State
William H. Seward.
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Although the attempt
on Johnson was foiled
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before it could take place,
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the attack on Secretary
Seward-- while not fatal--
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was exceptionally brutal,
leaving the statesman
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scarred for life.
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There were eight people who were
convicted and four were hung.
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We are talking about one
of the most elaborate schemes
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of what we call today
"regime change."
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Whoa.
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The actual act by Booth,
I believe, was organized
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by the Knights
of the Golden Circle.
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And I think there is
a real possibility
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that Edwin Stanton
was a major coconspirator.
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NARRATOR:
The Knights
of the Golden Circle?
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The secret organization that was reportedly planning
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to take the remains of the Confederate treasury to Mexico
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and then use it to set up
a rogue government?
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In 1854,
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as anti-slavery sentiment began growing in the United States,
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pro-slavery advocates
formed a secret society
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known as the Knights of the Golden Circle, or KGC.
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Members are believed to have included John Wilkes Booth,
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the outlaw Jesse James
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and Confederate President
Jefferson Davis.
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When the Confederacy lost
the Civil War,
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the KGC plotted to form a new nation of slave territories
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known as the Golden Circle,
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that would stretch from Mexico
to the Caribbean.
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Is it possible,
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as Warren Getler's
research suggests,
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that not only was the KGC
behind the plot
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to assassinate Abraham Lincoln,
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but that one
of the conspirators
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was Edward M. Stanton, a member of Lincoln's own cabinet?
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If we want to look at some
very incriminating evidence
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-against Stanton...
-Okay.
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...the question becomes, did
Booth lose his diary, which is--
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I actually have a copy
of this here to show you guys.
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-AL: John Wilkes Booth's diary?
-Yes.
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-BRAD: Whoa.
-And isn't it interesting
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that when Stanton returned it,
18 pages were missing?
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Wow.
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NARRATOR:
18 pages?
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Missing from the diary
of John Wilkes Booth?
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Is it possible that Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
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was involved
in the plot to assassinate
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America's 16th president?
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And, if so,
what had Booth written
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that Stanton would have wanted erased from history?
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They're obviously missing
for a reason.
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Somebody didn't want people
to know what was on those pages.
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WARREN:
Lincoln, he wasn't just
fighting the Confederacy,
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he was fighting
a secret society.
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The Knights of the Golden Circle
had the power, I would argue,
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of the CIA, the FBI
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and the National Security
Administration combined.
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-Oh, wow.
-Why do I say that?
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Because the U.S. government
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was after the Knights
of the Golden Circle.
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And this is where it gets
really interesting.
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If we recall, the Knights of the
Golden Circle was two things:
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it was a Confederate
organization
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and a Scottish Rite
organization.
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Oh, my goodness.
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NARRATOR:
The Scottish Rite
is a branch of Freemasonry
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designed to advance
Master Masons
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beyond the organization's
third degree.
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Formed in 1801,
and then later refined
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by noted Freemason Albert Pike in the 1850s,
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Scottish Rite Freemasonry
is considered
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one of the most prestigious
and elite branches
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in the organization.
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It is also
one of the most secretive.
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If you look
at the Masonic connection,
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he was a Mason,
he was a Mason,
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he was a Mason.
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There it is.
That's the package.
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BRAD:
All the major players
are Scottish Rite
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33rd degree Masons.
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KEVIN:
Does any of your research
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reveal Stanton in an effort
to seize Confederate gold
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of any kind and then store it
or hide it in places?
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The Knights of the Golden Circle
were all about
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seizing gold and keeping it.
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-Okay.
-A classic modus operandi
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of the Knights
of the Golden Circle
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was to have sentinels in place
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who would protect this money
at all costs under a blood oath.
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-Wow.
-KEVIN: Really?
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WARREN:
I believe that there are
potentially billions in gold
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that are underground,
hidden by the Knights
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of the Golden Circle.
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-Still, to this day?
-Yes, absolutely.
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These huge depositories
of underground gold exist,
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in Arizona, Utah,
New Mexico, Texas.
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They would have people
who would be in charge of them,
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and, if they were smart,
they'd give to the town.
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To keep the town happy,
maybe to keep the town quiet.
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And it played out in Muskegon
because one interesting fellow,
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Charles Hackley,
who was a high-level Mason,
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-did exactly that.
-He fits the profile.
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He built hospitals,
he built schools, libraries.
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He really pulled the town
on his side.
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So you're saying Charles Hackley
could have been a KGC sentinel?
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It's very hard to eliminate
the possibility.
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We knew it.
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NARRATOR: According to Kevin Dykstra's research,
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the Union officers who arrested Jefferson Davis
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at the end of the Civil War
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took possession
of six wagonloads
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of gold, silver and jewelry.
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After being hidden in Georgia
for five years,
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the treasure was then brought to Muskegon, Michigan
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where lumber
tycoon-turned-banker
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Charles Hackley began
laundering it
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through a number of local banks and charities,
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as well as in gold mines
out west.
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According
to a deathbed confession
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made by a lighthouse keeper
in the late 1800s,
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it was while transporting
the stolen gold
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to one of Charles Hackley's
gold mines in Utah
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that a boxcar full of it
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was deliberately pushed off
a ferryboat
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and sent crashing to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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Although Kevin believes he has found a possible debris field,
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he must wait
for the necessary permits
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to see if his theory
is correct.
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So the question with Stanton is,
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was seizing that gold important
to keep the economy going?
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Right? He made a big fuss
about this money.
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Or was it that he was
an operative
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of the Knights
of the Golden Circle?
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ALEX:
Right.
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-Two conflicting motives.
-Two conflicting.
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Or did he, did he thread himself
kind of between both?
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I've been on this story
for 20 years,
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and there's a guy
I would love for you to meet.
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He's a real Booth
assassination expert.
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Nate Orlowek.
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And I think it would be great
for you guys to talk to him.
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Yeah, I'll get in touch with
him. I'll set something up.
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-The more we can learn,
the better, really.
-Absolutely.
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We knew this conspiracy
was large.
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I felt we were
at the tip of the iceberg.
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I think we're at
the tip of Antarctica,
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-loaded with icebergs.
-[laughter]
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As a history teacher,
it's mind-blowing.
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Yeah, well,
it's not the history we learn
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in high school or in college.
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AL:
We appreciate your time.
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WARREN:
Yeah, great.
Good seeing you guys.
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Take care.
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NARRATOR:
After scheduling to meet
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with John Wilkes Booth expert Nate Orlowek the next day,
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Alex Lagina has
arranged for everyone
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to find out more
about Freemasonry
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by suggesting a visit
with a former Grand Master
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of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.
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Al and I managed to get in touch
with a guy by the name of Akram,
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who is a former Grand Master of
the Scottish Rite here in D.C.
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-33 degree.
-Yep. Yep.
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-BRAD: Really?
-KEVIN: Oh, wow.
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NARRATOR: For Kevin Dykstra and his team,
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what started as a quest
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to retrieve millions
of dollars' worth
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of gold bars at the bottom of Lake Michigan
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has expanded to a treasure hunt
of a very different kind.
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Have any of you guys
been in a, like,
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-a Masonic temple before?
-Never.
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NARRATOR:
They are now
increasingly convinced
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that a plot to steal a portion of the Confederate treasury
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-was actually part
of a vast conspiracy.
-[gunshot]
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KEVIN:
It's really interesting
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that research that started
in Muskegon, Michigan
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now looks like
it could very likely involve
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John Wilkes Booth.
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We're uncovering
a bigger conspiracy here.
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We very likely could be
rewriting history.
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ALEX:
Well, this is it.
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The oldest Masonic temple
in D.C.
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-BRAD: This thing is huge.
-ALEX: Yep.
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AL:
Man, that's impressive.
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-KEVIN: Right here.
-Hello, gentlemen.
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-ALEX: Hey. How are you?
-BRAD: Hey, Akram.
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-AL: Hey, Akram.
-Fine. How you doing?
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-I'm Alex.
We talked on the phone.
-Hi, Alex.
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-How are you? I'm Akram.
-I'm Al.
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NARRATOR:
As the president
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of Capital Communications
Group, Inc.,
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a consulting firm
that specializes
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in international business
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and cultural/political
networking,
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Akram Elias is considered
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one of Washington, D.C.'s
most respected residents.
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He is also one of the nation's most high-ranking Freemasons,
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having achieved
the 33rd degree,
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the fraternity's highest level, in 2001.
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Since then he has served
as the head
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of several Masonic lodges
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and even
as Grand Master of Masons
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for the District of Columbia,
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overseeing all Masonic lodges
in the jurisdiction.
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Please, come on in.
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-Just follow me.
-All right.
-Okay.
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KEVIN: You know, I'm really surprised
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that a Grand Master Mason
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is willing to take us
inside of the temple
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and answer questions,
because my belief
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was that the Masons
really didn't share a lot.
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-Welcome
to the House of the Temple.
-Wow.
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AKRAM:
Salve frater,you know?
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Welcome, my brother.
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-AL: It's huge.
-BRAD [chuckles]: Whoa!
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AKRAM:
This is the atrium.
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This is where people
are welcomed into the building
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before they go to, um,
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the Temple Room.
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Is that where
the ceremonies are at?
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In the Temple Room, yes.
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NARRATOR:
According to the principles
of Freemasonry,
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the bond between members
is considered more sacred
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than any allegiance to creed or even country.
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This system of beliefs
is taught to members
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inside Masonic lodges and temples through secret rituals,
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and in the outside world,
they employ
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secret handshakes, passwords
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and signals used
to identify each other.
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So, this is the tomb
of Albert Pike?
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AKRAM:
This is where he is, uh,
entombed, as we say, yeah.
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In other words, the sarcophagus.
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This is where
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the remains of Albert Pike
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were preserved.
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NARRATOR:
Although he was from Massachusetts, a Union state,
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Albert Pike not only helped organize the South's secession
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but also served
as a brigadier general
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for the Confederacy
during the Civil War.
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Upon his death in 1891,
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he was buried
in Oak Hill Cemetery
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in Washington, D.C.,
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the same cemetery
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where fellow Scottish Rite
Freemason Edwin Stanton
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was laid to rest in 1869.
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But in 1944, Pike's remains were moved here
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to the House of the Temple,
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although the circumstances as to why are still a mystery.
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-Do you want to follow me
this way?
-Sure.
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-Sure.
-Yeah.
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AKRAM:
Uh, as-as we go up here...
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Well, take a look at this.
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-Wow. This is amazing.
-Man.
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AKRAM:
Isn't that magnificent?
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-AL: That's crazy.
-BRAD [chuckles]: Whoa!
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AKRAM:
Now, here you're really
in the temple itself, you know?
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KEVIN:
This temple is massive.
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Everything was figured
right down to the nth degree.
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And all of those features
have a reason.
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It really puts in perspective
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what we're dealing with here and the size of this effort.
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There was a lot of power
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with the Masons
back in the day.
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[chuckles]: What do you guys
talk about in here?
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-What do we talk about.
-AL: Yeah.
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Well, all kinds of things.
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At the heart,
the center of this room,
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of this temple, is the altar
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upon which every Mason
would take his oath,
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an oath that has to do
with duty and obligation.
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Duties are things
that others expect of you.
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An obligation is self-taken.
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It's free will.
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Masonry can never tell a person
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to take an oath
against his religious belief,
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his political affiliation
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or the allegiance that he
or she owes to their country.
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So it must have been
a real struggle
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for Masons during the Civil War.
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Absolutely.
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Masons were on both sides.
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Families were split.
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You had generals on both sides
who were Masons.
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But Freemasonry
would never tell you
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you need to be with one side
or another.
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[indistinct shouting]
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NARRATOR:
During the four years
of the Civil War,
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the United States
was more bitterly divided
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than at any other time
in its history.
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Because battle lines were
often drawn state by state,
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as well as by ideology,
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members of the same family
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often found themselves
fighting each other.
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However, despite the fact
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that many Freemasons
found themselves
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on different sides
of the conflict,
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their strong bonds
of fraternal brotherhood
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often trumped
their loyalties to country.
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So, we're doing
as much research as we can
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with what happened to the gold
at the end of the Civil War.
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Gold? What gold?
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-Well, the Confederate gold.
-[laughs]
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So, when we ask you about gold
and Confederate gold,
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I've always felt
that the Masons were involved.
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-Am I close?
-AKRAM: I mean, as I mentioned,
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many were Masons
on both sides of the conflict,
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and if they were engaged
in trying to do something
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with that gold,
that's quite possible.
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AL:
Were the Masons connected at all
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with the Knights
of the Golden Circle?
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I wouldn't say the Masons were
connd with that as Masons,
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but there are individual Masons
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who have joined
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different organizations,
esoteric groups.
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That's where
the conspiracy theorists
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never get it.
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They think,
"Oh, my God, these Masons
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-might have been conspiring!"
-Hmm.
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It's not about conspiracy.
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It's about making free men.
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Think on your own.
Act on your own.
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-So it's not about conspiracy.
-Hmm.
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AKRAM:
When you're looking at the history of Freemasonry,
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this is where
conspiracy theorists
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confuse what's going on.
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The idea in Freemasonry is that
the individual is sovereign
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and can become members
of other organizations.
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Can you discuss any
of these secret societies
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from that time period?
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At that time, when we're talking
about that period of time,
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Freemasonry was no longer
a secret society.
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In fact, Freemasonry was never
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a secret society
in the United States.
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But don't you take an oath
to keep secrets?
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Yes.
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-[laughs]
-I take an oath
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to keep secrets.
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But these secrets
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don't have to do with anything
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except my own obligation
as a Mason.
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KEVIN:
Well, I can tell you
one thing, Akram,
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on the theory that we have
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with the missing
Confederate gold.
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I feel a lot more confident
that it was
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a group of Masons
who decided to do this.
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It's very-- quite possible,
the same way, as I mentioned,
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there were Masons on both sides
who fought
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the conflict, but itas nothing
to do with Masonry.
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It is up to the individual
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to make that individual choice.
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I know you're a busy man,
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but thank you so much
for your time.
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Oh, it-it is my...
it is my pleasure.
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I'm glad
I was able to shed some light.
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I appreciate, uh,
the questions that you've asked.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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-Appreciate it. My pleasure.
-AL: See you, Akram.
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Thank you.
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ALEX:
You know,
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we've been encountering Masons
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in the shadows
on Oak Island for years.
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-Oh, yeah.
-For years.
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KEVIN:
If we can connect
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John Wilkes Booth
to Edwin Stanton
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and then Stanton
to Charles Hackley,
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we might be uncovering
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a way bigger conspiracy
than we thought.
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-ALEX: Yeah, I agree.
-AL: Me, too.
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ALEX:
It's my first time in Baltimore.
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AL:
I know. Me, too.
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-It's cool out here.
-NARRATOR:
One day after hearing
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Warren Getler's
incredible theory
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that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
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may be connected
to Kevin Dykstra's search
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for $140 million
in stolen Confederate gold
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hidden at the bottom
of Lake Michigan,
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Kevin,
along with his brother Al,
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history teacher Brad Richards and Alex Lagina
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arrive at the Maryland Historical Society
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in Baltimore
for what promises to be
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an important meeting.
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-Hi, Nate.
-Hi, Alex. How are you?
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NARRATOR:
Nate Orlowek is an educator
and historian
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who has been featured
in numerous news articles
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and documentary programs
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both for his expertise
on Abraham Lincoln
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and on the man
who assassinated him,
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John Wilkes Booth.
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-Well, thanks
for meeting with us.
-My pleasure.
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Seems like a lot
of material there.
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-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, this is a drop
in the bucket.
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Just, um,
some of the major parts.
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So, Nate, I don't...
I don't know
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if you've heard of our research,
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but we're basically following
Confederate gold
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that went missing
down in Irwinville, Georgia.
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While researching Edwin Stanton,
we got real close
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to the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln
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and John Wilkes Booth.
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NATE:
Well, it is very plausible
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that Stanton could have
very easily have been involved
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in the plot to assassinate
President Lincoln.
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When Lincoln went
to the theater April 14,
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there was only one
security person assigned
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to protect the president.
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In the afternoon of April 14,
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even Lincoln himself sensed
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that there was possibly gonna be
an attempt on his life.
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And he actually went to
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
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and asked him
for a strong guard.
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And, Stanton said,
"No, you don't really need...
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It'll be fine."
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In fact, no security was there
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except one policeman,
John F. Parker,
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and he had the worst record
on the Metropolitan Police.
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NARRATOR:
Although Officer
John F. Parker--
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who had been assigned to guard President Lincoln's private box
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at Ford's Theatre
by Edwin Stanton--
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stood by his post for the first half of the play,
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Our American Cousin,
at the intermission,
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he inexplicably
left the premises,
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leaving the president
completely vulnerable.
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It was just minutes later
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that John Wilkes Booth entered the room and shot him.
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Could it be true
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that John F. Parker
was not only ordered
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to be the sole security officer protecting Lincoln that night,
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but was also ordered
to leave his post
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at a precise moment
by Edwin Stanton?
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Definitely
after the assassination,
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Stanton helped to cover it up,
and it's very plausible that
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he was covering it up because
he himself was involved in it.
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John Wilkes Booth
was a passionate
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supporter of the Confederacy.
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He was actively helping
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the Knights
of the Golden Circle,
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00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:57,490
and probably many of the members
of it were involved,
497
00:21:57,533 --> 00:22:00,362
certainly,
in helping Booth escape.
498
00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:03,626
NARRATOR:
Shortly after fleeing
Ford's Theatre,
499
00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:05,976
John Wilkes Booth
was somehow able
500
00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:08,414
to cross the heavily guarded Navy Yard Bridge
501
00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:12,679
leading into Maryland, despite a strictly enforced curfew.
502
00:22:12,722 --> 00:22:15,986
After meeting up with fellow conspirator David Herold,
503
00:22:16,030 --> 00:22:19,381
the pair took refuge at the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd,
504
00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:23,516
where Booth received treatment
for his badly wounded leg.
505
00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:25,387
[horse neighing]
506
00:22:25,431 --> 00:22:27,433
Over the next few days,
507
00:22:27,476 --> 00:22:29,391
the pair made their way
to the farm
508
00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:32,089
of Richard Garrett
in Port Royal, Virginia.
509
00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:36,224
It was here on April 26,
510
00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:40,271
11 days after the death of President Abraham Lincoln,
511
00:22:40,315 --> 00:22:44,275
that Union soldiers from
the 16th New York Cavalry
512
00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:48,062
stormed the farm and reportedly cornered John Wilkes Booth
513
00:22:48,105 --> 00:22:51,587
-inside the barn.
-Get out of the barn now!
514
00:22:51,631 --> 00:22:53,154
NARRATOR:
According
to the official record,
515
00:22:53,197 --> 00:22:56,200
Booth refused to surrender,
516
00:22:56,244 --> 00:22:59,247
and was shot
in the back of the head
517
00:22:59,290 --> 00:23:02,163
by Sergeant Boston Corbett.
518
00:23:02,206 --> 00:23:07,037
John Wilkes Booth then
succumbed to his wound
519
00:23:07,081 --> 00:23:10,737
and died two hours later.
520
00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:13,522
Well, for over 45 years,
I've been
521
00:23:13,566 --> 00:23:15,698
researching the question
522
00:23:15,742 --> 00:23:20,094
of whether John Wilkes Booth
was killed in Garrett's barn,
523
00:23:20,137 --> 00:23:22,052
as the government
would have us believe.
524
00:23:22,096 --> 00:23:23,924
There's the person
who the government claims
525
00:23:23,967 --> 00:23:26,056
was John Wilkes Booth,
526
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,102
but I have to bring in
the other John Wilkes Booth.
527
00:23:28,145 --> 00:23:30,321
BRAD:
So, Nate, you say
528
00:23:30,365 --> 00:23:31,888
"the other" John Wilkes Booth.
529
00:23:31,932 --> 00:23:33,368
What are you getting at exactly
with that?
530
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,457
Our conclusion is
that the man killed
531
00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:37,285
in Garrett's barn was not
John Wilkes Booth.
532
00:23:39,853 --> 00:23:42,333
And there's a tremendous amount
of evidence.
533
00:23:42,377 --> 00:23:45,467
One general category
is physical evidence
534
00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:46,990
that the man killed in the barn
535
00:23:47,034 --> 00:23:48,383
could not have been
John Wilkes Booth.
536
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,950
There were three different
537
00:23:49,993 --> 00:23:51,778
individuals
who had made statements
538
00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:55,259
that the man killed in the barn
539
00:23:55,303 --> 00:23:58,349
had reddish hair,
and a freckled complexion.
540
00:23:58,393 --> 00:24:00,700
By all accounts,
John Wilkes Booth had
541
00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:02,615
raven black hair
and a smooth complexion.
542
00:24:02,658 --> 00:24:05,356
The government called a doctor
543
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,533
and asked him
to look at the body.
544
00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:11,014
Doctor said the right leg
of this body was broken.
545
00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:13,016
By all historical accounts--
546
00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:16,367
there were 2,000 people who saw
it-- Booth broke his left leg.
547
00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:18,587
Not only did he say that,
548
00:24:18,631 --> 00:24:21,242
but the very first sentence
of his statement--
549
00:24:21,285 --> 00:24:22,765
it's crossed out,
but you can read under it.
550
00:24:22,809 --> 00:24:24,593
What it says is,
"There is no resemblance
551
00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:26,377
"to that body
of John Wilkes Booth,
552
00:24:26,421 --> 00:24:28,467
and I do not believe it
to be he."
553
00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:30,512
Who crossed it out?
554
00:24:30,556 --> 00:24:32,688
Well, it must have been someone
from the War Department.
555
00:24:32,732 --> 00:24:35,474
Of course, Stanton was
the head of the War Department.
556
00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:44,134
Stanton did many things
557
00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:46,267
that are extremely suspicious,
that certainly
558
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,312
point,
circumstantially at least,
559
00:24:48,356 --> 00:24:51,794
to him being involved
in the assassination.
560
00:24:51,838 --> 00:24:54,144
Stanton absolutely
was the person
561
00:24:54,188 --> 00:24:56,582
who conducted the cover-up
562
00:24:56,625 --> 00:24:58,801
of the assassination
investigation.
563
00:24:58,845 --> 00:25:00,673
The railroading
of the eight defendants.
564
00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:05,852
NARRATOR:
As Edwin Stanton
oversaw the investigation
565
00:25:05,895 --> 00:25:08,681
and prosecution of those accused of conspiring
566
00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:10,900
to kill President Lincoln,
567
00:25:10,944 --> 00:25:12,902
and the attempt on the lives
568
00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:15,122
of both Secretary of State
William Seward
569
00:25:15,165 --> 00:25:17,690
and Vice President
Andrew Johnson,
570
00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:21,520
eight suspects were prosecuted by a military tribunal,
571
00:25:21,563 --> 00:25:26,742
and four were eventually
executed by hanging,
572
00:25:26,786 --> 00:25:29,397
including a woman
named Mary Surratt.
573
00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:32,400
All were portrayed
574
00:25:32,443 --> 00:25:34,576
as undercover
Confederate sympathizers
575
00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:37,274
acting together as one group.
576
00:25:37,318 --> 00:25:41,583
But could their executions have
been an attempt by Stanton
577
00:25:41,627 --> 00:25:44,804
to cover up his own involvement in the conspiracy?
578
00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:46,675
One that involved the theft
579
00:25:46,719 --> 00:25:50,505
of millions of dollars
in stolen Confederate gold?
580
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,552
-The man in the barn was not
John Wilkes Booth.
-Mm-hmm.
581
00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:55,379
There have been many people
who've attempted over the years,
582
00:25:55,423 --> 00:25:56,946
and are still attempting,
583
00:25:56,990 --> 00:26:00,297
to try to prevent that fact
from coming out.
584
00:26:00,341 --> 00:26:02,691
And for the last ten years,
we have been
585
00:26:02,735 --> 00:26:05,607
attempting to do now a DNA test.
586
00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:07,478
The man killed in the barn
had three vertebrae
587
00:26:07,522 --> 00:26:10,220
taken out of him,
and they were sent
588
00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:12,396
to Washington, and they've been
in Washington ever since.
589
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,965
We were gonna match
DNA taken from
590
00:26:16,009 --> 00:26:19,142
one of two brothers
of John Wilkes Booth.
591
00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:21,275
The Booth family was supportive
of this.
592
00:26:21,318 --> 00:26:23,756
Unfortunately, the National
Museum of Health and Medicine
593
00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:26,889
said, "We're not going to allow
a DNA test to be done."
594
00:26:29,196 --> 00:26:31,285
KEVIN:
One has to wonder
why the government
595
00:26:31,328 --> 00:26:33,592
won't allow DNA testing.
596
00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:36,682
You almost wonder if that
conspiracy is continuing today.
597
00:26:36,725 --> 00:26:38,858
Hey, Nate, I think
you've made a compelling case
598
00:26:38,901 --> 00:26:42,426
that every history textbook
in America has this wrong.
599
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:43,993
KEVIN:
There's just too much.
600
00:26:44,037 --> 00:26:45,865
You know,
it's not a smoking gun,
601
00:26:45,908 --> 00:26:47,997
-but it's a hot gun.
-There's way too much.
602
00:26:48,041 --> 00:26:49,999
There's-there's way too much.
This was a plot.
603
00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:53,612
Edwin Stanton had his hands
in a lot of things.
604
00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:56,397
If we can find evidence
to support Nate's theory
605
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,835
about how John Wilkes Booth
actually escaped,
606
00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:02,621
it would answer
a lot more questions.
607
00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:05,232
-Is that barn still here today?
-NATE: Well, no.
608
00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:08,104
It's long gone.
So, right now, there is just
609
00:27:08,148 --> 00:27:11,107
a marker on the spot
where the farm was.
610
00:27:11,151 --> 00:27:13,153
It's in the northern neck
of Virginia, and I...
611
00:27:13,196 --> 00:27:14,676
Is that close to here?
612
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,722
It's about a two-hour drive
from Baltimore.
613
00:27:16,765 --> 00:27:18,071
I'd be glad to take you there,
and we can...
614
00:27:18,114 --> 00:27:19,638
-you can see it.
-KEVIN: Oh, we'd love to go.
615
00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:21,509
If you have time tomorrow,
it would be a great trip.
616
00:27:21,552 --> 00:27:23,642
-We got time.
-Pretty sure we got time.
-Great. Okay.
617
00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:25,687
-Thanks again, Nate.
-We'll meet you there.
-Thank you.
618
00:27:25,731 --> 00:27:27,428
NARRATOR:
As Kevin Dykstra
and members of his team
619
00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:30,039
conclude their business
in Baltimore,
620
00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:34,174
700 miles west
in Muskegon, Michigan...
621
00:27:34,217 --> 00:27:36,263
-New adventures.
Nothing like it.
-That's right.
622
00:27:36,306 --> 00:27:39,179
NARRATOR:
...team researchers
Frederick J. Monroe
623
00:27:39,222 --> 00:27:41,529
and Jeff Zehr are following up on a promising new lead
624
00:27:41,572 --> 00:27:44,314
concerning Charles Hackley
that Jeff received
625
00:27:44,358 --> 00:27:48,014
from one of his chiropractic patients.
626
00:27:48,057 --> 00:27:50,407
How did you hear
about where we're going?
627
00:27:50,451 --> 00:27:52,932
A patient of mine actually lives
628
00:27:52,975 --> 00:27:55,412
right next door
to the Hume home.
629
00:27:55,456 --> 00:27:57,458
-Really?
-Right next door,
630
00:27:57,501 --> 00:28:00,156
and he said, "There's some
weird doors in our basement,"
631
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,681
and he cannot figure out
why they're there.
632
00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:04,639
And they're giving us permission
to go to the basement?
633
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:05,988
-Is that what you said?
-They are gonna... they're gonna
634
00:28:06,032 --> 00:28:07,947
take us right through their home
635
00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:10,079
in their basement, so we can
see these for ourselves.
636
00:28:10,123 --> 00:28:11,646
I love it.
637
00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,301
-JOE GLIDDEN: Foot three.
-FRED: Three.
638
00:28:14,344 --> 00:28:16,433
NARRATOR:
One month ago,
639
00:28:16,477 --> 00:28:18,784
as Kevin Dykstra
and the team conducted
640
00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:20,307
ground-penetrating radar scans
641
00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:23,049
beneath
the 19th century home
642
00:28:23,092 --> 00:28:25,225
of Charles Hackley's business partner, Thomas Hume,
643
00:28:25,268 --> 00:28:28,271
they found strong evidence
of a secret tunnel
644
00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:29,795
directly connecting
the property
645
00:28:29,838 --> 00:28:31,797
to the Hackley Mansion.
646
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,755
-Yeah.
-We're walking right
on top of the tunnel.
647
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:35,931
-Yeah, we are. Yeah.
-Yeah.
648
00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:38,020
NARRATOR:
The discovery foreshadowed
a similar one
649
00:28:38,064 --> 00:28:39,587
made just one week ago...
650
00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:40,980
This is the kind of architecture
651
00:28:41,023 --> 00:28:43,025
you'd expect to see
in the 1800s.
652
00:28:43,069 --> 00:28:45,419
NARRATOR:
...where Brad Richards
and Jeff Zehr
653
00:28:45,462 --> 00:28:47,464
discovered a network of tunnels
654
00:28:47,508 --> 00:28:49,510
that connected
the Hackley Mansion
655
00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:52,208
to a number of other
Hackley-built properties--
656
00:28:52,252 --> 00:28:54,776
properties that Kevin
and his team are convinced
657
00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:57,213
were involved
in the secret transport
658
00:28:57,257 --> 00:29:00,260
and laundering of millions of dollars' worth
659
00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:02,784
of stolen Confederate gold.
660
00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:04,830
I believe that Charles Hackley,
661
00:29:04,873 --> 00:29:06,701
if he was gonna move
any kind of gold,
662
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,921
a tunnel would be
very, very necessary.
663
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,010
And this is just
following the gold trail
664
00:29:11,053 --> 00:29:13,447
right to the big 140 million out on the lake.
665
00:29:13,490 --> 00:29:15,754
This is just another avenue.
666
00:29:19,627 --> 00:29:22,586
Old Charles Hackley has quite
a compound here, doesn't he?
667
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:25,198
I know. It's something to see it
all just lined up right here.
668
00:29:25,241 --> 00:29:26,808
FRED:
Right in a row.
Charles Hackley's house,
669
00:29:26,852 --> 00:29:28,331
-Thomas Hume's home.
-Yup.
670
00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:30,072
FRED:
And we got this. Straight line.
671
00:29:30,116 --> 00:29:31,639
JEFF:
Just right here. Yup.
They could talk through
672
00:29:31,682 --> 00:29:34,076
-the windows if they wanted to.
-Oh, yeah.
673
00:29:35,425 --> 00:29:37,297
[knocking]
674
00:29:39,168 --> 00:29:40,822
-Hey, Doug.
-Hey, Jeff.
675
00:29:40,866 --> 00:29:42,998
-Good to see you again.
-How you doing? Good to see you.
676
00:29:43,042 --> 00:29:44,652
NARRATOR:
Meeting Jeff and Fred is
homeowner Doug Pollock.
677
00:29:44,695 --> 00:29:45,914
-Thank you.
-Come on in, guys.
678
00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:48,830
Oh, thanks.
679
00:29:48,874 --> 00:29:52,181
Well, we are excited, uh, to see
what you have to show us, man.
680
00:29:52,225 --> 00:29:53,748
Well, I'm excited
to have you here.
681
00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,316
-I love talking about my house.
-So, thanks to what
682
00:29:56,359 --> 00:29:58,840
you had already shared with me,
I went and did some of my own
683
00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:00,015
-research on
Chauncey Chaddock...
-Mm-hmm. Yup.
684
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:01,930
...the guy who built this home.
685
00:30:01,974 --> 00:30:04,411
Chaddock worked with
and for Charles Hackley,
686
00:30:04,454 --> 00:30:07,501
-who is, like,
right next door here.
-Mm-hmm. Yup.
687
00:30:07,544 --> 00:30:10,634
NARRATOR:
Chauncey Chaddock was
an attorney and businessman
688
00:30:10,678 --> 00:30:12,375
who worked closely
689
00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,638
with Charles Hackley
in the lumber industry
690
00:30:14,682 --> 00:30:16,989
during the 1850s and '60s
691
00:30:17,032 --> 00:30:20,340
while Hackley built himself up to be a powerful lumber baron
692
00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:23,560
in his hometown
of Muskegon, Michigan.
693
00:30:23,604 --> 00:30:26,781
Chaddock then went on
to serve as legal counsel
694
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,131
for the Hackley National Bank.
695
00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:32,091
Because the bank was first chartered in 1870--
696
00:30:32,134 --> 00:30:34,223
the year Kevin believes
697
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:37,574
Hackley had millions in stolen
Confederate gold smuggled
698
00:30:37,618 --> 00:30:41,013
to Muskegon from its hiding place in Irwinville, Georgia--
699
00:30:41,056 --> 00:30:43,102
Kevin and the team
are curious to see
700
00:30:43,145 --> 00:30:46,279
if there could be yet another tunnel under the property.
701
00:30:48,324 --> 00:30:51,719
When exactly
was this house built?
702
00:30:51,762 --> 00:30:54,026
The lot was purchased
in the early 1870s.
703
00:30:54,069 --> 00:30:58,247
Now, is it true that this was
the first house built here?
704
00:30:58,291 --> 00:31:00,380
-It was the first one
in this row, yeah.
-In this row, yeah.
705
00:31:00,423 --> 00:31:02,948
-It was before the Hackley-Hume
mansions were built.
-Yup.
706
00:31:02,991 --> 00:31:04,906
-I'm anxious to see what you
really have to show me.
-Absolutely.
707
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:06,299
Let's go see it.
708
00:31:07,735 --> 00:31:09,432
Be careful of the stairs.
709
00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:11,521
-They're old and rickety.
-All right.
710
00:31:11,565 --> 00:31:13,915
JEFF:
Really excited to be checking this house out.
711
00:31:13,959 --> 00:31:16,570
We have the potential of being able to come up with stuff
712
00:31:16,613 --> 00:31:19,660
that can add up and show
this whole theory to be true.
713
00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:24,491
-JEFF: Oh, my goodness.
-Oh, my God!
714
00:31:24,534 --> 00:31:27,233
-Vaults!
-JEFF: What in the world
715
00:31:27,276 --> 00:31:30,453
are these doing down here?
716
00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:38,331
NARRATOR: Two reinforced metal vaults...
717
00:31:38,374 --> 00:31:41,073
located right next door
to the compound
718
00:31:41,116 --> 00:31:43,162
once owned by Charles Hackley
719
00:31:43,205 --> 00:31:46,382
and his business partner
Thomas Hume?
720
00:31:46,426 --> 00:31:49,211
Why would anybody need a vault
in their basement?
721
00:31:49,255 --> 00:31:51,866
The only reason you would need
a vault in your basement
722
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:54,564
would be to store something, of which you don't want anybody
723
00:31:54,608 --> 00:31:57,045
to get their hands on.
724
00:31:57,089 --> 00:31:59,482
-This is the larger
of the two doors.
-Mm-hmm.
725
00:31:59,526 --> 00:32:01,049
-Try lifting that up.
-This here?
726
00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:02,790
I don't know if I... Yeah.
727
00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:04,270
I mean, I can't lift it up.
728
00:32:04,313 --> 00:32:06,750
Doug, look at the steel casing!
729
00:32:06,794 --> 00:32:09,231
Not to mention the door.
730
00:32:09,275 --> 00:32:11,799
DOUG:
And it all leads
back to that question,
731
00:32:11,842 --> 00:32:13,714
why is that thing here?
732
00:32:13,757 --> 00:32:16,282
Is it okay if we get
inside there and look?
733
00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:18,197
-Please. Check out anything
you want to look at.
-JEFF: Oh, my.
734
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,068
I mean, just don't shut
the door on me.
735
00:32:20,112 --> 00:32:21,243
[Fred laughs]
736
00:32:24,812 --> 00:32:26,857
JEFF:
Look here.
737
00:32:26,901 --> 00:32:28,424
Concrete ceiling?
738
00:32:28,468 --> 00:32:30,122
DOUG:
So, it looks
to be poured in place.
739
00:32:30,165 --> 00:32:31,775
JEFF:
But you don't pour cement
740
00:32:31,819 --> 00:32:34,778
like this after a house
has already been built.
741
00:32:34,822 --> 00:32:39,000
I believe they built this wall
around... that door.
742
00:32:39,044 --> 00:32:41,394
JEFF:
You're right. You can't
build this after the fact.
743
00:32:41,437 --> 00:32:43,874
This had to be done
when the house was built
744
00:32:43,918 --> 00:32:46,312
back in the early 1870s, right?
745
00:32:46,355 --> 00:32:48,531
-Mm-hmm.
-It was not retrofitted.
746
00:32:48,575 --> 00:32:50,577
FRED:
That's what I'm thinking.
747
00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:54,059
-All right, Doug, can we see
that other vault now?
-Absolutely. Come on.
748
00:32:54,102 --> 00:32:56,713
You'll see over here
I've done...
749
00:32:56,757 --> 00:32:59,455
-I started turning it
into a wine cellar on the side.
-JEFF: Wow.
750
00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:01,153
DOUG:
But this part is
pretty original to where it was
751
00:33:01,196 --> 00:33:03,242
-when I found it.
-Wow.
752
00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:05,026
The paint is the way I found it.
I sealed it,
753
00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:06,810
just to keep the dust out of it.
754
00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:12,033
This is the wall facing
the Hume home.
755
00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:13,165
That's exactly right.
756
00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:15,167
-Right here. Huh.
-Yep.
757
00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:18,518
We have evidence that there's
tunnels that connected
758
00:33:18,561 --> 00:33:20,563
a lot of these buildings
and a lot of these houses.
759
00:33:20,607 --> 00:33:23,262
What if there was a tunnel here?
760
00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:29,659
NARRATOR: Given the fact that the team already found evidence
761
00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:32,445
of a tunnel between
the 19th century houses
762
00:33:32,488 --> 00:33:35,796
of Charles Hackley and his business partner Thomas Hume,
763
00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,495
could Jeff be correct that another tunnel might have also
764
00:33:39,539 --> 00:33:42,629
been constructed between the
Hackley-Hume compound
765
00:33:42,672 --> 00:33:45,153
and the vaults in the basement of Hackley's former
766
00:33:45,197 --> 00:33:47,895
business associate and attorney, Chauncey Chaddock?
767
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:53,074
And if so, could this be
one of the places
768
00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:56,599
where Hackley stored a fortune in stolen Confederate gold?
769
00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:03,302
Knowing that that faces the
Hume... Hackley-Hume compound
770
00:34:03,345 --> 00:34:04,738
is awful interesting to me.
771
00:34:04,781 --> 00:34:06,305
I'm really curious to see
if there's a tunnel
772
00:34:06,348 --> 00:34:09,786
going right to the Hume home.
773
00:34:09,830 --> 00:34:14,313
Vaults and gold go hand in hand
together in my book. [laughs]
774
00:34:14,356 --> 00:34:15,836
There's no question that the
location of this house
775
00:34:15,879 --> 00:34:17,316
is significant.
776
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:19,709
It is right next door to the
Hackley-Hume compound,
777
00:34:19,753 --> 00:34:22,712
which would make moving gold back and forth
778
00:34:22,756 --> 00:34:24,323
much, much easier.
779
00:34:24,366 --> 00:34:27,282
We know that the gold had to be
stored somewhere
780
00:34:27,326 --> 00:34:29,154
before the bank was opened.
781
00:34:29,197 --> 00:34:30,938
We-we know it got up
to Muskegon.
782
00:34:30,981 --> 00:34:34,594
We know the bank wasn't ready
yet, but the gold was here.
783
00:34:34,637 --> 00:34:38,511
I believe your house very likely
could have been that place.
784
00:34:38,554 --> 00:34:42,428
This is what happens when we
follow the gold trail.
785
00:34:42,471 --> 00:34:44,647
-We gotta come back,
don't you think?
-I'd say so.
786
00:34:44,691 --> 00:34:48,521
JEFF:
We can get Gary Drayton in here.
He's a metal detection expert.
787
00:34:48,564 --> 00:34:50,523
Uh, we've had GPR
already we've used
788
00:34:50,566 --> 00:34:52,002
that's been very beneficial.
789
00:34:52,046 --> 00:34:53,569
We'll get the team in here.
790
00:34:53,613 --> 00:34:56,181
So, I mean, there's a lot we,
I think, could come back with
791
00:34:56,224 --> 00:34:57,530
after we talk to Kevin.
792
00:34:57,573 --> 00:34:59,097
You're welcome back
all you want.
793
00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,750
JEFF:
Well, thank you so much.
794
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,975
NARRATOR:
One day after their
informative meeting
795
00:35:08,018 --> 00:35:10,630
with Lincoln assassination
expert Nate Orlowek...
796
00:35:10,673 --> 00:35:13,633
-It's just a small point right
off the highway, he said.
-AL: Huh.
797
00:35:13,676 --> 00:35:15,156
NARRATOR:
...treasure hunters
Kevin Dykstra,
798
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,115
his brother Al,
799
00:35:17,158 --> 00:35:20,770
Brad Richards and Alex Lagina
head to the site
800
00:35:20,814 --> 00:35:24,165
of the Garrett Farm
in Port Royal, Virginia,
801
00:35:24,209 --> 00:35:27,777
the place where John Wilkes
Booth was reportedly killed
802
00:35:27,821 --> 00:35:32,956
during a standoff with Union soldiers on April 24, 1865.
803
00:35:34,915 --> 00:35:36,525
KEVIN: We started this whole search
804
00:35:36,569 --> 00:35:40,268
with Confederate gold
at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
805
00:35:40,312 --> 00:35:43,619
Now, I definitely feel that
what we're uncovering
806
00:35:43,663 --> 00:35:45,534
is leading us to places
we never anticipated.
807
00:35:45,578 --> 00:35:47,449
Mm-hmm.
808
00:35:47,493 --> 00:35:50,409
I was able to find a
ground-penetrating radar company
809
00:35:50,452 --> 00:35:53,890
-that's actually gonna
meet us up there.
-Nice.
810
00:35:53,934 --> 00:35:56,893
And we'll be able to use the GPR
and see if, possibly,
811
00:35:56,937 --> 00:35:59,157
there's remnants of some type of
a tunnel or of a cellar,
812
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,899
or some place that he could have
used to escape.
813
00:36:02,943 --> 00:36:05,250
Leave no stone unturned.
814
00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:08,688
NARRATOR: If Kevin and the team can find evidence to support
815
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:11,430
Nate Orlowek's theory
that John Wilkes Booth
816
00:36:11,473 --> 00:36:13,432
may have faked his own death,
817
00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:16,957
it could offer further evidence of an elaborate conspiracy--
818
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,872
one much larger
than any of them
819
00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:22,136
had previously
thought possible.
820
00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:27,272
-There's that sign.
-Cool.
821
00:36:30,884 --> 00:36:31,841
KEVIN:
Oh, hey, there's Nate
right there.
822
00:36:35,845 --> 00:36:39,849
NATE:
Well, we are here.
This is the sign.
823
00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:45,812
BRAD:
"The Assassin's End. This is
the site of Locust Hill,
824
00:36:45,855 --> 00:36:47,857
"Richard Henry Garrett's farm.
825
00:36:47,901 --> 00:36:51,557
"Early on the morning of
26 April, 1865,
826
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,602
"a 16th New York Cavalry
detachment cornered
827
00:36:53,646 --> 00:36:55,256
"John Wilkes Booth,
828
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:57,432
"the assassin of
President Abraham Lincoln,
829
00:36:57,476 --> 00:37:01,349
and his co-conspirator,
David E. Herold."
830
00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:04,439
They put the sign here because
this is where the highway is,
831
00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:06,485
but the actual site is
into the woods.
832
00:37:06,528 --> 00:37:10,271
-You don't believe it?
-Nope. Not at all. [laughs]
833
00:37:10,315 --> 00:37:11,707
The man we believe was
John Wilkes Booth said
834
00:37:11,751 --> 00:37:13,579
he was there briefly.
835
00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:16,234
He continued on south, and the
man who was killed in his place
836
00:37:16,277 --> 00:37:19,541
died on this road, and the real
John Wilkes Booth died,
837
00:37:19,585 --> 00:37:24,111
most likely, in 1903,
in Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
838
00:37:24,154 --> 00:37:26,896
NARRATOR:
According to Nate Orlowek's
research,
839
00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:30,291
in the years following Abraham Lincoln's assassination,
840
00:37:30,335 --> 00:37:34,600
John Wilkes Booth assumed a number of different aliases.
841
00:37:34,643 --> 00:37:37,777
After living in both Texas
and Oklahoma,
842
00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:41,476
he eventually committed suicide by ingesting arsenic,
843
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,350
shortly after confessing
his true identity.
844
00:37:45,393 --> 00:37:48,091
Nate, if you're right,
this sign is wrong.
845
00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:50,746
Let's get out to that farm site
and see what we can find.
846
00:37:53,140 --> 00:37:56,317
This is the area, in general,
847
00:37:56,361 --> 00:37:59,277
where the farmhouse
and the barn was located.
848
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,930
Right here?
849
00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:02,628
This general area.
We don't know precisely,
850
00:38:02,671 --> 00:38:05,152
but this is the general area.
851
00:38:05,195 --> 00:38:08,286
NARRATOR:
Because many at the time believed farmer Richard Garrett
852
00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:10,766
to be complicit
in Lincoln's assassination,
853
00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:13,203
the Garrett family
became shunned,
854
00:38:13,247 --> 00:38:16,511
and the farm soon fell
into decline.
855
00:38:16,555 --> 00:38:19,949
For many years, the abandoned property became a destination
856
00:38:19,993 --> 00:38:22,648
for curiosity seekers
and vandals,
857
00:38:22,691 --> 00:38:25,172
until the federal government acquired the land
858
00:38:25,215 --> 00:38:27,305
and tore down
the remaining structures
859
00:38:27,348 --> 00:38:29,568
sometime in the 1950s.
860
00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:36,444
If that farm was here, and Booth
did escape from this site,
861
00:38:36,488 --> 00:38:38,011
it's possible that
there was a tunnel
862
00:38:38,054 --> 00:38:40,100
that went down and out the side
of that hill somewhere.
863
00:38:40,143 --> 00:38:41,797
-AL: Yep.
-Totally possible.
864
00:38:41,841 --> 00:38:45,192
It could be that John Wilkes
Booth could have escaped
865
00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:47,368
just as those soldiers
were showing up.
866
00:38:47,412 --> 00:38:49,675
If there was a tunnel, he could have slipped into the tunnel,
867
00:38:49,718 --> 00:38:52,547
exited through the woods
and been gone.
868
00:38:52,591 --> 00:38:54,767
So, if that's a possibility, ground-penetrating radar
869
00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:56,899
should find evidence
of a tunnel.
870
00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:00,686
Say, Lucas,
I think we're gonna split up.
871
00:39:00,729 --> 00:39:04,211
I'm gonna have Brad
and Alex work with you, and, Al,
872
00:39:04,254 --> 00:39:06,866
why don't you come with me,
and we'll do some scouting
873
00:39:06,909 --> 00:39:08,215
up along this ridge here.
874
00:39:08,258 --> 00:39:10,696
If you guys see anything
on that GPR,
875
00:39:10,739 --> 00:39:12,393
-holler out to us, all right?
-We will.
876
00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:13,351
-We'll shout for ya.
-All right. Thanks.
877
00:39:13,394 --> 00:39:15,353
Yeah, let's go.
878
00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:17,572
NARRATOR: For Kevin Dykstra and his team,
879
00:39:17,616 --> 00:39:20,532
a mystery that began
with a deathbed confession
880
00:39:20,575 --> 00:39:22,708
about a fortune
in Confederate gold
881
00:39:22,751 --> 00:39:25,972
at the bottom of Lake Michigan
882
00:39:26,015 --> 00:39:29,715
has now exploded into
what appears to be
883
00:39:29,758 --> 00:39:32,326
a vast conspiracy
connected to the death
884
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,025
of an American president.
885
00:39:36,069 --> 00:39:39,638
But as Kevin continues to
follow the trail of clues,
886
00:39:39,681 --> 00:39:43,032
will peeling back the layers of secrets that have been
887
00:39:43,076 --> 00:39:45,513
so well-guarded
for more than a century
888
00:39:45,557 --> 00:39:51,650
finally reveal the proof that will rewrite American history?
889
00:39:51,693 --> 00:39:53,782
[indistinct shouting]
890
00:39:57,003 --> 00:40:00,049
Next time on
The Curse of Civil War Gold...
891
00:40:00,093 --> 00:40:01,224
LUCAS:
This is a void.
892
00:40:01,268 --> 00:40:03,313
-Like an actual open space?
-Mm-hmm.
893
00:40:03,357 --> 00:40:04,750
We've got a couple of
interesting targets.
894
00:40:04,793 --> 00:40:07,405
They're casting
some weird shadows.
895
00:40:07,448 --> 00:40:09,015
That's about half of a boxcar.
896
00:40:09,058 --> 00:40:10,799
KURT HAZARD:
This is what was
passed on to me.
897
00:40:10,843 --> 00:40:12,366
ALEX:
Wow.
898
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:14,847
KEVIN:
This gold was captured
by Jefferson Davis?
899
00:40:14,890 --> 00:40:17,197
That seems like the piece
of the puzzle fitting together.
900
00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,939
-I'm getting a bad feeling
about these waves today.
-AL: Yep.
901
00:40:19,982 --> 00:40:22,463
MARTY:
This cries out disguise.
902
00:40:22,507 --> 00:40:24,683
This was all supposed to be
a secret.
903
00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:26,641
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