1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,931 ♪♪ 2 00:00:06,931 --> 00:00:08,793 Koper: You Have To Have Special Permission To Be Here. 3 00:00:08,793 --> 00:00:10,586 Sure, You Got A Train Full Of Gold Under Your Feet. 4 00:00:10,586 --> 00:00:12,827 People Are Gonna Wanna Find It. -Yeah, Of Course. 5 00:00:12,827 --> 00:00:15,965 ♪♪ 6 00:00:15,965 --> 00:00:18,586 Something Here Is Sticking Out Of The Weeds. 7 00:00:18,586 --> 00:00:20,448 Hold On. I'm Gonna Try And Take It Out. 8 00:00:22,241 --> 00:00:24,965 We Are Talking About The Largest Underground Facility 9 00:00:24,965 --> 00:00:25,862 Ever Built. 10 00:00:25,862 --> 00:00:27,000 Oh, My God! 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:33,551 ♪♪ 12 00:00:33,551 --> 00:00:34,965 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What Is That? 13 00:00:34,965 --> 00:00:37,965 It's A Boat! How [Bleep] Cool Is That?! 14 00:00:37,965 --> 00:00:39,620 I Can't Believe You Found This. 15 00:00:39,620 --> 00:00:42,172 What Is This Place? -Nobody Exactly Knows. 16 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:44,068 ♪♪ 17 00:00:44,068 --> 00:00:45,517 Oh, No! 18 00:00:45,517 --> 00:00:47,448 Whoa, Whoa. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! [ Grunts ] 19 00:00:51,103 --> 00:00:54,896 ♪♪ 20 00:00:54,896 --> 00:00:56,758 It's Been Nearly Three-Quarters Of A Century 21 00:00:56,758 --> 00:00:58,413 Since The End Of World War Ii, 22 00:00:58,413 --> 00:01:00,931 But One Battle Is Still Being Waged. 23 00:01:00,931 --> 00:01:03,103 It's The Fight To Find And Return 24 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:06,931 Countless Treasures Stolen By The Nazis. 25 00:01:06,931 --> 00:01:08,827 -Hitler: Sieg Heil! [ Ss Soldiers Cheer ] 26 00:01:08,827 --> 00:01:09,931 Gates: As Hitler's Forces 27 00:01:09,931 --> 00:01:11,379 Plunder Their Way Through Europe, 28 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:13,517 They Loot A Fortune 29 00:01:13,517 --> 00:01:17,620 In Gold, Art, And Relics To Fund Their War Machine. 30 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:19,793 They Also Build Extensive Networks 31 00:01:19,793 --> 00:01:21,517 Of Hidden Tunnels And Bunkers, 32 00:01:21,517 --> 00:01:24,448 Many Of Which Have Never Been Found. 33 00:01:24,448 --> 00:01:27,172 Today, Explorers Are Using Modern Technology 34 00:01:27,172 --> 00:01:29,034 To Recover Lost Treasure 35 00:01:29,034 --> 00:01:31,068 And Excavate The Underground Legacy 36 00:01:31,068 --> 00:01:33,241 Of The Third Reich. 37 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:37,827 Recent Headlines Have Announced Sensational Discoveries, 38 00:01:37,827 --> 00:01:41,827 Including Piles Of Art Found Inside An Old Man's Attic. 39 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:43,724 However, It's The Most Recent News 40 00:01:43,724 --> 00:01:48,034 That May Expose The Nazis' Greatest Secrets. 41 00:01:48,034 --> 00:01:49,344 At This Moment, 42 00:01:49,344 --> 00:01:52,482 An Explorer Is Using Sonar And Cutting-Edge Robots 43 00:01:52,482 --> 00:01:54,965 To Search For A Legendary Cache Of Gold 44 00:01:54,965 --> 00:01:58,896 Hidden In A Deep Alpine Lake. 45 00:01:58,896 --> 00:02:00,827 And There Are Reports That Two Researchers 46 00:02:00,827 --> 00:02:02,413 Have Identified More Gold 47 00:02:02,413 --> 00:02:07,241 In A Nazi Train Hidden Inside A Mountain In Poland. 48 00:02:07,241 --> 00:02:09,827 And In Austria, A Historian Appears To Have Found 49 00:02:09,827 --> 00:02:12,310 The Entrance To A Subterranean Facility 50 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:16,620 That Could Be A Top Secret Lab To Build A Nazi Atomic Bomb. 51 00:02:20,034 --> 00:02:23,517 This Real-Life Adventure Is Unfolding Right Now. 52 00:02:23,517 --> 00:02:26,586 So I'm Setting Off To Join These Modern-Day Monuments Men 53 00:02:26,586 --> 00:02:28,275 To Find The Stolen Treasures 54 00:02:28,275 --> 00:02:31,758 And The Darkest Secrets Of The Third Reich. 55 00:02:31,758 --> 00:02:34,620 [ Singing In German ] 56 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:37,965 ♪♪ 57 00:02:37,965 --> 00:02:41,241 My Name Is Josh Gates. 58 00:02:41,241 --> 00:02:46,000 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 59 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,551 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 60 00:02:49,551 --> 00:02:50,896 Good Lord! 61 00:02:50,896 --> 00:02:53,000 Aah! [ Laughs ] 62 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,793 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 63 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:59,000 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,068 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 65 00:03:00,068 --> 00:03:02,379 This Is "Expedition Unknown." 66 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:04,862 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 67 00:03:04,862 --> 00:03:07,379 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 68 00:03:07,379 --> 00:03:09,758 To Unlock The Lost Secrets Of The Third Reich, 69 00:03:09,758 --> 00:03:13,482 I Begin In The Birthplace Of The Nazi Party -- Munich. 70 00:03:13,482 --> 00:03:14,620 Germany Is, Of Course, 71 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:16,068 One Of The World's Leading Producers 72 00:03:16,068 --> 00:03:17,344 Of High-End Automobiles. 73 00:03:17,344 --> 00:03:19,482 So When It Comes Time To Get Across Town, 74 00:03:19,482 --> 00:03:22,620 I'm Handed The Keys... To Nothing. 75 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:24,931 [ Bell Dings ] Here We Go. 76 00:03:28,896 --> 00:03:30,344 All Right, It's Been About 10 Years 77 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:31,689 Since I've Been On A Bike. 78 00:03:31,689 --> 00:03:33,551 But You Know What They Say About Ridin' A Bike. 79 00:03:33,551 --> 00:03:36,172 It's Like Ridin' A Bike. 80 00:03:36,172 --> 00:03:38,689 But It Turns Out Two Wheels Are Enough. 81 00:03:38,689 --> 00:03:40,517 With Hundreds Of Miles Of Bike Lanes, 82 00:03:40,517 --> 00:03:43,413 Almost 20% Of All Traffic Here Is By Bicycle, 83 00:03:43,413 --> 00:03:45,724 Which Is Why Munich Is The Best Place In The World 84 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:47,517 To Have A Paper Route. 85 00:03:50,965 --> 00:03:53,931 ♪♪ 86 00:03:53,931 --> 00:03:56,000 Munich's The Kinda City That Makes You Wanna 87 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,137 Quit Your Day Job 88 00:03:57,137 --> 00:03:59,241 And Invest In Some German Lessons. 89 00:03:59,241 --> 00:04:05,137 ♪♪ 90 00:04:05,137 --> 00:04:06,586 You Know, Germans Have This Reputation 91 00:04:06,586 --> 00:04:08,482 For Being A Little Bit Serious, A Little Bit Uptight. 92 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:11,482 But, Man, Munich Does Not Seem To Have Gotten The Memo. 93 00:04:11,482 --> 00:04:14,931 Everybody Here Seems To Be Having A Really Good Time. 94 00:04:14,931 --> 00:04:18,931 And Why Not? This Is A City Built On Beer. 95 00:04:18,931 --> 00:04:25,448 ♪♪ 96 00:04:25,448 --> 00:04:27,448 By The Luckiest Of Breaks, I'm Here In Munich 97 00:04:27,448 --> 00:04:31,034 During The 16-Day-Long Carnival Known As Oktoberfest, 98 00:04:31,034 --> 00:04:32,344 Which Is Like Mardi Gras 99 00:04:32,344 --> 00:04:34,310 With A Lot More Dudes In Lederhosen 100 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:36,551 And Women In Hot Peasant Garb. 101 00:04:36,551 --> 00:04:40,655 ♪♪ 102 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:41,896 I've Got A Meeting Tomorrow Morning 103 00:04:41,896 --> 00:04:43,448 With A Prominent Journalist 104 00:04:43,448 --> 00:04:46,034 Who's Going To Get Me Started On The Hunt For Nazi Secrets. 105 00:04:46,034 --> 00:04:47,172 With An Evening To Kill, 106 00:04:47,172 --> 00:04:49,172 And A Lot Of Brain Cells Ready To Go With It, 107 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:50,620 I Follow The Foot Traffic 108 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:54,379 Toward The Large Tent Crammed With More Than 5,000 People. 109 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:58,241 ♪♪ 110 00:04:58,241 --> 00:05:00,931 It's Drunken Christmas! 111 00:05:00,931 --> 00:05:04,068 The Real Attraction Here Is, Of Course, The Beer. 112 00:05:04,068 --> 00:05:05,551 It Arrives By The Liter. 113 00:05:05,551 --> 00:05:06,793 And In Munich, 114 00:05:06,793 --> 00:05:08,965 You're Never Too Young To Start Appreciating It. 115 00:05:08,965 --> 00:05:10,482 All Right. How Does This Work? 116 00:05:10,482 --> 00:05:12,413 Where Does The Beer Come From? -Okay. 117 00:05:12,413 --> 00:05:14,448 You're Gonna Wait For A Waitress. 118 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:16,931 Gates: Each Of The Beer Steins Weighs About 3 Pounds, 119 00:05:16,931 --> 00:05:18,206 And That's When They're Empty. 120 00:05:18,206 --> 00:05:21,275 The Waitresses Here Have Triceps Like Steel Cables. 121 00:05:21,275 --> 00:05:23,206 Good God! Okay, Here We Go! 122 00:05:23,206 --> 00:05:25,344 -Now We Go! Prost! -All: Prost! 123 00:05:25,344 --> 00:05:29,655 ♪♪ 124 00:05:29,655 --> 00:05:32,034 [ Singing In German ] 125 00:05:32,034 --> 00:05:34,896 Gates: Hey, Jj! We're Filming Here! 126 00:05:34,896 --> 00:05:37,068 Unbeliev-- No Professionalism. 127 00:05:37,068 --> 00:05:40,241 ♪♪ 128 00:05:40,241 --> 00:05:42,965 Tonight Is That Rare "Expedition Unknown" Moment, 129 00:05:42,965 --> 00:05:44,620 That Snowflake Of Television 130 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:46,896 Where I'm Completely Pulling The Pin. 131 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:48,103 Get Ready, Folks. 132 00:05:48,103 --> 00:05:49,758 [ Shouts In German ] 133 00:05:49,758 --> 00:05:51,586 Oh! Whoa! 134 00:05:51,586 --> 00:05:57,413 ♪♪ 135 00:05:57,413 --> 00:05:59,241 [ Record Needle Scratches ] -Just A Quick Update Here. 136 00:05:59,241 --> 00:06:00,896 I'm [Bleep] Faced. 137 00:06:00,896 --> 00:06:02,068 [ Song Resumes ] 138 00:06:02,068 --> 00:06:05,965 ♪♪ 139 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:09,172 Here's What I Need Right Now -- A Set Of Lederhosen. 140 00:06:09,172 --> 00:06:11,965 Can I Borrow Your Lederhosen? 141 00:06:11,965 --> 00:06:13,206 Yes? -[ Speaks Indistinctly ] 142 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,551 [Bleep] Yes! 143 00:06:14,551 --> 00:06:16,310 Gates: Fyi -- The Going Rate For A German Guy 144 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:19,068 To Switch Pants With You Is 20 Euros And A Beer. 145 00:06:19,068 --> 00:06:25,724 ♪♪ 146 00:06:25,724 --> 00:06:27,724 [ Birds Chirping ] 147 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:33,034 I'm Not Exactly Sure If There's Such A Thing 148 00:06:33,034 --> 00:06:34,310 As Too Much Fun. 149 00:06:34,310 --> 00:06:36,586 But If So, Last Night Was It. 150 00:06:36,586 --> 00:06:38,482 And Yet You Could Call The Setting Research 151 00:06:38,482 --> 00:06:39,620 For My Mission. 152 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:41,344 After All, It Was In The Beer Halls Of Munich 153 00:06:41,344 --> 00:06:42,793 Almost A Century Ago 154 00:06:42,793 --> 00:06:47,241 Where The Nazi Party Began To Recruit Its First Members. 155 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:50,586 Only 10 Years After A Failed Coup In 1923, 156 00:06:50,586 --> 00:06:53,965 Adolf Hitler Rose To Become Chancellor Of Germany. 157 00:06:53,965 --> 00:06:55,586 The New Government Restricted Rights 158 00:06:55,586 --> 00:06:57,068 And Confiscated The Property 159 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:59,379 Of Jews And Other Minority Groups -- 160 00:06:59,379 --> 00:07:01,068 Gold, Jewelry, And Art 161 00:07:01,068 --> 00:07:03,172 Used To Fund The German War Machine 162 00:07:03,172 --> 00:07:06,482 And To Personally Enrich Hitler And His Loyal Inner Circle. 163 00:07:06,482 --> 00:07:08,379 ♪♪ 164 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:11,000 Here, In The Konigsplatz, Munich's Main Square 165 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,758 That Was Once The Stage For Hitler's Political Rallies, 166 00:07:13,758 --> 00:07:15,275 I'm Meeting Konrad Kramar, 167 00:07:15,275 --> 00:07:17,551 A Historian And Investigative Reporter 168 00:07:17,551 --> 00:07:19,379 With Intel On The Latest Searches 169 00:07:19,379 --> 00:07:21,965 For Elusive Nazi Secrets. 170 00:07:21,965 --> 00:07:23,586 Right Here In Munich, 171 00:07:23,586 --> 00:07:25,275 Right In The Center Of This City, 172 00:07:25,275 --> 00:07:27,103 An Apartment Was Discovered, 173 00:07:27,103 --> 00:07:30,655 Owned By Son Of An Art Dealer For Hitler. 174 00:07:30,655 --> 00:07:32,413 -Uh-Huh. -And In This Apartment, 175 00:07:32,413 --> 00:07:37,275 He Kept A Collection In The Value Of $700 Million. 176 00:07:37,275 --> 00:07:38,931 All Stolen Art? 177 00:07:38,931 --> 00:07:43,344 All Stolen Art, All Art Hitler Wanted. 178 00:07:43,344 --> 00:07:44,931 Why Do You Think So Much Of This Art 179 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:46,310 Is Coming To Light Now? 180 00:07:46,310 --> 00:07:51,034 Simply Because 20% Of The Art The Nazis Robbed 181 00:07:51,034 --> 00:07:54,862 Is Still Missing, Pictures With A Value 182 00:07:54,862 --> 00:07:58,413 Of Around $7 Billion Today. 183 00:07:58,413 --> 00:07:59,517 $7 Billion? 184 00:07:59,517 --> 00:08:03,793 Major Pieces Of European Art. 185 00:08:03,793 --> 00:08:05,275 One Of The Other Things, Along With The Art, 186 00:08:05,275 --> 00:08:06,689 That I Hear So Much About, 187 00:08:06,689 --> 00:08:08,965 Are These Tunnel Systems That Keep Getting Discovered. 188 00:08:10,689 --> 00:08:13,379 The Nazis, Even At The End Of The World War, 189 00:08:13,379 --> 00:08:17,206 Had The Most Advanced Weapons Production 190 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:18,586 On Earth. 191 00:08:18,586 --> 00:08:22,379 And, Of Course, They Had Plans To Build A Nuclear Bomb. 192 00:08:23,965 --> 00:08:26,896 For That, They Built Giant Tunnels 193 00:08:26,896 --> 00:08:28,931 And Tunnels Of A Size, 194 00:08:28,931 --> 00:08:32,034 Which Have Been Underestimated Up To Now 195 00:08:32,034 --> 00:08:35,689 Because Recently, We're Discovering New Tunnels 196 00:08:35,689 --> 00:08:37,689 Which We Didn't Know About Before. 197 00:08:38,793 --> 00:08:41,000 Gates: The Tunnel Systems Found All Over Europe 198 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,931 After The War Seemed To Have Been A Nazi Obsession -- 199 00:08:43,931 --> 00:08:47,344 Hiding Train Tracks, Factories, And Secret Labs. 200 00:08:47,344 --> 00:08:48,862 And Tunnels Weren't The Only Places 201 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,241 That The Nazis Squirreled Away Their Secrets. 202 00:08:51,241 --> 00:08:54,586 At The End Of The War, Most Of The High-Ranking Nazis -- 203 00:08:54,586 --> 00:08:57,413 And We're Talking About People Like Goebbels Himself -- 204 00:08:57,413 --> 00:09:00,034 Anything Of Value They Could Grab, 205 00:09:00,034 --> 00:09:03,931 All Of These Guys Truck All Of This 206 00:09:03,931 --> 00:09:07,103 Into The Heart Of The Austrian Alps. 207 00:09:07,103 --> 00:09:10,482 Those Remote Alpine Areas Are Being Searched 208 00:09:10,482 --> 00:09:13,965 Because There Is Still Something Out There To Be Found. 209 00:09:13,965 --> 00:09:17,689 There Really Is A-A-A Lot More Here To Find 210 00:09:17,689 --> 00:09:19,206 Than I Really Realized. 211 00:09:19,206 --> 00:09:22,413 Well, While We're Standing Here In Munich Talkin' About History, 212 00:09:22,413 --> 00:09:25,965 A New Story Just Recently Popped Up In Poland, 213 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:28,862 A Train, A Nazi Train Full Of Gold, 214 00:09:28,862 --> 00:09:30,517 Hidden Until Now. 215 00:09:30,517 --> 00:09:34,379 That Shows Us How Much There Is Still To Discover. 216 00:09:34,379 --> 00:09:36,620 Gates: A Train Car Full Of Looted Gold, 217 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:39,068 Untold Riches In Alpine Hideouts, 218 00:09:39,068 --> 00:09:41,000 Underground Weapons Labs. 219 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,172 There's Several Stories For Me To Investigate, 220 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:44,586 But I'm Going To Start With The One 221 00:09:44,586 --> 00:09:46,275 That's Been Making International News. 222 00:09:46,275 --> 00:09:47,793 Thank You. 223 00:09:47,793 --> 00:09:52,275 So I Board A Northbound Train Headed For Poland. 224 00:09:52,275 --> 00:09:55,103 The Headlines Are Attention-Grabbing -- 225 00:09:55,103 --> 00:09:57,896 A Forgotten Nazi Railcar Hidden In Poland 226 00:09:57,896 --> 00:10:01,379 And Possibly Filled To The Brim With Treasure. 227 00:10:01,379 --> 00:10:04,034 But Does This So-Called Gold Train Exist? 228 00:10:04,034 --> 00:10:06,275 And If So, Where Is It Buried? 229 00:10:06,275 --> 00:10:08,103 I'm About To Find Out. 230 00:10:08,103 --> 00:10:11,413 ♪♪ 231 00:10:14,931 --> 00:10:20,241 ♪♪ 232 00:10:20,241 --> 00:10:22,000 Gates: In World War Ii, The Nazis Hid 233 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,758 Billions Of Dollars In Treasures. 234 00:10:23,758 --> 00:10:25,931 And I'm Hot On The Heels Of The Intrepid Explorers 235 00:10:25,931 --> 00:10:28,827 Attempting To Get Them Back. 236 00:10:28,827 --> 00:10:31,068 So The Hunt For Nazi-Era Artifacts 237 00:10:31,068 --> 00:10:33,620 Continues To Unfold In Different Countries Throughout Europe. 238 00:10:33,620 --> 00:10:36,655 So I'm Headed North To A Very Small Village In Poland 239 00:10:36,655 --> 00:10:39,034 That Has Recently Been Very Big News 240 00:10:39,034 --> 00:10:41,034 Ever Since Two Treasure Hunters Announced 241 00:10:41,034 --> 00:10:44,137 An Unbelievable Discovery. 242 00:10:44,137 --> 00:10:46,758 Two Self-Funded Researchers Say They've Obtained 243 00:10:46,758 --> 00:10:51,103 A Deathbed Confession From A Former Nazi Guard. 244 00:10:51,103 --> 00:10:52,344 He Reveals The Existence 245 00:10:52,344 --> 00:10:55,241 Of A Train Car Loaded With Plundered Gold 246 00:10:55,241 --> 00:10:57,689 That's Sealed In An Underground Tunnel. 247 00:10:57,689 --> 00:11:00,137 Now They Claim To Have Pinpointed The Train's Location, 248 00:11:00,137 --> 00:11:02,689 Setting Off A Media Firestorm. 249 00:11:02,689 --> 00:11:06,931 ♪♪ 250 00:11:06,931 --> 00:11:10,034 After An 8-Hour Train Ride, I Arrive In Walbrzych, 251 00:11:10,034 --> 00:11:12,413 Which Is Spelled Kind Of Like It Sounds, 252 00:11:12,413 --> 00:11:16,034 Except You Need To Add A "Y" And An "R" And A "Z." 253 00:11:16,034 --> 00:11:18,000 Okay, No, You Put The "Z" In The Wrong -- 254 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,586 You Know What, Forget It. Just...Here. 255 00:11:21,586 --> 00:11:30,172 ♪♪ 256 00:11:30,172 --> 00:11:32,586 Chilly Morning Here, In The Town Of Walbrzych. 257 00:11:32,586 --> 00:11:34,862 This Is A Place That First Showed Up On Maps 258 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:36,068 During The Middle Ages. 259 00:11:36,068 --> 00:11:38,896 Later, It Became A Major Coal Mining Center 260 00:11:38,896 --> 00:11:40,655 At The Edge Of The German Empire. 261 00:11:40,655 --> 00:11:43,310 After World War Ii, Though, It Was Handed Over To Poland. 262 00:11:43,310 --> 00:11:44,517 And It Still Has A Lot 263 00:11:44,517 --> 00:11:47,344 Of Really Beautiful Old World Architecture. 264 00:11:47,344 --> 00:11:49,689 But With The Decline Of The Mining Industry, 265 00:11:49,689 --> 00:11:51,517 It Also Feels Kind Of Empty. 266 00:11:51,517 --> 00:11:57,793 ♪♪ 267 00:11:57,793 --> 00:11:59,448 With Its Glory Days Behind It, 268 00:11:59,448 --> 00:12:01,931 Walbrzych Has Become A City Of Eerie Quiet. 269 00:12:01,931 --> 00:12:03,655 But In That Quiet Lives A Mystery 270 00:12:03,655 --> 00:12:08,448 That Has Remained Unsolved After More Than 70 Years. 271 00:12:08,448 --> 00:12:09,965 To Learn The Latest On The Story, 272 00:12:09,965 --> 00:12:12,310 I'm Speaking With Journalist Joanna Lamparska, 273 00:12:12,310 --> 00:12:13,620 Who's Requested To Meet Me 274 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:18,068 At An Abandoned Structure In The Hills Above Town. 275 00:12:18,068 --> 00:12:19,413 Lamparska: Okay... 276 00:12:20,655 --> 00:12:22,586 -I Got It. -Okay. 277 00:12:22,586 --> 00:12:25,034 -Wow, This Is Incredible. -Yeah. 278 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:27,000 This Place Is Amazing. 279 00:12:28,344 --> 00:12:30,241 Hitler's Last Shrine? -Yeah. 280 00:12:34,344 --> 00:12:35,517 Yeah. 281 00:12:39,448 --> 00:12:41,827 Gates: This Is The Totenburg Mausoleum, 282 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:44,551 Also Charmingly Known As "The Death Palace." 283 00:12:44,551 --> 00:12:47,862 It Started As A Monument To Honor The Dead From World War I, 284 00:12:47,862 --> 00:12:50,172 But The Nazis Used This As A Meeting Place. 285 00:12:50,172 --> 00:12:52,724 There Are Even Whisperings That Strange Occult Ceremonies 286 00:12:52,724 --> 00:12:54,413 Were Practiced Here. 287 00:12:54,413 --> 00:13:01,034 ♪♪ 288 00:13:01,034 --> 00:13:03,827 So They Would Do -- They Would Do Rituals Here? 289 00:13:03,827 --> 00:13:05,551 Wow. 290 00:13:07,758 --> 00:13:08,896 -Spooky. -Yeah. 291 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:10,241 -It's Creepy. -Yeah. 292 00:13:11,379 --> 00:13:13,310 Obviously, This Was An Important Area 293 00:13:13,310 --> 00:13:15,310 For -- For The Nazis. 294 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,620 Gates: The Top Secret Project Was Aptly Named. 295 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:27,448 Riesemeans "Giant" In German, 296 00:13:27,448 --> 00:13:30,034 And Reflects The Nazis' Immense Ambitions. 297 00:13:30,034 --> 00:13:31,689 They Aspired To Construct 298 00:13:31,689 --> 00:13:33,586 Six Massive Underground Facilities 299 00:13:33,586 --> 00:13:34,793 Beneath The Town, 300 00:13:34,793 --> 00:13:37,172 All Interconnected By Rail Lines. 301 00:13:37,172 --> 00:13:39,586 The Huge Complexes Were To Be Controlled 302 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:41,862 By Hitler Himself From A Headquarters 303 00:13:41,862 --> 00:13:46,206 Under The 13Th-Century Ksiaz Castle Nearby. 304 00:13:46,206 --> 00:13:48,689 Were These Unfinished Subterranean Facilities 305 00:13:48,689 --> 00:13:50,379 Meant For War Factories 306 00:13:50,379 --> 00:13:52,068 Or, As Some Claim, 307 00:13:52,068 --> 00:13:56,655 To Store And Protect The Nazis' Greatest Stolen Treasures? 308 00:13:56,655 --> 00:13:59,137 That's Where The Missing Train Comes In. 309 00:13:59,137 --> 00:14:02,137 What Is The Legend Of The Train? Where Does That Come From? 310 00:14:11,103 --> 00:14:13,482 Gates: "Disappears" Is Not An Understatement. 311 00:14:14,758 --> 00:14:17,000 The Local Legend Says That At The Edge Of Town, 312 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,827 Between Kilometer Marker 61 And Kilometer Marker 65, 313 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:22,862 The Train And Its Mystery Cargo 314 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,344 Simply Vanished From The Face Of The Earth. 315 00:14:27,896 --> 00:14:29,379 When The Story Broke In The News, 316 00:14:29,379 --> 00:14:31,517 These Guys Said "We Imaged This Area. 317 00:14:31,517 --> 00:14:33,413 We Definitely See Something Down There." 318 00:14:33,413 --> 00:14:35,620 Do You Think There's Something Down There Or No? 319 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:37,068 Personally? 320 00:14:40,724 --> 00:14:42,172 Gates: Everything May Be Possible, 321 00:14:42,172 --> 00:14:45,103 But Only One Thing Is Certain. 322 00:14:45,103 --> 00:14:46,517 If The Train Does Exist, 323 00:14:46,517 --> 00:14:49,241 It's Somewhere In The Tunnels Of Project Riese. 324 00:14:49,241 --> 00:14:51,931 And Getting Inside Is Easier Said Than Done. 325 00:14:51,931 --> 00:14:53,482 [ Train Whistle Blows ] 326 00:14:53,482 --> 00:14:55,862 But What About The Place Where The Train Was Supposedly Found? 327 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:58,655 Surely There's An Entrance There? 328 00:14:58,655 --> 00:15:00,965 Not So Fast. 329 00:15:04,551 --> 00:15:06,448 When News Of The Gold Train Was Announced, 330 00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:09,068 The Entire Area Was Sealed Off By The Police 331 00:15:09,068 --> 00:15:11,448 And Remains Strictly Off-Limits To The Public. 332 00:15:14,241 --> 00:15:16,275 However, I've Been Granted Special Access 333 00:15:16,275 --> 00:15:18,586 By Investigators Darek Tomalkiewicz 334 00:15:18,586 --> 00:15:20,034 And Olek Koper. 335 00:15:21,241 --> 00:15:23,172 -Hi, I'm Olek. -Olek, Nice To Meet You. 336 00:15:23,172 --> 00:15:24,724 Darek. 337 00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:26,034 Thank You For, Uh, Meeting Me Here. 338 00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:27,413 This Is The... -This Is The Place. 339 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:28,931 -Scene Of The Crime. -Yeah. 340 00:15:28,931 --> 00:15:30,655 And The Police Have Roped It Off. 341 00:15:30,655 --> 00:15:32,413 And Obviously, There's -- There's Police Here Now. 342 00:15:32,413 --> 00:15:34,137 So They're Just Making Sure Nobody Comes In Here? 343 00:15:34,137 --> 00:15:35,275 Is That What's Happening? 344 00:15:35,275 --> 00:15:36,896 The Police, Uh, Secured The Place. 345 00:15:36,896 --> 00:15:38,517 You Have To Have, Uh, Special Permission 346 00:15:38,517 --> 00:15:39,896 To -- To Be Here. 347 00:15:39,896 --> 00:15:41,586 Sure, You've Got A Train Full Of Gold Under Your Feet. 348 00:15:41,586 --> 00:15:44,000 People Are Gonna Wanna Find It. -Yeah, Of Course. 349 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,965 Are These The Same Train Lines 350 00:15:45,965 --> 00:15:47,448 That Were Running In The 1940S Here? 351 00:15:47,448 --> 00:15:48,758 [ Speaking Polish ]Interpreter: Yes. 352 00:15:48,758 --> 00:15:51,551 These Are The Same Tracks That The Nazis Built In 1944 353 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:55,068 As Part Of Construction For Project Riese. 354 00:15:55,068 --> 00:15:57,931 What Happened Here? What Was Discovered Here? 355 00:15:57,931 --> 00:16:00,724 Recently, Two Men Used Ground-Penetrating Radar 356 00:16:00,724 --> 00:16:02,034 To Search For The Train. 357 00:16:02,034 --> 00:16:03,275 Right Where We're Standing, 358 00:16:03,275 --> 00:16:06,310 They Got Some Very Strange Readings. 359 00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:07,793 Koper: They Showed Some Pictures. 360 00:16:07,793 --> 00:16:12,413 But Nobody's 100% Clear About, Is -- Is It The Train? 361 00:16:12,413 --> 00:16:14,517 Gates: The Men Imaged What Appears To Be 362 00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:16,655 A Large Mass Under This Hill, 363 00:16:16,655 --> 00:16:19,482 Which Happens To Be Right Near Kilometer Marker 65, 364 00:16:19,482 --> 00:16:22,655 Where Legend Says The Train Vanished. 365 00:16:22,655 --> 00:16:26,068 Translator: The Theory Is That The Train Was Pushed Onto A Side Track 366 00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:29,620 That Led To The Underground Riese Facility Beneath Our Feet. 367 00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:31,206 Gates: There's Just One Problem -- 368 00:16:31,206 --> 00:16:35,137 Nobody Can Seem To Agree On What The Men Really Found. 369 00:16:35,137 --> 00:16:37,034 It Could Be A Train Full Of Gold, 370 00:16:37,034 --> 00:16:39,206 Or It Could Be A Rail Car Filled With Weapons 371 00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:40,586 Or Deadly Chemicals, 372 00:16:40,586 --> 00:16:44,034 Or It Could Be Nothing At All, Just A False Hit. 373 00:16:44,034 --> 00:16:46,793 Finding Out Which, That's The Challenge. 374 00:16:46,793 --> 00:16:48,758 Let's Get Real Here For A Second, Boys. 375 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:51,137 ♪♪ 376 00:16:51,137 --> 00:16:54,000 Underneath Our Feet Could Be Millions 377 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,137 And Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Gold, Yes? 378 00:16:56,137 --> 00:16:57,620 Mm-Hmm. 379 00:16:57,620 --> 00:17:00,379 Now I Know There's A Store In This Town That Sells Shovels. 380 00:17:00,379 --> 00:17:04,551 How's About The Three Of Us Dig It Up? 381 00:17:04,551 --> 00:17:06,896 These Guys Won't Mind, Right? We Can Dig It Up, Yeah? 382 00:17:08,344 --> 00:17:10,827 Guys, We'll Cut You In! No? 383 00:17:10,827 --> 00:17:14,620 Okay, So Until The Authorities Figure Out What's Under Us, 384 00:17:14,620 --> 00:17:16,206 No One Is Allowed To Dig Here. 385 00:17:16,206 --> 00:17:18,206 But With Hundreds Of Miles Of Project Riese 386 00:17:18,206 --> 00:17:19,620 Hiding Under The Town, 387 00:17:19,620 --> 00:17:22,206 Darek And Olek Think They Might Have Another Way 388 00:17:22,206 --> 00:17:24,344 To The Tunnels And The Train Car. 389 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:26,551 We Hike Along The Tracks Into The Woods, 390 00:17:26,551 --> 00:17:29,931 Where Something Extraordinary Is Hiding In Plain Sight. 391 00:17:29,931 --> 00:17:36,068 ♪♪ 392 00:17:36,068 --> 00:17:37,655 Wow, This Is -- This Is Incredible. 393 00:17:37,655 --> 00:17:39,034 What -- What Is This Place? 394 00:17:39,034 --> 00:17:40,793 Nobody Exactly Knows. 395 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:43,689 This Eerie Ruin Is Known As A Sówka. 396 00:17:43,689 --> 00:17:45,827 All Around Us Are Strange Foundations, 397 00:17:45,827 --> 00:17:49,000 Remnants Of Buildings, And Collapsed Passages. 398 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,379 Some People Believe That, Uh, It Could Be A Power Plant, 399 00:17:52,379 --> 00:17:56,413 Which Would Supply Whole Riese, Uh, Complex. 400 00:17:56,413 --> 00:17:57,689 Yeah, I Was Gonna Say, Those Columns 401 00:17:57,689 --> 00:18:00,310 Look Kind Of Industrial, Like Chimneys, Yeah? 402 00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:02,344 Has It Been Fully Excavated? 403 00:18:02,344 --> 00:18:03,793 It's Not Fully Explored. 404 00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:07,413 Some People Believe That Under This, Uh, Construction, 405 00:18:07,413 --> 00:18:10,517 There Are Some Other Levels. 406 00:18:10,517 --> 00:18:13,310 All Right, Let's Go -- Let's Go Check It Out. 407 00:18:15,448 --> 00:18:17,896 Gates: Project Riese Has Left The Ground Here Pockmarked 408 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:19,965 With Deep Holes. 409 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:21,413 But We Don't Know If They Offer Us 410 00:18:21,413 --> 00:18:23,103 A Route To The Train. 411 00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,310 To Find Out, Darek And Olek Have Brought 412 00:18:25,310 --> 00:18:27,034 Some Soviet-Era Mining Equipment, 413 00:18:27,034 --> 00:18:29,310 Repurposed For Nazi Treasure Hunting. 414 00:18:29,310 --> 00:18:32,034 This Is Like A Dharma Initiative Beer Cooler From "Lost." 415 00:18:32,034 --> 00:18:33,413 Gates: This Is My First Time Using 416 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:36,482 A Gas-Powered Black-And-White Video Camera In A Cooler. 417 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:38,137 [ Motor Starts ] There We Go! 418 00:18:38,137 --> 00:18:40,068 The Monitor Is So Old, I Wouldn't Be Surprised 419 00:18:40,068 --> 00:18:42,482 If "The Honeymooners" Popped Up On The Screen. 420 00:18:43,827 --> 00:18:46,724 But I'll Be Damned If The Thing Doesn't Work Like A Charm. 421 00:18:46,724 --> 00:18:48,206 Okay, You Ready? Ready? 422 00:18:48,206 --> 00:18:49,620 -Yeah, Ready. -Here We Go. 423 00:18:53,896 --> 00:18:55,793 We Lower The Camera Down Into The Earth 424 00:18:55,793 --> 00:18:58,724 With No Knowledge Of What Might Be Lying Beneath Our Feet. 425 00:19:00,724 --> 00:19:02,206 Wood Timbers, Yeah? 426 00:19:02,206 --> 00:19:04,034 Koper: Yeah, These Are Wood Timbers. 427 00:19:04,034 --> 00:19:07,172 -Old. -They Haven't Finished It Yet. 428 00:19:07,172 --> 00:19:09,137 And Then -- Ooh, Tunnel! 429 00:19:09,137 --> 00:19:11,206 We Got A Tunnel! -Yeah, There Is A Tunnel! 430 00:19:11,206 --> 00:19:15,172 ♪♪ 431 00:19:18,655 --> 00:19:21,724 ♪♪ 432 00:19:21,724 --> 00:19:22,758 Gates: In Southern Poland, 433 00:19:22,758 --> 00:19:24,896 Local Explorer Darek Tomalkiewicz 434 00:19:24,896 --> 00:19:27,241 Is Attempting To Use A Remote Video Camera 435 00:19:27,241 --> 00:19:29,689 To Peer Into The Subterranean Remains 436 00:19:29,689 --> 00:19:33,862 Of The Infamous Nazi Project, Riese. 437 00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:35,931 And Then -- Ooh, Tunnel! 438 00:19:35,931 --> 00:19:37,758 We Got A Tunnel! -Yeah, There Is A Tunnel! 439 00:19:37,758 --> 00:19:40,517 Look At That! Just Goin' Off Into The Darkness. 440 00:19:40,517 --> 00:19:42,551 -Yeah. -To Where, I Don't Know. 441 00:19:44,310 --> 00:19:46,655 That's A Room That Probably Nobody Has Seen Into 442 00:19:46,655 --> 00:19:48,689 Since The End Of World War Ii. 443 00:19:48,689 --> 00:19:50,448 Yeah, Probably. 444 00:19:50,448 --> 00:19:52,137 That's Cool. 445 00:19:52,137 --> 00:19:55,103 The Wooden Corridor Looks Like It's On The Verge Of Collapse. 446 00:19:55,103 --> 00:19:57,724 And None Of Us Are Going To Fit Down A 12-Inch Pipe. 447 00:19:57,724 --> 00:19:59,482 Okay, Comin' Up! 448 00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:02,724 But Lucky For Us, The Remains Of Project Riese Are Extensive, 449 00:20:02,724 --> 00:20:04,724 And Darek Has A Backup Plan. 450 00:20:08,172 --> 00:20:10,413 We Hike About A Mile To A Gated-Off Entrance 451 00:20:10,413 --> 00:20:11,965 To A Massive Tunnel. 452 00:20:11,965 --> 00:20:13,344 Wow. 453 00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:15,551 Drilled Directly Into The Side Of The Sowie Mountains, 454 00:20:15,551 --> 00:20:17,275 This Is One Of The Largest Entrances 455 00:20:17,275 --> 00:20:18,517 To Project Riese 456 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:20,448 And One Which Is Currently Being Excavated 457 00:20:20,448 --> 00:20:22,758 By Darek And His Team. 458 00:20:25,034 --> 00:20:26,551 Let's Check It Out. 459 00:20:30,413 --> 00:20:32,758 In An Instant, We're Deep Below The Surface, 460 00:20:32,758 --> 00:20:37,827 Lost In Miles Of Passageways Hand-Carved By Slave Labor. 461 00:20:37,827 --> 00:20:39,448 Project Riese Was Made Possible 462 00:20:39,448 --> 00:20:42,379 Through The Coerced Work Of 13,000 Prisoners 463 00:20:42,379 --> 00:20:46,551 Brought From The Nearby Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp. 464 00:20:46,551 --> 00:20:51,000 Koper: This Was A Connector, Uh, Tunnel Between Two Main Tunnels. 465 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,517 -Uh-Huh. -And, Uh, It Is Just Collapsed. 466 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,793 And Is There Anything Beyond That? 467 00:20:57,793 --> 00:21:00,206 Yeah. They Believe That, Uh, Above Us, The -- 468 00:21:00,206 --> 00:21:01,896 There's Another Level Of Tunnels. 469 00:21:01,896 --> 00:21:03,206 But Nobody's Been Up There Yet? 470 00:21:03,206 --> 00:21:05,448 No. They Have Not Explored It. 471 00:21:05,448 --> 00:21:08,275 Interpreter: We Are Below The Level Where The Train Was Detected. 472 00:21:08,275 --> 00:21:10,931 So If We Can Find An Access Point To The Upper Tunnels, 473 00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:13,793 We Might Be Able To Find The Train. 474 00:21:13,793 --> 00:21:15,862 Okay, Well... Let's Keep Movin'. 475 00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:21,620 Gates: Deeper In The Complex, 476 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:24,310 Darek And His Team Have Reestablished Electricity. 477 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:26,448 And For The First Time, I'm Getting A Good Look 478 00:21:26,448 --> 00:21:30,241 At Just How Massive These Secret Tunnels Are. 479 00:21:30,241 --> 00:21:31,310 Wow! 480 00:21:31,310 --> 00:21:33,758 This Is So Cool. 481 00:21:33,758 --> 00:21:37,103 Around The Corner, We Examine What Was Once A Guard Station. 482 00:21:37,103 --> 00:21:39,862 There Are Racks Of Helmets And Armaments Still In Place, 483 00:21:39,862 --> 00:21:42,551 Including This Saucy Little Number. 484 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,965 What Are These Things? 485 00:21:45,965 --> 00:21:48,379 Man: This Pipe Isn't For Ventilation. 486 00:21:48,379 --> 00:21:52,344 It Connects To A Room Above Us, Which Has Its Own Mystery. 487 00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:55,931 They Put A Camera On These Pipes, And, Uh, They -- 488 00:21:55,931 --> 00:21:59,896 They Discovered A 100% Closed Room, 489 00:21:59,896 --> 00:22:03,758 Which -- Which Doesn't Have Any Entrance. 490 00:22:06,551 --> 00:22:07,862 So Weird. 491 00:22:09,758 --> 00:22:11,724 A Pipe To Nowhere. 492 00:22:11,724 --> 00:22:13,137 Yeah. 493 00:22:13,137 --> 00:22:15,862 So If There's A Whole 'Nother Level Above Us, 494 00:22:15,862 --> 00:22:18,586 Then They Either Had To Have Another Entrance 495 00:22:18,586 --> 00:22:20,724 From The Outside That's Higher Up 496 00:22:20,724 --> 00:22:23,827 Or Some Sort Of Staircases On This Level That Go Up. 497 00:22:23,827 --> 00:22:25,862 You Haven't Found Any Of That? 498 00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:27,310 Interpreter: There's Nothing In This Area. 499 00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:30,482 But I Found A New Set Of Tunnels That Aren't On Any Charts. 500 00:22:30,482 --> 00:22:34,344 It's Possible That They Might Lead To The Upper Level. 501 00:22:34,344 --> 00:22:37,034 Wow. Let's Go Check It Out. 502 00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:40,689 Gates: We Make Our Way Back To The Surface 503 00:22:40,689 --> 00:22:42,413 To See Darek's Latest Find. 504 00:22:42,413 --> 00:22:46,275 But Apparently, I Had No Idea How Long We'd Been Down There. 505 00:22:48,103 --> 00:22:50,206 And...Merry Christmas. 506 00:22:50,206 --> 00:22:52,689 [ Instrumental "Jingle Bells" Playing ] 507 00:22:52,689 --> 00:22:54,965 It Was Literally, Like, Clear Skies 508 00:22:54,965 --> 00:22:56,758 When I Went Inside There. 509 00:22:56,758 --> 00:23:00,000 And Now I'm In Santa's Workshop. 510 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,275 I Mean, He Didn't Have A Howitzer, 511 00:23:01,275 --> 00:23:03,275 But, You Know, Close Enough. 512 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:08,448 We Trek Through The Freshly Falling Snow 513 00:23:08,448 --> 00:23:11,655 And Up An Embankment On The Side Of A Hill. 514 00:23:11,655 --> 00:23:13,517 This Is The Entrance. 515 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,344 It's Here That Darek Has Managed To Find 516 00:23:15,344 --> 00:23:18,586 A Never-Before-Explored Level Of The Underground Network. 517 00:23:18,586 --> 00:23:21,068 Guys, This Is, Uh, This Is Not A Tunnel. This Is A Hole. 518 00:23:21,068 --> 00:23:26,172 We Have To Go Few Meters Down, And There Is A Tunnel. 519 00:23:26,172 --> 00:23:29,241 Okay. Here We Go. 520 00:23:31,551 --> 00:23:33,724 We Carefully Clear Away Leaves And Debris, 521 00:23:33,724 --> 00:23:35,655 Which Have Choked The Opening. 522 00:23:35,655 --> 00:23:38,379 Koper: Just Try To Not Touch, Uh, Do Not Touch The Walls, 523 00:23:38,379 --> 00:23:40,413 Because, You Know, The Rock Is Only Rock. 524 00:23:40,413 --> 00:23:44,103 So, Uh, On The Entrance, It's -- It's, Uh... 525 00:23:44,103 --> 00:23:45,551 It Can... 526 00:23:45,551 --> 00:23:47,517 Fall And Kill You? 527 00:23:47,517 --> 00:23:50,413 -Yeah. -Got It. Okay. Got It. 528 00:23:53,482 --> 00:23:55,379 Gates: I Slide Down And Try To Shimmy My Way 529 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:58,034 Into Whatever's Down There. 530 00:23:58,034 --> 00:23:59,724 It's Cramped, Filthy, 531 00:23:59,724 --> 00:24:02,448 And Infested With Creepy-Crawlies. 532 00:24:02,448 --> 00:24:04,275 [ Whispers ] Oh, Lots Of Spiders! 533 00:24:04,275 --> 00:24:06,448 In Other Words, It's Par For The Course. 534 00:24:06,448 --> 00:24:14,241 ♪♪ 535 00:24:14,241 --> 00:24:15,689 Wow! 536 00:24:17,344 --> 00:24:21,655 This Has A Very Different Feel Than The Other Tunnels. 537 00:24:21,655 --> 00:24:23,862 Much Scarier, Actually. 538 00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:26,965 Deeper Inside, The Conditions Continue To Deteriorate. 539 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:28,655 Oh, God. 540 00:24:28,655 --> 00:24:30,655 These Passages Aren't Just Falling Apart. 541 00:24:30,655 --> 00:24:32,413 They're Drowning. 542 00:24:36,862 --> 00:24:38,862 It's Hard To Describe Exactly What This Place Feels Like, 543 00:24:38,862 --> 00:24:41,931 But Easiest Description Is It Feels Dangerous. 544 00:24:41,931 --> 00:24:45,275 These Are Obviously Much More Raw. 545 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:48,137 You Can Just See Bits Of, You Know, Framing 546 00:24:48,137 --> 00:24:51,862 And Bits Of Beams That Have Just Rotted Away. 547 00:24:51,862 --> 00:24:53,379 There Are Endless Side Tunnels Here, 548 00:24:53,379 --> 00:24:56,896 And My Primary Motivation Is Not To Get Lost. 549 00:24:56,896 --> 00:25:02,103 ♪♪ 550 00:25:02,103 --> 00:25:06,275 Then, In A Nearby Passage, We See Something Encouraging. 551 00:25:06,275 --> 00:25:08,862 Oh, My Lord! 552 00:25:08,862 --> 00:25:10,034 Look At That! 553 00:25:10,034 --> 00:25:12,448 It's Been Over 70 Years After War, 554 00:25:12,448 --> 00:25:17,172 And You Can Still See The -- The Marks After Railway Tracks. 555 00:25:17,172 --> 00:25:18,965 That's Something Else. Wow. 556 00:25:18,965 --> 00:25:21,827 Let's See What We Can Find Down Here. 557 00:25:21,827 --> 00:25:23,482 A Train Once Rolled Through Here. 558 00:25:23,482 --> 00:25:25,620 And I'm Hoping That, Though The Rails Are Gone, 559 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,206 Perhaps The Cargo Remains. 560 00:25:28,206 --> 00:25:30,172 We Don't Get Far, Though, Before We're Reminded That 561 00:25:30,172 --> 00:25:32,793 In These Tunnels, Hope Is Hard To Come By. 562 00:25:32,793 --> 00:25:34,379 Oh, No! 563 00:25:34,379 --> 00:25:37,448 ♪♪ 564 00:25:40,931 --> 00:25:44,000 ♪♪ 565 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,206 Gates: I'm Investigating The Story 566 00:25:45,206 --> 00:25:47,551 Of A Legendary Train Full Of Nazi Gold 567 00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:50,620 In An Uncharted Tunnel System In Poland. 568 00:25:50,620 --> 00:25:52,724 Even Accounting For The Fact That We're Underground, 569 00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:54,931 Things Are Not Looking Sunny. 570 00:25:54,931 --> 00:25:58,413 Oh, No! 571 00:25:58,413 --> 00:26:00,551 Whoa! 572 00:26:00,551 --> 00:26:03,310 Oh, My Lord! 573 00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:06,689 The Tunnel's Supports Have Completely Collapsed Ahead. 574 00:26:06,689 --> 00:26:10,724 Just Absolutely... Flaking Apart. 575 00:26:10,724 --> 00:26:13,379 And That's What Was Holding Up The Ceiling. 576 00:26:15,172 --> 00:26:16,655 Do You Think It's Safe? 577 00:26:16,655 --> 00:26:18,724 Middle Safe, Maybe, Let's Say. 578 00:26:18,724 --> 00:26:20,275 Middle Safe. 579 00:26:22,275 --> 00:26:25,379 We Walk Forward Very Carefully Through The Middle-Safe Tunnel, 580 00:26:25,379 --> 00:26:27,827 Which Feels Middle Crazy To Me. 581 00:26:27,827 --> 00:26:29,793 Guys, Very, Very Cautious In Here. 582 00:26:32,206 --> 00:26:34,448 I Can't Believe This Place. I Really Can't. 583 00:26:34,448 --> 00:26:36,758 I've Never Seen A Place Like This. 584 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,896 This Is Some Goonie [Bleep] Right Here. 585 00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:44,862 Beyond The Rotted Timbers And The Groaning Walls, 586 00:26:44,862 --> 00:26:47,000 There Is Only A Dead End. 587 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Looks Flooded Out. 588 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,689 The Tracks Have Been Washed Away 589 00:26:50,689 --> 00:26:54,275 And, With Them, The Truth About The Train. 590 00:26:54,275 --> 00:26:57,344 Interpreter: For Us, These Tunnels Are A Story That Needs To Be Told. 591 00:26:57,344 --> 00:26:59,034 We Have Tools Used By Workers 592 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:02,551 And Hundreds Of Other Artifacts From The War. 593 00:27:02,551 --> 00:27:05,275 These Things May Not Be Valuable, Uh, 594 00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:07,551 In Terms Of Money, But It's -- 595 00:27:07,551 --> 00:27:10,862 It's Really Valuable In -- In Terms Of History. 596 00:27:10,862 --> 00:27:12,206 Right. 597 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:14,655 I Know Everybody's So Excited About This Golden Train, 598 00:27:14,655 --> 00:27:17,655 Which May Or May Not Even Be There. 599 00:27:17,655 --> 00:27:19,620 But, Uh, This Is The Real Deal. 600 00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:22,448 These Tunnel Complexes, We Know These Are Here. 601 00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:23,931 And You Know There's More Of Them. 602 00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:27,931 So There Really Is A Mystery Here That Really Needs Solving. 603 00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:29,896 And It Is -- It Is Very Important Stuff. 604 00:27:29,896 --> 00:27:32,448 It's Great Work. Yeah. 605 00:27:34,137 --> 00:27:37,068 Okay, Boys, Let's Head For The Surface. 606 00:27:37,068 --> 00:27:39,620 Gates: With Nowhere Else To Look, We Climb Back To The Light 607 00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:43,034 And Into The Frigid But Stunning Embrace Of Winter. 608 00:27:43,034 --> 00:27:47,724 ♪♪ 609 00:27:47,724 --> 00:27:51,103 The Question Remains, Does The Train Of Gold Exist? 610 00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:53,000 To Me, It Seems Unlikely. 611 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,551 The Supposed Radar Hit Is Still Inconclusive. 612 00:27:55,551 --> 00:27:57,655 And The Story Is Based More On Hearsay 613 00:27:57,655 --> 00:27:59,517 Than Documented Facts. 614 00:27:59,517 --> 00:28:03,896 What Is Undeniably Real, Though, Is The Shadowy Project Riese 615 00:28:03,896 --> 00:28:06,275 And Its Endless Miles Of Tunnels That Have Never, 616 00:28:06,275 --> 00:28:08,689 And Maybe Will Never, Be Fully Explored. 617 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:12,896 We're Fortunate That Dedicated Researchers 618 00:28:12,896 --> 00:28:16,137 And Daring Explorers Are Ensuring That Project Riese 619 00:28:16,137 --> 00:28:18,137 And The Dark Truth Behind Its Legend 620 00:28:18,137 --> 00:28:21,655 Will Never Be Lost From History. 621 00:28:21,655 --> 00:28:24,379 Of Course, Trains And Tunnels Weren't The Only Places 622 00:28:24,379 --> 00:28:27,758 The Nazis Stashed Their Stolen Loot. 623 00:28:27,758 --> 00:28:30,172 To Investigate A New Lead In An Epic Mystery 624 00:28:30,172 --> 00:28:32,448 From The Closing Days Of World War Ii, 625 00:28:32,448 --> 00:28:34,068 I'm Flying Back To Munich. 626 00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:36,965 And From There, I'm On My Way To Austria. 627 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:38,862 I'm Just Hopping Across The Border Here, 628 00:28:38,862 --> 00:28:41,793 So I Forego The Trains And Pick Up Some Wheels. 629 00:28:41,793 --> 00:28:44,724 But This Time I'm Choosing My Ride. 630 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:46,379 [ Engine Revving ] 631 00:28:49,241 --> 00:28:51,413 The Porsche 911 Carrera. 632 00:28:54,620 --> 00:28:55,931 Step Aside, Vin Diesel. 633 00:28:55,931 --> 00:28:58,413 It's Time For The Fast And The Curious. 634 00:28:58,413 --> 00:29:02,586 ♪ I'm Ridin' Down A One-Way Highway ♪ 635 00:29:02,586 --> 00:29:06,068 ♪ I Know I Gotta Get Up To 210, Yeah ♪ 636 00:29:06,068 --> 00:29:09,862 ♪ Riding Down A One-Way Highway ♪ 637 00:29:09,862 --> 00:29:12,275 Years And Years Of Driving Only Crappy Vehicles 638 00:29:12,275 --> 00:29:13,896 Around The World. 639 00:29:13,896 --> 00:29:17,206 No Longer. 640 00:29:17,206 --> 00:29:18,689 This Is The Autobahn, 641 00:29:18,689 --> 00:29:21,172 Also Known As Hitler's One Good Idea. 642 00:29:21,172 --> 00:29:22,344 It's 8,000 Miles 643 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:25,206 Of The Fastest Pavement East Of Talladega. 644 00:29:25,206 --> 00:29:26,655 There's No Enforced Speed Limit, 645 00:29:26,655 --> 00:29:30,103 Yet The Fatal Accident Rate Is About Half That Of The U.S. 646 00:29:30,103 --> 00:29:32,172 In Other Words, Punch It, Chewie. 647 00:29:32,172 --> 00:29:34,793 [ Beep ] 648 00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:36,517 [ Laughs ] 649 00:29:38,758 --> 00:29:42,068 ♪ Riding Down A One-Way Highway ♪ 650 00:29:42,068 --> 00:29:44,344 ♪ Yeah, Yeah, Yeah ♪ 651 00:29:44,344 --> 00:29:46,655 Let Me Just Drop Outta Hyperspeed Here. 652 00:29:46,655 --> 00:29:48,413 Okay. 653 00:29:48,413 --> 00:29:52,896 Uh, I Don't Know Where We Are. I Assume Deep In The Future. 654 00:29:52,896 --> 00:29:54,206 ♪♪ 655 00:29:54,206 --> 00:29:55,931 Before The Porsche Breaks A Sweat, 656 00:29:55,931 --> 00:29:57,862 I've Crossed Into Austria. 657 00:29:57,862 --> 00:29:59,344 Don't Worry If You Missed The Border Sign. 658 00:29:59,344 --> 00:30:01,724 The German Army Didn't See It Either. 659 00:30:01,724 --> 00:30:03,068 Austria Was The First Country 660 00:30:03,068 --> 00:30:05,862 That Hitler Annexed In A 1938 Invasion 661 00:30:05,862 --> 00:30:08,413 That Began The Nazis' Expansion Into Europe. 662 00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:14,896 I'm Only A Couple Of Hours From Munich, 663 00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:17,862 And The Road Rises To Enter The Austrian Alps. 664 00:30:17,862 --> 00:30:22,172 Here Is Some Of The Most Gorgeous Scenery On The Planet. 665 00:30:22,172 --> 00:30:26,137 But These Mountains Are Also A Place Of Secrets. 666 00:30:26,137 --> 00:30:29,172 Welcome To Austria's Alpine Lake District. 667 00:30:29,172 --> 00:30:30,689 Absolutely Stunning. 668 00:30:30,689 --> 00:30:33,206 It's Easy To See Why This Place Has Been A Popular Retreat 669 00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:34,862 For Hundreds Of Years. 670 00:30:34,862 --> 00:30:37,482 But In The Waning Days Of World War Ii, 671 00:30:37,482 --> 00:30:40,586 This Region Took On A Much More Sinister Purpose. 672 00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:41,896 Many Of The Nazi Elite, 673 00:30:41,896 --> 00:30:43,655 Seeing That The Allies Were Advancing, 674 00:30:43,655 --> 00:30:46,620 Used Some Of The 75 Lakes In This Region 675 00:30:46,620 --> 00:30:48,620 To Hide Untold Treasures. 676 00:30:48,620 --> 00:30:50,724 And Those Treasures Are Now Being Found, 677 00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:53,000 Which Has Earned This Region A New Nickname -- 678 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,068 The Devil's Dustbin. 679 00:30:55,068 --> 00:30:59,655 ♪♪ 680 00:30:59,655 --> 00:31:02,068 I'm On My Way To Meet A Search And Recovery Specialist 681 00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:03,724 Who Believes He's On The Trail 682 00:31:03,724 --> 00:31:05,551 Of One Of The Greatest Missing Treasures 683 00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:08,862 From World War Ii. 684 00:31:08,862 --> 00:31:11,896 To Reach Him, I Drive To A Place Called Lake Fuschl, 685 00:31:11,896 --> 00:31:14,448 Which Makes The Word "Picturesque" Seem Cheap. 686 00:31:14,448 --> 00:31:20,793 ♪♪ 687 00:31:20,793 --> 00:31:23,827 It's Here That One Of The Final Dramas Of The War Played Out, 688 00:31:23,827 --> 00:31:27,620 Involving A Nazi Loyalist And A Fortune Lost, 689 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:31,137 Perhaps Soon To Be Found. 690 00:31:31,137 --> 00:31:34,896 Joachim Von Ribbentrop Joins The Nazis In 1932 691 00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:37,068 And Quickly Rises In The Party's Ranks, 692 00:31:37,068 --> 00:31:39,758 Eventually Becoming Minister Of Foreign Affairs. 693 00:31:39,758 --> 00:31:43,275 His Wife, Annelies Henkell, Is A Nazi Party Member Herself. 694 00:31:43,275 --> 00:31:45,000 And The Power Couple Frequently Hosts 695 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,862 Their Close Friend, Adolf Hitler, 696 00:31:46,862 --> 00:31:50,034 At Their Lavish Castle On The Shores Of Lake Fuschl. 697 00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:56,379 Legend Has It, As The Tide Of The War Turns In 1945, 698 00:31:56,379 --> 00:31:58,000 They Decide To Flee. 699 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,862 But First... 700 00:31:59,862 --> 00:32:01,862 They Gather Up Hitler's Most Prized Books 701 00:32:01,862 --> 00:32:03,310 From His Private Library 702 00:32:03,310 --> 00:32:05,793 And Pack Them Into Watertight Crates. 703 00:32:05,793 --> 00:32:07,862 Ribbentrop Also Fills Gas Cans 704 00:32:07,862 --> 00:32:10,620 With Their Personal Fortune Of Jewels And Gold. 705 00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:13,448 Then He Rows The Containers Out Onto The Lake 706 00:32:13,448 --> 00:32:17,379 And Deposits Them Into The Water For Safekeeping. 707 00:32:17,379 --> 00:32:19,965 And As One Last Spiteful Gesture, 708 00:32:19,965 --> 00:32:23,241 Annelies Has All The Best Wine And Champagne In The Castle 709 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:25,206 Tossed Into The Water As Well. 710 00:32:25,206 --> 00:32:27,862 Better To Throw It Out Than Let The Allies Enjoy It. 711 00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:30,103 ♪♪ 712 00:32:30,103 --> 00:32:33,310 All Of This Sounds Like A Sensational Fiction, 713 00:32:33,310 --> 00:32:35,137 Except That Recently, 714 00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:38,068 Bottles Of Sparkling Wine From Annelies Henkell's Vineyard 715 00:32:38,068 --> 00:32:41,034 Have Been Found In The Lake. 716 00:32:41,034 --> 00:32:42,655 Getting To The Bottom Of This Mystery 717 00:32:42,655 --> 00:32:45,068 May Require Going To The Bottom Of The Lake. 718 00:32:45,068 --> 00:32:47,482 But Like The Von Ribbentrops' Story Itself, 719 00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:49,931 The Deeper You Go, The Darker It Gets. 720 00:32:49,931 --> 00:32:54,827 ♪♪ 721 00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:01,000 ♪♪ 722 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,655 Gates: I'm In The Austrian Alps On The Edge Of Lake Fuschl, 723 00:33:03,655 --> 00:33:05,000 Where Hitler's Foreign Minister 724 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,551 Is Believed To Have Sank A Fortune 725 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:10,827 In Gold, Treasure, And Documents Into The Depths. 726 00:33:10,827 --> 00:33:12,965 Now, I'm Meeting Wolfgang Falch, 727 00:33:12,965 --> 00:33:14,862 A Renowned Search And Salvage Expert 728 00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:18,034 Who Believes He's Got A Way To Track Down The Lost Loot. 729 00:33:18,034 --> 00:33:20,310 Wolfgang. -Hey, Josh. 730 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:21,896 -Hey, How Are You? -Good. How Are You Doing? 731 00:33:21,896 --> 00:33:23,137 Good. Nice To Meet You. 732 00:33:23,137 --> 00:33:24,896 -Nice To Meet You. -So This Is Lake Fuschl. 733 00:33:24,896 --> 00:33:26,724 -Lake Fuschl, Exactly, Yes. -Uh-Huh. 734 00:33:26,724 --> 00:33:29,000 We Know That In Some Of These Other Lakes Around Here, 735 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,034 There Have Been Finds, Right? 736 00:33:31,034 --> 00:33:32,206 Yes, That's Correct. 737 00:33:32,206 --> 00:33:34,517 How Extensively Has This Lake Been Scanned? 738 00:33:34,517 --> 00:33:35,586 Uh, Never Ever. 739 00:33:35,586 --> 00:33:38,344 -Never? -Uh, No. This Is The First Time. 740 00:33:38,344 --> 00:33:40,241 And What I Am Going To Try Today 741 00:33:40,241 --> 00:33:43,241 Is The First Side Scan Sonar Search Of This Lake. 742 00:33:43,241 --> 00:33:44,931 This Is New Territory. 743 00:33:44,931 --> 00:33:47,586 You Legitimately Do Not Know What's Out There? 744 00:33:47,586 --> 00:33:48,689 That's Ex-- Right. Yeah. 745 00:33:48,689 --> 00:33:50,413 It Could Be The Find Of The Century. 746 00:33:50,413 --> 00:33:52,482 It Could Be Nothing At All. -That's Right, Yeah. 747 00:33:52,482 --> 00:33:53,586 I Mean, That's Exploration, Right? 748 00:33:53,586 --> 00:33:54,758 That's Exactly, Exploration. 749 00:33:54,758 --> 00:33:56,793 So Let's Go. -Yeah. For Sure. 750 00:33:59,413 --> 00:34:01,724 Gates: We Load All Of Wolfgang's State-Of-The-Art Gear 751 00:34:01,724 --> 00:34:05,172 Into His Boat And Then Push Off To Start Our Search. 752 00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:12,862 Wolfgang Is A Seasoned Investigator, 753 00:34:12,862 --> 00:34:15,724 Having Done Everything From Body Recovery With The Police 754 00:34:15,724 --> 00:34:19,034 To Finding Historic World War Ii Relics In Nearby Lakes. 755 00:34:19,034 --> 00:34:20,379 How Does He Do It? 756 00:34:20,379 --> 00:34:23,379 With An Extremely Impressive Array Of Technology. 757 00:34:25,275 --> 00:34:26,413 Okay. How We Lookin'? 758 00:34:26,413 --> 00:34:27,758 The System's Up And Running. 759 00:34:27,758 --> 00:34:29,827 Everything Is Working Properly. We Are Ready To Go. 760 00:34:29,827 --> 00:34:31,965 Great. Now What? [ Chuckles ] 761 00:34:31,965 --> 00:34:34,206 -We Drop The Fish. -Drop The Fish. Okay. 762 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:37,310 Gates: I Lower The Sonar Torpedo, 763 00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:39,827 Also Called A Towfish, Into The Lake. 764 00:34:39,827 --> 00:34:42,206 Wolfgang's Plan Is To Run Up And Down The Lake, 765 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:46,034 Letting The Sonar Identify Anything Abnormal Beneath Us. 766 00:34:46,034 --> 00:34:48,551 His Computer Then Tags The Hits With Gps, 767 00:34:48,551 --> 00:34:51,034 Allowing Us To Investigate Further. 768 00:34:51,034 --> 00:34:54,379 Okay, So... Towfish In The Water. 769 00:34:54,379 --> 00:34:57,000 Sonar Scan Underway. 770 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,655 Let's Start Searching. -Let's Get It Going. 771 00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,551 Gates: Fuschl, Like Most Alpine Lakes, 772 00:35:03,551 --> 00:35:05,034 Is Ridiculously Deep, 773 00:35:05,034 --> 00:35:07,379 Over 200 Feet In Some Places. 774 00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:10,551 But Nothing Is Beyond The Reach Of Wolfgang's Sonar. 775 00:35:10,551 --> 00:35:11,586 Oh, What's That? 776 00:35:11,586 --> 00:35:13,758 That's, For Example, A School Of Fish. 777 00:35:13,758 --> 00:35:15,241 -That's A School Of Fish? -Yes. 778 00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:17,241 This Thing Is Really Detailed. 779 00:35:17,241 --> 00:35:18,689 -Yeah. -You Can Even See -- 780 00:35:18,689 --> 00:35:20,413 You Can Even See Individual Fish. 781 00:35:20,413 --> 00:35:21,689 Exactly, Yes. 782 00:35:21,689 --> 00:35:24,103 And They Are Not Bigger Than, Let's Say, 10 Inches. 783 00:35:26,517 --> 00:35:28,103 Gates: We Continue To Scan The Lake, 784 00:35:28,103 --> 00:35:31,724 Imaging What Appear To Be Trees, Rocks, And Other Debris. 785 00:35:31,724 --> 00:35:34,758 Then We Steer Toward A Critical Landmark. 786 00:35:37,034 --> 00:35:38,551 Well, There Is The Castle Now, Josh. 787 00:35:38,551 --> 00:35:39,724 Can You See It? 788 00:35:39,724 --> 00:35:40,896 That's Ribbentrop's Castle? 789 00:35:40,896 --> 00:35:42,689 That's Ribbentrop's Castle, Yes. 790 00:35:42,689 --> 00:35:45,448 ♪♪ 791 00:35:45,448 --> 00:35:46,551 If This Story Is True, 792 00:35:46,551 --> 00:35:48,724 That He, You Know, Brought These Crates 793 00:35:48,724 --> 00:35:50,724 Or These Barrels Out Into The Lake, 794 00:35:50,724 --> 00:35:53,172 Do You Think They Would've Been Just Rolled Off The Shore 795 00:35:53,172 --> 00:35:56,275 Or Actually Rowed Out Here In A Boat Into Deeper Water? 796 00:35:56,275 --> 00:35:58,310 It's More Likely That They Took A Boat. 797 00:35:58,310 --> 00:36:00,413 And I Think, You Know, If I Would Do That, 798 00:36:00,413 --> 00:36:02,034 Yeah, I Would Row It Out 799 00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:03,965 But Not Too Far. Right. 800 00:36:03,965 --> 00:36:06,137 Gates: Wolfgang Believes That The Von Ribbentrops 801 00:36:06,137 --> 00:36:08,655 Would've Stashed Their Fortune Somewhere More Shallow 802 00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:10,724 So They Could Retrieve It Later. 803 00:36:10,724 --> 00:36:15,758 ♪♪ 804 00:36:15,758 --> 00:36:18,689 Okay, So... Nothing Yet. 805 00:36:18,689 --> 00:36:19,896 No. 806 00:36:19,896 --> 00:36:21,896 We Scan The Waters Near The Castle. 807 00:36:23,896 --> 00:36:26,482 But Nothing Comes Up Until... 808 00:36:26,482 --> 00:36:27,896 Ooh, What Is That? Right There? 809 00:36:27,896 --> 00:36:29,793 What's That Square Object? 810 00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:31,689 Well, I Mean, I Don't Know, Actually. 811 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:33,793 It Could Be Something. It Could Be Crates. 812 00:36:33,793 --> 00:36:35,793 It Could Be Just One Crate. 813 00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:37,137 I Don't Know Exactly What It Is. 814 00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:39,862 But We Certainly Have To Take A Closer Look. 815 00:36:39,862 --> 00:36:42,793 Wolfgang Reveals The Second Weapon In His Arsenal -- 816 00:36:42,793 --> 00:36:46,172 A Remote-Operated Vehicle, Or R.O.V. 817 00:36:46,172 --> 00:36:49,724 ♪♪ 818 00:36:49,724 --> 00:36:51,482 R.O.V.'S Got Power... 819 00:36:51,482 --> 00:36:52,965 -Do We Have The Lights? -And Signal. 820 00:36:52,965 --> 00:36:55,206 Gates: This Little Beauty Has All The Bells And Whistles -- 821 00:36:55,206 --> 00:36:56,344 Powerful Headlights... 822 00:36:56,344 --> 00:36:58,034 So Far, It Looks Good. 823 00:36:58,034 --> 00:37:01,000 ...Hd Cameras, A Claw To Recover Relics... 824 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:01,793 Okay. 825 00:37:01,793 --> 00:37:04,551 ...And Its Own Sonar System. 826 00:37:04,551 --> 00:37:07,206 Oh, And It Has One More Unique Modification. 827 00:37:07,206 --> 00:37:08,793 Just To Be Clear, This Incredibly, Uh, 828 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:10,551 High Tech Thing You've Got Running Here, 829 00:37:10,551 --> 00:37:14,275 Uh, Is Being Powered By A Playstation Controller? 830 00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:16,655 Is That -- Is That Correct? -That's Correct, Yeah. 831 00:37:16,655 --> 00:37:20,137 Why Is It -- Why Is It Run By A Playstation Controller? 832 00:37:20,137 --> 00:37:22,241 Yeah, Well, It Works Good, You Know? 833 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:25,172 And Whenever This, Uh, Drops Into The Water, 834 00:37:25,172 --> 00:37:26,689 You Just Buy A New One. 835 00:37:26,689 --> 00:37:29,655 And It Costs $30 And Nothing More. 836 00:37:29,655 --> 00:37:30,620 Can't Argue With That. 837 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:31,827 Gates: Wolfgang Must Be A Fan 838 00:37:31,827 --> 00:37:35,655 Of The German Video Game "Grand Theft Autobahn." 839 00:37:35,655 --> 00:37:37,241 All Right, R.O.V. Is Goin' In. 840 00:37:37,241 --> 00:37:44,103 ♪♪ 841 00:37:44,103 --> 00:37:46,724 Wow, Look At That! That Is So Cool. 842 00:37:48,172 --> 00:37:49,724 Now That We Have Eyes In The Water, 843 00:37:49,724 --> 00:37:51,344 Wolfgang Attempts To Guide The R.O.V. 844 00:37:51,344 --> 00:37:54,379 To The Hit We Got On The Sonar. 845 00:37:54,379 --> 00:37:57,275 Okay, So It Should Be Just -- It Should Be Just Ahead Of Us. 846 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,413 Yep. 847 00:37:58,413 --> 00:37:59,689 Okay. 848 00:37:59,689 --> 00:38:00,965 Tethering Out. 849 00:38:00,965 --> 00:38:02,689 And It Isn't Long Before Lake Fuschl 850 00:38:02,689 --> 00:38:04,862 Begins To Reveal Her Secrets. 851 00:38:04,862 --> 00:38:06,448 -Here We Are. -Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 852 00:38:06,448 --> 00:38:07,586 What Is That? 853 00:38:09,793 --> 00:38:10,965 Probably A Boat. 854 00:38:10,965 --> 00:38:12,344 It's A Boat! 855 00:38:12,344 --> 00:38:15,103 -Yes. -How [Bleep] Cool Is That?! 856 00:38:15,103 --> 00:38:19,000 ♪♪ 857 00:38:23,206 --> 00:38:24,689 Wanna Know More About Tonight's Expedition? 858 00:38:24,689 --> 00:38:26,034 Then Set A Course For Travelchannel.Com 859 00:38:26,034 --> 00:38:27,724 Where You Can Go Behind The Scenes 860 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:28,827 With Exclusive Photos, 861 00:38:28,827 --> 00:38:31,137 Never-Before-Aired Footage, And More. 862 00:38:33,172 --> 00:38:35,000 ♪♪ 863 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,517 Gates: In The Depths Of Lake Fuschl 864 00:38:36,517 --> 00:38:39,344 In The Austrian Alps, A Remotely Operated Vehicle 865 00:38:39,344 --> 00:38:41,517 Has Found What Might Be A Major Clue 866 00:38:41,517 --> 00:38:44,655 In The Search For Stolen Nazi Plunder. 867 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:46,758 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What Is That? 868 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:48,103 Probably A Boat. 869 00:38:48,103 --> 00:38:49,482 It's A Boat! 870 00:38:49,482 --> 00:38:52,482 -Yes. -How [Bleep] Cool Is That?! 871 00:38:52,482 --> 00:38:54,344 It's Certainly An Old Boat. 872 00:38:54,344 --> 00:38:56,827 I Mean, Uh, You See How Much Silt's In There? 873 00:38:56,827 --> 00:39:00,620 -Yeah! Really Old. -That's Really Old, Yeah. 874 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:04,448 That's At Least World War Ii If Not Earlier. 875 00:39:04,448 --> 00:39:06,758 Gates: If This Boat Did Belong To The Ribbentrops, 876 00:39:06,758 --> 00:39:09,241 It's Unfortunately Empty Inside. 877 00:39:10,586 --> 00:39:12,931 All Right. Well... -Too Bad. 878 00:39:12,931 --> 00:39:15,000 Well, Let's -- Let's Keep Scanning Around The Boat, 879 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,379 See If There's Any Other Targets, 880 00:39:16,379 --> 00:39:17,862 If Anything Was Thrown Off It Before It Sank. 881 00:39:17,862 --> 00:39:19,344 Uh, Yeah. 882 00:39:19,344 --> 00:39:21,241 We'll Just Look Around The Area, See If We Get Any Other Hits. 883 00:39:23,413 --> 00:39:26,034 Gates: So We Send The R.O.V. To Scan The Surrounding Bottom 884 00:39:26,034 --> 00:39:28,689 For Any Sign Of Additional Artifacts. 885 00:39:28,689 --> 00:39:31,000 Okay, We Are Right In Front Of The Castle Now. 886 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,034 So Let's See What We've Got Here. 887 00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:39,344 It's So Hard To See Down There With All That Growth. 888 00:39:39,344 --> 00:39:40,689 Yeah. 889 00:39:40,689 --> 00:39:42,068 If You Get Anywhere Near The Bottom, It's Just... 890 00:39:42,068 --> 00:39:43,551 The Silt Just Takes Over. 891 00:39:43,551 --> 00:39:45,103 Yep. 892 00:39:45,103 --> 00:39:47,103 It's Kind Of Hard To Manage With All The Weed Around Here. 893 00:39:47,103 --> 00:39:49,241 And Can You Get To Where Those Small Hits Are? 894 00:39:49,241 --> 00:39:51,206 Yeah. I'm Almost There, But... 895 00:39:51,206 --> 00:39:52,896 Oh! Right There! Right There! Back Up! Back Up! 896 00:39:52,896 --> 00:39:54,482 -You See That? -Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes. 897 00:39:54,482 --> 00:39:55,793 Right There! You See That Dark Thing? 898 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,620 I Can See It, Yes. Let's Go Closer And Closer. 899 00:39:57,620 --> 00:39:59,137 Wait, Can You Get Back To That? There It Is! 900 00:39:59,137 --> 00:40:00,689 -Yeah. Yes, There It Is. -There It Is! You See That? 901 00:40:00,689 --> 00:40:01,862 -Yes. Yes. Yes. -What Is That? 902 00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:02,931 -Well... -It's Dark. 903 00:40:02,931 --> 00:40:04,275 It's -- It's Dark, 904 00:40:04,275 --> 00:40:06,517 But It Has A Kind Of A Reflection On It And Silt. 905 00:40:06,517 --> 00:40:07,931 You See? The Silt On Top Of It, 906 00:40:07,931 --> 00:40:10,241 So It Must Be Laying There For Some Time. 907 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:12,000 -Let It Settle. -Yeah. Yeah. No. 908 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,793 Wait. Wait. Wait. I'm Stirring Up Silt. 909 00:40:13,793 --> 00:40:15,068 That's A Bottle, Dude. 910 00:40:15,068 --> 00:40:16,689 -That's A Bottle! -It Really Looks Like It, Yeah. 911 00:40:16,689 --> 00:40:18,344 That's A [Bleep] Bottle. 912 00:40:19,931 --> 00:40:21,172 Can You See If You Can Move Somethin'... 913 00:40:21,172 --> 00:40:22,724 Can You Use The Claw To Move It? 914 00:40:22,724 --> 00:40:24,517 I'll -- I'll Try The Best... I'll Try My Best Now. 915 00:40:24,517 --> 00:40:27,448 It's Slippin' Off. 916 00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:29,586 Okay, I Got It.Oh! Hold On, Okay? 917 00:40:29,586 --> 00:40:31,000 -So See If You Can Rotate... -Okay. Yep. 918 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,344 Around The Neck? Yeah? 919 00:40:32,344 --> 00:40:33,689 Here We Go. Here We Go. 920 00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:35,379 Now I'm Opening Up The Gripper. 921 00:40:35,379 --> 00:40:36,896 Uh-Huh. 922 00:40:36,896 --> 00:40:39,586 And Now Let's See If I Can Get It Underneath It. 923 00:40:39,586 --> 00:40:41,172 And Then... Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 924 00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:42,551 -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. -Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 925 00:40:42,551 --> 00:40:43,655 And Then See If You Can Close It. 926 00:40:43,655 --> 00:40:45,034 Silt Again. Okay, Good. Good. 927 00:40:45,034 --> 00:40:46,172 Let's Close It Now. We Got It. 928 00:40:46,172 --> 00:40:49,344 And Pull Back?I'm Rotating It, Yeah. Yep. Yep. 929 00:40:49,344 --> 00:40:50,655 That's A Champagne Bottle! 930 00:40:50,655 --> 00:40:52,379 That Is A [Bleep] Champagne Bottle! 931 00:40:52,379 --> 00:40:55,241 That's A Great Bottle. It's Unbelievable. 932 00:40:55,241 --> 00:41:00,758 ♪♪ 933 00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:04,724 Gates: Next Time On "Expedition Unknown," 934 00:41:04,724 --> 00:41:07,482 The Search For Stolen Nazi Gold Continues. 935 00:41:11,655 --> 00:41:15,206 But My Big Breakthrough Could Make Me A Casualty Of War. 936 00:41:22,344 --> 00:41:25,103 And I Follow An Incredible Lead On A Secret Laboratory 937 00:41:25,103 --> 00:41:28,448 Tasked With Building Hitler's Atomic Bomb. 938 00:41:28,448 --> 00:41:30,344 We Are Talking About The Largest 939 00:41:30,344 --> 00:41:32,482 Underground Facility Ever Built. 940 00:41:32,482 --> 00:41:34,103 Gates: What Will The Search Reveal? 941 00:41:34,103 --> 00:41:37,793 And Can We Expose The Long-Lost Secrets Of The Nazis? 942 00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:38,965 Oh, My God. 943 00:41:38,965 --> 00:41:43,068 ♪♪