Episode
Expedition Unknown: Lasseter's Gold
Overview
Josh Gates sets off deep into the Australian Outback, following the footsteps of legendary explorer Harold Lasseter, who claims to have found a vast field of gold.
Details
- Series
- Expedition Unknown
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2017-01-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Lasseter's Gold is Episode 8 in Season 3 of Expedition Unknown. It aired on 2017-01-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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Josh Gates sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.
Episode 9: Tracking Tasmania's Tiger
Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger.
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