All language subtitles for Secrets.of.the.Underground.S02E01.Legend.of.the.Nazi.Gold.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DD+2.0.H.264-playWEB_track3_[eng]

IN THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE,

A DECADES-OLD LEGEND
OF NAZI RICHES.

THEY PUT ALL OF THIS TREASURE
ON THIS TRAIN TRACK

TO TRY TO HIDE ALL OF THE LOOT.

A MONSTER-TROVE
OF THIRD REICH PLUNDER,

RUMORED TO BE BURIED DEEP INSIDE
A REMOTE MOUNTAIN FORTRESS.

YOU WONDER WHY THEY BUILT
THIS BUNKER IN HERE

WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE
IS THIS TUNNEL.

NOW OUR ADVANCED
SCANNING TECHNOLOGIES

ARE UNCOVERING
STAGGERING NEW LEADS.

THIS IS A NEW TUNNEL THAT
NOBODY'S EVER EXPLORED BEFORE.

ARE WE ON THE VERGE
OF BRINGING BILLIONS

IN NAZI LOOT BACK TO LIGHT?

IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

BURIED DEEP BELOW
THE EARTH'S SURFACE,

THERE ARE COUNTLESS
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.

AND TODAY, WE FINALLY HAVE
THE TOOLS TO UNLOCK THEM.

- THAT'S AMAZING.
- IT'S SUPER DEEP!

I'M ROB NELSON,
A SCIENTIST AND EXPLORER

INVESTIGATING OUR
PLANET'S HIDDEN DEPTHS.

GETTING DEEPER.HOLY MOLY, STEFAN.

AND HELPING ME UNCOVER
THESE SUBTERRANEAN SECRETS

IS TECH SPECIALIST
STEFAN BURNS.

OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THAT!

TOGETHER...I GOT SOMETHING!

...WE ARE UNCOVERING NEW LEADS
IN OUR QUEST

TO SOLVE EARTH'S
MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES.

THERE WE GO!
WHOO-HOO!

THESE ARE THE SECRETS
OF THE UNDERGROUND.

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SOUTHWESTERN POLAND,

PART OF GERMANY
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

STEFAN AND I ARE HERE
TO INVESTIGATE

ONE OF THE GREATEST NAZI
LEGENDS OF ALL TIME.

IT'S A NEAT,
LITTLE SQUARE, HUH?

YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S SAID THAT BURIED IN
THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE THIS TOWN

LIES A COLOSSAL CACHE
OF TREASURE,

HIDDEN BY
THE RETREATING THIRD REICH

JUST MONTHS
BEFORE THE FALL OF BERLIN.

THE WAY THE LEGEND GOES,

IS THAT LATE AT NIGHT
WHEN NOBODY COULD SEE,

THEY PUT ALL OF THIS TREASURE--
ARTWORK, GOLD, BULLION--

WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
ESSENTIALLY ON THIS TRAIN TRACK

TO TRY TO HIDE
ALL OF THE LOOT.

IT'S A TANTALIZING TALE.

AS RUSSIAN TROOPS CLOSED IN,

A GERMAN OFFICIAL
NAMED HERBERT KLOSE WAS TASKED

WITH SAFEGUARDING
THE REGION'S RICHES.

HE GATHERED UP MONEY FROM BANKS,
JEWELRY AND GOLD FROM LOCALS,

AND POSSIBLY EVEN
PRICELESS WORKS OF ART STOLEN

BY THE NAZIS
FROM AROUND THE CONTINENT.

THE TREASURE WAS SEALED
IN IRON CHESTS,

AND FROM THE CITY OF WROCLAW,

IT'S SAID IT WAS
TRANSFERRED SOUTHWEST

ON THE MAIN RAIL LINE
INTO THE NEARBY OWL MOUNTAINS,

WHERE MANY BELIEVE
IT DISAPPEARED

INTO A SPRAWLING
UNDERGROUND BUNKER SYSTEM

CALLED PROJECT RIESE.

STEFAN AND I ARE HEADED
TO THAT VERY COMPLEX...

THIS IS IT.
ALL RIGHT.

...WHERE WE PLAN TO SEARCH
FOR NEW CLUES USING POWERFUL,

HIGH-TECH TOOLS
NEVER BEFORE DEPLOYED HERE.

I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY COOL
TO GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND

AND THEN RUN
SOME GEOPHYSICAL TECH

AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT
YOU ALONG, STEFAN,

'CAUSE YOU GOT
ALL THE TECH.

IN THE WANING MONTHS OF THE WAR,
ALLIED FORCES DID JUST THAT.

THEY INTERCEPTED
A 24-CAR FREIGHT TRAIN

TRAVELING FROM HUNGARY
TO GERMANY

LOADED WITH PLUNDERED GOLD,
JEWELRY, AND PAINTINGS

VALUED IN THE BILLIONS
IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.

IT'S NOT THAT THIS TREASURE
IS HIDDEN, AND WE NEVER FIND IT.

YEAH.

WE COULD VERY EASILY
COME ACROSS SOME CLUES HERE

THAT LEAD
TO THE GOLDEN TRAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

THE FIRST STOP
ON OUR QUEST--

THE HEADQUARTERS
OF PROJECT RIESE, KSIAZ CASTLE.

WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.

THIS CENTURIES-OLD CASTLE,
NOW A MUSEUM,

WAS TO BE A THIRD REICH
COMMAND CENTER

IN THE LATER YEARS
OF THE WAR,

AND WE'RE HERE TO EXPLORE CLAIMS

THAT IT WAS THE NAZI GOLD
TRAIN'S FINAL DESTINATION.

INSIDE, WE MEET UP WITH BOGDAN
ROSICKI, KSIAZ'S HISTORIAN.

IS IT TRUE
THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE HITLER'S RESIDENCE?

YES, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

A RESIDENCE
FOR IMPORTANT OFFICERS

AS WELL AS PRIVATE
APARTMENTS FOR HITLER.

WOW.

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HITLER'S BEDROOM,

AND RIGHT NEXT
TO THE BEDROOM,

THERE WERE MEANT TO BE
OTHER ROOMS FOR THE APARTMENTS.

BUT ACCORDING TO BOGDAN,

THE FUEHRER HAD
MORE SINISTER PLANS

THAN TO FURNISH
A GAUDY COUNTRY RETREAT.

WHEN THE NAZIS
SEIZED THE CASTLE,

S.S. OFFICERS WERE ORDERED
TO SEAL OFF THE STRUCTURE

AND KEEP PASSERSBY
FROM COMING TOO CLOSE.

SOON AFTER, THE CASTLE SERVANTS
BEGAN HEARING EXPLOSIONS

COMING FROM DEEP
BENEATH THE BUILDING.

IT TURNED OUT THE THIRD REICH

WAS CONSTRUCTING
AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF TUNNELS.

MOST HISTORIANS ASSUME
THE PASSAGES WERE INTENDED

AS A FALLOUT SHELTER OR
ESCAPE ROUTE FOR THE NAZI ELITE,

BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE
WHY THEY WERE BUILT.

IS THERE A WAY FROM HERE
DOWN INTO THE TUNNEL SYSTEMS?

YES, THERE IS.

BOGDAN TELLS US THAT
THE NAZIS INSTALLED ELEVATORS

IN THE CASTLE CONNECTING
THE PRIVATE RESIDENCES

TO THE TUNNELS
165 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

WOW.OH, MY GOODNESS!

THIS WAS
ONE OF THE SHAFTS?

YES.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ELEVATORS,

WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE CASTLE
DURING WORLD WAR II

FOR THE OFFICERS TO USE.

WOW.

FAR BELOW, THE TUNNELS ARE
MUCH BIGGER THAN I IMAGINED.

WOW. OH, MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THAT.

WOW!

THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.

HEAVILY REINFORCED.

OH, MY GOODNESS.
THIS IS HUGE!

WHOA.
LOOK AT THOSE CHAMBERS.

YEAH.

NO IDEA WHAT THOSE
WOULD'VE BEEN FOR.

SOME HAVE SPECULATED
THE TUNNEL'S CONNECTED

TO SIX OTHER
PROJECT RIESE SYSTEMS

THAT DOT THE COUNTRYSIDE,

FORMING A MASSIVE BUNKER
OR UNDERGROUND CITY

FOR THE NAZI ELITE.

OR COULD IT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED

AS A COVERT ACCESS POINT
FOR HITLER,

A PRIVATE TRAIN STATION
LIKE THOSE FOUND

AT SOME OF HIS
OTHER REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

SO FAR, NO ONE HAS FOUND
A TUNNEL EXTENDING OUTWARD

FROM THE CASTLE
FOR EITHER PURPOSE,

BUT THERE'S
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

THAT SUCH A TUNNEL
MAY HAVE EXISTED,

FUELING THE CLAIMS
THAT THE STASH OF NAZI GOLD,

JEWELRY, AND ARTWORK
COULD HAVE ENDED UP HERE.

IT'S THIS PLACE RIGHT HERE.

BOGDAN TELLS US

THAT PRISONERS WHO WORKED
ON THESE TUNNELS

REPORTED SEEING A LARGE CHAMBER
OFF TO THE SIDE HERE,

BEHIND WHAT IS NOW
A CONCRETE WALL.

BEHIND THIS WALL,
THERE IS SOMETHING BACK HERE?

IT'S NOT CONFIRMED.

THERE WAS DRILLING DONE
FIVE FEET INTO THE WALL,

AND IT'S
JUST CONCRETE AND ROCK.

COULD THERE BE
A TUNNEL BACK THERE,

ONE THAT COULD
CONNECT THE CASTLE

TO OTHER PARTS
OF PROJECT RIESE?

HAVE YOU EVER SCANNED THIS
WITH ANY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY?

I MEAN, YOU ONLY DRILLED
TWO METERS HERE.

HAVE YOU
EVER USED SOMETHING

THAT CAN SEE DEEPER
INTO THE WALL?

THOSE KIND OF TESTS WERE DONE.

BUT THE SCANNING TECHNOLOGY USED

WAS LESS POWERFUL THAN THE
DEVICE WE HAVE WITH US TODAY.

STEFAN AND I ARE EAGER TO LOOK
AT THE AREA OURSELVES.

FOR THIS SCAN,
WE ARE USING A CUTTING-EDGE,

GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR UNIT.

THE DEVICE,
CALLED GPR FOR SHORT,

WORKS BY FIRING RADIO WAVES
INTO THE GROUND OR INTO WALLS.

TUNNELS OR CHAMBERS
WILL BOUNCE THESE WAVES

BACK TO A SENSOR
MOUNTED ON THE MACHINE,

AND OUR DEVICE WILL PEER
DEEPER INTO THIS WALL

THAN EVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE.

THE REASON WHY WE HAVE
SUCH A BIG UNIT HERE

IS 'CAUSE
ITS 160 MEGAHERTZ,

AND THAT WILL GET US
REALLY GOOD DEPTH PENETRATION.

IT'S NOT TYPICALLY MEANT
TO BE USED ON WALLS,

SO IT'S GONNA BE
PRETTY AWKWARD.

STEFAN, YOU'RE NOT
GONNA LIKE THIS.

BUT MY SHOULDER'S
ACTING UP RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HOLD IT UP AGAINST THE WALL.

ONCE WE SORT OUT WHO'S GOING
TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING,

STEFAN HOISTS
THE DEVICE INTO PLACE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.HIT NEW.

YEP, IT'S GOING.

COULD THERE REALLY BE SOMETHING

HIDDEN BEHIND
THIS ROUGH-HEWN WALL,

DEEP BENEATH KSIAZ CASTLE?

OUR SCAN HOLDS A SHOCKING
BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE.

WE JUST STARTED TO HIT THE EDGE
OF A LARGE ANOMALY.

HAS OUR TECH
REVEALED PROOF

OF THE LONG-LOST CHAMBER
BENEATH THE CASTLE?

WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE
THIS MORE.

AND LATER, AN ADVANCED
3-D SCANNING TOOL

REVEALS A MYSTERIOUS NETWORK
OF THIRD REICH TUNNELS

IN AN ENTIRELY NEW WAY.

WILL THE MODERN TREASURE MAP
WE CREATE

FINALLY TURN UP
THE LEGENDARY NAZI PLUNDER?

WOW.

STEFAN AND I ARE IN POLAND,

SEARCHING FOR A CACHE OF STOLEN
NAZI GOLD, JEWELRY, AND ARTWORK

THAT DISAPPEARED IN THE
FINAL MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOWN IN
THE TUNNELS BELOW KSIAZ CASTLE,

SCANNING A WALL THAT MAY BE
HIDING AN OPENING OF SOME SORT.

HOLD IT STEADY.

FINDING A CHAMBER
OR TUNNEL

AS REPORTED BY
THE CASTLE LABORERS

WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE FIND,

INDICATING A POSSIBLE
RAILWAY PASSAGE

THAT COULD HOUSE
THE FABLED GOLD TRAIN

OR AN ENTRANCE INTENDED
FOR THE FUEHRER HIMSELF.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO
TWO MORE PROFILES--

ONE HIGHER AND THEN
THE LAST ONE AT THE TOP.

AMAZINGLY,
HISTORICAL EVIDENCE EXISTS

FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH AN ENTRANCE.

HITLER OFTEN TRAVELED
TO HIS REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS

ABOARD A SPECIALLY
APPOINTED TRAIN.

COMPRISED
OF OVER A DOZEN CARS,

IT CONTAINED A MOBILE
COMMUNICATION CENTER

AND ARMORED FLAKWAGENS
FITTED WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS.

BUNKERS SUCH AS
THE WOLFSSCHLUCHT II

WERE BUILT SURROUNDING
TRAIN TUNNELS

TO PROVIDE THE FUEHRER
DIRECT ACCESS.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.
NEW.

THERE WE GO.
ONE MORE PROFILE.

ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?GO FOR IT.

GREAT.

OKAY,
NUMBER THREE, DONE.

WE HAVE SOME
PRELIMINARY DATA, STEFAN.

SO, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE SEEING 30 FEET IN,

IF NOT
A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS
LOOKED THIS FAR YET.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?

I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING
OBVIOUS IN THAT DATA.

THE PRELIMINARY SCAN
IS INCONCLUSIVE,

SO STEFAN WANTS TO
CREATE A 3-D COMPOSITE

THAT WILL MAP MORE CLEARLY
WHAT LIES BEHIND THE WALL.

SO, WE HEAD BACK TO TOWN
WHERE WE CAN CREATE THE MODEL.

BACK AT OUR HOTEL,
STEFAN HAS FINISHED THE RENDER

AND HAS MADE
A SUBSTANTIAL FIND.

THIS RIGHT HERE
IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

SO, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU,

BUT LOOK HOW PERFECTLY
SQUARE THIS IS.

THE SCAN INDICATES THE PRESENCE
OF A LARGE CHAMBER

THAT OPENS UP EIGHT FEET
INTO THE WALL,

CONTINUING FOR ANOTHER
30 FEET OR DEEPER.

WOW. COULD THIS BE ANYTHING
OTHER THAN AN AIR GAP?

WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW,
DEFINITIVELY SAY IT'S A TUNNEL,

BUT IT'S JUST
SO CONSISTENT.

IT ALL STRIKES ME
A LITTLE STRANGE.

STEFAN'S MODEL SUGGESTS
IT'S AN EMPTY TUNNEL,

SO IT'S UNLIKELY WE'RE
LOOKING AT A LOOT-LADEN TRAIN.

BUT OUR FINDING IS A TANTALIZING
PIECE OF EVIDENCE

POINTING AT THE LONG-RUMORED
POSSIBILITY

OF A RAIL ENTRANCE
TO THE CASTLE

AND A CONNECTION
TO THE OTHER SECTIONS

OF THE MASSIVE
RIESE COMPLEX.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY STEFAN AND I
WANT TO EXPLORE FURTHER.

POLISH COUNTRYSIDE
IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL

IN A RUSTIC SENSE.

IT IS.

SO, WE'RE HEADING TO
THE SO-CALLED WLODARZ TUNNELS,

PART OF THE SPRAWLING
RIESE COMPLEX,

A NAZI MEGA-PROJECT
IN THE OWL MOUNTAINS

WITH A STILL UNKNOWN PURPOSE.

THAT WAS A HIKE.

HERE, WE'LL SEARCH
FOR NEW TUNNELS

THAT COULD CONNECT
WITH THE CASTLE

AND HOUSE
THE INFAMOUS GOLD TRAIN.

WE'VE ARRANGED TO MEET UP
WITH A LOCAL TREASURE HUNTER

NAMED KRZSZTOF SZPAKOWSKI.

A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, KRZSZTOF
LEASED THE WLODARZ TUNNELS,

THE LARGEST PART
OF THE RIESE COMPLEX,

AND FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS,
HE AND HIS CREW HAVE BEEN

EXCAVATING
THE PASSAGEWAYS BELOW.

SO, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE TUNNELS HERE,

THE RIESE TUNNELS.

THESE TUNNELS,
WHICH WE'LL GO DOWN TO,

THEY'RE TWO AND
A HALF MILES IN LENGTH.

BUT I THINK THOSE
THAT WE CAN GET TO

ARE ONLY ABOUT 5%
OF WHAT WAS BUILT.

KRZSZTOF SAYS
THAT HIS TEAM HAS FOUND

A VARIETY OF ARTIFACTS
INSIDE THE TUNNELS,

INCLUDING NAZI WEAPONS
AND OLD MINING SUPPLIES.

DO WE KNOW WHAT
THE GERMANS WERE GOING TO DO

WITH THESE TUNNELS?

WELL,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT THEORIES.

I'M CONVINCED THAT IT WAS MEANT
TO BE AN ATOMIC SHELTER

IN CASE OF ATTACK.

SOME BELIEVE THE COMPLEX WAS
TO SERVE AS A NAZI HEADQUARTERS.

OTHERS THINK IT WAS INTENDED

TO BE AN UNDERGROUND
WEAPONS FACTORY.

WHATEVER ITS PURPOSE,
IT'S LIKELY A RAIL LINE

WOULD'VE CONNECTED TO A COMPLEX
OF THIS SCALE AND IMPORTANCE,

WHICH IS WHY MANY BELIEVE IT
WOULD'VE BEEN THE MOST LOGICAL

HIDING SPOT
FOR THE NAZI LOOT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE PROBABILITY IS THAT THERE IS

A GOLDEN TRAIN
IN THE TUNNELS HERE,

SOMEWHERE
IN THIS COMPLEX?

I PERSONALLY AM CONVINCED

THAT IN THIS
PARTICULAR COMPLEX,

THERE'S GOING TO BE NOT
ONE TRAIN, BUT TENS OF TRAINS.

IF THERE WAS HIDDEN TREASURE,
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HERE

IN THIS TUNNEL COMPLEX.

MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY FOUND IT.
YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY.

SWEET.

HOLY MOLY.

KRZSZTOF'S CREW IS GOING TO
HELP US ENTER THE TUNNELS

THROUGH
THIS VENTILATION SHAFT,

WHICH APPEARS TO BE
QUITE DEEP.

I AM VERY EXCITED
TO GO DOWN,

BUT I THINK PROBABLY
THE WISEST THING IS

IF YOU GO FIRST.

DON'T YOU THINK?

JUST SO THAT I'M UP HERE
FOR SAFETY.

YEAH, SEND
A TEST DUMMY DOWN.

DEEP. DEEP.

WE'RE ALL GOOD?

YOU DON'T NEED
A HARNESS OR ANYTHING?

HEY, JUST HOLD IT.
IT'S FINE.

WHAT IF YOU LET GO?
WHAT HAPPENS?

IT'S POLAND.
IT'S TOTALLY FINE.

AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE
HARNESSED UP TO THAT, OR NO?

I THINK YOU'RE NERVOUS, STEFAN.

THIS WOULD'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TO BORE THROUGH.

DO YOU SEE ANY BATS?

THIS IS RAINING NOW.

NO BATS?

I DON'T REALLY CARE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING.

COMING DOWN!

HOLY MOLY.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN I EXPECTED.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE DIGGING
THIS TUNNEL IN THE 40s.

AS I DESCEND, IT'S HARD NOT
TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE

WHO BUILT THIS SYSTEM--

MAINLY PRISONERS FROM THE NEARBY
GROSS-ROSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP.

IT WAS GRUELING WORK, BLASTING
AND CARTING AWAY THE HARD ROCK

THAT MAKES UP THIS MOUNTAIN.

BY THE TIME THE CONSTRUCTION
WAS HALTED,

AN ESTIMATED 5,000 PEOPLE
HAD BEEN KILLED.

LOOK AT THIS. I ACTUALLY HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

ESPECIALLY THIS.
THIS IS A WEIRD PIECE HERE.

IT'S UNUSUAL.

THERE'S NO SIGN
OF TRAIN TRACKS

IN THIS SECTION
OF THE SYSTEM,

BUT SOME OF THE PASSAGES
CERTAINLY SEEM LARGE ENOUGH

TO HOUSE A LOCOMOTIVE.

PRETTY WET
IN HERE, HUH?

GET READY TO SINK
IN ABOUT A FOOT.

OH, MY GOSH.
THIS IS MUDDY.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED IT
TO LOOK LIKE.

NO.NO.

BUT I BET IF THERE'S ANY GOLD
TO BE FOUND ON A TRAIN,

IT WOULD BE IN ONE
OF THESE TUNNELS.

REALLY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW IT ALL CONNECTS,

WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAP IT
A LITTLE MORE PRECISELY.

YEAH, I THINK
HAVING A MAP,

THAT'LL LET US SEE
SOME PATTERNS, POSSIBLY,

AS TO MAYBE
WHAT THEY HID.

OR IF IT WASN'T
SOMETHING THEY HID,

WHAT IS
STILL HIDDEN TO US.

YES.

STEFAN HAS BROUGHT ALONG A
LiDAR DEVICE TO SCAN THE SYSTEM.

LiDAR STANDS FOR "LIGHT
DETECTION AND RANGING,"

A DEVICE THAT SENDS
OUT LASER PULSES

AND USES RETURN
TIME MEASUREMENTS

TO CREATE THREE-
DIMENSIONAL RENDERINGS

THAT CAN BE ANALYZED
WITH PRECISION.

TODAY, WE HAVE
A HANDHELD SYSTEM,

WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE
EASILY THROUGH THE TUNNELS.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS TECHNOLOGY USED TO BE HUGE.

IT WAS ONLY ABLE TO BE USED
ON A PLANE OR SHIPS,

AND NOW WE CAN JUST,
YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND WITH IT.

THE DEVICE IS NOT DESIGNED
TO SEE INTO WALLS

LIKE OUR GPR UNIT.

RATHER, IT CREATES
A HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-D MAP

THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SCAN THE
TUNNELS FOR SUSPICIOUS FEATURES,

LIKE CAVE-INS THAT
COULD INDICATE THE NAZIS

HAVE CONCEALED AN ENTRANCE
OR PASSAGEWAY.

ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IRREGULARITIES, RIGHT?

ANYTHING THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN COVERED UP.

LASERS TURNING ON IN 3...

2...1...

OH, MAN.
MUDDY!

WILL THIS CUTTING-EDGE DEVICE
FINALLY TURN UP

THE LEGENDARY
NAZI TREASURE...

WOW.THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

...OR REVEAL THE PURPOSE
OF THIS MYSTERIOUS BUNKER?

IS THAT
A SECOND LEVEL?

THERE'S A WHOLE LEVEL
THAT WE MAY BE MISSING.

I'M IN POLAND

IN WHAT USED TO BE THE HEART
OF NAZI TERRITORY...

SWEET.

...IN SEARCH FOR A LEGENDARY
TRAIN FULL OF GOLD

AND THIRD REICH RICHES.

HOLY MOLY.

WE'RE CONDUCTING
A HIGH-TECH SCAN

IN HOPES OF FINDING
SUSPICIOUS FEATURES

THAT COULD POINT US
TOWARDS THE INFAMOUS PLUNDER

OR HELP US UNDERSTAND
WHAT SINISTER PLANS THE NAZIS

HAD FOR THIS MYSTERIOUS
TUNNEL COMPLEX.

STEFAN AND I TAKE TURNS

COLLECTING MEASUREMENTS
WITH THE HANDHELD DEVICE.

WE'LL LATER GENERATE
THE FINAL 3-D IMAGES AND MAP.

WHEN WE REACH SOME OF
THE SYSTEM'S FLOODED SECTIONS,

WE BOARD A RICKETY BOAT
THAT OUR CONTACT HAS HAULED IN

SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS THE
OTHERWISE UNREACHABLE PORTIONS.

- WOW.
- THIS IS HUGE.

I'LL LIGHT UP OBJECTS SO
WE DON'T HIT OUR HEADS ON THEM.

THE NAZIS WERE
HIGHLY SECRETIVE

ABOUT WHAT PURPOSE
PROJECT RIESE WAS TO SERVE.

WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGAN,

THE THIRD REICH DEPLOYED
4,000 S.S. OFFICERS

TO GUARD THE AREA,

ORDERING THEM TO SHOOT
ANY TRESPASSERS ON SIGHT.

WHOA!
WOW.

LOOK AT THAT.

CRAZY.

WOW.

I CAN VERY EASILY SEE THIS PLACE
AS THE BUNKER SYSTEM.

THIS IS CREEPY.

OHH.
CAREFUL THERE.

THOUGH IT'S HIGHLY
DOUBTFUL THE PROJECT

WAS BUILD SPECIFICALLY
TO STORE NAZI GOLD RESERVES

OR PLUNDERED RICHES,
MANY BELIEVE IT WOULD'VE BEEN

THE MOST LOGICAL PLACE
IN THE REGION

FOR THE RETREATING GERMANS
TO HAVE HID THEIR LOOT.

IT'S AN IDEA THAT HAS
A COMPELLING HISTORICAL BASIS.

IN EARLY APRIL 1945, JUST WEEKS
BEFORE THE FALL OF BERLIN,

GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY
STORMED THE VILLAGE OF MERKERS

IN THE HEART OF NAZI GERMANY.

THERE, THEY HEARD RUMORS
OF A SALT MINE IN THE TOWN

WHERE NAZIS HAD HIDDEN
MILLIONS IN BANK RESERVES

AND STOLEN TREASURE
IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT

TO PROTECT THEIR RICHES
FROM ALLIED HANDS.

ON APRIL 8th, 1945,
AMERICANS BROKE INTO THE MINE

TO FIND 8,000 BARS OF GOLD,
3,000 BAGS OF GOLD COINS,

AND DOZENS OF PRICELESS
WORKS OF ART.

ALL OF IT WAS REMOVED
FROM A SUBTERRANEAN LAYER,

NOT UNLIKE THE ONE STEFAN AND I
ARE NAVIGATING RIGHT NOW.

MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THIS
VASTNESS LIES A CLUE

ABOUT THIS REGION'S
INFAMOUS TROVE OF TREASURE.

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GET GOING.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO BUILD
OUR HIGH-TECH TREASURE MAP

OF THIS
LONG-LOST TUNNEL SYSTEM.

ALL RIGHT, CHECK THIS OUT.
MOMENT OF TRUTH HERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS TUNNEL
LOOKS LIKE, HUH?

FROM THE SCANNING WE DID,
SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS

USE MILLIONS OF DATA POINTS
TO BUILD A HIGH-RES MODEL.

COULD THERE BE
SEALED-OFF TUNNELS

HIDING BEHIND THESE WALLS?

AND ARE THEY BIG ENOUGH
TO HOUSE A TRAINLOAD OF GOLD?

THERE IT IS.
WOW.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

OKAY, SO YOU CAN SEE
WHERE WE ENTERED RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN LOOK AT THIS.

IS THAT A SECOND--
IS THAT A SECOND LEVEL?

WHOA.

THERE'S A WHOLE LEVEL
THAT WE MAY BE MISSING.

YEAH, WE DEFINITELY GOT
A SECOND LAYER THERE,

STACKED RIGHT ON TOP.
IT'S ALL VERY ORGANIZED.

OUR MODEL IS OPENING UP
A BREATHTAKING NEW WAY

OF EXPLORING
THE MYSTERIOUS RIESE COMPLEX.

TUNNELS RUN LENGTHWISE
FOR OVER A MILE

AND ARE CRISSCROSSED
BY INTERSECTING SIDE PASSAGES,

ALL CREATING WHAT WE CAN NOW SEE
IS A VERY ORDERLY GRID PATTERN.

BUT MOST FASCINATING
OF ALL--

OUR MODEL REVEALS HINTS
OF A SECOND LEVEL,

STACKED ABOVE AT LEAST ONE
OF THE TUNNELS WE SCANNED.

I MEAN, THIS COULD BE
A HUGE TUNNEL SYSTEM,

AND WE'RE ONLY SEEING
A PIECE OF IT.

YEAH.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PROBE
THE AREA RIGHT ABOVE US FURTHER.

OKAY, SO I THINK, STEFAN,
THE NEXT PLAN

IS THAT WE NEED
TO GO UP ABOVE

AND START SCANNING
THE GROUND HERE.

BACK IN THE LIGHT OF DAY,
WE GO TO THE SPOT RIGHT ABOVE

WHERE WE STARTED TO SEE
THAT SECOND LEVEL.

COULD THE FORTUNE OF GOLD BE
LURKING JUST BENEATH OUR FEET?

TO HELP US FIND OUT,
STEFAN'S ARRANGED TO MEET UP

WITH A GEOPHYSICAL TEAM
FROM WARSAW.

THEY BROUGHT ALL THE GEAR
HE NEEDS

TO RUN
SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS.

IF WE COULD SET THE SURVEY UP
ALONG THIS ROADWAY HERE.

150 METERS.
PERFECT, YEAH.

STEFAN BEGINS BY LAYING
SEISMIC SENSORS DOWN

ON A STRAIGHT LINE
THAT CROSSES ABOVE THE AREA

WHERE WE SAW THAT SECOND LEVEL.

FOR THIS FIRST SCAN, WE'LL TAKE
TURNS DRIVING PULSES OF ENERGY

INTO THE GROUND USING A
SLEDGEHAMMER AND A METAL PLATE.

READY?

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

THESE PULSES TRAVEL
AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS

DEPENDING ON THE TYPE
OF MATERIAL

THEY'RE PASSING THROUGH,

REVEALING A ROUGH PICTURE
OF ANY TUNNELS

OR CHAMBERS THAT LIE BENEATH.

LET'S MOVE IT OVER THERE.

WHILE WE HAMMER AWAY, STEFAN'S
ALSO SET UP ANOTHER TOOL,

CALLED ELECTRICAL
RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY.

KNOWN AS E.R.T. FOR SHORT,

THIS TECH WORKS BY INJECTING
ELECTRICAL CURRENT

INTO THE GROUND THROUGH
PAIRS OF ELECTRODES.

ADDITIONAL ELECTRODES THEN
MEASURE HOW EASILY THAT CURRENT

CAN FLOW THROUGH
WHATEVER LIES BELOW,

HOPEFULLY CONFIRMING
THE PRESENCE OF ANY TUNNELS

THAT SHOW UP ON
OUR SLEDGEHAMMER TEST.

IF THERE IS A HUNDRED FOOT
TRAIN BENEATH US,

THERE'S NO HIDING
FROM OUR SCANS.

GETTING YOU READY
FOR THE GULAG!

WILL OUR HARD WORK
AMOUNT TO ANYTHING?

AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR,
WE CAN FINALLY FIND OUT.

DID YOU GET THE DATA?

YES, WE HAVE
THE RESULTS.

LET'S SEE IT.I'LL SHOW YOU.

THAT'S E.R.T.

WHOA!
THIS IS A NEW TUNNEL.

STEFAN AND I ARE IN POLAND,

SEARCHING FOR A LEGENDARY STASH
OF NAZI PLUNDER.

WE'RE REVIEWING THE RESULTS FROM
A GROUND-PROBING ELECTRICAL SCAN

WE CONDUCTED DIRECTLY ABOVE
THE PROJECT RIESE COMPLEX,

AND WE'VE MADE
A STARTLING FIND.

WHOA!

OUR SCAN SEEMS TO INDICATE
THE PRESENCE OF THREE TUNNELS.

A LOT OF COLORS THERE.

SO, THIS IS
10 METERS DOWN.

NOT EVEN-- FIVE METERS DOWN,
THERE'S ANOTHER HOLE.

YES.

AND THERE'S
ANOTHER ONE HERE.

AND THEY'RE ALL THE SAME,
YOU KNOW, DEPTH, TOO.

ALL ABOUT
THE SAME WIDTH.

SO, THIS IS
LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

THIS IS COOL!

THE SLEDGEHAMMER TEST
WE RAN SHOULD CONFIRM

THESE POSSIBLE NEW TUNNELS,
AND IT DOES.

WE HAVE, ESSENTIALLY,
THREE ANOMALIES AGAIN,

AND THAT LINES UP
EXACTLY WITH THE E.R.T.

IT'S LIKE A FOOT OFF.
YEAH.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

IT'S, UH...

THIS IS A NEW TUNNEL THAT
NOBODY'S EVER EXPLORED BEFORE.

THE NETWORK CARVED INTO
THE MOUNTAIN IS GROWING.

FAR FROM ONE SINGLE LAYER,

THE TUNNELS HERE
SEEM TO BE STACKED--

ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER,
AND NOT JUST IN ONE STRETCH.

I AM BLOWN AWAY,
YOU KNOW?

I KNEW THAT BECAUSE
OF THE NETWORK,

THERE MAY BE
UPPER LAYERS,

BUT FINDING THREE
OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE--

THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE.

IF WE KEPT SCANNING
THAT ENTIRE ROAD,

WE MIGHT FIND
THE REST OF THEM.

THE ENTIRE HILLSIDE.

THE DISCOVERY OF THESE
NEW LAYERS IS AN EXCITING LEAD

IN OUR QUEST
TO FIGURE OUT THE PURPOSE

OF THIS MYSTERIOUS COMPLEX.

THE STACKED LEVELS
COULD BE A CLUE

THAT THE COMPLEX
WAS INTENDED

TO BE A WEAPONS
OR AIRCRAFT FACTORY.

WHILE CONSTRUCTING
OTHER UNDERGROUND

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES,

NAZI ENGINEERS FOUND THEY
COULD HOLLOW OUT LARGE CHAMBERS

BY TUNNELING SEVERAL LAYERS
ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER

AND BLOWING UP THE ROCK
BARRIER IN BETWEEN.

THE RESULTING CAVERNS
WERE SIZABLE ENOUGH

TO BUILD AND STORE LARGE WEAPONS

OUT OF REACH
FROM ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS.

BEYOND SIMPLY HINTING
AT THE PURPOSE

OF THIS MYSTERIOUS COMPLEX,

OUR DISCOVERY
OF POSSIBLE NEW TUNNELS

MAKES THE LONG-RUMORED
CONNECTION FROM HERE

TO KSIAZ CASTLE
SEEM MORE PLAUSIBLE.

BUT THE UNIFORM SHAPE
OF THE CAVITIES ON THE SCAN

IMPLY THE TUNNELS ARE NOT
FILLED WITH NAZI LOOT.

SO, WE NEED TO CONSIDER OTHER
OPTIONS THAT COULD EXPLAIN

WHERE THE TRAIN
COULD'VE ENDED UP.

STEFAN AND I MAKE OUR WAY
BACK TO THE TOWN OF WALBRZYCH

TO MEET WITH LOCAL JOURNALIST
KRZYSZTOF KRZYZANOWSKI,

WHO WE'VE HEARD
IS DEVELOPING A NEW THEORY

THAT COULD POINT TO THE MISSING
PROJECT RIESE CONNECTION

AND TO THE LOCATION
OF THE GOLD TRAIN.

STEFAN AND I ARE TRYING
TO JUST UNDERSTAND

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRAIN,
THE TUNNELS,

MAYBE THE CONNECTION
TO THE KSIAZ CASTLE.

MM-HMM. OKAY.

WHAT I FIND INTERESTING
IS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT THEORY

THAN EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS HAD SO FAR.

IS THAT RIGHT?THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE WERE ACCOUNTS GIVEN BY
WITNESSES THAT SHOWED

THAT THIS TRAIN
MAY BE LOCATED

SOMEWHERE ELSE
ALSO IN THIS REGION.

EVERYTHING STARTED
IN 1972.

THAT YEAR, POLISH TV
BROADCAST A DOCUMENTARY

ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR
SOME OF THE MISSING VALUABLES.

AFTERWARDS,
LETTERS CAME POURING IN

ABOUT THESE
LONG-LOST ARTIFACTS.

ONE OF THEM WAS
VERY INTERESTING.

I BROUGHT THIS LETTER,
WHICH WAS SENT TO THE TV STUDIO

FROM A GUY
FROM GERMANY.

HE SAID
THAT IN APRIL 1945,

THERE WAS A TRAIN
STANDING ON THE SIDE RAILS

BETWEEN THE CITY
OF LUBIECHóW.

THAT'S A SPOT BETWEEN
THE WLODARZ TUNNELS

AND KSIAZ CASTLE.

HE SAID THAT THE TRAIN HAD
MAY CARRIAGES LOADED WITH STUFF.

HE SUGGESTED THAT THIS
MIGHT HAVE BEEN

HIDDEN SOMEWHERE
IN THE CASTLE KSIAZ.

AND THIS STARTED A THEORY
THAT, FIRST OF ALL,

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOME SIDE RAILS NEARBY,

AND SECONDLY, IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT THERE WAS A TUNNEL

LEADING FROM THESE SIDE RAILS
TO THE CASTLE?

IT'S AN EXCITING, NEW THEORY
THAT A SIDE RAIL

CONNECTED
THE MAIN RAIL LINE--

WHERE THE TRAIN IS RUMORED
TO HAVE BEEN LAST SPOTTED--

TO KSIAZ CASTLE.

AGAIN, THE CASTLE SEEMS TO BE
TAKING CENTER STAGE,

BUT KRZYSZTOF AND HIS COLLEAGUES
KNEW THEY NEEDED MORE

THAN ONE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT TO
SUPPORT THIS NEW THEORY.

SO, THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR
ANY DOCUMENTS THAT COULD PROVE,

FIRST AND FOREMOST,
THAT THERE WAS A BRANCH

OFF THE MAIN RAIL LINE
IN THE AREA.

AND WE FOUND IT.

REALLY?

KRZYSZTOF SHOWS US A MAP
FROM THE 1930s.

HERE WE CAN SEE THE SIDE RAILS
LEADING TOWARDS THE CASTLE.

OH, MY GOSH.

IN HIS RESEARCH,
KRZYSZTOF ALSO CAME ACROSS

A REMARKABLE
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

TAKEN BY THE NAZIS
IN 1945 OF THE SAME AREA

FEATURED IN THE MAP.

AND HERE WE SEE
THE SAME SPOT AS HERE.

DEFINITELY THERE IS SOME
KIND OF CONSTRUCTION HERE.

WOW.

SO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH SIDES--

ON THE EAST SIDE
AND ON THE WEST SIDE.

YES.
THAT IS CORRECT.

WOW.

COULD THE NAZIS HAVE BEEN
AT WORK ON SOME SORT OF TRACK

OR TUNNEL LEADING TO KSIAZ?

AND COULD ITS CONNECTION
TO THE MAIN RAIL LINE

MEAN THE INFAMOUS NAZI TREASURE
COULD HAVE BEEN SHUTTLED

THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR
TO THE CASTLE?

BUT THE MOST SURPRISING THING
WAS THAT AT THE END

OF THIS TRACK,
THERE IS KIND OF OLD PLATFORM,

WHICH IS
STILL VISIBLE.

SO, YOU FOUND A PLATFORM
RIGHT HERE?

YES.

A PLATFORM SEEMS TO BE VERY REAL
AND SOLID EVIDENCE

THAT THERE WAS A SIDE RAIL LINE
IN THAT SPOT.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO TAKE US TO THAT PLATFORM?

SURE. IT'S NOT FAR AWAY.
WE CAN DO IT.

FANTASTIC.

ARE WE ON TO A MAJOR BREAK
IN THE DECADES-OLD CASE

OF THE MYTHICAL GOLD TRAIN?

I'M IN WALBRZYCH, POLAND,

ALONG WITH TECH EXPERT
STEFAN BURNS,

TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE LEGEND

OF THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN.

LOCAL JOURNALIST
KRZYSZTOF KRZYZANOWSKI

THINKS HE HAS
A LEAD FOR US--

AN OLD RAIL BRANCH AND PLATFORM

NEAR THE 40-MILE MARK
ON THE MAIN RAIL LINE,

A SPOT WHERE AN EYEWITNESS
SAID HE SAW A TRAIN LADEN

WITH BOXES
AT THE END OF THE WAR.

WHERE DID THE TRACK VEER OFF
ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRACK?

IF YOU REMEMBER THE MAP,
WHICH I SHOWED YOU EARLIER,

THIS IS THE PLACE
WHERE IT WAS POSSIBLE

TO SPLIT OFF THE RAIL,

AND WE ARE RIGHT IN THIS SPLIT
RAIL-- THE SIDE LINE.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS
THE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

FOR THE TRACK
OF THE SIDE LINE.

OH, COOL.

THAT'S THE BEGINNING
OD THE SPLIT.

WAIT, SO THIS WOULD BE
THE EDGE OF THE TRACK?

THAT IS RIGHT.

KSIAZ CASTLE IS ABOUT
2,000 METERS

IN A STRAIGHT LINE
FROM THIS POINT.

AS WE WALK TOWARDS THE PLATFORM,

KRZYSZTOF POINTS OUT
DRAINAGE WELLS...

OH, NICE.
HERE'S ANOTHER WELL.

...THAT HE BELIEVES RAN
ALONGSIDE THE OLD RAIL LINE.

THIS IS THE PLATFORM
RIGHT HERE?

YES. HERE AND HERE.
BEHIND ME.

THIS IS THE EDGE?
YES.

YEAH, YOU CAN EVEN SEE
THESE RUSTED ANCHORS

OR SUPPORTS
OR SOMETHING.

IT WASN'T JUST CONCRETE
THAT WAS PUT DOWN.

IT'S ALMOST 200 METERS.

THIS IS A PROMISING SITE
FOR FURTHER TESTING,

BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
A THUNDERSTORM IS ROLLING IN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY
POURING RIGHT NOW,

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET

GOOD READINGS
IN THE RAIN.

AND I DEFINITELY CANNOT SEND UP
THE DRONE IN THIS WEATHER.

I THINK
WE'RE DONE FOR THE DAY.

WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO COME BACK.

FIRST THING THE NEXT MORNING,
WE GET TO WORK

IDENTIFYING
THE BEST SPOT

TO SEARCH FOR A COVERED UP
TUNNEL OR RAIL PASSAGE.

THERE WE GO.

I WANT TO GET MY OWN
AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE

AND SEE IF I CAN'T PICK OUT
ANY CLUES FROM HIGH ABOVE.

WHOA!THIS IS GREAT.

WE'RE VERY CLOSE
TO THOSE POWER LINES.

YEAH.

WELL, YOU CAN DEFINITELY
SEE THE PLATFORM, HUH?

RIGHT THERE.YEAH. YEAH.

LET'S GO UP.

AND ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE OLD TRACKS

ARE FOLLOWING
THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.

HE SAID THAT THESE TRACKS
LED TOWARDS KSIAZ.

LET'S JUST KIND OF BACK UP
AND LOOK AT IT

AND SEE WHERE IT'S HEADING.

OH, LOOK.
THAT'S THE CASTLE.

THAT'S COOL.

THERE DOES SEEM TO BE
A VISIBLE PATHWAY

FROM THE PLATFORM
TOWARDS THE CASTLE.

TODAY, TREES MARK
SOME OF THE LINE.

WELL, IT IS HARD TO SEE
DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND--

THE ELEVATION-- BUT WE'RE RIGHT
HERE, AND THERE'S THE CASTLE.

AND LOOK HOW IT-- LIKE,
BASICALLY RIGHT HERE,

THE MOUNTAINS START.

SO, YOU COULD DIG INTO
THE GROUND NOT TOO FAR UP THERE

AND THEN ESSENTIALLY
ACCESS THE TUNNEL SYSTEM

UNDERNEATH THE CASTLE.YEAH.

THEN ALSO,
THIS LOCATION--

YOU ARE SPLIT OFF
FROM THAT MAIN TRACK TRACK LINE.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE TO THE
CASTLE IS THE SHORTEST DISTANCE.

AND THOSE
FINISHED TUNNELS

ARE DEFINITELY BIG ENOUGH
TO HOLD A TRAIN.

THERE ARE
A LOT OF FACTORS

THAT MAKE THIS
A GOOD SPOT TO LOOK.

YEAH, LET ME LAND THIS DRONE,
AND THEN WE CAN GET STARTED.

YEAH!THERE WE GO.

STEFAN THINKS THAT E.R.T.
AND ELECTRIC MAGNETIC TESTING

WILL GIVE US THE BEST SHOT
AT FINDING ANY EVIDENCE

OF AN OLD RAIL LINE OR A TUNNEL.

E.R.T. CAN DETECT TUNNELS
DEEP IN THE GROUND.

WE USED THE SAME METHOD
EARLIER AT RIESE.

NOT FAR FROM THE END
OF THE PLATFORM,

WE LAY OUT
AN 80-YARD LINE...

KEEP GOING
UNTIL YOU GET TO 72!

...WITH ELECTRODES
APPROXIMATELY EVERY YARD.

WE'LL ALSO USE A MAGNETOMETER
TO IDENTIFY

ANY BURIED METAL OBJECTS
THAT CONTAIN IRON,

LIKE RAIL TIES OR A TRAIN CAR.

IT WORKS BY MEASURING
VERY SMALL VARIATIONS

IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD.

A DISTURBANCE IN THE READINGS

COULD MEAN THERE'S
SOMETHING BELOW.

SO, THIS MAGNETOMETER, YOU KNOW,
WILL HELP US FIND METALS

AND ALSO HELP US FIND,
YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURES--

SO, MAYBE
REINFORCED CONCRETE,

THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEED
TO BUILD A TUNNEL, LET'S SAY.

BUT YOU COULDN'T TAKE THIS
OVER GOLD, COULD YOU?

LIKE, IF THERE WAS A BIG
GOLD BAR, WOULD THIS DETECT IT?

YOU USE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
EQUIPMENT FOR THAT.

BUT BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED

TAKING MEASUREMENTS,
THERE'S A SURPRISE INTERRUPTION.

A WOMAN WHO LIVES NEARBY
TELLS A MEMBER OF OUR CREW

THAT SHE HAS SOME
INFORMATION FOR US,

SO WE'VE STOPPED
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MEET HER.

SHE TELLS US SHE'S LIVED HERE
SINCE THE 1950s,

AND THAT WHEN SHE WAS
A LITTLE GIRL,

THERE WAS A SMALL HILL
WITH AN ENTRANCE

AND STAIRS LEADING DOWN.

WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE FOUND
STEPS GOING DOWN--FIVE OF THEM.

STEPS GOING DOWN?
DOWN?

FIVE STEPS DOWN,
ALL IN CONCRETE,

ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND WHERE DID IT GO?

FIVE STEPS DOWN,
AND THEN NOTHING MORE.

SO, STEPS DOWN
AND THEN NOTHING?

NOTHING.

DO YOU THINK IT FILLED
IN A TUNNEL?

STEFAN AND I ARE
HOT ON THE TRAIL

OF THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN
IN POLAND.

WE'VE JUST LEARNED
FROM A LOCAL RESIDENT

THAT THERE USED TO BE
SOME SORT OF HILL HERE

AND STEPS LEADING DOWN.

WE'RE WONDERING IF THIS COULD BE
EVIDENCE OF A LONG-LOST TUNNEL

THAT COULD HAVE SERVED
AS A POSSIBLE ESCAPE ROUTE

FOR THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN.

DO YOU THINK IT FILLED
IN A TUNNEL?

WE DON'T KNOW.
WE NEVER CHECKED IT.

SHE ALSO TELLS US
THERE'S A GORGE IN THE WOODS,

ONE THAT WAS QUITE DEEP
WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.

COULD THIS ALSO INDICATE
THE START OF A TUNNEL?

IT WAS A DEEP GORGE,
AND THEN IT RAPIDLY ENDED.

THEY WOULDN'T JUST DROP A TRAIN
IN LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW?

THEY WOULD GO AHEAD,
SLOWLY RAMP IT DOWN,

AND THE WHOLE GORGE THING
MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

AND THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN-- BOOM.

THERE'S YOUR TUNNEL.

WOW. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
COMPLETELY, DOESN'T IT?

WE HEAD INTO THE WOODS TO SEE
IF WE CAN FIND

ANY REMNANTS OF THE GORGE.

I MEAN, HERE'S THE GORGE
RIGHT HERE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING UP
IN ELEVATION, SO...

YOU KNOW, IN THEORY,
THERE COULD EASILY BE A TUNNEL

BIG ENOUGH FOR A TRAIN
RIGHT BENEATH US.

AS WE MAKE OUR WAY
BACK OUT TO THE ROAD,

WE SPOT
ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE WELLS,

JUST LIKE THE ONES
THAT KRZYSZTOF BELIEVES

RAN ALONG
THE SIDE RAIL LINE.

IT SEEMS LIKE FURTHER
EVIDENCE OF SOME SORT

OF LARGE-SCALE
CONSTRUCTION HERE.

I CAN'T SEE THE END.
IT JUST KEEPS--

IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

BECAUSE OF
THE SUSPICIOUS FEATURES,

WE DECIDE TO EXTEND OUR TESTING
TO THIS AREA, AS WELL.

WELL, LET'S GO TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE LINE

AND LET'S COLLECT THIS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW
THIS DATA MATCHES UP.

THERE'S DEFINITELY
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SHOW

THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING HERE.

IF ANYTHING'S GONNA SEE IT,
IT'S GONNA BE RESISTIVITY

AND THIS MAGNETOMETER.

INTO THE FOREST!

WE REPEAT THE TESTING
IN THE AREA

THE WOMAN POINTED OUT TO US,
WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE CASTLE.

WE THEN PACK UP THE EQUIPMENT
AND HEAD BACK TO OUR HOTEL.

FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN
ON THE GROUND,

IT APPEARS THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN A SIDE RAIL LINE,

POSSIBLY LEADING TO A TUNNEL
INTO KSIAZ CASTLE.

STEFAN PULLS UP THE E.R.T. DATA
COLLECTED BY THE MAIN RAIL LINE

JUST SHY
OF THE 40-MILE MARK.

WHOA, LOOK AT THAT.
RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S A HUGE ANOMALY.

STEFAN SPOTTED SOMETHING
BENEATH THE GROUND

THAT'S ABOUT 50 FEET LONG
AND 15 FEET HIGH.

IS THAT AN AIR GAP
UNDER THERE?

SO, THIS IS UNUSUAL.

WE MIGHT SEE THAT FEATURE
IF THERE WAS PERHAPS

A TUNNEL
FILLED WITH WATER.

THIS IS WHERE THE LADY SAID
THERE MIGHT BE A PASSAGE, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT
AROUND THAT AREA.

IT COULD ALSO BE SOMEWHERE
WHERE THEY PUT A BUNCH OF METAL.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT
IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I FEEL A LITTLE BIT
WEIRD GOING HERE,

BUT, LIKE, MAYBE A GIANT TRAIN
FILLED WITH GOLD.

WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE
THIS MORE FOR SURE.

I MEAN, THIS IS
A HUGE DISCOVERY.

BUT WILL THE MAGNETOMETER
BACK UP THE E.R.T. FINDINGS?

SO, YOU LOOK HERE.

YOU SEE THESE
NATURAL FLUCTUATIONS

IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
OVER THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY,

BUT THEN LOOK HERE HOW IT JUST
COMPLETELY AMPLIFIES,

FLAT LINES
AT A VERY HIGH SIGNAL,

AND THEN IT GOES BACK
TO ITS NORMAL PATTERN.

THE INCREASE IN SIGNAL INDICATES
THE OBJECT IS HIGHLY MAGNETIC.

AND THIS MATCHES UP
WITH THE ANOMALY

THAT WE SAW FROM THE E.R.T.

YEAH, IT'S RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE.

THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW,
A TRAIN, A LARGE PILE OF METAL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S VERY BIZARRE.

WELL, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S A PRETTY
ASTOUNDING FIND--

WHAT COULD BE
A LARGE METAL OBJECT

RIGHT NEAR THE SPOT
WHERE THE SIDE RAIL BEGAN.

IT'S TANTALIZING TO CONSIDER

WHAT EXACTLY THIS
METAL STRUCTURE COULD BE

AND TO IMAGINE THAT
THESE BLIPS ON A GRAPH

COULD BE SHOWING US
THE FINAL RESTING SPOT

OF THE LEGENDARY
NAZI GOLD TRAIN.

AT THE VERY LEAST,
IT'S COMPELLING EVIDENCE

TOWARDS OUR NEW THEORY
THAT A SIDE RAIL LINE

REALLY DID CONNECT
TO THE CASTLE,

GIVING A DIRECT PATH FOR A TRAIN
BEARING LOOT TO DISAPPEAR

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
HERE AND KSIAZ.

IT IS VERY BIZARRE,
AND I DON'T KNOW

IF WE CAN DEFINITELY SAY
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

BUT THE ONE THING
THAT IS FOR SURE

IS IT KEEPS THIS MYSTERY
OF THE GOLD TRAIN ALIVE.

YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WITH OUR
CUTTING-EDGE TECH,

WE'VE MADE ENORMOUS
PROGRESS IN OUR SEARCH.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED EVIDENCE OF
A LONG-RUMORED CHAMBER AT KSIAZ,

ONE THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED

AS A PRIVATE TRAIN
ENTRANCE FOR HITLER,

WE'VE DISCOVERED
POSSIBLE NEW TUNNELS

STACKED BENEATH
THE RIESE COMPLEX,

TUNNELS THAT COULD EXPLAIN
THE SITE'S PURPOSE

AS A MONSTROUS UNDERGROUND
WEAPONS FACTORY,

AND FOUND CLUES POINTING
TO A CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE TWO SITES--

WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LONG-BURIED
SIDE RAIL LINE OR TUNNEL

WITH AN ENORMOUS UNIDENTIFIED
METAL OBJECT WITHIN.

NEXT, WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS
OF FILING PERMITS

WITH THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
TO EXCAVATE

AT THE SITE
OF THIS METAL OBJECT.

IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS,
BUT WORTH A TRY.

ONE THING IS FOR SURE--

WITH THE NEW EVIDENCE
WE'VE UNCOVERED

AND WITH SO MUCH OF THE
OWL MOUNTAINS STILL UNEXPLORED,

THE LEGEND OF
THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN LIVES ON.