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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,655 There is an island 2 00:00:03,786 --> 00:00:07,181 in the North Atlantic 3 00:00:07,311 --> 00:00:09,400 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 4 00:00:09,531 --> 00:00:11,272 for more than 200 years. 5 00:00:11,402 --> 00:00:13,230 Hold back! 6 00:00:13,361 --> 00:00:14,666 Oh! 7 00:00:14,797 --> 00:00:16,190 SHATNER: To date, 8 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,236 six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 9 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:22,065 -And according to legend... -[explosion] -Whoa! 10 00:00:22,196 --> 00:00:26,765 -SHATNER: ...one more will have to die... -[crow caws] 11 00:00:26,896 --> 00:00:28,680 ...before the treasure can be found. 12 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,423 Treasure? 13 00:00:32,554 --> 00:00:35,078 Curses? [chuckles] 14 00:00:35,209 --> 00:00:36,993 Sounds like the stuff that would ignite the imagination 15 00:00:37,124 --> 00:00:39,430 of your average teenage boy. 16 00:00:39,561 --> 00:00:43,086 And that's exactly what happened more than a half a century ago, 17 00:00:43,217 --> 00:00:46,220 when two brothers-- Rick and Marty Lagina-- 18 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:48,787 read an article in Reader's Digestmagazine 19 00:00:48,918 --> 00:00:52,052 that changed their lives forever. 20 00:00:52,182 --> 00:00:55,272 But is there really a vast and incredible treasure 21 00:00:55,403 --> 00:00:57,013 buried somewhere on Oak Island? 22 00:00:57,144 --> 00:00:58,971 And could that treasure really be guarded 23 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:01,017 by a deadly curse? 24 00:01:01,148 --> 00:01:03,324 Well, that is... 25 00:01:03,454 --> 00:01:06,022 what we'll try and find out. 26 00:01:06,153 --> 00:01:08,068 ♪ 27 00:01:26,956 --> 00:01:28,392 SHATNER: On this small island 28 00:01:28,523 --> 00:01:30,351 just off the coast of Mahone Bay, 29 00:01:30,481 --> 00:01:33,180 the Lagina brothers-- Rick and Marty-- 30 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:35,007 along with their partners, 31 00:01:35,138 --> 00:01:38,141 have invested thousands of hours 32 00:01:38,272 --> 00:01:41,013 and millions of dollars to find a treasure, 33 00:01:41,144 --> 00:01:46,062 and in doing so, solve a centuries-old mystery. 34 00:01:46,193 --> 00:01:48,934 MARTY: We hope to find the treasure. 35 00:01:49,065 --> 00:01:51,459 Either find some fabled treasure, 36 00:01:51,589 --> 00:01:53,374 or figure out what happened here. 37 00:01:53,504 --> 00:01:56,290 Either one of those is a success. 38 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,466 That's what we're hoping for. 39 00:01:58,596 --> 00:02:01,338 RICK: Mine is, find the one thing 40 00:02:01,469 --> 00:02:04,950 that opens the door on the first page of this wonderful story. 41 00:02:05,081 --> 00:02:06,300 Find the one thing. 42 00:02:08,693 --> 00:02:10,695 SHATNER: But believe it or not, 43 00:02:10,826 --> 00:02:13,307 even with all the heavy equipment they've brought in, 44 00:02:13,437 --> 00:02:16,092 and despite finding a number of compelling clues, 45 00:02:16,223 --> 00:02:18,877 and even several intriguing artifacts, 46 00:02:19,008 --> 00:02:21,967 not one piece of genuine treasure 47 00:02:22,098 --> 00:02:24,448 has ever been found on Oak Island. 48 00:02:24,579 --> 00:02:27,538 Even after centuries 49 00:02:27,669 --> 00:02:30,541 of digging and drilling, and after the loss 50 00:02:30,672 --> 00:02:34,415 of no fewer than six lives, there has never been any proof 51 00:02:34,545 --> 00:02:37,331 that a treasure was ever buried there. 52 00:02:37,461 --> 00:02:41,465 So then, why do the Laginas and their partners keep at it? 53 00:02:44,251 --> 00:02:46,209 According to legend, 54 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,343 the story began one night in 1795, 55 00:02:49,473 --> 00:02:51,997 when 18-year-old Daniel McGinnis 56 00:02:52,128 --> 00:02:57,220 noticed strange lights coming from nearby Oak Island. 57 00:02:57,351 --> 00:03:01,224 Deciding to row across the frigid waters of Mahone Bay 58 00:03:01,355 --> 00:03:03,966 to investigate, he brings with him two friends-- 59 00:03:04,096 --> 00:03:07,012 Anthony Vaughan and John Smith. 60 00:03:07,143 --> 00:03:09,972 After reaching the island, 61 00:03:10,102 --> 00:03:12,192 the three young men race toward the source 62 00:03:12,322 --> 00:03:13,410 of the strange lights. 63 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:15,369 But what they find 64 00:03:15,499 --> 00:03:18,415 when they get there is equally mysterious-- 65 00:03:18,546 --> 00:03:21,288 a ship's block and tackle 66 00:03:21,418 --> 00:03:23,551 hanging from the limb of an oak tree, 67 00:03:23,681 --> 00:03:25,683 and just beneath it, 68 00:03:25,814 --> 00:03:29,687 a large, circular depression in the ground, 69 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:34,170 as if something was recently buried and then covered up. 70 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:37,782 PAUL TROUTMAN: Daniel McGinnis 71 00:03:37,913 --> 00:03:41,699 had known about the folklore of pirates being in the area, 72 00:03:41,830 --> 00:03:46,051 so he was suspicious that maybe there was a treasure here. 73 00:03:46,182 --> 00:03:49,577 They came back the next day and started digging. 74 00:03:49,707 --> 00:03:53,494 They started digging down, and they found a row of logs. 75 00:03:53,624 --> 00:03:56,323 And every ten feet, they kept digging, 76 00:03:56,453 --> 00:03:58,673 and they went down to as far as 30 feet. 77 00:03:58,803 --> 00:04:02,067 And they found putty and charcoal, 78 00:04:02,198 --> 00:04:04,592 and figured that there was something to this mystery. 79 00:04:04,722 --> 00:04:08,073 SHATNER: Convinced that no one would go to the trouble 80 00:04:08,204 --> 00:04:11,120 of constructing such an elaborate underground pit 81 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:15,385 unless it was to bury something of tremendous value, 82 00:04:15,516 --> 00:04:20,521 for the next nine years, they dug deeper and deeper, 83 00:04:20,651 --> 00:04:26,178 until, in 1804, when they had reached a depth of 90 feet, 84 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:29,051 they made a remarkable discovery. 85 00:04:29,181 --> 00:04:31,662 One that seemed to confirm their belief 86 00:04:31,793 --> 00:04:36,406 that they were on the brink of finding something extraordinary. 87 00:04:36,537 --> 00:04:39,714 There, embedded in the wooden platform, 88 00:04:39,844 --> 00:04:43,326 was a large, rectangular slab of granite 89 00:04:43,457 --> 00:04:46,982 on which was carved a number of strange symbols, 90 00:04:47,112 --> 00:04:49,680 almost like Egyptian hieroglyphs. 91 00:04:49,811 --> 00:04:52,204 But when they pulled the stone up, 92 00:04:52,335 --> 00:04:54,468 they were met with another surprise. 93 00:04:54,598 --> 00:04:57,253 The hole they dug quickly flooded with seawater, 94 00:04:57,384 --> 00:04:59,168 as if by removing the stone, 95 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:02,432 they had sprung an ingeniously-designed booby trap. 96 00:05:02,563 --> 00:05:05,392 The event thwarted all subsequent attempts 97 00:05:05,522 --> 00:05:07,568 to dig in the ar, 98 00:05:07,698 --> 00:05:10,135 which was now known as "the Money Pit." 99 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,791 DAVID WHITEHEAD: For the next 200 years, 100 00:05:13,922 --> 00:05:16,228 flooding would hamper any attempt 101 00:05:16,359 --> 00:05:18,709 to uncover buried treasure there. 102 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,191 Until the flooding problem is solved, 103 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,541 there is very little likelihood 104 00:05:24,672 --> 00:05:26,587 that any treasure will be found there. 105 00:05:29,546 --> 00:05:32,680 SHATNER: When the symbols on the stone slab were later translated, 106 00:05:32,810 --> 00:05:34,812 it was believed to read, 107 00:05:34,943 --> 00:05:38,773 "Forty feet below two million pounds lie buried." 108 00:05:38,903 --> 00:05:43,081 But many Oak Island theorists weren't so certain 109 00:05:43,212 --> 00:05:45,388 this translation was accurate. 110 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:48,652 After all, who said it was meant to be translated into English? 111 00:05:48,783 --> 00:05:52,134 French, Spanish, Portuguese pirates were known 112 00:05:52,264 --> 00:05:55,180 to frequent these islands ever since the 1600s. 113 00:05:55,311 --> 00:05:58,662 Some believed the translation offered instructions 114 00:05:58,793 --> 00:06:01,491 on how to shut off the booby traps, 115 00:06:01,622 --> 00:06:03,363 while others insisted 116 00:06:03,493 --> 00:06:06,191 the symbols were placed there as a deadly curse, 117 00:06:06,322 --> 00:06:09,281 daring anyone who continued the search for the treasure 118 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:12,676 to proceed at the risk of their life. 119 00:06:12,807 --> 00:06:14,417 D'ARCY O'CONNOR: There's been stories 120 00:06:14,548 --> 00:06:15,636 of the curse of Oak Island 121 00:06:15,766 --> 00:06:19,379 going way back, even before 1795. 122 00:06:19,509 --> 00:06:22,686 People believe this island is cursed, 123 00:06:22,817 --> 00:06:26,124 that if you get a little too close to the truth, 124 00:06:26,255 --> 00:06:29,214 to the treasure, your life was in danger. 125 00:06:31,913 --> 00:06:34,481 We don't know how curses work or if they work. 126 00:06:34,611 --> 00:06:36,526 Is there some kind of metaphysical power? 127 00:06:36,657 --> 00:06:38,398 Or is it the power of suggestion? 128 00:06:38,528 --> 00:06:41,183 Perhaps it's self-fulfilling. 129 00:06:41,313 --> 00:06:45,883 Somebody hears about the curse, and so, it has effect. 130 00:06:46,014 --> 00:06:48,146 Maybe you're not a superstitious person, 131 00:06:48,277 --> 00:06:50,540 you don't believe in curses, but just, 132 00:06:50,671 --> 00:06:52,716 it's not unusual 133 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:55,371 that even if you think something's impossible, 134 00:06:55,502 --> 00:06:57,504 still a lot of emotions are just driven 135 00:06:57,634 --> 00:06:59,549 through unconscious processes. 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,595 And knowing that you're in a place 137 00:07:01,725 --> 00:07:05,425 that is cursed might make you feel bad and uneasy. 138 00:07:07,078 --> 00:07:11,300 So when we talk about a curse on Oak Island, 139 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:15,435 is the curse manifested in some sort of supernatural element, 140 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:19,177 or do people just feel that their luck isn't there? 141 00:07:19,308 --> 00:07:21,441 DOUG CROWELL: The island has a long history 142 00:07:21,571 --> 00:07:23,791 of something happening 143 00:07:23,921 --> 00:07:25,923 just when you're on the cusp 144 00:07:26,054 --> 00:07:28,926 of retrieving the treasure or getting the awers. 145 00:07:29,057 --> 00:07:32,277 SHATNER: But were the stories of curses justified? 146 00:07:32,408 --> 00:07:35,367 After all, what good is a curse without a victim? 147 00:07:35,498 --> 00:07:37,152 That question was brutally answered 148 00:07:37,282 --> 00:07:40,938 on a hot summer's day in 1861. 149 00:07:41,069 --> 00:07:43,419 TROUTMAN: There was a man that was working at the Money Pit 150 00:07:43,550 --> 00:07:45,203 with a steam boiler. 151 00:07:45,334 --> 00:07:47,510 [steam hissing, rhythmic whooshing] 152 00:07:47,641 --> 00:07:50,774 The boiler overpressurized and exploded... 153 00:07:50,905 --> 00:07:52,950 [loud explosion] 154 00:07:53,081 --> 00:07:55,649 ...and apparently, scalded him to death and injured 155 00:07:55,779 --> 00:07:57,389 a few others. 156 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:58,956 Unfortunately, we don't know his name 157 00:07:59,087 --> 00:08:01,219 because the death records weren't kept 158 00:08:01,350 --> 00:08:03,570 until 1864 in the province. 159 00:08:06,703 --> 00:08:11,186 SHATNER: On March 26, 1897, 160 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:13,231 tragedy struck again, 161 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:16,017 when 47-year-old Maynard Kaiser, 162 00:08:16,147 --> 00:08:19,760 while working for the island's new owner, Frederick Blair, 163 00:08:19,890 --> 00:08:24,765 became Oak Island's second human casualty. 164 00:08:24,895 --> 00:08:26,593 They had a pit nearby the Money Pit 165 00:08:26,723 --> 00:08:28,595 that they were using for fresh water. 166 00:08:28,725 --> 00:08:31,685 And they would put the buckets down there and bring them up. 167 00:08:31,815 --> 00:08:34,296 And one of the buckets had become disconnected, 168 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:37,647 so Maynard Kaiser went down on the rope 169 00:08:37,778 --> 00:08:41,216 to reconnect the bucket. 170 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:43,566 And as they were coming back up, 171 00:08:43,697 --> 00:08:45,786 the weight of the water in the bucket and the additional weight 172 00:08:45,916 --> 00:08:49,441 from Maynard caused the rope to unspool. 173 00:08:49,572 --> 00:08:51,835 -[man screaming] -And he fell to his death, 174 00:08:51,966 --> 00:08:53,533 some 80 feet down. 175 00:08:56,492 --> 00:08:59,756 The aftermath of this unfortunate incident 176 00:08:59,887 --> 00:09:02,803 is that many of the workers, 177 00:09:02,933 --> 00:09:05,501 being quite superstitious, it is said, 178 00:09:05,632 --> 00:09:07,677 refused to go back down in the pits. 179 00:09:09,505 --> 00:09:12,726 In fact, they quit their jobs, 180 00:09:12,856 --> 00:09:15,337 and work came to a standstill on the island. 181 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:22,692 SHATNER: Maynard Kaiser's body was never recovered, 182 00:09:22,823 --> 00:09:27,305 as if devoured by the Money Pit itself. 183 00:09:27,436 --> 00:09:29,873 Oak Island now had a curse, 184 00:09:30,004 --> 00:09:33,268 and its second taste of human blood. 185 00:09:33,398 --> 00:09:35,923 But was there a treasure? 186 00:09:36,053 --> 00:09:39,666 And, if so, who buried it there? 187 00:09:39,796 --> 00:09:42,538 What group of people had the kind of skills 188 00:09:42,669 --> 00:09:44,540 needed to booby-trap 189 00:09:44,671 --> 00:09:47,499 something buried at least ten stories underground? 190 00:09:47,630 --> 00:09:51,155 For many, the answer was simple... 191 00:09:51,286 --> 00:09:53,201 pirates. 192 00:09:58,510 --> 00:10:02,166 SHATNER: On a humid summer day in 1969, 193 00:10:02,297 --> 00:10:04,647 Oak Island land owner and treasure hunter, Fred Nolan, 194 00:10:04,778 --> 00:10:07,389 makes a remarkable discovery. 195 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:10,653 While investigating the island's triangle-shaped swamp, 196 00:10:10,784 --> 00:10:13,569 he unearths compelling evidence 197 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:17,355 that a large ship might have been buried there. 198 00:10:17,486 --> 00:10:20,750 Fred actually retrieved ship artifacts from the swamp. 199 00:10:20,881 --> 00:10:24,145 There's was a ship's mast, there was ship's scuppers. 200 00:10:24,275 --> 00:10:26,538 Did he suspect there was a ship? 201 00:10:26,669 --> 00:10:29,150 The answer would almost certainly have to be "yes." 202 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,588 SHATNER: The find serves to confirm 203 00:10:32,719 --> 00:10:35,678 what Fred Nolan has believed for some time: 204 00:10:35,809 --> 00:10:39,116 that the Oak Island swamp is man-made, 205 00:10:39,247 --> 00:10:44,034 and that it was created to hide a large sailing ship. 206 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:46,515 But why? 207 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,691 Well, the main thing that supports the idea 208 00:10:48,822 --> 00:10:51,868 that Oak Island was two islands 209 00:10:51,999 --> 00:10:55,176 is that one end of the island is made of granite, 210 00:10:55,306 --> 00:10:59,267 and the other is sandstone, limestone, crumbly rocks. 211 00:10:59,397 --> 00:11:02,270 They're two completely different compositions 212 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,228 on one end of the island and the other. 213 00:11:04,359 --> 00:11:06,491 So it-it almost seems like they're two... 214 00:11:06,622 --> 00:11:08,493 two separate... islands. 215 00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:12,367 Fred's theory that somebody sailed a boat 216 00:11:12,497 --> 00:11:15,109 into the waters, you know, 217 00:11:15,239 --> 00:11:17,546 between these two very close islands and sunk it 218 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:20,680 with a treasure on it was, like, it was one more outlandish idea, 219 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:22,464 until people started pulling 220 00:11:22,594 --> 00:11:26,511 pieces of an old Spanish ship out of the swamp. 221 00:11:26,642 --> 00:11:29,471 [chuckles]: So... it looks like a ship was sunk there. 222 00:11:29,601 --> 00:11:31,429 [crow cawing] 223 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,301 SHATNER: Fred Nolan's discovery 224 00:11:33,431 --> 00:11:35,303 also seemed to validate the theory, 225 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:38,654 held by Daniel McGinnis back in 1795, 226 00:11:38,785 --> 00:11:41,222 that not only was an incredible treasure buried 227 00:11:41,352 --> 00:11:43,267 somewhere on Oak Island 228 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:45,617 but that it was put there 229 00:11:45,748 --> 00:11:48,142 sometime before the 18th century... 230 00:11:48,272 --> 00:11:50,318 by pirates. 231 00:11:50,448 --> 00:11:52,755 SULLIVAN: It was a time when pirate treasures 232 00:11:52,886 --> 00:11:55,671 or caches of gold coins 233 00:11:55,802 --> 00:11:57,586 were being discovered all over Nova Scotia. 234 00:11:59,675 --> 00:12:01,546 A lot of them buried by pirates. 235 00:12:01,677 --> 00:12:03,679 And so people 236 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:06,595 were actually digging up treasures occasionally. 237 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,902 Naturally, that's what people would imagine first 238 00:12:09,032 --> 00:12:13,254 about Oak Island, because it was the only known theory 239 00:12:13,384 --> 00:12:16,605 of people laying in treasure, uh, and it persisted 240 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:19,608 because nobody came up with any alternatives. 241 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:22,524 CROWELL: I think one of the reasons it's so easy 242 00:12:22,654 --> 00:12:25,396 to associate pirate lore with Oak Island 243 00:12:25,527 --> 00:12:28,399 is that Mahone Bay was unpopulated at that time. 244 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:31,489 So, I mean, this was a very secluded bay, 245 00:12:31,620 --> 00:12:33,361 a perfect haven for pirates 246 00:12:33,491 --> 00:12:35,493 that wanted to be out of the way of prying eyes. 247 00:12:37,017 --> 00:12:39,062 TROUTMAN: Several pirates have been credited 248 00:12:39,193 --> 00:12:41,456 with possibly depositing the treasure here on Oak Island, 249 00:12:41,586 --> 00:12:43,414 including Peter Easton... 250 00:12:43,545 --> 00:12:45,547 Blackbeard... 251 00:12:45,677 --> 00:12:47,592 and William Kidd. 252 00:12:47,723 --> 00:12:50,160 In the early accounts of the Oak Island mystery, 253 00:12:50,291 --> 00:12:52,554 it was often told that... 254 00:12:52,684 --> 00:12:55,862 a dying man in the New England states 255 00:12:55,992 --> 00:12:58,299 said he was a member of Captain Kidd's crew 256 00:12:58,429 --> 00:13:00,344 and that he had a treasure map 257 00:13:00,475 --> 00:13:02,912 to where Kidd's treasure was buried. 258 00:13:03,043 --> 00:13:05,436 Many historians will tell you that Captain Kidd 259 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:07,221 never visited Nova Scotia, 260 00:13:07,351 --> 00:13:09,963 that he never got further north than Boston. 261 00:13:10,093 --> 00:13:12,574 There is a lot of local lore here in Nova Scotia, though, 262 00:13:12,704 --> 00:13:14,315 that he did. 263 00:13:18,188 --> 00:13:19,886 MARTY: My favorite pirate of all time is, uh, 264 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,409 is Peter Easton, 265 00:13:21,539 --> 00:13:24,107 who was based up here in Newfoundland, 266 00:13:24,238 --> 00:13:28,242 and he had a fleet of something like 14 or 17 ships. 267 00:13:28,372 --> 00:13:31,201 They called him the Pirate Admiral. 268 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:33,508 CROWELL: He often... 269 00:13:33,638 --> 00:13:35,771 stuck close to Newfoundland 270 00:13:35,902 --> 00:13:37,773 and preyed on the trade routes from there. 271 00:13:37,904 --> 00:13:40,732 Once a year, the Spanish galleons would come 272 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:43,170 from South America back to Spain. 273 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:44,432 He would prey on them. 274 00:13:44,562 --> 00:13:46,434 He amassed quite a fortune. 275 00:13:46,564 --> 00:13:48,436 I've heard it said that Peter Easton amassed 276 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:50,742 two million pounds. 277 00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:52,701 That is really interesting when you consider 278 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,356 what the solution to the cipher 279 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,575 that was on the 90 Foot Stone said, 280 00:13:57,706 --> 00:14:01,144 which was: "Forty feet below two million pounds are buried." 281 00:14:02,363 --> 00:14:04,539 Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, 282 00:14:04,669 --> 00:14:07,455 had said, before he was hung, 283 00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:10,501 that he had buried his treasure somewhere 284 00:14:10,632 --> 00:14:14,288 where "none but myself and the devil can find it." 285 00:14:14,418 --> 00:14:16,768 He claimed to have hidden the treasure somewhere 286 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:18,945 in the New World, 287 00:14:19,075 --> 00:14:22,905 so people made the connection between Teach and Oak Island. 288 00:14:24,733 --> 00:14:26,648 SHATNER: The Pirate Admiral, 289 00:14:26,778 --> 00:14:29,259 Captain Kidd 290 00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:31,740 and Blackbeard. 291 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,655 Did these infamous buccaneers 292 00:14:33,785 --> 00:14:37,702 really bury their stolen treasures on Oak Island? 293 00:14:37,833 --> 00:14:39,661 And even if they did, where did they get 294 00:14:39,791 --> 00:14:42,751 the incredible engineering skills 295 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:45,841 that would have enabled them to bury a treasure so ingeniously, 296 00:14:45,972 --> 00:14:49,627 complete with booby traps? 297 00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:52,500 You know, when I was first asked whether it was possible 298 00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:54,981 pirates could've constructed the Money Pit, I scoffed. 299 00:14:55,111 --> 00:14:56,939 You know, I mean, because pirates would, 300 00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:58,419 what would they do with their booty? 301 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:00,595 They'd dig a hole ten feet deep, 302 00:15:00,725 --> 00:15:03,946 bury it and come back for it when they were ready. 303 00:15:04,077 --> 00:15:06,731 But I didn't know then about the works that pirates had created 304 00:15:06,862 --> 00:15:10,648 at, uh, Port Royal in Jamaica and on Tortuga, 305 00:15:10,779 --> 00:15:15,262 which are incredibly elaborate systems of tunnels and vaults 306 00:15:15,392 --> 00:15:18,526 that more than match in scope what's been done on Oak Island. 307 00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:20,920 So there clearly were pirate engineers, 308 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:25,315 and I couldn't be as dismissive of the pirate theory after that. 309 00:15:27,013 --> 00:15:29,015 SHATNER: But even if pirates did hide 310 00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:32,583 an incredible treasure on Oak Island, 311 00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:35,543 is it really possible that it would bear a deadly curse? 312 00:15:35,673 --> 00:15:39,329 There are some Oak Island historians who are convinced 313 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:43,246 that the answer is a disturbing yes. 314 00:15:45,727 --> 00:15:47,511 In pirate folklore, it's a common thing 315 00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:49,992 that they would bury somebody that was alive 316 00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:51,994 to guard the treasure as a spirit 317 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:53,865 so it would be cursed and haunted, 318 00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:56,564 so nobody would be able to get access to the treasure. 319 00:15:56,694 --> 00:15:58,740 That seems to play into a lot of the myths 320 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:02,178 regarding the-the curse on the island. 321 00:16:02,309 --> 00:16:04,964 One of the stories is that pirates may have buried 322 00:16:05,094 --> 00:16:08,010 their treasure on the island in treasure tunnels. 323 00:16:08,141 --> 00:16:10,621 And they had slaves digging for them. 324 00:16:10,752 --> 00:16:14,451 And in the process, they left them there to die. 325 00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:17,889 [screams] 326 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,501 And as they knew they were dying, 327 00:16:20,631 --> 00:16:22,633 those slaves cursed those pirates 328 00:16:22,764 --> 00:16:26,942 and cursed that treasure, and by extension, the whole island. 329 00:16:27,073 --> 00:16:29,118 [wailing, chains rattling] 330 00:16:29,249 --> 00:16:31,555 Sometimes those near the tunnels late at night 331 00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:33,688 could hear the rattling of chains. 332 00:16:36,299 --> 00:16:39,476 Perhaps that's the energy we're dealing with today. 333 00:16:39,607 --> 00:16:43,089 It is like a time bomb, 334 00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:46,788 something that goes down through the ages. 335 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:52,663 The idea that Oak Island might be haunted by the souls 336 00:16:52,794 --> 00:16:55,927 of those who dug the treasure tunnels had a chilling effect 337 00:16:56,058 --> 00:16:58,060 on pretty much everyone who came there. 338 00:16:58,191 --> 00:17:00,845 So far, two men had died horribly. 339 00:17:00,976 --> 00:17:05,024 But Oak Island's reputation as cursed didn't really take hold 340 00:17:05,154 --> 00:17:09,680 until a man came to the island claiming that he and he alone 341 00:17:09,811 --> 00:17:11,291 could solve the mystery. 342 00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:14,337 It was a notion that would ultimately cost him 343 00:17:14,468 --> 00:17:18,646 and three other men, including his son, their lives. 344 00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:29,091 SHATNER: An article appears in Coronetmagazine 345 00:17:29,222 --> 00:17:31,615 called "The Buried Treasure of Oak Island." 346 00:17:31,746 --> 00:17:34,705 It attracts the attention of a former motorcycle daredevil 347 00:17:34,836 --> 00:17:37,056 named Robert Restall. 348 00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:40,233 Having professionally toured Europe and North America 349 00:17:40,363 --> 00:17:43,105 with his wife Mildred throughout the 1930s and '40s, 350 00:17:43,236 --> 00:17:46,543 Robert was now a man who struggled to find work 351 00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:49,155 that earned him enough to provide for his family. 352 00:17:49,285 --> 00:17:54,073 But now, after reading about the possibility of a vast treasure 353 00:17:54,203 --> 00:17:57,641 buried deep beneath the surface of a small Canadian island, 354 00:17:57,772 --> 00:18:01,906 Robert became convinced that he had both the engineering skills 355 00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:07,695 and the determination to solve the Oak Island mystery. 356 00:18:07,825 --> 00:18:10,915 Robert Restall got involved in Oak Island 357 00:18:11,046 --> 00:18:13,614 like so many others have, by reading a magazine article. 358 00:18:13,744 --> 00:18:16,095 So when he read about Oak Island, 359 00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:20,490 he got every single available document, book, you name it, 360 00:18:20,621 --> 00:18:23,450 maps, charts, and studied Oak Island. 361 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,756 It was his passion. He would stay up at night 362 00:18:25,887 --> 00:18:28,759 reading, like, the survey maps of Oak Island 363 00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:31,197 and looking for clues and codes and things. 364 00:18:31,327 --> 00:18:34,635 SHATNER: After making a deal with the owner of the island Mel Chappell 365 00:18:34,765 --> 00:18:37,812 on October 15, 1959, 366 00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:40,641 Robert Restall moves his family onto the island 367 00:18:40,771 --> 00:18:42,817 and takes up the search. 368 00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:44,514 RICK RESTALL: I was just a nine year old boy. 369 00:18:44,645 --> 00:18:47,038 It was, uh, it was like leaving the city 370 00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:49,693 and arriving in some paradise. 371 00:18:49,824 --> 00:18:54,176 It was just full of life, color, nature, 372 00:18:54,307 --> 00:18:56,178 and, uh, I couldn't have been happier. 373 00:18:56,309 --> 00:19:00,139 For almost two or three years, I think, 374 00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:02,706 I was the luckiest kid in the world. 375 00:19:06,754 --> 00:19:09,974 Many people talk about the treasure of Oak Island, 376 00:19:10,105 --> 00:19:15,980 but the treasure to my dad was not so much the money, 377 00:19:16,111 --> 00:19:20,855 but it was being the one who was able to unravel 378 00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:24,424 the mystery of the island. 379 00:19:26,382 --> 00:19:29,124 RICK: The men were always busy digging... 380 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:35,130 ...or writing letters to investors 381 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:36,740 or working on a piece of machinery 382 00:19:36,871 --> 00:19:40,135 that was becoming problematic. 383 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:44,052 Or as Bobby did, uh, 384 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:48,752 making maps and drawings of the work that was ongoing. 385 00:19:51,146 --> 00:19:53,583 LAMB: My dad was totally innovative. 386 00:19:53,714 --> 00:19:55,716 And he knew what the others had done 387 00:19:55,846 --> 00:19:57,848 and where they had fallen short. 388 00:19:57,979 --> 00:20:00,677 Up to that point, people didn't really trust 389 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:03,158 the work of the person ahead of them. 390 00:20:03,289 --> 00:20:05,726 But Dad wasn't gonna make that mistake. 391 00:20:05,856 --> 00:20:09,208 He was going to take everything just the one step further. 392 00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:11,210 That's all he had to do. 393 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:13,734 It wasn't a big deal. 394 00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:16,171 And he really believed he could do it in about three months. 395 00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:20,828 SHATNER: Unfortunately for Robert Restall, 396 00:20:20,958 --> 00:20:24,962 three months eventually became five long years, 397 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:29,053 during which his family endured the harshest of conditions. 398 00:20:29,184 --> 00:20:31,839 Bitter cold in the winter, 399 00:20:31,969 --> 00:20:34,058 sweltering heat during the summer. 400 00:20:34,189 --> 00:20:35,886 For Robert Restall, 401 00:20:36,017 --> 00:20:39,934 determination eventually turned into desperation. 402 00:20:40,064 --> 00:20:44,634 And desperation into obsession. 403 00:20:44,765 --> 00:20:46,114 If you're trying to understand the mindset 404 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:48,421 of a treasure hunter, it's actually very useful 405 00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:50,684 to try to understand the psychology behind gambling. 406 00:20:52,163 --> 00:20:55,645 Sometimes gamblers will spend many, many hours 407 00:20:55,776 --> 00:20:58,692 at the same slot machine, and in a sense, you could say 408 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:01,216 that's like a microcosm of what's happening 409 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:03,697 with very obsessed treasure hunters. 410 00:21:03,827 --> 00:21:07,875 In the case of either treasure hunting or gambling, 411 00:21:08,005 --> 00:21:10,660 if the person is failing after many repeated attempts 412 00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:12,749 and not getting any reward, 413 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,536 most often, people will eventually give out. 414 00:21:18,581 --> 00:21:22,237 But that's what separates these obsessive personalities 415 00:21:22,368 --> 00:21:24,674 from the ones that will just quit. 416 00:21:24,805 --> 00:21:28,287 And they will keep on chasing that rush 417 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,289 and building up that anticipation 418 00:21:30,419 --> 00:21:32,726 until they get rewards. 419 00:21:34,554 --> 00:21:37,687 I think obsession is the salient characteristic 420 00:21:37,818 --> 00:21:38,949 of what happens on this island. 421 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,255 I really, really do. 422 00:21:40,386 --> 00:21:43,258 And knowing that that condition exists here, 423 00:21:43,389 --> 00:21:45,652 I think it's something to be wary of. 424 00:21:45,782 --> 00:21:49,046 I think it's easy to become obsessed with this. 425 00:21:49,177 --> 00:21:52,920 I feel that the treasure is here and that we can get it, 426 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:56,880 and we're going to stay here until we do. 427 00:21:57,011 --> 00:21:59,753 SHATNER: By 1965, Robert Restall had poured everything he had 428 00:21:59,883 --> 00:22:01,363 into Oak Island. 429 00:22:01,494 --> 00:22:04,235 He couldn't leave empty-handed. 430 00:22:04,366 --> 00:22:07,891 And then, on August 17, 1965, 431 00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:09,153 Robert Restall, 432 00:22:09,284 --> 00:22:12,026 his eldest son Bobby, 433 00:22:12,156 --> 00:22:13,941 and two of his coworkers 434 00:22:14,071 --> 00:22:17,292 would become part of Oak Island history. 435 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:21,035 But not in the way they had hoped. 436 00:22:21,165 --> 00:22:23,733 That afternoon, Robert had intended to travel 437 00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:25,996 to the mainland to visit the bank. 438 00:22:26,127 --> 00:22:27,998 But he took one last walk to take another look 439 00:22:28,129 --> 00:22:30,000 at their current work. 440 00:22:30,131 --> 00:22:32,960 And while he was looking in the shaft, 441 00:22:33,090 --> 00:22:34,918 he tumbled in. 442 00:22:35,049 --> 00:22:36,355 ♪ 443 00:22:36,485 --> 00:22:38,748 His son Bobby saw his father 444 00:22:38,879 --> 00:22:40,228 tumble into the shaft, 445 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,144 and quickly went to his aid. 446 00:22:43,274 --> 00:22:45,842 Carl Graeser was very close behind, 447 00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:48,018 Cyril Hiltz, Andrew DeMont 448 00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:50,194 and Leonard Kaizer 449 00:22:50,325 --> 00:22:53,589 also followed them down into the shaft. 450 00:22:59,987 --> 00:23:04,078 Of all the individuals that entered the shaft, 451 00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:06,385 only two were saved. 452 00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:09,170 They all seemed to have been overcome 453 00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:12,391 by some gas in the shaft. 454 00:23:12,521 --> 00:23:14,958 SHATNER: By the end of that tragic day, 455 00:23:15,089 --> 00:23:18,745 Oak Island's deadly curse had added the names of four men 456 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:20,877 to its list of victims: 457 00:23:21,008 --> 00:23:22,836 Robert Restall, 458 00:23:22,966 --> 00:23:24,228 his son Bobby, 459 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:25,839 Cyril Hiltz 460 00:23:25,969 --> 00:23:27,884 and Carl Graeser. 461 00:23:28,015 --> 00:23:33,020 And in a morbid twist on an already sad tale, 462 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:36,327 a rumor was being spread 463 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:39,418 that not only was the Oak Island curse real 464 00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:41,942 but that one more would have to die 465 00:23:42,072 --> 00:23:44,553 in pursuit of the treasure 466 00:23:44,684 --> 00:23:48,383 before the Oak Island mystery could be solved. 467 00:23:48,514 --> 00:23:52,213 The idea of seven people dying seems to have come 468 00:23:52,343 --> 00:23:55,912 from a 1967 article in Truemagazine. 469 00:23:56,043 --> 00:23:58,785 It was attributing this to a local legend 470 00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:01,091 that said seven men have to die 471 00:24:01,222 --> 00:24:04,138 before the treasure will be found. 472 00:24:04,268 --> 00:24:08,185 SHATNER: But is the notion of an Oak Island curse simply made-up, 473 00:24:08,316 --> 00:24:11,362 the product of a pulp writer's fantasy? 474 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:14,148 Or is it real? 475 00:24:14,278 --> 00:24:16,933 There are many who insist that not only is it real 476 00:24:17,064 --> 00:24:19,022 but that its origins 477 00:24:19,153 --> 00:24:22,069 stretch back long before the days of pirates, 478 00:24:22,199 --> 00:24:24,027 all the way back 479 00:24:24,158 --> 00:24:27,291 to the days of the Knights Templar. 480 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:34,037 ♪ 481 00:24:38,259 --> 00:24:40,348 I mean, this is an ideal situation, Rick, 482 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:41,915 because, obviously, it's low tide. 483 00:24:42,045 --> 00:24:44,700 -RICK: Mm-hmm. -We got these rock pools. 484 00:24:44,831 --> 00:24:45,875 RICK: So, you're thinking between 485 00:24:46,006 --> 00:24:47,224 the beach and the old cofferdams. 486 00:24:47,355 --> 00:24:49,400 -This is a perfect spot? -Yeah. 487 00:24:49,531 --> 00:24:50,793 So, let's see if we can find something. 488 00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:52,099 SHATNER: While searching 489 00:24:52,229 --> 00:24:54,057 along a stretch of Oak Island's shoreline, 490 00:24:54,188 --> 00:24:57,713 Rick Lagina and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 491 00:24:57,844 --> 00:24:59,236 make a shocking discovery... 492 00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:02,762 [beeping] 493 00:25:02,892 --> 00:25:04,328 That's worth digging, Rick. 494 00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:09,159 SHATNER: ...one that would ultimately shed light 495 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:11,945 on the Oak Island curse. 496 00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:13,816 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 497 00:25:13,947 --> 00:25:15,470 What? 498 00:25:15,601 --> 00:25:17,037 -I don't see anything. -I see something. 499 00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:19,387 [beeping] 500 00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:25,045 Holy... 501 00:25:25,175 --> 00:25:28,004 Holy schmoly, all right. 502 00:25:28,135 --> 00:25:30,354 -RICK: It's a cross. -That's a cross. 503 00:25:32,008 --> 00:25:33,444 There's a square hole. 504 00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:35,359 Yeah, right there. 505 00:25:35,490 --> 00:25:37,013 It's heavy, too. 506 00:25:37,144 --> 00:25:38,449 Oh, my gosh. I mean, 507 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,148 that is an old, old cross. 508 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:43,542 I didn't really know 509 00:25:43,672 --> 00:25:46,196 what it was until I pick it up 510 00:25:46,327 --> 00:25:47,894 and I can see 511 00:25:48,024 --> 00:25:50,766 this is a religious artifact. 512 00:25:50,897 --> 00:25:53,595 I could tell straightaway 513 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:58,034 that this cross is probably hundreds of years old. 514 00:25:58,165 --> 00:26:00,820 This isn't a modern design. 515 00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:02,343 I got to be honest, when I first saw it, 516 00:26:02,473 --> 00:26:04,084 I'm thinking medieval. 517 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,869 Sweet! 518 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,654 Gary was extremely excited. 519 00:26:08,784 --> 00:26:11,482 More excited than anything he's ever found on the island. 520 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:14,964 GARY: This is the type of thing I'd expect to find in Europe. 521 00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:20,056 I would say that is somewhere between 1200 and 1600. 522 00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:23,146 RICK: It's really that old? 523 00:26:23,277 --> 00:26:24,365 Yeah, that is old. 524 00:26:24,495 --> 00:26:26,497 That is really old. 525 00:26:26,628 --> 00:26:28,499 I've seen that shape before. 526 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:30,240 I swear, that'll tell the tale how old it is. 527 00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:31,851 -That shape. -Yeah. 528 00:26:31,981 --> 00:26:34,201 Where do you think you've seen it before? 529 00:26:34,331 --> 00:26:36,420 You know, when I was in France, 530 00:26:36,551 --> 00:26:38,988 I swear I saw a carving like that 531 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,035 in the Templar prison in Domme. 532 00:26:42,165 --> 00:26:45,299 ♪ 533 00:26:45,429 --> 00:26:47,388 SHATNER: Incredibly, it was while on a research trip to France 534 00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:49,433 one month earlier 535 00:26:49,564 --> 00:26:52,611 that Rick Lagina was shown a virtually identical carving 536 00:26:52,741 --> 00:26:56,789 etched into the wall of Domme Prison, 537 00:26:56,919 --> 00:26:59,443 a 13th-century fortress 538 00:26:59,574 --> 00:27:02,055 where 70 members of the Knights Templar were imprisoned 539 00:27:02,185 --> 00:27:03,665 and tortured 540 00:27:03,796 --> 00:27:07,451 -prior to execution. -[distorted shouting] 541 00:27:07,582 --> 00:27:10,367 But could the striking similarity between the cross 542 00:27:10,498 --> 00:27:12,979 found by Rick Lagina at Smith's Cove 543 00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:16,156 and the carving on the wall at Domme Prison suggest 544 00:27:16,286 --> 00:27:18,637 that some members of the Knights Templar actually made 545 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,204 their way across the Atlantic to North America 546 00:27:21,335 --> 00:27:24,860 centuries before Christopher Columbus' historic voyage 547 00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:28,516 in 1492? 548 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,693 The Knights Templar were founded in the 12th century, 549 00:27:31,824 --> 00:27:34,609 and they were the world's first combination 550 00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:37,525 of warrior and monk, a security force 551 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,440 of a sort that would assist pilgrims 552 00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:42,443 on their journey to the Holy Land. 553 00:27:42,573 --> 00:27:44,314 And one of the services they provided 554 00:27:44,445 --> 00:27:47,317 was they would hold on to and-and give safekeeping to any 555 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:49,276 of the relics that pilgrims would have gathered 556 00:27:49,406 --> 00:27:51,321 on their journey. 557 00:27:51,452 --> 00:27:54,107 They were the guardians of a lot of the treasures 558 00:27:54,237 --> 00:27:56,936 of various kings and popes and monarchs. 559 00:27:57,066 --> 00:27:59,547 And because of their amazingeputation, 560 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:03,203 they became known as the world's first international bankers. 561 00:28:04,639 --> 00:28:07,033 YOUNG: The French crown 562 00:28:07,163 --> 00:28:09,688 had borrowed a great deal of money from the organization, 563 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:14,823 and so to get out of paying back the order, 564 00:28:14,954 --> 00:28:17,304 the king of France decides they are Satanists, 565 00:28:17,434 --> 00:28:21,482 and they're defiling the church. 566 00:28:21,612 --> 00:28:24,441 SANFORD HOLST: The king of France then leaned on the pope to back him up 567 00:28:24,572 --> 00:28:27,270 and press charges against the Knights Templar. 568 00:28:27,401 --> 00:28:30,230 And here, the pope was siding with the king of France, 569 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,449 turning all of his people over to be imprisoned 570 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:35,409 and burned at the stake, and they felt horribly betrayed. 571 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:42,764 SHATNER: On Friday 13, 1307, 572 00:28:42,895 --> 00:28:45,245 Pope Clement V ordered the imprisonment 573 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,029 of the Knights Templar, 574 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,730 including their grandmaster Jacques de Molay. 575 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:53,906 Of the Templars who were able to evade capture, 576 00:28:54,036 --> 00:28:56,082 many fled to Scotland, 577 00:28:56,212 --> 00:28:59,738 and as far as some Templar scholars are concerned, 578 00:28:59,868 --> 00:29:01,391 successfully made their way across the Atlantic 579 00:29:01,522 --> 00:29:03,089 to North America. 580 00:29:03,219 --> 00:29:07,310 But if such an audacious theory is correct, 581 00:29:07,441 --> 00:29:09,312 is it also possible that the Templars brought with them 582 00:29:09,443 --> 00:29:11,967 many of their riches and religious artifacts 583 00:29:12,098 --> 00:29:15,144 that they rescued from the Holy Land? 584 00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:19,540 The Knights Templar were formed during the first Crusades, 585 00:29:19,670 --> 00:29:23,109 after the Christian knights had come to the Holy Land 586 00:29:23,239 --> 00:29:24,153 and captured Jerusalem. 587 00:29:26,286 --> 00:29:29,289 And it's believed that possibly they found the Holy Grail. 588 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:31,378 They may have found the Ark of the Covenant. 589 00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:36,383 COPPENS: The Ark of the Covenant holds 590 00:29:36,513 --> 00:29:40,256 the covenant from God to man-- and that is, physically, 591 00:29:40,387 --> 00:29:43,651 the two tablets representing the Ten Commandments. 592 00:29:45,609 --> 00:29:49,178 If the Templars were carrying this extraordinary treasure 593 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:51,311 to a place where they wanted to be safe 594 00:29:51,441 --> 00:29:55,010 and create a New Jerusalem, Oak Island makes sense. 595 00:29:56,446 --> 00:29:58,927 SHATNER: The Ark of the Covenant. 596 00:29:59,058 --> 00:30:02,365 Is it possible that this most sacred of all religious objects 597 00:30:02,496 --> 00:30:04,628 was brought to Oak Island and buried, 598 00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:07,327 along with other Templar treasures, 599 00:30:07,457 --> 00:30:10,591 in a booby-trapped vault deep beneath the ground? 600 00:30:10,721 --> 00:30:14,508 It may sound like a far-fetched notion, 601 00:30:14,638 --> 00:30:18,686 but according to both Oak Island and Knights Templar researchers, 602 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:21,863 the best proof of this theory may be something 603 00:30:21,994 --> 00:30:25,475 that both the island and the Templars have in common: 604 00:30:25,606 --> 00:30:29,828 a deadly curse. 605 00:30:29,958 --> 00:30:33,614 COPPENS: When Jacques de Molay, was brought to the stake, 606 00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:36,878 he gave a very powerful and impassioned speech 607 00:30:37,009 --> 00:30:40,316 about his innocence and the innocence of his entire order. 608 00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:42,797 It was a very dramatic speech that to this day 609 00:30:42,928 --> 00:30:46,801 is talked about in France and elsewhere. 610 00:30:46,932 --> 00:30:50,457 As Jacques de Molay stood at the funeral pyre 611 00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,589 waiting for the flames to consume him, 612 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,680 he cursed the king and he cursed the pope. 613 00:30:56,811 --> 00:30:59,640 And he said that both of them would be called before God 614 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:02,251 before the end of a year and a day. 615 00:31:02,382 --> 00:31:08,301 Within a year, the pope dies of a prolonged illness. 616 00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:11,565 Within a year, the king dies of a stroke 617 00:31:11,695 --> 00:31:13,567 on his way to go hunting. 618 00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,830 But it doesn't end there. 619 00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:19,529 Over the course of the next 14 years, 620 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:23,751 the king of France's line, his three sons and his grandson, 621 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:27,494 all die in somewhat mysterious circumstances. 622 00:31:27,624 --> 00:31:30,801 YOUNG: There is the kind of curse that carries over, 623 00:31:30,932 --> 00:31:33,674 that has long-lasting implications. 624 00:31:33,804 --> 00:31:37,286 When de Molay was killed by the French crown, 625 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:40,289 there was a curse-- perhaps on France, perhaps on the materials 626 00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:43,727 or the wealth of the Templars-- that goes down through time. 627 00:31:43,858 --> 00:31:47,731 And anybody who recovers this or has some interest 628 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:50,952 might be hurt by them. 629 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:54,260 Is it possible that the curse somehow carried over 630 00:31:54,390 --> 00:31:56,523 and is protecting whatever is buried 631 00:31:56,653 --> 00:31:59,265 in the Money Pit on Oak Island, which some researchers 632 00:31:59,395 --> 00:32:01,397 have speculated is actually the resting place 633 00:32:01,528 --> 00:32:03,138 of the Ark of the Covenant? 634 00:32:07,838 --> 00:32:10,537 Could the fabled riches of the Knights Templar 635 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:12,669 really lie buried 636 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,586 in an elaborately constructed treasure vault on Oak Island? 637 00:32:16,717 --> 00:32:18,588 There are many who believe the answer 638 00:32:18,719 --> 00:32:20,895 is a profound yes 639 00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:23,506 and that these riches are still being protected 640 00:32:23,637 --> 00:32:27,293 by Jacques de Molay's deadly curse, 641 00:32:27,423 --> 00:32:30,383 one that was designed to keep the treasure hidden 642 00:32:30,513 --> 00:32:32,646 at all costs. 643 00:32:40,045 --> 00:32:42,743 SHATNER: Shortly after performing the ancient practice 644 00:32:42,873 --> 00:32:45,615 known as dowsing, which entails using metal rods 645 00:32:45,746 --> 00:32:48,488 to detect underground voids, 646 00:32:48,618 --> 00:32:51,099 treasure hunter Dan Henskee 647 00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:53,275 is suddenly overcome with a strange 648 00:32:53,406 --> 00:32:55,625 and disturbing sensation. 649 00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:59,586 I don't actually know if what's happened to me 650 00:32:59,716 --> 00:33:01,980 on Oak Island was real or imaginary. 651 00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,634 It was quite strange. 652 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:10,553 It involved what appeared to be possession 653 00:33:10,684 --> 00:33:13,600 by a spirit of someone long dead. 654 00:33:13,730 --> 00:33:17,125 I thought that the spirit of a dead priest 655 00:33:17,256 --> 00:33:18,822 had entered my body 656 00:33:18,953 --> 00:33:20,650 and that the priest had his throat cut. 657 00:33:20,781 --> 00:33:22,609 [man screams] 658 00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:26,265 -[heart beating] -I do remember falling down, 659 00:33:26,395 --> 00:33:29,094 feeling that I was experiencing the death 660 00:33:29,224 --> 00:33:31,879 of this person. 661 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:35,274 SHATNER: After Dan was able to regain control of himself, 662 00:33:35,404 --> 00:33:38,146 he was left with a daunting question: 663 00:33:38,277 --> 00:33:40,931 Was his experience just a trick of his mind? 664 00:33:41,062 --> 00:33:44,457 Or could it have really happened? 665 00:33:44,587 --> 00:33:46,633 Now, what makes this really interesting 666 00:33:46,763 --> 00:33:48,852 is the fact that he was able to determine 667 00:33:48,983 --> 00:33:50,637 that the entity possessing him 668 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:53,379 was that of an allegedly murdered priest. 669 00:33:53,509 --> 00:33:55,381 [man screams] 670 00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:57,078 Now, you might be wondering, 671 00:33:57,209 --> 00:34:00,038 how did he come by this information? 672 00:34:00,168 --> 00:34:01,735 It's entirely possible 673 00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:04,477 that whatever had been interacting with him 674 00:34:04,607 --> 00:34:07,567 literally just told him that this is who I am 675 00:34:07,697 --> 00:34:09,395 and this is what happened to me. 676 00:34:10,570 --> 00:34:12,528 SHATNER: While many think 677 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:14,574 that Dan's story is too bizarre to believe, 678 00:34:14,704 --> 00:34:17,577 it's not an isolated event. 679 00:34:17,707 --> 00:34:19,883 Throughout Oak Island's history, 680 00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:23,322 tales of frightening, mystical phenomena 681 00:34:23,452 --> 00:34:25,454 are as numerous as the theories 682 00:34:25,585 --> 00:34:27,630 concerning the legendary treasure. 683 00:34:29,458 --> 00:34:31,678 One of the more interesting extreme reports 684 00:34:31,808 --> 00:34:33,332 comes from a man named Fred Nolan. 685 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:36,335 He was convinced 686 00:34:36,465 --> 00:34:38,598 that the ravens on the island were possessed 687 00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:40,904 by the souls of former slaves 688 00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:43,820 who had helped in digging the pits and the flood tunnels. 689 00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:46,084 [squawks] 690 00:34:47,259 --> 00:34:48,608 There have been all kinds of stories 691 00:34:48,738 --> 00:34:52,220 about a dog with fiery eyes. 692 00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:53,700 [growling] 693 00:34:53,830 --> 00:34:56,833 People have told me 694 00:34:56,964 --> 00:35:00,446 stories of their father or their grandfather 695 00:35:00,576 --> 00:35:03,492 wandering across the island and seeing this dog. 696 00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:07,627 Red glowing eyes have also been reported, 697 00:35:07,757 --> 00:35:10,195 uh, in another story. 698 00:35:10,325 --> 00:35:13,285 After the Restall Tragedy, 699 00:35:13,415 --> 00:35:15,678 one of the people that worked for them, Jim Kaizer... 700 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:18,290 He often worked as a night watchman. 701 00:35:18,420 --> 00:35:21,423 One night, he was staying in the Restalls' cabin, 702 00:35:21,554 --> 00:35:24,513 and he woke up to a feeling 703 00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:26,689 of a great weight on his chest. 704 00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:29,997 He had these two red eyes staring at him in the dark, 705 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:32,042 and he heard a voice tell him to leave the island 706 00:35:32,173 --> 00:35:34,523 -and never come back. -[indistinct whispering] 707 00:35:34,654 --> 00:35:36,917 And in the morning, when he woke up, 708 00:35:37,047 --> 00:35:39,006 he had bruises all over him. 709 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,617 Jimmy Kaizer was a real stand-up guy, 710 00:35:41,748 --> 00:35:43,663 an unshakeable sort, 711 00:35:43,793 --> 00:35:45,926 and this particular event, I think, 712 00:35:46,056 --> 00:35:48,842 from all accounts, really affected him 713 00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:50,887 for the rest of his life. 714 00:35:53,063 --> 00:35:54,717 SHATNER: Although most would agree 715 00:35:54,848 --> 00:35:57,851 that Oak Island is an unusual place, 716 00:35:57,981 --> 00:36:00,941 could any physical evidence exist to support the notion 717 00:36:01,071 --> 00:36:03,770 that there really is a supernatural presence 718 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:05,250 on the island? 719 00:36:05,380 --> 00:36:07,687 [squawks] 720 00:36:07,817 --> 00:36:09,645 For many, the evidence lies 721 00:36:09,776 --> 00:36:12,518 in the unusual electrical activity 722 00:36:12,648 --> 00:36:14,694 that regularly happens there. 723 00:36:14,824 --> 00:36:16,348 One of the first things 724 00:36:16,478 --> 00:36:19,046 is people here will have brand-new cell phones, 725 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,396 and the batteries will constantly drain out. 726 00:36:21,527 --> 00:36:25,008 There is a Bermuda Triangle for Oak Island 727 00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:27,707 that occurs between Apple Island and Frog Island 728 00:36:27,837 --> 00:36:29,535 coming up to Oak Island. 729 00:36:29,665 --> 00:36:31,885 [engine whirring] 730 00:36:32,015 --> 00:36:35,018 Everything will go dead, you will lose power in your boat. 731 00:36:35,149 --> 00:36:38,718 It's happened to several people in this particular spot. 732 00:36:38,848 --> 00:36:41,808 There's no explanation for it or the reasons why. 733 00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:44,724 SHATNER: But are strange electrical anomalies 734 00:36:44,854 --> 00:36:47,030 really evidence of a curse? 735 00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:49,685 Isn't it more likely that the bizarre occurrences 736 00:36:49,816 --> 00:36:54,255 experienced on the island have a perfectly rational explanation? 737 00:36:54,386 --> 00:36:57,171 Perhaps. 738 00:36:57,302 --> 00:36:59,826 But as far as two of the islands' owners are concerned, 739 00:36:59,956 --> 00:37:03,308 the notion that dark forces might be at work 740 00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:06,702 is not so easy to dismiss. 741 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:10,184 You know, I'm a skeptic about paranormal stuff, 742 00:37:10,315 --> 00:37:12,491 [laughs]: but I spent, but I spent one night-- 743 00:37:12,621 --> 00:37:14,232 I said, "I'm gonna go check this out myself." 744 00:37:16,843 --> 00:37:18,845 So we drive out, it's dark as can be, 745 00:37:18,975 --> 00:37:21,630 and it gets, um, sort of, like, misty. 746 00:37:23,545 --> 00:37:25,504 A lot of fog and stuff, you know. 747 00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:28,855 It's a spooky-- It is a spooky place at night. 748 00:37:28,985 --> 00:37:31,423 Rick walked off, and I'm kind of sitting there 749 00:37:31,553 --> 00:37:32,946 thinking, "Well, this is silly." 750 00:37:33,076 --> 00:37:34,774 And I got out of the car, and I'm kind of leaning 751 00:37:34,904 --> 00:37:37,124 against the car-- it's pitch black-- and all of a sudden, 752 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,301 I heard the nastiest scream you've ever heard in your life. 753 00:37:40,432 --> 00:37:42,260 I mean, a bloodcurdling scream. 754 00:37:43,870 --> 00:37:46,699 [laughs]: Scared the bejibbers out of me. 755 00:37:46,829 --> 00:37:48,004 I jumped back in the car and I took off. 756 00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:50,268 And-and I almost ran him over. 757 00:37:52,922 --> 00:37:56,230 So, uh, intellectually, I don't believe that sort of thing, 758 00:37:56,361 --> 00:38:00,103 but you know, emotionally, it seems to happen. 759 00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:01,714 And there have been plenty of instances 760 00:38:01,844 --> 00:38:04,673 where that exact thing has done-- has happened. 761 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,328 And there's no logic to why they happen. 762 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:10,288 That's what's... strange. 763 00:38:17,686 --> 00:38:19,601 ♪ 764 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,259 SHATNER: Is there really an Oak Island curse? 765 00:38:27,087 --> 00:38:28,915 There are many who believe the answer's yes, 766 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:32,005 but they'll also tell you that it isn't a curse 767 00:38:32,135 --> 00:38:36,270 that involves dark forces or threats of death. 768 00:38:38,141 --> 00:38:42,363 They believe it's the one that takes root in the mind 769 00:38:42,494 --> 00:38:45,323 of every would-be treasure hunter. 770 00:38:52,112 --> 00:38:54,723 There are many psychological processes that could explain 771 00:38:54,854 --> 00:38:58,727 why a person actually spends years searching for something, 772 00:38:58,858 --> 00:39:01,817 doesn't find it and keeps doing it for even more years. 773 00:39:01,948 --> 00:39:05,604 So, one explanation is this sunken cost fallacy, 774 00:39:05,734 --> 00:39:08,171 and the idea there is that if you think 775 00:39:08,302 --> 00:39:10,870 you've already invested a lot in finding something 776 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,133 or pursuing something, 777 00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:17,703 then you don't want that investment to go to waste, 778 00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:20,009 so you're willing to put in more investment 779 00:39:20,140 --> 00:39:22,621 into the pursuit of the thing that you still didn't find. 780 00:39:22,751 --> 00:39:25,624 And additionally, they're often very worried 781 00:39:25,754 --> 00:39:27,713 that if they leave this treasure hunt site, 782 00:39:27,843 --> 00:39:30,455 someone else might come and swoop in right after them 783 00:39:30,585 --> 00:39:32,761 and benefit from all of the work 784 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:35,416 they have been doing all this time and get the big rewards. 785 00:39:37,157 --> 00:39:40,421 I don't know what it is about the island 786 00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:42,945 that so captivates people. 787 00:39:43,076 --> 00:39:47,515 But I do know that it really does. 788 00:39:47,646 --> 00:39:50,344 It really does, and it goes beyond reason. 789 00:39:53,260 --> 00:39:55,175 RICK: I can see the fascination. 790 00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:58,134 If the accident hadn't happened when it did, 791 00:39:58,265 --> 00:40:00,615 and I had come to the age of 16 or so, 792 00:40:00,746 --> 00:40:04,227 I can see myself taking shovel in hand 793 00:40:04,358 --> 00:40:09,015 and becoming so upset with the cursedness of this mystery 794 00:40:09,145 --> 00:40:11,365 and going after the answer myself. 795 00:40:13,149 --> 00:40:16,588 CANO: Perhaps the legend of a curse, 796 00:40:16,718 --> 00:40:20,461 the reason for it existing is to hide something. 797 00:40:20,592 --> 00:40:23,159 And the fact that people are searching, 798 00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:25,901 people are actively saying, "I'm gonna go against this 799 00:40:26,032 --> 00:40:28,643 and I'm gonna look for it anyway," 800 00:40:28,774 --> 00:40:32,995 that inherently gives the curse a reason for being. 801 00:40:33,126 --> 00:40:36,129 There is a definite presence on Oak Island, 802 00:40:36,259 --> 00:40:39,654 and I don't know if this feeds into the curse, 803 00:40:39,785 --> 00:40:41,787 or if this is something completely different. 804 00:40:41,917 --> 00:40:45,704 Or manifested because of the general knowledge 805 00:40:45,834 --> 00:40:48,533 that there may be a curse on the island. 806 00:40:51,274 --> 00:40:53,102 I think the island is cursed or there at least 807 00:40:53,233 --> 00:40:56,062 is some negative energy around the multiple layers of history. 808 00:40:56,192 --> 00:40:59,587 I think the curse shows up in many forms, 809 00:40:59,718 --> 00:41:03,678 whether it's greed, obsession or financial difficulty. 810 00:41:03,809 --> 00:41:08,640 And I think something is still unresolved and unsettled. 811 00:41:08,770 --> 00:41:11,991 The curse is the way Oak Island swallows people's lives. 812 00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:14,602 It consumes their fortunes, 813 00:41:14,733 --> 00:41:18,258 and in many cases, destroys their sanity. 814 00:41:18,388 --> 00:41:20,826 The curse of Oak Island is that once you get in, 815 00:41:20,956 --> 00:41:22,567 it's really hard to get out. 816 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:29,225 Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and the other members 817 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:31,706 of the Oak Island team are risking 818 00:41:31,837 --> 00:41:34,143 an incredible amount of time and money 819 00:41:34,274 --> 00:41:37,538 looking for a fabled treasure on Oak Island. 820 00:41:37,669 --> 00:41:42,195 But are they also risking their lives? 821 00:41:42,325 --> 00:41:45,851 See, one thing is certain: so far, six men have died 822 00:41:45,981 --> 00:41:47,548 searching for the answer. 823 00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:52,118 And according to legend, one more will have to die 824 00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:54,686 before what lies buried there can be found 825 00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:59,125 and the Oak Island mystery will no longer be among 826 00:41:59,255 --> 00:42:02,476 The UnXplained. 827 00:42:02,607 --> 00:42:03,738 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS 65350

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