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NARRATOR: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.

Whenever possible, the
actual family members

and police officials
have participated

in recreating the events.

What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
December, 1988.

An 82-foot-freighter named the
"Freedom" sets sail for Haiti

with seven crewmen, a
dashing young German captain,

and beautiful 23-year-old
journalist Lisa Bishop.

A few days later, "Freedom"
vanished without a trace.

24-year-old Adam Hecht
struggled with the paradox

of his own affluent
lifestyle and the poverty

he saw in the back
alleys of Beverly Hills.

In 1989, he befriended
a homeless person

and even invited him
to share his apartment.

Now Adam Hecht is missing.

In the final days
of World War II,

a fortune in gold
and precious jewels

was allegedly smuggled out of
the infamous concentration camp

at Dachau.

Today there is
compelling evidence

that this buried treasure
still lies beneath a mountain

lake in Austria.

Also tonight, the case
of a former mental patient

who disappeared after her
boyfriend was murdered.

Maria Armstrong
is now in custody,

thanks to an
anonymous tip received

after a recent
broadcast of the story.

Join me.

You may be able to
help solve a mystery.

[theme music]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The popular conception

of the Caribbean it
that it is a playground

for tourists and
paradise for those

lucky enough to live there.

In actuality, the gulf between
have and have-nots is dramatic.

Nowhere are these
contrasts more evident

than in Haiti, where the
average income is less than $300

per person per year.

Today the Caribbean
is crisscrossed

by dilapidated
freighters overloaded

with miscellaneous and
often stolen goods heading

to this impoverished island.

Smugglers also
abound in the area.

Guns, narcotics, and
stolen merchandise

are continually being
transported to and from Miami.

January, 1989.

Falcon jets from the
United States Coast

conducted a search
for an 82-foot tramp

freighter named the "Freedon."

En route to Haiti, the
steamer had been reported

missing at sea the week before.

Despite the Coast
Guard's search,

the ship had apparently
vanished without a trace.

Onboard the "Freedon," a
derelict cargo ship of Bahamian

registry, were seven Haitian
members, a handsome young sea

captain, and an attractive
23-year-old American journalism

student named Lisa Bishop.

On the morning of her
departure, Lisa had called

her parents to say goodbye.

I could feel
something was wrong.

Mother's intuition, I
guess you could call it.

Lisa was to call
me when she arrived

and that call neighbor came.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Known by her friends

for her social conscience, Lisa
wanted to write an article that

would dramatize the contrast
between the wealth of America

and the economic
devastation of Haiti.

To Lisa, her voyage
on the "Freedon"

was the chance of a lifetime,
even though it meant leaving

her boyfriend of three years.

We had a long
discussion the night

before she left that she had to
make her own decisions in life,

that I couldn't follow
her and take care of her

wherever she went.

Somewhere in the Caribbean
Sea between Miami and Haiti,

Lisa Bishop and eight other
people simply vanished.

Explanations ranged from
pirates to smugglers,

even to an encounter with the
so-called Bermuda Triangle.

This voyage into the unknown
began with a chance encounter

with a dashing sea captain.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Atlanta, Georgia.

At a nightclub owned by her
boyfriend, Paul Cornwell,

Lisa met a 28-year-old
German national

named Florian Meyer-Bourch.

Florian was a modern day
gypsy, a brilliant mechanic who

had briefly settled in Miami.

Florian had sailed
throughout the Caribbean

and was a fixture of the
European expatriate community.

Though Florian was outwardly
charismatic and charming,

Lisa's parents felt
appearances were deceiving.

When I first saw
Florian's photograph,

just by looking at
him I didn't think

that he was the type
of person that Lisa

would have anything to do with.

Florian, from what I've
learned about him, is a drifter

and he sponges off
of people, freeloads.

Lisa, Christmas in the
Caribbean-- think about it.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
year after their first meeting,

Florian told Lisa of an upcoming
voyage from Miami to Haiti.

Aware of her
journalistic ambitions,

he invited her to accompany him.

Lisa, it's right
at your fingertips.

Sounds wonderful.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Lisa bishop and Paul Cornwell

had had a stormy
three-year relationship.

Paul was upset when Lisa
told him that she planned

to sail to Haiti with Florian.

I didn't trust him with Lisa.

Of course I was concerned about
Florian being a young guy.

And she tried to tell me there
was nothing to worry about,

there was nothing romantic.

I tried to discourage
her, as her parents tried

to discourage her from
going because they

were concerned about it.

I expressed my feelings
about it, that I didn't want

her to go away or anything.

And Lisa was a very
headstrong girl when she made

up her mind to do something.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On the
morning of December 17, 1988,

the weather was cold,
the water choppy.

Florian considered
delaying the departure.

If we don't go now, I'm not
going to be able to go at all.

I might as well just
turn around and go home.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Minutes before they left,

Lisa spoke to her parents for
what would be the last time.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): She
said, don't worry, Daddy, said,

everything will be all right.

The last words I
had with her was I

was still asking her not to go.

And then she talked
to her mother.

I never talked to
her again after that.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Tugboats

eased the "Freedon"
through the Miami River

as it headed towards open sea.

What Lisa thought would be
the adventure of a lifetime

was just the beginning.

But to those caught in the
wake of the "Freedon's"

disappearance, it was the
beginning of a nightmare.

The "Freedon's" planned route
would take the ship 600 miles

past the coast of Cuba
to Gonaives, a small port

on the western coast of Haiti.

Despite the fact that
there were no storms

and no distress
calls, the "Freedon"

apparently never arrived.

When Lisa didn't call
him Christmas day,

her family became alarmed.

The relatives of the
people onboard kept calling

us asking us for information.

We kept in touch with
the port authorities

in the various ports in
the mid-Caribbean area

and likewise down in Haiti.

We sent several Search
and Rescue flights

by Falcon jet aircraft in the
most commonly traveled area

of the [inaudible]
Channel, which

is the area between the
United States and Haiti.

Still, it was unsuccessful.

We even sent a telegram
to the Cuban border

guards to ask them if they had
any information on that vessel.

However, they had no
information either.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Despite their sweep

of the Caribbean,
the Coast Guard found

no trace of the "Freedon."

But Lisa's friends and family
refused to give up the search.

Mrs. Bishop and I were
the only people looking.

We felt we were the
only people looking.

I mean, there were no
governmental agencies

that would look at all.

We came to Miami
hoping to maybe get

some answers from some
of Florian's friends

or just find anything we could.

We we're desperate.

And we contacted the "New Times"
and they sent a reporter out

by the name of David Nichol.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Miami, April 1989.

When an underwater salvager
named Bob Nyberg read the "New

Times" article on
the "Freedon," he

realized that he had seen the
ship two weeks after it had

allegedly disappeared in
a completely different

part of the Caribbean.

I remembered that
while I was working

in Grand Cayman in
January of that year,

there had been a boat came in.

We were working underwater
directly in the harbor area

where the ships
pulled up and tied up.

When I heard the ship coming in
we came up and as I was coming

out of the water, we looked
back and noticed the name was

"Freedon," F-R-E-E-D-O-N. And
I made a statement to my friend

that those guys
need their freedom,

they can't even spell the word.

They were there for some
time that afternoon.

The next morning,
the boat was gone.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Nyberg saw the "Freedon"

in Georgetown Harbor
on Grand Cayman Island,

over 500 miles from Haiti.

Where it went after his
sighting is unknown.

The fact that the ship was
spotted, I feel like it did not

go down, that it brought
me hope that Lisa was alive

and had to be held against
her will in order for her

not to contact us.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In May of 1989,

Paul Cornwell and Bob
Nyberg went to Grand Cayman.

There they hoped to
find more information

on the fate of the "Freedon."

We're looking for
a German captain--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After canvassing the port,

they found a number of witnesses
who claimed to have seen

Florian around the
same time that Nyberg

had spotted the "Freedon."

Yeah, sure.

I've seen him around here.

What about this girl?

No.

Honestly, I can't
recall seeing her.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Thought nobody

could remember having seen Lisa,
an important clue did surface.

Apparently, Florian
was not alone

during his mysterious
sojourn on Grand Cayman.

Yeah.

He come with another fellow,
short fellow with black hair.

He was with another guy.

Yeah.

PAUL CORNWELL: I couldn't help
feeling that out he was right

around the corner,
that I was going

to run across him at any
minute in one of these bars

personally.

And so I was very
apprehensive, very

agitated, ready for anything.

And it just made me look harder.

Hi, Paul.

How are you doing?
- Good.

How are you doing?
- OK.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Paul returned to Atlanta

and questioned a woman
who had been storing

Florian's personal belongings.

In this one bag
there's some letters

and pictures that I thought
you might want to look through.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): There he

found a picture of the man seen
with Florian in Grand Cayman.

The woman gave his
name as Filipe.

Paul would later
find out that Filipe

had chartered the "Freedon."

PAUL CORNWELL: The girl told me
at that time that she had had

a personal relationship
with this guy, Felipe,

and that he mentioned
that he was involved

in a large-scale smuggling
thing, which really got me

going thinking it
was a smuggling thing

and that something
had gone wrong

and that they had gotten
involved in something

too deep that Lisa
didn't know about

and that she couldn't handle.

I've heard they say that
gunrunners or dope dealers that

hijacked it killed
everybody on board

and used the ship one time
to make a run or something.

I've heard about how the weather
can change in a heartbeat

out there and a
ship can go under.

And they claim that
nothing will ever be found.

I've heard all the stories
and all the rumors.

It's just a gnawing
hurt that you have

that you don't know how she
is, where she is or what.

But you've always got hope.

Well, the heartache
will never go away.

Perhaps someone
out in the audience

might be able to tell us
the whereabouts of Florian

and that would be the
key to finding Lisa

or what has happened to Lisa.

I feel that if
Florian is out there,

eventually I'll find how
to and I'll locate him.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Authorities

believe that Florian
Meyer-Bourch is

the key to the mystery
of the "Freedon."

He is 30 years
old, six feet, two,

with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Known for his
mechanical ability,

Bourch may be working
in a related area.

Today Lisa bishop
would be 25 years old.

She's five feet, two inches
in height with blonde hair

and brown eyes.

Rumors persist that
the "Freedon" dawn

with a telltale bent mast
continues to roam the Caribbean

under a different name.

These are the only known
picture of how the boat looked

before its disappearance.

Last November, we
examined the case

of 25-year-old Maria Armstrong.

In 1984, Maria was
diagnosed as suffering

from paranoid schizophrenia, a
physical disease of the brain.

In June of 1988, Maria moved
from her home in New Jersey

to Mesa, Arizona to
live with her childhood

sweetheart, 29-year-old
Robert "Ron" Argenti.

Argenti was aware of
Maria's condition,

but felt that he
could somehow help

her to overcome her illness.

We were concerned because
we did hear that she

was in a mental
institution and we knew

she was on drugs back east.

So we were kind of
concerned about it.

But they were holding
hands, kissing.

They were like a couple.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
For the first few weeks,

Maria seemed happy at Mesa.

She seemed to blossom under
Ron's loving attention.

But Maria soon began
behaving erratically

and she turned
violent towards Ron.

Maria, calm down.

Leave me alone!

They told me about you.
- OK.

All right.

I would talked
to Ron on the fence

and I would tell
him, send her home.

I don't want to do that, I
want to help her, he would say.

I said, but you can't help.

Her it's obvious
you can't help her.

She needs more than
you to help her.

She needs psychiatric care.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On November 14,

Ron Argenti's body was
discovered in his living room.

He had been bludgeoned to
death with a sledgehammer

while he slept on the couch.

Four days later, Maria Armstrong
was seen hitchhiking 260

miles north of Mesa, Arizona.

This was the last reported
sighting Maria Armstrong--

until our broadcast.

Maria Armstrong
has been captured.

Shortly after this
story aired, the FBI

received a call from
one of our viewers

with information regarding
Armstrong's whereabouts.

We received a telephone call
from an unidentified caller

that Maria Armstrong had
been living in the Memphis,

Tennessee area and that she
was going to be at the airport

on August 3 of this year.

The FBI subsequently
went to the airport

and were able to
identify her and they

did place her under arrest.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Armstrong

had changed her appearance
by dyeing her hair blonde.

Two weeks later,
she was returned

to Arizona to face a charge
of first degree murder.

Beverly Hills, California.

With an average yearly income
of $75,000 per household,

this is one of the nation's
wealthiest communities.

Its streets, stores,
and sidewalks

are filled with glamorous people
living their lives in luxury.

But there is another
side to Beverly Hills.

As with so much of the nation,
there is a growing population

of homeless who pass
through and even

live on its affluent streets.

In the winter of
1989, at least one

of these homeless individuals
found an unlikely benefactor

in 24-year-old Adam Hecht.

The son of an Academy
Award-winning producer, Adam

was born into
Beverly Hills luxury.

He spent his childhood
in an insulated world

bordered by movie stars,
mansions, and privilege.

After graduating from
Beverly Hills High,

Adam earned his living
giving tennis lessons.

All who knew him remembered
a bright, independent,

and friendly young man.

All that began to change on the
morning of January 10, 1989,

when Adam and his
brother, Harold,

went to breakfast at
a local delicatessen.

I couldn't believe it.

5-4, Gibson hit the homer.

Yeah.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In front of the restaurant,

they encountered a street person
apparently blind in one eye.

Double the orange juice.

Thanks.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
A few minutes

later, Adam left the table
and went back outside.

Excuse me.

HAROLD HECHT: Adam
said, excuse me.

He went outside and
started this person.

And I could see
through the blinds

and I couldn't understand it.

I was quite surprised.

I didn't understand what was
his reason for going out there.

What was all that about?

HAROLD HECHT: Adam came
back in, started talking.

I mentioned it briefly.

I said, what are
you doing out there?

He said, nothing.

So we went on,
had our breakfast.

When we finished, we left.

I went to my car.

Listen, I've got a 10
o'clock at Mulholland,

but I'll catch up
with you later.

I'm going make a
quick call, all right?

All right.
Bye.

HAROLD HECHT: And just before
I get in my car, I looked back

and he was talking
to this person.

I was very surprised.

That was the first time we
met what we know now is Tony.

There are things
that you can't see.

Yeah.

Well, I feel like
I should help you.

Within a few weeks
of their first meeting,

Adam invited Tony to
move into his apartment.

Through his new friend,
Adam was exposed

to a lifestyle that was as
far away from his experience

as night from day.

It seemed to strike
a chord in Adam,

for according to
his brother Harold,

he had become disillusioned
with his pampered life.

His family fears
that what started out

as a gesture of a good
Samaritan may have

escalated into a nightmare.

Today, Adam Hecht is missing.

Tony, this is
where my mom lives.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Soon after Tony moved in,

Adam brought his new roommate to
his mother's house for dinner.

She was surprised that her son
would shelter a street person.

I thought, my
goodness, that's strange.

But knowing Adam, the
way he is, I couldn't

understand it until I met Tony.

I really understood it.

I thought, oh my goodness.

It's so nice that he
wants to help him.

Oh, what a surprise.

Who's this?

Mom, this is Tony.

Tony, this is my mother.

OK.

Pleased to need you.

Well, won't you come in?

MARTINE HECHT: When I saw
Tony and how he talked

and my god, the smell--

it was unbelievable.

And wow, it was scary.

It was really scary.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During the meal,

Tony began to wave his
hands over his food

as if he were blessing it.

Adam, what's
going on with him?

Mom, that's just
the way Tony is.

It's hard to understand
right at first,

but once you get to know
him from the inside out,

he's really a fantastic guy.

Adam was very much
wanting to talk about Tony

and they seemed to have
a good relationship.

Adam seemed to understand Tony.

And I was led to believe
that Tony was really

being very kind to Adam
as far as helping him

grow up as a person, mature.

That's what he said to me, he's
helping me mature as a person.

Adam, at the beginning he was
an elite, preppy businessman--

drove a gray car, taught tennis.

And then he met
Tony and I mean, it

just all changed and he became
a mystical person and I just--

I didn't know him anymore.

Part of me was
torn, because I felt

for what he was trying to do.

I mean, it was a
very noble thing.

Hey, man.

How's it going?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
With Tony by his side,

Adam began to visit Skid
Row in downtown Los Angeles

and often stayed out on
the streets at night.

HAROLD HECHT: I know that
when Adam sets his mind

to something, he really
goes wholeheartedly

into any type of project.

Hey, Tony.

I got some food and stuff
in the back of my car.

Maybe help me pass it out?

OK.

Cool, let's go.

HAROLD HECHT: His involvement
with street people

increased him when he met Tony.

I think he started to
understand their problems.

Let's get some food.

I'll make sure
you guys get some.

All these things you have,
Adam, it's not what counts.

What counts is society.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Tony and Adam

would also share in
strange mystical rites

of Tony's devising.

In one of these rituals, Adam
burned his hand severely.

You have to embrace the
things that are inside of you.

All I know is that I saw
it, I said, my god, Adam.

What happened to you?

He said, oh, I was testing
a test of endurance.

He said, Tony told me we
were experimenting to see

how it would make me stronger.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
June 10, 1989.

Harold had not heard from
his brother for several days.

Concerned, he went
to Adam's apartment.

Adam?

Oh, gosh.

Tony, is Adam here?

HAROLD HECHT: My brother was not
there, his car was not there.

Have you seen him?

HAROLD HECHT: And
I tried to get in.

I said, where is Adam?

I said, where's he gone?

And in his strange, strange way,
he did not have the expression

or seem to really know.

I'm really worried.

Will you let me in?

Let me in!

It's really hot in here.

Let me in the door.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
few days later, Adam's mother

also went to his apartment.

Adam?

MARTINE HECHT: As I'm walking
back down the corridor,

he's following to me and
he says, give us a kiss.

Give us a kiss.

MARTINE HECHT: He started
to put his arms around me

and I was-- oh, it was
the most scary thing.

What's wrong?

Are you afraid of me?

I just want to know where
my son is-- where my son is.

Where is he?

I'm your son.

That's it.

I'm out of here.

I'm your son.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On the advice

of a private
investigator, the family

contacted the
Beverly Hills Police,

filed a missing persons
report, and began

to arrange for Tony's eviction.

Right up the stairs.

Why don't you stay
right there for a second.

OK.

What I need you guys to
do is go around the back

and watch for the second story.

We're looking at a big guy.

Just make sure he
doesn't go around.

OK, partner.

I'm talking top of the stairs.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): On July 9,

the family, accompanied
by the investigator,

stood by as Tony was forcibly
evicted from Adam's apartment.

Come on out here.

Come on out here.

Keep your hands up
behind your head.

- This is my friend's house.
- Come on.

You know the routine.
Come on.

Keep your hands down.

I want you to walk down to
the bottom of the stairs.

You understand?
- Yeah.

All right.
Let's go.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During the eviction,

Tony made no effort
to avoid police.

Local detectives interviewed
Tony and came to the conclusion

that he had not been involved
in Adam's disappearance.

Tony claimed to have no
knowledge of his whereabouts.

I can't to this day understand
why they didn't interrogate him

more because he
obviously knows much

more than what [inaudible].

I would love to have
some sodium pentothal

or whatever they do and just
trying to get a truth serum

and have him talk
because I couldn't get

two sentences out of this man.

He was just so strange.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): One month

after Adam's disappearance,
his car was found abandoned

on a Beverly Hills side street.

On the windshield were
several parking tickets.

Inside, the keys were
still in the ignition

and police found Adam's
wallet, credit cards,

and $600 in cash and checks.

No other trace of him was found.

We wish we knew specifically
what happened to Adam Hecht.

Apparently, he in
the past occasionally

had gone away for a few days at
a time but always had returned.

And whether he did this time
and just decided not to return,

we don't know.

He had a very solid
business, very active

with a number of different
people on a number

of different levels.

For him just to disappear
does not fit his character.

While there are some
suspicious circumstances as

far as finding the car
and finding his property

in the car, normally
you'd take that with you

if you were going to leave,
we have no real evidence

of any foul play or any
criminal involvement

so we're not handling
it as a crime,

strictly as a
missing person case.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Does Tony

know more about
Adam's disappearance

than he was telling?

Did someone from Adam's
brief time on the street

decide to violently
reappear, or did Adam

reject his former life
of luxury and just lose

himself among the homeless?

We all want him back.

He wants so much for our family
to understand his thoughts.

And what I would
like him to know

is that it's very hard
for someone like my mother

to listen to what he had to say
and take it in because everyone

has limits to
their understanding

and his was so vast,
his spiritual knowledge,

that it was difficult
for us to take it in.

What can I say?

I just love him and I just
want him to come home.

I miss him with all my heart.

It's not a complete
family without him.

And I would try to understand
whatever he was thinking

and I would not be
mad at him in any way.

I just want him
to just come home

because he's truly loved by all
of us and many other people,

too.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Adam Arthur

Hecht is five feet, 11 inches
in height and weighs 160 pounds.

His eyes are hazel
and his hair is black.

Today he would be 25 years
old and maybe wearing a beard.

Adam also may still have a
burn scar on his right hand.

Next, story of
stolen Nazi treasure

allegedly buried in Austria
near the end of World War II.

Today it could be
worth over $50 million.

April, 1945, the final
days of the Nazi empire.

Despite desperate measures
taken by the defenders,

combined Allied forces
closed in on the last pockets

of German resistance.

The end of the war
in Europe was near.

As the Allies
advanced into Germany,

they discovered
treasures plundered

from the Nazis' former
conquest carefully hidden

away in caves and vaults.

In the months following,
the Germans surrender,

billions of dollars in riches
were uncovered, including

these gold bars
found in an abandoned

salt mine by US soldiers.

While the bulk of these stolen
treasures was recovered,

billions of dollars still
remain unaccounted for.

There was, of
course, more shocking

evidence of Nazi barbarism--

Buchenwald,
[inaudible], Dachau--

names that would
come to symbolize

man's inhumanity to man.

And through the gates of
Dachau, one multimillion dollar

Nazi treasure allegedly passed.

Tonight we will investigate
the story of this treasure as

told to us by Dr. Edward Greger.

He is convinced it was
buried on the shores

of a small Austrian lake
in the spring of 1945,

where it remains today.

He'll uncover dramatic evidence
that supports Dr. Greger's

story, a story first told
by an Austrian physician

named Wilhelm Gross.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After the war,

Dr. Gross had treated
imprisoned Nazi war criminals.

An SS officer who had
been condemned to death

told Gross of the location
of the buried treasure.

In 1952, Dr. Gross
shared the story

with Edward Greger,
who is then a US Army

officer stationed in Austria.

It started at the
concentration camp

at Dachau, gold and treasure
that was accumulated

from the prisoners that
had brought in there

who were executed and cremated.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
concentration camp of Dachau

has been preserved
as a memorial.

This recreation
was filmed there.

EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER:
According to Dr. Gross,

the commandant of Dachau
and three other suspects

loaded the treasure
into four boxes

which were probably ammunition
boxes, according to the size.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): These boxes

were filled with jewelry,
rare stamps, and gold bars,

some that were processed
from the gold fillings

of concentration camp victims.

Today their contents would be
worth at least $50 million.

Dr. Gross' informant claimed
to be one of four SS officers

who conspired to smuggle
this treasure out of Dachau.

Their route allegedly took them
from the outskirts of Munich

into Austria, through
the Arlberg Pass

toward the small town of Brand.

Near Brand was a
pristine mountain

lake called the Lunersee.

This lake, located
on the Swiss border,

was their ultimate destination.

Allied armies had
not yet reached

this isolated region
and the men believed

their loot would be safe there.

After burying the treasure,
the men planned to escape

across the Swiss border.

After several days,
the men finally

arrived at the Lunersee.

The only structure in
the area was a small hut.

Dr. Gross stated that the
officers buried the treasure

exactly halfway between this
hut and a brook across the lake.

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They then said their farewells
and went their separate ways,

planning one day to return.

EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER:
Three of them left

and headed into Switzerland.

The fourth person went
back down into the valley

to return to his family.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
According to Dr. Gross,

this fourth officer was captured
and while awaiting execution

revealed his secret.

The officer's three companions
were never seen again.

Greger believed
Dr. Gross's story

and agreed to help
search for the treasure,

but before they could
mount an extradition,

Dr. Gross mysteriously
disappeared.

In 1956, a dam was
constructed on the Lunersee

and submerged the
treasure's alleged location

under 75 feet of water.

34 years passed.

In the summer of
1990, enough water

had been let out of
the dam to return

the lake to its original depth.

This, coupled with a severe
drought that brought the water

level to an all-time low.

Get your pick out of the
way there and I'll go in there

and look.

It's not getting any stronger
as we're going down deeper.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Armed with information culled

from Dr. Gross' personal
papers, Edward Greger

finally went to the Lunersee.

It's already off a
meter, though, so it's

as strong as it can be.

I think it's something
in the rocks.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Greger
and an associate pinpointed

the treasure's location by
using coordinates from a map

given him by Dr. Gross.

But despite a thorough
search, he was

unable to find the treasure.

Where is the Lunersee treasure?

Had the other three
Nazi officers dug it up?

Edward Gregor feels
this is unlikely.

By the time it would
have been safe to return,

the treasure would
have been submerged.

Or could Dr. Gross' story
be just that, a story?

Documents brought to light
in a 1946 war crimes trial

indicate that such a
treasure did exist.

I had discovered some evidence
in the archives, specifically

an interrogation
statement from a gentleman

by the name of Joseph Jarolin.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Joseph Jarolin

was tried, convicted,
and executed

for atrocities
committed while he

was a subcommandant of Dachau.

According to his testimony
and statements from four

other sources, the head
commandant of Dachau

had been involved
in a conspiracy

to smuggle a treasure
from inside the camp.

This officer's name
was Frederic Viter.

ROBERT V. KESTING:
One witness said

that he saw Viter
have the trucks

loaded, being loaded
with valuables

out of the cash storage areas.

According to some
other testimony,

Viter was seen leaving the
camp in those vehicles.

Later on, he was also
seen by other SS personnel

heading towards
the Swiss border.

Also, Jarolin testified that
other camp personnel had

assisted in burying
this treasure

and that approximately $5
million in gold Reichsmarks

was taken in valuables.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Joseph Jarolin went to his grave

never revealing any
more about the treasure.

Edward Greger believes that
Jarolin was one of the four men

who buried the Lunersee
treasure and perhaps he was Dr.

Gross' mysterious informant.

Today, if it exists, this
multimillion dollar treasure

is underwater, and Edward
Greger will return again

when the water level is lower.

He believes that if found,
the proceeds of the Lunersee

treasure should be used
to provide medical care

for needy individuals, a
fitting use for wealth stolen

under such grim circumstances.

Next, the story of
a bold prison break

and two unlikely lovers,
an escaped conflict

and his female guard.

I'd like for her to come
home and tell me why she did it

and to turn herself in because
I don't want her to get hurt.

I do love her.

It's just I'm
confused right now.

You have just heard the plea
of Leslie Beeman a daughter

in anguish over
the disappearance

of her mother, Kay.

Is Kay Beeman a
victim or a criminal?

Leslie holds out hope that
Kay is innocent, but no matter

what, she wants her
mother to come home.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Kay Beeman was divorced

and her son and daughter
were nearly grown.

For 10 years, she had worked
as a matron and corrections

officer at the Allegheny
County Detention Center

for Men and Women in
Cumberland, Maryland.

August 29, 1990,
just seven weeks ago.

Kay Beeman was on duty in
the prison control center

with another female
officer, Michele Puderbaugh.

Michele, I'll take this room.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): At 2:12 AM,

Kay left the control center
to conduct a routine check

of the cell block.

All inmates were
behind bars except one

low security prisoner who was
working in an adjacent room.

Everything seemed normal,
but within minutes,

the calm of an
uneventful night shift

would be dramatically
turned upside-down.

Come on, lady.
Come on.

What are you doing here?

I said come on!

Do you know how
serious this is?

Do you know how serious I am?

I ain't got time
to listen to this.

Lawrence is coming down with
Beeman and he's got a weapon.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
escaped inmate was Edgar Kerns,

a maximum security prisoner.

If any one of you
two try anything,

someone's getting hurt.

MICHELE PUDERBAUGH:
I didn't know

what they were going to do.

I saw the bathroom
door was standing ajar,

so I just darted out and ran.

At first I felt relief that
I was at least for the moment

safe.

But then I was thinking, my god,
what are you going to do here?

And they have Kay.

What are they
going to do to her?

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): It appeared

that Kay Beeman had been
taken hostage by James

Barnes, Edgar Kerns' cellmate.

MICHELE PUDERBAUGH: I heard the
buttons click and the controls,

and so on I thought,
well, they're gone.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Two days later, Kay Beeman

telephoned her daughter, Leslie.

It was about a quarter
after five in the morning

and she called collect.

And she told me
she was all right

and that she loved
me and she missed

me and not to worry about
her, that she was all right.

And she told me, she
goes, I went with them.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Three days after the breakout,

James Barnes was apprehended.

He told authorities
that Kay Beeman's

car was used in the getaway.

He also claimed that Kay Beeman
had helped plan the escape

because she was in
love with Edgar Kerns.

Edgar Kerns had been
convicted of theft and forgery

in West Virginia.

He was awaiting
sentencing in Maryland

for passing bad checks.

James Barnes said
that Kay Beeman

and Edgar Kerns had
been romantically

involved for three months.

At the prison, the two had
long, soulful conversations.

CRAIG ROBERTSON:
Mr. Barnes told us

that she would spend
sometimes half an hour,

40 minutes in the
maximum security

area just talking to Kerns.

So there definitely was
a relationship there.

Sleeping, as usual.

I guess you maybe fall
in love with somebody

and you do some strange things.

But Kay's pretty well
lost about everything

that she ever had over
this one incident.

Once there was almost
certainty in my mind

of what had happened, I just--

I felt so betrayed.

I felt-- I just couldn't
believe she could do that.

I want to know why she did it
and I'd like to have her home

so she can explain it to me.

She hurt me and I don't know how
to feel about it or about her.

It just hurts a lot.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Sandra Kay

Beeman is 46 years old and
five feet, three inches tall.

She weighs 170 pounds.

She has experience
as a beautician

and may have changed
her hairstyle and color.

Edgar Eugene Kerns is 30
years old and five feet,

nine inches tall.

He weighs 200 pounds.

His hair color and style may
have been altered by Kay.

On his right forearm he has a
tattoo of a panther and heart

tattoos on both biceps.

Update-- just six hours
after our broadcast,

Sandra Kay Beeman and Edgar
Kerns were captured in Canada.

On September 10, 12
days after the escape,

Beeman and Kerns checked
into the Beach Motor Motel

in Hamilton, Canada.

They registered as husband and
wife under the assumed names

Fred and Sandy Smith.

I was watching TV and all of
a sudden, this lady's picture

come on.

So I called my wife in, she
was out in the kitchen ironing,

and I said, do you
recognize this lady?

And she said, yes.

She's the lady that's
living in room 12.

And by this time, the
gentleman come on.

And I said, uh-oh, he
also lives in there.

So I reached over immediately
and picked up the phone

and called the police.

When we got to the
Beach Motor Hotel,

the information from the
Mitchells was to the effect

that they hadn't
left the room and it

wasn't their policy to leave
the room during the evening.

We were convinced they
were still inside the room.

The officers of the
Emergency Response Unit,

which is equivalent to a SWAT
team, forced the door open.

The room was found
to be vacated.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
witness later told authorities

that he had seen the fugitive
couple getting into a taxi cab

earlier that evening.

We were able to determine
the name of the cab

and a check with the cab
company revealed the driver.

I picked them up the beach
strip just up from the motel.

And I asked them
where they were going

and they said the
Red Rose Motel.

When we got to the motel
where the cab driver said

he had taken them,
one of our officers

was able to determine
from the office register

at that location that they
had, in fact, booked in

and that Kerns, in fact,
used his right name.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few
minutes later, the Emergency

Response Unit moved in.

MIKE HOLK: Three
or four officers

from the Emergency
Response Unit approached

the front door of the motel.

It was at that
point that someone

from the inside of the room
looked out through the drapes.

The officers then forced open
the door, entered the room.

Kerns, he was forced to
the floor of the motel room

and held in a
position of safety.

The female in the
room was in the bed

and her hands were
handcuffed above her head

to the headboard.

At that point, both
persons were then arrested.

Kerns was removed by
my partner and myself

and transported to
Central Station.

He wanted to know how we had
learned of his whereabouts.

We asked him if he had ever
seen the program before.

He said, yes he had.

We told him that he was on it
tonight and he was astounded.

Join us next week
for another edition

of "Unsolved Mysteries."

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