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WILDMAN:
A television legend uncovers
a sinister spy ring.
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BARRETT JACKSON: Lucille Ball
had a bizarre medical emergency
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that brought down one of
the biggest wartime threats.
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WILDMAN: A fisherman terrorized
by a 20‐foot‐long river monster.
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[ Snarling ]
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ESPINOSA: He was scared.
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He thought, "What is this?
I’ve never seen this before."
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[ Snarling ]
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WILDMAN: And a glowing secret
rocks a small town.
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VADNEY: People thought, "Maybe
the aliens are coming down.
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Maybe this is
the first contact."
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WILDMAN:
But first, this strange device
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recalls a puzzling tale
of a curious farmer
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and a seemingly sinister
military cover‐up.
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The artifact is connected to one
family’s pursuit of the truth
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in the face
of government conspiracy.
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♪
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WILDMAN: Amazing mysteries,
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bizarre phenomena,
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and chilling secrets.
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I’m Don Wildman.
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Join me on a journey
beyond the unknown.
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♪
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It’s 1962.
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David McPherson
lives with his wife and son
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on a remote farm in the Canadian
province of New Brunswick.
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REIDY: McPherson lived a
quiet life with his family.
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He lived off the land. He knew
it like the back of his hand.
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♪
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WILDMAN: One day, McPherson
is gathering timber in the woods
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when he spots something unusual.
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Tangled in a tree is a strange
swath of billowing fabric
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with long ropes that
dangle down to the ground.
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It appears to be a parachute.
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Beneath it, on the ground,
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McPherson finds
a large white box.
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But it’s unlike any
kind of box he’s seen before.
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It was made of some
hard metallic substance.
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The front and the
bottom of the object
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had two small glass panes,
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but he couldn’t
quite see through them.
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WILDMAN: The box has no
identifying words or markings.
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McPherson is intrigued
and begins to wonder what it is
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and where it could
have come from.
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He had to get
to the bottom of it.
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He was totally captivated.
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♪
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WILDMAN: So the farmer drags
the heavy box back to his barn,
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where he begins
searching for clues
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about its contents or purpose.
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But try as he might, he fails.
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REIDY: He tried his
hardest to open the box,
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but whatever tools he used,
it wouldn’t budge.
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It was sealed shut
no matter what he did.
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WILDMAN: McPherson gives the
enigmatic box a simple nickname.
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He started referring to this as
"The thing in the woods."
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♪
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WILDMAN:
Then, just days after his
extraordinary discovery,
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McPherson is visited by two men.
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They claim to be members
of the Canadian military,
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and they tell McPherson that
they have come for the box.
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REIDY: At that moment,
he knew this was serious
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and much bigger than him.
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WILDMAN:
With little explanation,
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the soldiers
confiscate the strange object,
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put it in the back of a truck,
and haul it away.
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REIDY: It was very
frustrating to McPherson
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to watch this happen.
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Now he might
never discover the truth
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behind the thing in the woods.
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♪
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WILDMAN: McPherson petitions
the Canadian government
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to release information
about the curious cube.
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[ Typewriter clicking ]
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And even though
he never gets a reply,
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he keeps making requests
for decades.
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He was desperate to
figure out what that thing was
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and why they showed up
at his house that day.
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WILDMAN:
In 2015, McPherson passes away
without learning the truth.
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But his son, David Jr.,
takes up the cause.
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REIDY: The mystery of
the thing in the woods
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was almost like
a family heirloom.
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He wanted to get the answers
that his father never could.
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WILDMAN:
So can he crack the case
of the thing in the woods?
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♪
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For years, David Jr. continues
to pressure the government
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for information.
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Then in 2017,
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the CIA declassifies a trove
of Cold War‐related documents.
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Among them is a report that
could crack the case wide open.
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It details a long‐defunct U.S.
military intelligence program ‐‐
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Project Genetrix.
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REIDY: Project Genetrix was
enacted by President Eisenhower
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in the 1950s to secretly spy
on the Soviet Union
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and Communist China.
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WILDMAN: To gather information
on America’s enemies,
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the military affixed cameras
to special weather balloons.
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Riding the jet stream,
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these balloons would glide into
enemy territory
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[ Beeping ]
at altitudes that
made them nearly undetectable.
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The cameras took
pictures of infrastructure,
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military installations,
and missile silos below.
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♪
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According to CIA records,
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the camera equipment was
housed in a sealed white box,
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just like the one found by
David McPherson on his property.
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REIDY: When David McPherson Jr.
learned all of this,
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he was totally floored.
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It was so much more elaborate
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than anything he
or his father thought of.
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♪
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WILDMAN: David Jr. believes
his father found
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one of these camera housings
that had blown off course
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and crash‐landed
near the family farm.
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This question that had hung
over his family for decades
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was finally answered.
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♪
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WILDMAN: Today,
this Project Genetrix spy camera
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is on permanent display at
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the Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque
International Balloon Museum
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in New Mexico.
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It provides
an intriguing snapshot
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into one family’s quest
to uncover the truth.
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♪
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This piece of jewelry was once
worn by actress Lucille Ball.
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And it recalls how
the television titan
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may have helped win
the Second World War.
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Her bizarre medical emergency
brought down a foreign enemy.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
It’s March 1942 in Los Angeles.
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Lucille Ball is a 30‐year‐old
up‐and‐coming actress
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with supporting roles in the
Marx Brothers’ "Room Service"
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and "Follow the Fleet" with
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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She’s just starting
to hone the skills
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that will make her a star.
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BARRETT JACKSON: She had
this magnetism on screen.
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She had this grace.
She had amazing comedic timing.
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And it was just a matter of time
until she got her big break
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to become just
what she wanted to be.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
But her burgeoning career
is about to be imperiled.
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♪
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Late one night, Ball is
driving home from a film shoot.
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As the starlet
is rounding a curve,
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she’s suddenly jolted
by the sound of loud music...
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[ Electrical buzzing,
music plays ]
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...ringing in her ears.
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At first, she assumes
it’s coming from the radio.
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[ Static ]
But the device is turned off.
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BARRETT JACKSON: The music
just gets louder and louder,
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and she doesn’t
understand what’s happening
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or where it’s coming from.
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WILDMAN: Ball frantically
searches for the origin
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of the tormenting tones...
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[ Music intensifies ]
...but she has no luck.
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BARRETT JACKSON:
It wasn’t from outside.
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It wasn’t from the radio.
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WILDMAN:
Suddenly, the actress comes
to a stunning realization.
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♪
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It was actually coming from
within her own mouth.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
For several agonizing minutes,
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the music blares
inside her head.
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BARRETT JACKSON:
She clutched her face.
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She’d never had anything
like this happen before.
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WILDMAN: Then, just as suddenly
as they started,
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the sounds stop.
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Ball writes the
episode off as a fluke.
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♪
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But a few days later,
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she’s driving through an area
called Coldwater Canyon...
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[ Electrical buzzing ]
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...when it happens again.
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[ Static ]
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But this time, it was different.
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It wasn’t a song she recognized.
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It was this beat, this tapping,
this "dut‐dut‐dut" ‐‐
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the sound that was
just recurring and recurring.
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[ Tires screech ]
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WILDMAN: Terrified,
Ball pulls the car over.
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For several minutes, she endures
the throbbing in her ears.
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Then, just as before,
the tones abruptly end.
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BARRETT JACKSON: Now she’s gone
from just a one‐time event
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to this recurring thing
that she can’t explain.
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Ball was becoming convinced
that she was going insane,
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and she was desperate
for an answer.
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WILDMAN: So what’s causing the
infernal racket in Lucy’s head?
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[ Electrical buzzing, beeping ]
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One day, Ball is on the set
of her latest film,
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entitled "Du Barry Was a Lady,"
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when she runs into
fellow actor Buster Keaton.
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The former silent‐film icon
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has become something of
a mentor to the young actress.
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And now she decides to tell him
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about the strange
noises in her head.
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Incredibly, Keaton solves
the mystery right away.
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He actually knew of someone
that had experienced
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something quite similar,
to which he inquired,
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when was the last time
she’d been to the dentist?
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WILDMAN:
Ball says that she had, in fact,
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recently received
several temporary fillings.
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Keaton tells her that
the metal is known to act
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as a conductor for radio waves.
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The actress then recalls
that during her first episode,
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she was driving past
a radio station.
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BARRETT JACKSON:
The fillings in her mouth were
picking up the radio signals,
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and they were actually
being amplified by her mouth.
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It was literally a speaker.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
But what of the second incident?
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It didn’t seem
like anything you’d hear
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transmitted
on your local radio station.
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Now that she was thinking about
the idea of it not being music,
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she had to think about,
"What could it be?"
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And that’s when it dawned on her
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that she was probably
hearing Morse code.
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[ Beeping ]
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♪
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WILDMAN:
Just months after the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor,
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Ball wonders
if it could have been
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some sort of secret
military signal.
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BARRETT JACKSON:
The United States had just
entered into World War II.
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She got this hunch
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that perhaps she’d heard
something she shouldn’t have.
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♪
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WILDMAN: Lucille Ball alerts
the authorities.
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They search the area
of Coldwater Canyon,
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where the actress said she
picked up the Morse code sounds.
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Hidden underneath a house
is a 50,000‐watt radio station,
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and the operators
are soon revealed
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to be members
of a Japanese spy ring.
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The Japanese had been using
the bunker as a secret facility
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where they were
sending out messages.
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WILDMAN: Within weeks, the
enemy network is broken up.
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BARRETT JACKSON: Ball had
unwittingly helped win the war.
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This wild and amazing story
was stranger than fiction.
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♪
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WILDMAN: Fittingly,
just a few years later,
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it’s radio that gives
Lucille Ball her first break.
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In 1948, she lands a job
performing comic routines
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on the CBS Radio show
"My Favorite Husband."
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On the program,
she plays the zany housewife.
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The show eventually propels
the actress into her iconic role
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on the 1951
television sitcom "I Love Lucy."
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♪
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Today, costume jewelry
worn by Lucille Ball
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during her budding
film career is on display
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at the Hollywood Museum
in Los Angeles, California.
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It recalls the moment
when a soon‐to‐be comedy legend
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got the last laugh
on the enemy.
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♪
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This gruesome
device called a fleam
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is linked to a mystery
surrounding the sudden demise
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of the United States’ first
president, George Washington.
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LOMBARDI:
This is the story of the search
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for what caused the death
of an American legend.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
December 14, 1799 ‐‐
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Mt. Vernon, Virginia.
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According to the history books,
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former first lady
Martha Washington
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is woken in
the middle of the night
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by the sounds of her
67‐year‐old husband, George,
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[ Coughing ]
coughing and gasping for breath.
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LOMBARDI:
She found him clutching
at his chest and throat.
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He was struggling
to catch his breath.
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WILDMAN: Washington had spent
the previous day outside
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in cold and rainy
winter weather.
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Martha concludes
that her husband
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has become ill as a result.
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[ Coughing, gasping ]
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Martha must have been very,
very concerned.
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She told him that she wanted
to go and fetch his physician,
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but George refused.
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WILDMAN:
Martha urges her husband
to take medication,
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but the former general
insists on toughing it out.
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He told her that
he never medicated a cold.
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And stubbornly,
George went back to sleep.
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WILDMAN:
But a few hours later,
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Washington’s condition
has gotten worse.
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George was now running a fever.
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He was complaining that
his throat was swollen and raw.
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He was unable to swallow.
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He was having
great difficulty inhaling.
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WILDMAN: Martha finally
summons the doctors.
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One by one,
they try a series of treatments
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commonly used at the time ‐‐
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drawing blood,
administering potions,
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and even applying a topical
preparation of dried beetles
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that is thought
to draw out toxins.
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But all is in vain.
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And as the day wears on,
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a helpless Martha watches as her
beloved husband deteriorates.
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LOMBARDI: It must have been
frightening for her
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to watch this man
who had been her rock
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and the rock that our country
had been built on
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suddenly decline so fast.
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WILDMAN: Despite the
doctors’ valiant efforts
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at battling this short
and violent illness,
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at just past 10:00 p. m.,
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George Washington
takes his final breath.
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♪
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LOMBARDI: Martha was devastated.
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This was the realization
of all of her worst fears.
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WILDMAN: The tragic news
is speedily conveyed
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to President John Adams.
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The nation mourns their founding
father for a period of 69 days,
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until February 22, 1800 ‐‐
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Washington’s birthday.
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The cause of death is given as
an infection of the upper throat
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called epiglottitis.
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And this diagnosis remains
the official version
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for more than 200 years.
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But is this
what really happened?
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A shocking twist on history
is about to be revealed.
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LOMBARDI:
An intriguing discovery brought
new information to light
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of what truly killed
America’s founding father.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
It’s December 14, 1799.
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America’s first president,
George Washington, is dead.
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His doctors proclaim
the cause of his demise
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is an infection in his throat.
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But more than 200 years later,
new information is uncovered
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that could turn history
on its head.
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2004 ‐‐ Los Angeles, California.
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Dr. Vimal Vatican
is an expert in hematology,
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the science of blood.
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He believes that Washington
wasn’t killed
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by a throat infection,
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but by his own doctors.
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The reason why?
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A bizarre medical practice
that was common at the time
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known as bloodletting.
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♪
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LOMBARDI: It was
commonly held medical belief
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that bleeding a patient
could induce a cure
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or alleviate symptoms
of disease.
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WILDMAN:
Bloodletting was often performed
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using an instrument
called a fleam,
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which was similar
to a pocket knife
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with different‐sized blades,
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just like this one
within the collection
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of the New Orleans
Pharmacy Museum in Louisiana.
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And Vatican learns
that the president
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personally requested his
doctors to do the procedure.
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He believed that bloodletting
had helped him in the past,
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and he was hopeful
it would do so again.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
Dr. Vatican then concludes
that the president underwent
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at least four rounds
of this treatment
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over the course of his last day.
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He believes it could have
done him more harm than good.
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LOMBARDI:
Because individual doctors
were coming in and out
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and each one taking turns
working on Washington,
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it was possible that no one
was keeping track
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of how much blood
the president had lost.
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WILDMAN: Dr. Vatican estimates
that the president,
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who was a large man,
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had started the day with
approximately 15 pints of blood.
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He calculates that Washington
lost nearly 8 pints of blood
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within a span
of only 9 to 10 hours.
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That’s an
incredible amount of blood
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to lose
in a short period of time.
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WILDMAN: As a result of this
new information,
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Dr. Vatican proposes
a surprising new theory.
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It might not have been
a throat infection
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that killed the president.
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Instead, he may have
been brought down
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by severe
low blood pressure and shock
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as a consequence of blood loss.
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LOMBARDI:
Losing that much blood
is potentially fatal.
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It’s possible that
in the doctors’ attempts
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to cure Washington,
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they actually killed Washington.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
This mysterious hunk of metal
recalls a spectacular tale
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that’s truly out of this world.
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VADNEY:
This is the type of story
that seems like it was lifted
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straight out
of a 1960s comic book.
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♪
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WILDMAN: It’s just before dawn
on September 6, 1962,
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in northeast Wisconsin.
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[ Telephone rings ]
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Local police receive a call
from a terrified dairy farmer.
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The farmer says that he was
headed out to milk his cows
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when he heard a thunderous
noise coming from above.
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[ Boom ]
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He says that when he looked up,
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he saw dozens of
large, bright objects
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streaking across the sky.
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He’d never seen
anything like this before.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
At first, the police are
skeptical of the farmer’s story.
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[ Telephones ring ]
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But when they receive
a string of other calls,
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all reporting similar incidents
from around the area,
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they start to take
the matter seriously.
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You had a lot of calls coming in
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reporting strange
streaks of light
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and sounds that
were coming from the sky.
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WILDMAN: With the nation
in the grip of UFO mania,
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some believe this
is proof positive
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of a real‐life close encounter.
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VADNEY: A lot of
people would have thought,
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"Maybe the aliens
are coming down.
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Maybe this is
the first contact."
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♪
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WILDMAN:
Police fan out across the region
to investigate the sightings.
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[ Siren wailing ]
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And in the town of Manitowoc,
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two officers are patrolling
a residential neighborhood
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when they make
a startling discovery.
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[ Radio chatter ]
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There in the middle
of the street,
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they see something
embedded in the asphalt.
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And it’s glowing.
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VADNEY: When the
officers came upon this,
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it’s smoking‐hot.
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It’s almost liquefied metal.
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They had never seen
anything like this before.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
The officers are faced
with a chilling question ‐‐
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did this glowing mass
come from outer space?
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♪
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WILDMAN: It’s 1962.
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After a string
of UFO sightings in the area,
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a strange,
glowing mass crash‐lands
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in the small town
of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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♪
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After a few hours, the strange,
glowing object cools down,
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allowing the police officers
to examine it further.
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They determine that it looks
like some kind of metal disk.
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The officers
bring it back to the station
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and call in local metal experts
to help identify the artifact.
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This metal just
didn’t fit the description
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that you would normally find.
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This was a legitimate mystery.
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WILDMAN: Then, the Manitowoc
authorities get a break.
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[ Telephone rings ]
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A man named Ed Holbeck, a member
of a local astronomy group,
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comes forward.
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Holbeck explains
that his group was recruited
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by the U. S. government
to be part of a secret program
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called Operation Moon Watch.
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And according to Holbeck,
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the strange object isn’t
from an alien spaceship.
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It’s part of a Soviet
satellite named Sputnik 4.
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Many Americans would
have remembered the news
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of the first Sputnik
spacecraft being launched.
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This was a modified
version of that
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that was much larger.
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WILDMAN: Sputnik 4 was launched
by the Soviets in 1960,
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but after two years
circling the Earth,
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it had fallen out of orbit.
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Holbeck had tracked
the doomed satellite
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as its remnants slammed
into northern Wisconsin ‐‐
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on the same night
that the farmer reported
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hearing the loud boom
and seeing the strange lights.
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This was a startling revelation.
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A piece of a Soviet spacecraft
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had landed in
the middle of Wisconsin.
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Sputnik 4 was never intended
to land in North America
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and certainly was not intended
to land where people live.
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♪
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WILDMAN:
Eventually, the metal disk
is returned to the Russians,
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but not before an
exact replica is made.
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Today, this replica of the
satellite is on display
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at the town’s
Rahr‐West Art Museum.
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It recalls
the unidentified visitor
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that fell from space to drop in
on a small Midwestern town.
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♪
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Sandwiched
between the megacities
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of Los Angeles and San Francisco
is a unique environment
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seemingly untouched
by modern society.
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COOPER:
It’s host to rare ecosystems
and endangered animals,
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all kinds of plant life.
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And it’s gained its recognition
as a national natural landmark.
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WILDMAN: This is the magnificent
Guadalupe‐Nipomo Dunes Preserve.
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Peaking at 500 feet,
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these are the highest sand dunes
in the Western United States.
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This natural wonderland
has become legendary ‐‐
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not only for the height
of these massive drifts,
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but also for the secrets
that hide beneath them.
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COOPER:
There’s a rumor that a lost
relic from another time
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still survives
buried under the sand.
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WILDMAN: What strange,
seemingly ancient wonder
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may rest below
these fragile dunes?
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1923 ‐‐
Los Angeles, California.
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Hollywood is the world’s leading
producer of silent films,
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churning out over
800 movies each year.
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And at the
forefront of this boom
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is one of Tinseltown’s most
acclaimed directors,
493
00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:07,206
Cecil B. DeMille.
494
00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:09,048
COOPER:
DeMille was a showman.
495
00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:11,078
Everything he touched
turned to gold,
496
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:12,251
and he really ruled the roost
497
00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:16,088
as far as the
directors of that time.
498
00:24:16,088 --> 00:24:19,058
WILDMAN: But DeMille
wants to expand his horizons,
499
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:22,188
so he embarks on his
biggest project to date ‐‐
500
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:24,630
an unprecedented
biblical odyssey
501
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:26,865
called "The Ten Commandments."
502
00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:30,795
COOPER: $750,000 is going to go
towards this production.
503
00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:35,173
It’s one of the largest‐budget
films of that time.
504
00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:38,444
WILDMAN:
But this epic story of
Moses leading the Israelites
505
00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:39,744
to the Promised Land
506
00:24:39,745 --> 00:24:42,648
is set in the
sweltering Egyptian desert.
507
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:44,548
In Los Angeles,
there isn’t anything
508
00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,819
that’s going to look like
an Egyptian desert.
509
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:50,689
But the dunes in Guadalupe gave
DeMille the look that he needed.
510
00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:52,919
WILDMAN: While DeMille has
the perfect location,
511
00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:56,195
he still needs to create
an Egyptian city.
512
00:24:56,195 --> 00:24:58,163
COOPER:
These are the days before CGI.
513
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,599
You didn’t
computer‐generate anything.
514
00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:02,768
You built it from the ground up.
515
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:08,907
So roughly 1,500 workers spend
six weeks building this city.
516
00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:12,937
It includes four
35‐foot‐tall Ramses statues
517
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:16,015
and 21 Sphinxes
518
00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:19,385
and a grand avenue leading
up to the city’s entrance.
519
00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:20,452
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
520
00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:22,052
WILDMAN:
Over the two months of filming,
521
00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:25,290
3,000 actors and 5,000 animals
522
00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,190
bring DeMille’s
epic vision to life.
523
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:32,563
It is Paramount Pictures’
most expensive movie to date.
524
00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:38,003
And when it’s released, it also
becomes its most profitable.
525
00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:40,105
But while the
movie wows audiences
526
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:42,265
throughout North America,
527
00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:46,144
the story of its elaborate
set is just beginning.
528
00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,847
COOPER: It was common in those
days for sets to be reused
529
00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:52,477
by another production
for a lower‐budget film.
530
00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:55,154
WILDMAN: But any filmmakers
hoping to make a quick buck
531
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,856
off the back of
DeMille’s masterpiece set
532
00:25:57,856 --> 00:25:59,716
are soon disappointed.
533
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:02,595
At that point,
the set mysteriously vanished.
534
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:08,130
WILDMAN: So how did DeMille’s
massive Egyptian set
535
00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:11,043
simply disappear overnight?
536
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:15,040
♪
537
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,910
WILDMAN:
1923 ‐‐ Central California.
538
00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,010
Cecil B. DeMille
has just finished
539
00:26:20,012 --> 00:26:22,748
shooting his blockbuster
"The Ten Commandments"
540
00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:26,985
on a massive set built on
the Guadalupe‐Nipomo Dunes.
541
00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:28,445
But when the movie opens
542
00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:30,923
to sold‐out theaters
across America,
543
00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:33,993
the giant construction
mysteriously vanishes.
544
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:40,666
For decades, the fate of
the lost set remains a mystery.
545
00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:42,096
COOPER:
But then over the years,
546
00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:45,237
people began
searching around for clues.
547
00:26:45,237 --> 00:26:48,237
WILDMAN:
1982 ‐‐ Los Angeles.
548
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,570
[ Indistinct conversation ]
549
00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:52,411
Film school graduate
Peter Brosnan and a friend
550
00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:55,311
are discussing
the mystery of the lost set
551
00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:57,082
when Brosnan’s friend announces
552
00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:59,618
that he has the
answer to the riddle.
553
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,687
He buried it.
He said, "You know ‐‐"
554
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:03,517
What? Bull!
No, no, no! Listen!
555
00:27:03,522 --> 00:27:06,892
COOPER:
Brosnan doesn’t believe him,
and he wants proof.
556
00:27:06,892 --> 00:27:11,096
So his friend whips out
DeMille’s autobiography.
557
00:27:11,096 --> 00:27:14,626
WILDMAN:
Brosnan’s friend points out
a passage in DeMille’s book
558
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,236
stating that
if archeologists dug
559
00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:20,766
beneath the sands of Guadalupe
a thousand years later,
560
00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:23,575
DeMille hoped they wouldn’t
jump to the conclusion
561
00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:26,235
that the Egyptian
civilization once expanded
562
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:28,547
to the Pacific Coast
of North America.
563
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:30,816
Enthralled by the text,
564
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:32,976
Brosnan immediately
makes the connection
565
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:36,522
to DeMille’s
"The Ten Commandments."
566
00:27:36,522 --> 00:27:39,691
COOPER:
Brosnan knows that if this
set does in fact exist,
567
00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:42,461
it would be one of
the last remaining sets
568
00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:44,696
from a 1920s film.
569
00:27:44,696 --> 00:27:47,996
WILDMAN: For Brosnan, finding
Hollywood’s Egyptian palace
570
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,400
would be a chance to save
571
00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:52,401
a rare and invaluable
piece of movie history.
572
00:27:54,306 --> 00:27:58,406
So in June 1983, with hopes
that DeMille’s creation
573
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:01,710
may exist somewhere
at Guadalupe‐Nipomo,
574
00:28:01,713 --> 00:28:04,917
Brosnan ventures out
to the massive dunes.
575
00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:08,417
He finds a local who agrees
to show him the location
576
00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:10,189
where they think
the film was shot.
577
00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:14,026
WILDMAN: Brosnan searches the
desert‐like landscape for hours.
578
00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:17,156
And finally, he sees
sticking out of the sand
579
00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:20,572
what looks to be
a piece of the set from 1923.
580
00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:26,905
He realizes at this time
that the rumors are true ‐‐
581
00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:29,835
this lost set survives.
582
00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:32,978
WILDMAN: But something
doesn’t make sense.
583
00:28:32,978 --> 00:28:35,047
How did DeMille’s
mammoth construction
584
00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:38,047
just disappear in 1923
585
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:41,620
and end up hidden
under the dunes?
586
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,756
Film historians conclude
that DeMille’s ego
587
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:46,956
had everything to do with it.
588
00:28:46,959 --> 00:28:48,789
COOPER: There were
fears in DeMille’s mind
589
00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:51,496
that another production
would repurpose his set.
590
00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:52,896
He didn’t want that to happen.
591
00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:55,828
He wanted the first time
that people see this set
592
00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:58,770
on the big screen in his movie
"The Ten Commandments."
593
00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:01,206
♪
594
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:05,136
WILDMAN:
So to protect the unique aura
that surrounded the film,
595
00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:06,912
DeMille secretly
ordered the crew
596
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:09,112
to dynamite the Egyptian city
597
00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:12,618
and bury it under the very
sands on which it stood.
598
00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:14,786
[ Explosion ]
599
00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:16,986
[ Crashing ]
600
00:29:16,989 --> 00:29:18,789
♪
601
00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:23,729
And in October 2012,
with the help of archeologists,
602
00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:25,559
Brosnan excavates the dunes
603
00:29:25,564 --> 00:29:28,133
and recovers
several undamaged pieces
604
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:31,737
of DeMille’s wondrous set.
605
00:29:31,737 --> 00:29:34,337
Today, many of
the treasured artifacts
606
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:35,739
of "The Ten Commandments"
607
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:38,310
still remain
under a blanket of sand
608
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:40,910
here at
the Guadalupe‐Nipomo Dunes,
609
00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:43,515
forever preserving
an epic reminder
610
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:46,945
of Tinseltown’s
golden age of silent film.
611
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:49,388
♪
612
00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:52,318
This skull recalls
a frightening monster
613
00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:55,761
that terrorized
a tiny community.
614
00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:58,697
ESPINOSA: This is a story
of a small town, a scientist,
615
00:29:58,697 --> 00:30:01,897
and a mythical beast
that lurked in the darkness.
616
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,470
♪
617
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:10,640
WILDMAN: It’s June 1971 in the
small town of Newport, Arkansas.
618
00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,811
A fisherman named Cloyce Warren
619
00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:15,147
is out on his boat
on the White River...
620
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:17,215
♪
621
00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:20,685
...when he spots something
unusual in the murky depths.
622
00:30:20,686 --> 00:30:22,846
♪
623
00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:24,456
Swimming beneath the water
624
00:30:24,456 --> 00:30:27,056
is what appears to be
a massive creature.
625
00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:29,559
The beast is more
than 20 feet long,
626
00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:32,097
has strange grayish skin,
627
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:34,727
and appears
to have a horn on its head.
628
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:36,501
[ Snarling ]
629
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,437
ESPINOSA:
He was scared.
630
00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:42,367
He thought, "What is this?
I’ve never seen this before."
631
00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:44,042
[ Snarling ]
632
00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,477
WILDMAN:
Warren grabs his camera
633
00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:48,647
and takes a picture of the
leviathan before it disappears.
634
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:49,877
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
635
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:53,281
Later, he shows the image
to his friends in town.
636
00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:56,722
ESPINOSA: The photo was blurry,
but people could still tell
637
00:30:56,722 --> 00:31:00,992
it was not something
that should be in that river.
638
00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:03,232
People were shocked.
639
00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:08,730
WILDMAN:
Warren concludes that he’s had
a brush with a legendary beast
640
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,903
that’s been seen in
the region many times before ‐‐
641
00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:14,439
the White River Monster.
642
00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:18,009
The strange creature is said to
have a large horn on its head
643
00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:20,139
and is known to make
a terrifying sound.
644
00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:22,247
[ Snarling ]
People had heard this creature.
645
00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:25,177
It had this low, bellowing roar.
646
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:26,985
[ Roaring ]
647
00:31:26,985 --> 00:31:29,745
It gave them chills.
648
00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:34,192
♪
649
00:31:34,192 --> 00:31:36,692
WILDMAN: As word of Warren’s
sighting spreads,
650
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,364
many residents go hunting
for the monster,
651
00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:43,068
hoping to capture
it dead or alive.
652
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:46,368
One group even requests
a permit to use dynamite
653
00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:49,341
to blast the beast
out of the river.
654
00:31:49,341 --> 00:31:53,411
But "Whitey," as it’s come
to be known, evades capture.
655
00:31:53,412 --> 00:31:58,316
♪
656
00:31:58,316 --> 00:31:59,746
Over the next two years,
657
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,787
the search takes
on such a frenzy
658
00:32:01,787 --> 00:32:04,817
that even the state
government gets involved.
659
00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:07,592
In 1973, Arkansas legislators
660
00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:10,629
pass the White River Monster
Refuge Act.
661
00:32:10,629 --> 00:32:12,998
The law makes it
illegal to kill,
662
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:15,528
harass, or harm
the massive animal
663
00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:18,236
in its designated
sanctuary area.
664
00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:19,736
But the government involvement
665
00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:23,138
only fans the flames
of speculation and fear.
666
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:27,045
ESPINOSA:
Even people who were skeptical
now had reason to believe
667
00:32:27,045 --> 00:32:28,545
there was some validity to this
668
00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:31,116
’cause the local
government had passed a law.
669
00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:34,186
♪
670
00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:37,916
WILDMAN:
So, what’s the truth behind
the White River Monster?
671
00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,795
♪
672
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:47,425
WILDMAN:
It’s 1973 in Arkansas.
673
00:32:47,432 --> 00:32:50,602
A strange beast has been
spotted in the White River.
674
00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:51,636
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
675
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,005
The massive creature
is gray in color,
676
00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:57,705
sports a menacing horn,
and has a terrifying roar.
677
00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:02,047
As the latest reports of
the White River Monster
678
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:03,877
swirl around the country,
679
00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:05,682
they eventually
reach a biologist
680
00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:07,619
at the University of Chicago.
681
00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:10,019
His name is Roy P. Mackal.
682
00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,957
ESPINOSA: He was an
accomplished biologist,
683
00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:15,357
but he was also a leading mind
of cryptozoology,
684
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,997
which is the study
of unsubstantiated animals.
685
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:22,067
♪
686
00:33:22,067 --> 00:33:23,567
WILDMAN:
Mackal makes it his mission
687
00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:26,568
to identify the
monster once and for all.
688
00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:28,540
He first
considers the possibility
689
00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:30,475
that it is not
a living creature,
690
00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:34,675
but an inanimate object,
like a sunken boat or a boulder.
691
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:37,315
But he immediately
rules the idea out.
692
00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:41,215
ESPINOSA:
Many of the people that
told of seeing this creature
693
00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,388
said that it was
darting back and forth.
694
00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:44,956
Well, if it’s a huge boulder,
695
00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:49,356
it’s not going
to dart back and forth.
696
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:50,661
WILDMAN:
Some locals believe
697
00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:54,099
the monster is an unusually
large snapping turtle,
698
00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:56,729
but Mackal doubts
this could be the case.
699
00:33:56,735 --> 00:34:00,572
He knew snapping turtles do not
grow to the size of a car.
700
00:34:00,572 --> 00:34:03,008
♪
701
00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:06,108
WILDMAN:
Based on decades’ worth
of eyewitness accounts,
702
00:34:06,111 --> 00:34:08,611
Mackal compiles
a comprehensive description
703
00:34:08,613 --> 00:34:10,949
of the White River Monster.
704
00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:14,586
It’s then that he comes
to a stunning realization ‐‐
705
00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:17,916
the beast is not
a previously unknown species
706
00:34:17,923 --> 00:34:20,792
or a mythical monster,
707
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:22,662
but a northern elephant seal.
708
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:28,466
As proof, Mackal points to
the creature’s size and color.
709
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:32,296
ESPINOSA:
The northern elephant seal
could grow as long as 15 feet
710
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,839
and weigh up to 5,000 pounds,
711
00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:36,839
and the coloring is gray.
712
00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:40,879
WILDMAN:
These marine creatures have been
spotted in the Gulf of Mexico
713
00:34:40,879 --> 00:34:44,949
and are known to
migrate up to 13,000 miles.
714
00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:47,350
Mackal suspects one
or more of them
715
00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:50,152
mistakenly swam up
the Mississippi River
716
00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:53,091
and into a tributary ‐‐
the White River.
717
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,227
It made perfect sense that no
one would recognize this thing
718
00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:59,997
because a northern elephant seal
is not native to this area.
719
00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:02,428
♪
720
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,169
WILDMAN:
Male northern elephant seals
721
00:35:04,169 --> 00:35:06,569
get their name
from a large proboscis,
722
00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:09,207
which resembles
an elephant’s trunk.
723
00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:12,307
This physical characteristic
might account for the horn
724
00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:14,510
that some say they saw
on the beast’s head.
725
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:15,680
[ Croaking ]
726
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,680
Finally, these creatures
are known to exhibit
727
00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:19,718
a particularly noisy trait.
728
00:35:19,718 --> 00:35:20,918
To attract a mate,
729
00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:24,055
male elephant seals make
a deep, bellowing roar.
730
00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:26,315
[ Roars ]
731
00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:28,960
ESPINOSA:
Mackal was thrilled.
732
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,330
He had cracked the case.
He knew what this thing was.
733
00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:35,467
♪
734
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:38,937
WILDMAN:
Today, this northern elephant
seal skull is on display
735
00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:42,837
at the San Diego Natural
History Museum in California.
736
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:46,741
It tells the surprising story
of one man’s search for answers
737
00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:50,815
and the murky truth behind a
legendary creature of the deep.
738
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,415
♪
739
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:57,088
This object recalls one of the
greatest deep‐sea mysteries
740
00:35:57,088 --> 00:36:00,118
the military has ever known.
741
00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:05,730
This is an epic tale of tragic
loss and an amazing discovery.
742
00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,400
♪
743
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:13,801
WILDMAN:
April 26, 1921 ‐‐ Honolulu.
744
00:36:13,805 --> 00:36:17,208
U. S. Navy officials at
the Pearl Harbor Naval Station
745
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,376
are in a panic.
746
00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:19,636
[ Rapid beeping ]
747
00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:23,448
A tugboat named
the USS Conestoga has vanished.
748
00:36:23,448 --> 00:36:25,717
♪
749
00:36:25,717 --> 00:36:28,247
The 170‐foot‐long steel vessel,
750
00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:30,922
armed with a distinctive
.50‐caliber gun,
751
00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:36,561
was en route from San Francisco
to Hawaii with a crew of 56 men.
752
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:39,798
HANNIGAN:
The journey to Pearl Harbor
was a routine voyage,
753
00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:41,928
and the expectation was
that everyone would arrive
754
00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,533
safe and sound.
755
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,571
♪
756
00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:49,471
WILDMAN: Navy officials have
not received a distress call
757
00:36:49,474 --> 00:36:52,510
from the Conestoga, and there
are no other indications
758
00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:55,380
that anything has gone awry.
759
00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:58,880
It was very strange.
The boat had just disappeared.
760
00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,387
♪
761
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:06,687
WILDMAN:
The Navy launches a massive
search‐and‐rescue mission.
762
00:37:06,691 --> 00:37:10,661
They dispatch more than 60
vessels and dozens of aircraft
763
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:14,666
to cover an area of over
300,000 square miles.
764
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:18,636
♪
765
00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:21,906
For weeks, the Navy searches
for the Conestoga,
766
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:24,576
but the effort fails.
767
00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:28,376
The men of the Navy
came up absolutely empty‐handed.
768
00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:30,579
♪
769
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:34,152
WILDMAN:
Finally, after two months,
on June 30th,
770
00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:38,389
the Navy officially declares
the tugboat lost at sea
771
00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:41,789
and calls off the search.
772
00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:44,696
All 56 members of
the Conestoga’s crew
773
00:37:44,696 --> 00:37:46,756
are pronounced dead.
774
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,300
HANNIGAN: After months
and months of hoping
775
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:53,570
that their brothers, fathers,
sons, husbands would be found,
776
00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:55,707
many families had to come
to terms with the fact
777
00:37:55,707 --> 00:37:58,807
that they just weren’t
going to get any answers.
778
00:37:58,810 --> 00:38:01,710
♪
779
00:38:01,713 --> 00:38:03,481
WILDMAN:
And in the years that follow,
780
00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:06,181
questions about the
USS Conestoga’s fate
781
00:38:06,184 --> 00:38:08,820
remain unanswered.
782
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:10,920
Some people
theorize that the crew,
783
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,158
unhappy with their
working conditions,
784
00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:17,258
mutinied and sold the tugboat
to dishonest merchants.
785
00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:18,762
Others believe
that the Conestoga
786
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:21,166
had been overtaken by pirates
787
00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:25,836
who seized control of
the ship for their own use.
788
00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:27,167
And a few speculate
789
00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:32,410
that the Conestoga ran
aground on a deserted island.
790
00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:35,046
They didn’t know
what happened to these men.
791
00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:36,476
WILDMAN: As the years pass,
792
00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:39,217
the disappearance
of the USS Conestoga
793
00:38:39,217 --> 00:38:43,147
becomes one of the biggest
mysteries in naval history.
794
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:46,224
So, what’s the secret
of this lost vessel?
795
00:38:46,224 --> 00:38:48,234
♪
796
00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,730
♪
797
00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:54,630
WILDMAN: It’s 1921.
798
00:38:54,632 --> 00:38:58,369
A tugboat named the
USS Conestoga has disappeared
799
00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:02,207
while making a routine voyage
from San Francisco to Hawaii.
800
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:03,567
In the aftermath,
801
00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,377
the Navy launches a massive
search‐and‐rescue effort,
802
00:39:06,377 --> 00:39:09,147
but no trace of
the ship is ever found.
803
00:39:09,147 --> 00:39:11,977
♪
804
00:39:11,983 --> 00:39:15,286
2009 ‐‐ Monterey, California.
805
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:19,556
Scientists James Delgado and
Robert Schwemmer are researchers
806
00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:24,127
at the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
807
00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:25,597
They have long been obsessed
808
00:39:25,597 --> 00:39:29,167
by the mystery
of the USS Conestoga.
809
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:31,067
HANNIGAN:
Both Schwemmer and Delgado
810
00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:33,137
are not afraid
to explore the unknown,
811
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:34,806
and they are willing
to go all the way
812
00:39:34,806 --> 00:39:37,836
to the bottom of the ocean
to figure out this mystery.
813
00:39:37,842 --> 00:39:41,980
♪
814
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:45,580
WILDMAN:
In August, they receive
an intriguing report.
815
00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:48,386
One of their research vessels
was doing a routine survey
816
00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,986
of the ocean floor 30 miles
off the coast of California
817
00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:55,026
when the crew captured
an unusual image on its sonar.
818
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:59,396
HANNIGAN: Something that was
the shape of an oval
819
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,797
really stuck out to them.
820
00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:06,237
♪
821
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:10,467
WILDMAN:
Intrigued, Delgado and Schwemmer
send a remotely operated vehicle
822
00:40:10,475 --> 00:40:14,045
to explore the site
and send up live video images.
823
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:17,548
♪
824
00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:20,648
And there,
200 feet beneath the surface,
825
00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:25,757
are the remains
of a 170‐foot‐long vessel.
826
00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,687
HANNIGAN:
Once they send the cameras down,
827
00:40:28,693 --> 00:40:32,363
this was, in fact, a shipwreck.
828
00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:37,201
That would have been so exciting
for Delgado and Schwemmer.
829
00:40:37,201 --> 00:40:40,905
WILDMAN: The ship appears
to be made of steel.
830
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:42,865
And as they watch
the video feed,
831
00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:46,377
Delgado and Schwemmer spot
a vital clue on the deck.
832
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:49,747
♪
833
00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:54,886
HANNIGAN:
They could see a large gun
mounted to the deck of the ship.
834
00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:56,816
That was the "Aha" moment.
835
00:40:56,821 --> 00:40:59,891
WILDMAN: The size of the steel
ship and the large cannon
836
00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:03,591
point the investigators
toward one conclusion ‐‐
837
00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:06,597
it’s the long‐lost
USS Conestoga.
838
00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:08,597
♪
839
00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:11,636
So, what happened
on that fateful voyage?
840
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,096
Examining the wreckage,
841
00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:16,808
Delgado and Schwemmer uncover
structural damage to the ship
842
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:20,408
that most likely
occurred during a heavy storm.
843
00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:22,680
It seems that after
taking on water,
844
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:27,418
the Conestoga sank only 30 miles
from her point of departure.
845
00:41:27,418 --> 00:41:29,918
HANNIGAN: Schwemmer and Delgado
were incredibly relieved
846
00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:34,191
that they had solved the mystery
of the long‐lost Conestoga.
847
00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:38,362
♪
848
00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,163
WILDMAN: In 2016,
849
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:43,201
relatives of the crew
members of the USS Conestoga
850
00:41:43,201 --> 00:41:45,636
are invited to the
United States Navy Memorial
851
00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:47,736
in Washington, D. C.
852
00:41:47,739 --> 00:41:49,407
In a solemn ceremony,
853
00:41:49,407 --> 00:41:54,445
a naval bell is rung 56 times
to honor the long‐lost sailors.
854
00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:56,275
[ Bell rings ]
855
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,480
♪
856
00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:04,789
Today, that bell is on display
in the Memorial’s auditorium.
857
00:42:04,789 --> 00:42:07,389
It’s a testament
to the shipwrecked secret
858
00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:10,228
that refused to stay
hidden beneath the waves.
859
00:42:10,228 --> 00:42:12,398
♪
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