In 1965, an article in Readers Digest entitled "Oak Island's Mysterious Money Pit" inspires some of the greatest chapters in the world's longest running treasure hunt.
The answers to a 229-year-old treasure mystery may be connected to a former American slave and British soldier who became one of Oak Island's wealthiest residents.
A storm of clues suggests that Oak Island's mysterious Money Pit was created by a famed 17th century English politician; the politician is known to have possessed one of history's greatest sunken treasures.
The most significant clue to solving the 230-year-old Oak Island mystery may be a lead cross, whose design has been found not only on the island, but all across the globe.
In 1746, a mysterious ship's log was written suggesting that a vast treasure may have been buried on Oak Island by a French Admiral who was connected to the Knights Templar.
In the late 1930s, a man named Gilbert Hedden explored some of the most astonishing theories; he made some of the most critical discoveries in the entire history of the Oak Island treasure hunt.
Compelling evidence suggests that numerous treasures were hidden on Oak Island over a number of centuries by interconnected groups who shared secret and sacred knowledge
Shocking evidence suggests that buried treasure at the bottom of the Oak Island Money Pit is protected by an elaborate system of booby traps.