UPDATE: TREASURE HUNT REVEALED! Cavalry Audio has unveiled a real-life digital treasure hunt - the clues to which are hidden across the nine episode first season of X Marks The Spot. The prize for solving? $50,000. Make sure that you’re subscribed to the podcast and following all of Cavalry’s social accounts as to not miss any clues & hints along the way! What are you waiting for? Go find that treasure! The first and only podcast series that investigates the real life treasure hunt that captivated the globe. The podcast follows the incredible story of Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico art dealer who, in 2010, reportedly buried $2 million in gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Fenn then published an autobiography that contained a six stanza poem that allegedly gave clues to the exact location to anyone clever enough and brave enough to figure it out. The hunt enticed hundreds of thousands of searchers from around the world, cost five unfortunate souls their lives, and spawned at least three lawsuits in the wake of the treasure’s discovery in June of 2020...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 hours 3 minutes
episode 4: Episode 4 | The Home of Brown
One of the most important and debated clues in the poem is investigated. We also take a trip back to the early 1980’s to examine the first “armchair” treasure hunt: MASQUERADE.
episode 5: Episode 5 | No Place for the Meek
We hear from treasure hunter Barbara Anderson and how her experience with the Fenn treasure hunt went from hobby, to obsession…to the courtroom. Also, the fifth clue is considered along with some intriguing solves from the treasure hunting community.
episode 7: Episode 7 | No Paddle Up Your Creek
Boston police officer and Fenn devotee Michael O’Connell explains his incredible solve, and how it’s hiding in plain sight. Plus, the meaning of the seventh clue is hotly debated among the search community.
episode 8: Episode 8 | Heavy Loads and Water High
As we near the end of the series…do we have any idea where the chest was hidden? Yup. But that’s just the beginning. The eighth clue, and its possible interpretations are considered. Plus, we shift gears to “search celebrity” Ben Knapple and how his penchant for disruption upended the chase.
episode 9: Episode 9 | The Blaze
What is a BLAZE? Did someone find it? Is it still out there somewhere? We also give some perspective and historical significance to the chase and how it fits into the zeitgeist.