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-Whoa, oh, my god!
-That's a gun.
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That's schultz's pistol.
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We're literally talking
hundreds of millions
of dollars.
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[josh gates] it looks like
a steel trunk.
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-[man 1] look at this.
-[man 2] oh, wow.
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[robbie hoffman] dutch walke
right down here
with the treasure chest,
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Right out onto the floating
dock and dropped it
right in the water.
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Let's get in the water,
come on.
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There are tunnels
all over the property.
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It is a whole room.
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Oh, [bleep]!
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Lots of bones down here.
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[man] oh, my god,
look at that.
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[josh] crazy. Get out of here.
Are you kidding me?
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There's a trunk in here.
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[man] there's a trunk.
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It's hard to believe,
but just 100 years ago,
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If someone poured
me this drink,
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We both could have ended
up behind bars.
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Between 1920 and 1933,
making, moving
and selling alcohol
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Was illegal in the us.
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Prohibition was supposed
to reduce bad behavior.
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Instead, it created an era
of organized crime.
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Amid new york city's
illegal empires,
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A bronx-born german jew
carved out a kingdom.
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His name was arthur
flegenheimer.
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He called himself
dutch schultz.
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Legends say
that through bootlegging
and illegal gambling rackets,
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Schultz stockpiled a fortune,
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Worth over $100 million toda
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Much of that fortune
is said to have been hidden
in a large trunk
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That's never been found.
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But new clues
are leading investigators
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To dutch's old
stomping grounds.
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In the catskill mountains,
the ruins of an old hotel
could hold the jackpot.
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Or are the missing
millions concealed
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In a distillery's
long-forgotten tunnels?
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Or perhaps submerged
in the shadow
of an eerie mansion?
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Once upon a time in america
an unlikely kingpin
stashed a pretty penny.
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Now, it's time to uncover
the last chapter
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Of his bloody
rags-to-riches tale.
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So drink up, this one's
on dutch schultz.
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[in a hoarse voice] oh,
that's strong,
cue the titles. Whew!
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My name is josh gates...
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Hello!
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...Explorer, adventurer...
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Amazing.
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[exclaims]
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...And a guy who ends
up in some very
strange situations.
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[bleep] whew!
That was exciting.
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With a degree in archeology
and a passion
for the unexplained,
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I travel to the ends
of the earth investigating
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The greatest legends
in history.
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Okay, let's punch it.
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This is expedition unkno.
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New york, new york,
a town so nice
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They named it
after a tiny, medieval
backwater in northern englan
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These days, the impossibly
high cost of living here
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Makes the five boroughs shin
brighter than ever before.
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But it was not always so,
especially in the bronx.
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In the early 1900s,
these were meaner streets.
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Not many legitimate
avenues for an outsider
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From a poor tenement
upbringing to become one
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Of the most powerful men
in new york.
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Born arthur flegenheimer,
to a pair of german
jewish immigrants,
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From a young age
dutch schultz learned
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To make his way through
a criminal underworld,
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Run by the so-called five
families of the italian mafi
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Yet, at this school
of hard knocks,
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It was dutch
who did the knocking.
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In the toughest crowd
in the world, he earned
a reputation for brutality,
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As he moved from hijacking
and gambling rackets
to bootlegging.
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And after prohibition
came in 1920,
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Dutch killed the competition
literally.
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He controlled every aspect
of his illegal alcohol empire,
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From production
to distribution.
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And it made him
extremely wealthy.
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Now, where those riches went,
that's what we need
to figure out.
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With his ever-present
bodyguard and confidante,
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Bernard "lulu" rosencrantz,
at his side,
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Dutch schultz used brute for
and skill to coexist
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With the most feared mafioso
in new york
and dodge the feds.
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By 1935, though,
the walls were closing
in around him.
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Mafia lore says that dutch
tried to cash out,
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Hiding much of his personal
fortune in a trunk,
a literal box of treasure.
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But on October 23rd, 1935,
the mafia ended
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His retirement plan
in a hail of bullets.
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Since then, many have
tried to find the loot,
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But new leads have
revealed promising places
where no one's looked.
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I don't know about you,
when I think of bootlegging,
I think of nondescript trucks
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Driving in the dead of nigh
with barrels filled
with illegal liquor.
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And dutch had plenty
of those trucks to be sure,
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But for law enforcement,
these very waterways
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Were much harder to patrol
and dutch took advantage.
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He had an infamously fast
fleet moving his hooch
all over the tristate area.
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And as for the authorities,
well, they were left
in his wake.
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As for me, I'm headed east,
well beyond brooklyn
and queens,
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To long island
and the playgrounds
of the rich and famous.
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It was on the north shore
of long island
that jay gatsby stood,
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Fixated on the green light
of daisy's dock.
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Dutch schultz had his own
dreams of greatness
on the opposite shore,
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In the town of oakdale,
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Which is where robbie hoffma
has asked me to meet him.
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At what turns out to be
a very respectable address.
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Whoa.
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-Hey!
-[robbie] josh.
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[josh] how are you, man?
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Robbie hoffman.
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-[josh] ah, so nice
to meet you.
-Nice to meet you too.
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Nice digs.
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Very nice.
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[josh] is this your place?
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-I wish.
-[laughs] I wish too.
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I feel like I'm in, like,
a gothic novel here.
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Welcome to idle hour.
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-Idle hour.
-Yes.
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[josh] idle hour,
as this modest 70,000 sq ft
home is known,
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Was built in 1901
for william k. Vanderbilt,
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Heir to the railroad empire
and fortune.
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Mr. Vanderbilt's money
and, I guess, taste
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Attracted the cream
of new york's elite,
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Who rushed here to stay
in what is still one
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Of the largest mansions
in the country.
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So the big question,
what's dutch schultz
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Got to do with the historic
vanderbilt mansion?
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Dutch schultz was here
with his wife frances
and his two children.
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What, they lived here?
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Yes, they live here
for 22 months.
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-When?
-In 1934 into 1935.
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And how did you figure out
that schultz was here?
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What I did was
I started looking up
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All of the locations
where dutch schultz,
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Arthur flegenheimer,
was in 1934 into 1935.
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I have him in bridgeport,
connecticut,
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Yonkers, new york,
the bronx, he was all over,
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Upstate, but I found
that he was here, in oakdale,
30 days before he got killed.
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So this is right before
his death. How do you
place him here?
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[robbie] uh,
a newspaper article.
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Two gentlemen were
at mike's soda shop,
up on main street.
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Shout out to mike's soda shop.
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And, uh, they actually
followed dutch
and lulu rosencrantz
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Back here and this was
the place they were hiding.
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[josh] all right, let's talk
dutch and his treasure
for a minute here.
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We know he was super
successful at what he did.
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We know he amassed
a ton of money.
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Why do we think
there is a treasure, though,
to be found today?
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Because in 1935,
he had thomas dewey
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-And the federal government
after him for tax evasion.
-[josh] right, yup.
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[robbie] he had mayor
la guardia from the city
put a bull's eye on his back
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And then he also had
the five families,
lucky luciano,
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These guys were getting
real tired of dutch schultz.
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And he doesn't wanna
end up like capone
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And he's not gonna
pay the government.
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Exactly, god forbid
if he does go to jail,
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-He doesn't wanna go
being broke when he gets out.
-[josh] right.
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So, what does he do?
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Time to liquidate.
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He takes his cash,
he takes his liberty bonds,
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Diamonds, jewelry, gold
and puts it in a custom-buil
treasure chest.
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Wait, hold on,
what is a custom-built
treasure chest?
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Well, it's actually
waterproof and airtight.
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It was built by an iron worker
in the bronx.
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And how do we know all that?
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His attorney, dixie davis.
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[josh] in a 1939 series
in collier's magazine,
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Dutch's lawyer, dixie davis,
says...
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[narrator reading]
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And I've heard a lot
of different theories
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As to where
this treasure went,
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But because dutch was here,
you're putting it here.
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Yes, he had a very
inflated image of himself.
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This was the nicest house
in the country
and he really believed
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That this is the place
that him and his wife
should be living.
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So, is the treasure
here as well? Like,
should I get a shovel?
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Not here.
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-Not here.
-Not here.
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There.
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Where's there?
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I'll take you, josh.
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I'm all in, let's go.
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Robbie leads me
to a dock in front
of the estate,
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Where he's brought in
veteran search and rescue
diver, barry lipsky,
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Along with a sonar team,
to help us find
the treasure chest.
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I see boats, I see dive tanks,
I'm nervous, robbie.
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-[robbie] don't be nervous,
josh.
-Where is this treasure?
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-It's in the water.
-[josh] no.
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-It's in the water.
-Really?
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[robbie] I really believe.
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[josh] so, front
of the mansion here,
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-We do see this big staircase
that comes down to the water.
-Yes.
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-And...
-And here's a picture
from the '30s.
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There's a boat ramp
with a floating boat dock.
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I believe dutch schultz
and lulu rosencrantz
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Carried this 100, 150-pound
3' by 2' by 18" high,
a steel box treasure chest,
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Down those steps,
onto the ramp,
onto the floating dock
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And placed it in the water.
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All right, so now I turn
to you with the dive logo.
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First of all,
how deep is it out here?
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We're anywheres
from about two
to six feet of water.
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00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:48,446
So, easy peasy.
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00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:50,615
Absolutely not.
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00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:52,751
It's never easy.
Why? Why not?
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00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:56,254
Uh, this is a river,
it's mixed with salt
and fresh water.
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There's gonna be
mud on the bottom,
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That's gonna be so deep
that we may not even
find the bottom.
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00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:03,028
Visibility?
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00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:04,662
Zero.
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00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,931
Visibility will end up,
within a few moments,
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00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:10,602
Blacker than the blackest
black you've ever been
in before in your life.
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Great.
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00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:15,440
It's the worst kind of diving
that you could possibly
wanna dive.
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00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,409
Except that it might
end in treasure.
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00:11:17,411 --> 00:11:19,644
In this particular case,
there's a lot of optimism,
yes.
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That's right, okay,
so we've got that
going for us.
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So, where do we start?
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Well, we have the boat here
with side scan sonar.
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We're gonna scan the area.
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If we identify a target,
we're gonna throw
a marker buoy on it.
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Once we identify
enough targets, we'll dive.
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Okay. Let's get into it.
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We motor over to the locatio
of idle hour's long-banishe
dock
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And begin our sonar scan
for a treasure chest.
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What is that, right there?
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[barry] mark it, mark it.
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-[josh] see that?
-[barry] let's check that out.
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[josh] uh, it looks like
a mass, whatever that is.
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It's in the right place.
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-[gus] okay, we're gonna
spin again.
-Yeah.
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I mean, there's
something there.
230
00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:05,457
[gus] look at this,
over here, that's right
where you wanna be.
231
00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:07,192
Well, that looks really solid.
232
00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:08,926
[gus] mark that one too.
233
00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:11,730
[barry] grab those two marks
there, make sure we get them
identified, right there.
234
00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:13,498
[josh] with our sonar
scan complete,
235
00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:15,800
It's time to dive
into the darkness.
236
00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:22,941
So, what's the plan?
237
00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:26,945
So, gonna, uh, swim over
to the, uh, side
where the steps are
238
00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:31,349
And we're gonna tie ourselves
in, as if we're doing, uh,
search type patterns.
239
00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:33,118
So we're gonna be
hard-tethered to the shore.
240
00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,221
Yes, we are, because it'll
be absolutely zero
visibility.
241
00:12:36,223 --> 00:12:38,223
So if I'm this close to you
underwater, I won't
be able to see you.
242
00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:40,158
You will not be
able to see me.
243
00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,659
[josh] I know that a lot
of people, when they
get into conditions like thi
244
00:12:41,695 --> 00:12:43,528
Where it's a total blackout,
they freak.
245
00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:45,797
They absolutely do,
don't keep your eyes open,
246
00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:47,799
Be better off just
closing your eyes
247
00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:51,136
And use your mind's
eye to see with.
248
00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:52,537
Are you talking
about the force?
249
00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:54,205
It's whatever you wanna
make it be.
250
00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:56,808
The force actually does work
in this kind of conditions.
251
00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:59,310
This is some jedi [bleep]
here, okay, let's get
in the water, come on.
252
00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:03,815
In addition to a line
connecting us to the shore,
253
00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:06,551
Barry and I are going
to be tethered to each other
254
00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:09,354
So that the next body
he needs to recover
isn't mine.
255
00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:13,024
If that sounds dramatic,
remember that this river
256
00:13:13,026 --> 00:13:16,561
Is filled with debris,
dating back before
the vanderbilts.
257
00:13:16,663 --> 00:13:19,030
Even more concerning
is the mud,
258
00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:23,034
Thick underwater quicksand,
capable of swallowing
and trapping us
259
00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:24,235
Beneath the surface.
260
00:13:24,838 --> 00:13:26,003
[barry over radio]
261
00:13:32,612 --> 00:13:34,679
[josh] do not adjust
your television set
262
00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:37,348
Or phone or whatever
you're watching this on.
263
00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:39,717
You're seeing what I'm seeing,
nothing.
264
00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:42,453
[barry over radio]
265
00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:44,288
[josh over radio]
266
00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:48,459
I've never been afraid
of the dark before,
267
00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:51,462
But I've never experienced
darkness like this.
268
00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:54,532
I'm completely blind,
disoriented.
269
00:13:56,036 --> 00:13:57,035
[barry over radio]
270
00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,572
[josh over radio]
271
00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:06,744
On the verge of panic,
I use barry's advice.
272
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,747
Disregarding my sense of sig
and carefully allowing
273
00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:12,150
My hands to evaluate
my surroundings.
274
00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:14,419
[barry over radio]
275
00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:16,554
[josh over radio]
276
00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:19,858
[barry over radio]
277
00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:28,233
[robbie] come on.
It's gotta be there.
278
00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:31,002
Come on.
279
00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:32,937
[josh] finally, I'm able
to wrap my fingers
280
00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:35,940
Around something
that I hope won't
cut or bite me.
281
00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,141
[barry over radio]
282
00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:37,909
[josh over radio]
283
00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:44,082
[barry over radio]
284
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,318
[robbie] they're coming
up with something.
285
00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,828
They're in the spot,
they're right there.
286
00:14:56,830 --> 00:14:57,795
[josh over radio]
287
00:14:57,797 --> 00:14:59,764
[barry over radio]
288
00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:03,735
[josh] near a shuttered
mansion, known as idle hour
I'm diving in total darkness
289
00:15:03,836 --> 00:15:08,940
Blindly grasping to find
the legendary lost fortune
of mobster, dutch schultz.
290
00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:09,941
[josh over radio]
291
00:15:17,651 --> 00:15:19,250
[robbie] it makes sense.
292
00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:22,654
Dutch and lulu would
have walked right down here
with the treasure chest,
293
00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,857
Right onto the ramp,
right out onto the floating
dock
294
00:15:25,959 --> 00:15:27,225
And dropped it
right in the water.
295
00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:28,226
[josh over radio]
296
00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,030
[barry over radio]
297
00:15:32,032 --> 00:15:33,231
Come on, uncle dutch.
298
00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:36,935
We're close.
299
00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:39,637
[josh] we return
to the darkness
to continue the search.
300
00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:41,339
[josh over radio]
301
00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:42,106
[barry over radio]
302
00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:43,341
[josh over radio]
303
00:15:45,211 --> 00:15:46,244
[barry over radio]
304
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:48,613
[josh over radio]
305
00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:51,149
[barry over radio]
306
00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:58,756
They have something
very large?
307
00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:00,325
[gus] very, very large,
they don't know
if they gonna move it.
308
00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,328
[robbie] well,
let's pull it up.
309
00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:05,363
[josh over radio]
310
00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:08,499
[barry over radio]
311
00:16:10,904 --> 00:16:11,903
[josh over radio]
312
00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:25,416
[barry over radio]
313
00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:26,417
[josh over radio]
314
00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:28,453
[barry over radio]
315
00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:31,255
Please, lord.
316
00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:32,623
[gus] they're coming up,
they're coming up.
317
00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:33,358
They're coming up?
318
00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:38,029
[josh over radio]
319
00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:58,716
[barry over radio]
320
00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:03,621
[josh over radio]
321
00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,294
Sometimes it's better
to be lucky than smart.
322
00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:12,630
As we keep searching,
I get to pull up a chair.
323
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,936
Along with some
of the more random finds
in my treasure hunting caree
324
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:41,426
Yeah, listen, I really
appreciate the effort.
325
00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,061
[josh over radio]
326
00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:53,404
The mud is so thick,
that if robbie's going
to find the box here,
327
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:56,140
I think it'll take a dredge
to recover it.
328
00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,875
I wish him all the luck
in the world
329
00:17:57,877 --> 00:18:01,712
And head back to the mainlan
for another chance
at dutch's millions.
330
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:06,217
In a slightly more
visible setting.
331
00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:10,521
Just a few hours north
of new york lie the historic
catskill mountains,
332
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:13,324
Which have long been
a magnet for outliers.
333
00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:19,497
Artists, hippies,
comedians and, yes,
even criminals.
334
00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:22,934
In the mid-20th century,
it became a vacation hotspot
335
00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:25,336
For those seeking
to escape the city.
336
00:18:25,405 --> 00:18:30,241
And it's been the backdrop
for hollywood hits,
dirty dancing, anyone?
337
00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:34,011
Supposed to take a left
at a fork in the road.
Oh, there it is.
338
00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:41,452
Oh, it's so dumb,
but it's so funny.
339
00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:43,654
Today, many of the resorts
have faded away,
340
00:18:43,756 --> 00:18:46,457
But there are still big things
happening here.
341
00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,726
Like, you know,
the world's largest
kaleidoscope.
342
00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:50,328
Weird, but cool.
343
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,064
The world's third
largest gnome.
344
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:58,736
But where are the first
and second largest gnomes?
345
00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:04,442
This is expedition un-gnome.
Huh?
346
00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:08,946
Fortunately for you,
I have non-gnome-related
business to attend to.
347
00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:13,050
My mission is to link up
with two well-known,
canadian treasure hunters,
348
00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,920
Who, I'm told, have secured
exclusive access
349
00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:18,322
To search in a small town
in the catskills,
350
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:21,192
That was dutch's home
away from home.
351
00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:24,529
They're also convinced
it's home to his missing
millions.
352
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:30,201
[josh] in the nearby,
tranquil town of phoenicia,
353
00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:34,038
I pull over to meet
steve zazulyk
and ryan fazekas.
354
00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:35,540
-Hey, josh.
-Steve?
355
00:19:35,608 --> 00:19:37,107
It is.
356
00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,809
[josh] steve and ryan
are accomplished
treasure hunters.
357
00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:42,013
Steve alone has written
two books on underwater
metal detecting.
358
00:19:42,015 --> 00:19:45,783
And now, they have
their sights set
on dutch schultz.
359
00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:49,053
So, how did the two of you
get interested in the story?
360
00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:53,224
So we researched
different things,
and this story is legit.
361
00:19:53,226 --> 00:19:54,892
For sure. No question?
362
00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:55,793
-No.
-No question.
363
00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:57,461
It is a pretty
appealing story.
364
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,897
Oh, my god, like, think about
what's in that box.
365
00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:01,665
-Are you kidding me?
-Right.
366
00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:04,435
[steve zazulyk] we're
literally talking hundreds
of millions of dollars.
367
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:06,437
Who would not wanna
go after that, josh?
368
00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:09,207
Okay, so why phoenicia?
369
00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:12,944
Why was dutch all the way
up here? I mean, we're
a long way from new york city.
370
00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:14,912
-This is where
he was making his moonshine.
-Right.
371
00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:15,947
Couldn't do that in the city.
372
00:20:15,949 --> 00:20:17,548
Exactly, not on the scale
he was doing it.
373
00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:20,851
-[ryan fazekas] no.
-[steve] if you see all these
mountains behind us,
374
00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:23,588
There's notches in them, josh,
so in every one
of these notches,
375
00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:26,791
He had a still. He'd make
his moonshine in the stills
376
00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:29,660
[ryan] he employed a lot
of the people here,
and everybody knew him.
377
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:33,164
Everybody loved him. And thi
is where he came to relax
and do his business.
378
00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:35,700
[steve] and the thing he lov
most was the phoenicia hotel
379
00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:37,101
Best steaks in town.
380
00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:39,604
[josh] so that was his spot.
And phoenicia hotel's where?
381
00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:41,339
You're standing
right at it, josh.
382
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,906
-[ryan] right here.
-[steve] this is it.
383
00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,610
-[ryan] we're in front of it.
-[josh] this was it?
This lot? Oh, wow.
384
00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:47,612
[josh] so what happened to it?
385
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:50,448
[ryan] well, it was
a beautiful wood hotel,
sat right on this corner.
386
00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:53,050
And in the early 2000s,
there was a fire.
387
00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:55,453
Later on, 20008,
they tore it down.
388
00:20:55,521 --> 00:20:56,520
-[josh] oh.
-[ryan] and that is it.
389
00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:58,522
What a shame.
Multi-million dollar question.
390
00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:00,725
Should be an easy one for you.
391
00:21:00,727 --> 00:21:01,659
Where's the treasure?
392
00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:04,462
Right here.
Right in the basement.
393
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:06,430
Oh, you think it's
in the ruins of the hotel?
394
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:10,701
Now, how do we get to it?
395
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:12,103
Come on. I got someone
you wanna meet.
396
00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:13,838
-Sure. Please.
-[laughing]
397
00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:17,408
-Josh, this is bruce alterman.
-Josh, nice to meet you.
398
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:18,609
Hey, bruce. Pleasure.
How you doing, man?
399
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,711
Bruce is our research guy.
400
00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:24,181
So anything you wanna know
about the dutch, right there.
401
00:21:24,183 --> 00:21:25,315
You're the man?
402
00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:26,917
-I know everything about him.
-You're obsessed?
403
00:21:26,919 --> 00:21:30,121
-Totally, for 23 years, now.
-[laughing]
like everybody else.
404
00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:32,890
-There's a lotta money
out there, so why not?
-Exactly, right?
405
00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:34,959
-And this is frank.
-Frank.
406
00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:36,627
-Josh, good to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.
407
00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,429
[steve] so frank
is our gpr guy.
408
00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:40,231
Oh, the remote sensing guy?
409
00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:41,299
-[frank lopergolo] absolutely.
-[josh] all right, you're the
one who can see underground?
410
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:42,633
-To the best of my ability.
-[all laughing]
411
00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:45,703
All right, so bruce,
as an expert on dutch schultz,
412
00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:47,938
You feel confident
about the hotel as a location?
413
00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,106
Extremely confident.
414
00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:50,941
-And why?
-His dying words.
415
00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:57,381
[josh] by 1935, dutch schult
is feeling heat
on multiple fronts.
416
00:21:57,383 --> 00:22:00,384
He's just skated
on two tax evasion trials,
417
00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:02,152
But the special prosecutor,
418
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:05,489
Future governor of new york
and presidential candidate
thomas dewey,
419
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,224
Isn't giving up.
420
00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:10,561
So dutch goes
to lucky luciano
and the five families,
421
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,763
For permission to kill dewey
422
00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:16,801
But targeting
a celebrated lawman
is too much even for them.
423
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:21,038
Instead, luciano
orders the hit on dutch.
424
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,343
Murder, incorporated
finds dutch in the back
of newark's palace chophouse
425
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:26,711
And guns him down.
426
00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,718
And in one of those
colorful mob flourishes,
427
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,054
The button men
used bullets coated in rust
428
00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:39,056
To insure
he could never survive.
429
00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:45,129
In a blood poison
delirium shortly before
his painful death,
430
00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:47,365
Dutch makes
a statement to police...
431
00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:51,302
...A hallucinatory diatribe
that becomes
the stuff of legend.
432
00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:56,841
He literally mentions
the hotel, "john,
did you buy the hotel?".
433
00:22:56,942 --> 00:23:00,444
And when it comes to dutch
and hotels, this is the spot.
434
00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:02,346
This is it.
He would come here,
435
00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:05,049
Have his dinner on the porch,
436
00:23:05,118 --> 00:23:07,118
-He'd check on
all of his stills.
-Right.
437
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,688
And he would sleep here
at least once a week,
in this hotel.
438
00:23:10,690 --> 00:23:11,855
Wow.
439
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:13,958
And he was
intimately friendly
with the owner,
440
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:18,763
And most likely
took his treasure
and buried it
441
00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:21,899
In the floor of
one of the pantries next to
the kitchen, right there.
442
00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:23,901
He had to get out
of new york city,
443
00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:26,604
And consequently,
wanted to buy the hotel,
444
00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:30,941
But he got cut short
from doing that on October 23,
445
00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:32,610
When he was tragically shot.
446
00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:36,414
And since the hotel
was torn down, has anybody
searched in these grounds?
447
00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:38,215
So josh, you gotta understand.
448
00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:41,619
People have been
dying to do this for years.
449
00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:43,754
And no one's
had permission, until today.
450
00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:45,021
Amazing.
451
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:47,792
[josh] steve and ryan's pla
sounds simple.
452
00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:51,362
Using bruce's research
and frank's
ground penetrating radar,
453
00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:53,697
We'll locate
the phoenicia hotel's
basement,
454
00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:55,432
And hopefully,
dig up the treasure.
455
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,803
Well, what do you say?
Should we get to work and, uh,
tear up some earth, here?
456
00:23:58,805 --> 00:23:59,904
-Oh, yeah.
-Absolutely.
457
00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,839
Let's get rich, boys.
Come on, let's do it.
458
00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,440
[all laughing]
459
00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,209
[josh] bruce, give me
some geography. How was
the hotel laid out?
460
00:24:05,211 --> 00:24:09,013
This would be along
where I suspect
the kitchen pantries were,
461
00:24:09,015 --> 00:24:10,680
-Which had dirt floors.
-Okay.
462
00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:14,418
[bruce alterman]
dutch schultz theoretically
took the steel box,
463
00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:17,755
And buried it in the dirt
of one of the pantries,
464
00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:20,658
And put a padlock
on that pantry,
and told the owner,
465
00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:22,726
Don't let anybody go in ther
I'll be back.
466
00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:24,795
All right. Let's do it.
467
00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:30,334
[josh] while frank
does the gpr voodoo
he does so well,
468
00:24:30,403 --> 00:24:34,405
We fan out with metal
detectors to see if any clue
lie close to the surface.
469
00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:38,409
[detector blips]
470
00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:39,710
[detector beeps]
471
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:40,511
Hit.
472
00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:42,112
[device trills]
473
00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:46,050
Old square head nail.
474
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:51,722
That was in the side
of a treasure box!
475
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:52,423
Dig deeper.
476
00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:01,832
[device blips]
477
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,601
[steve] what are you
using that for?
478
00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:04,735
[josh] you don't
use a pinpointer?
479
00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:07,037
Usually, the experts
don't use a pinpointer.
480
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,106
Oh, okay. Well,
why don't you go
find a treasure hunt, steve?
481
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:10,307
-[laughing]
-and then we'll talk.
482
00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:15,846
[steve] you getting, uh,
you getting some hits, frank.
483
00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,114
[device trills]
484
00:25:20,419 --> 00:25:21,318
There's something in here.
485
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,720
Oh, [bleep]. Something here.
486
00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:26,056
[device trills continuously]
487
00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,258
That's a coin. That's a coin.
488
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,159
I got a coin. We got a coin!
489
00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:33,130
Look at this.
490
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,634
-Look at this!
-Oh, wow.
491
00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:38,536
[josh] the phoenicia hotel
was once at the heart
492
00:25:38,604 --> 00:25:42,306
Of mobster dutch schultz's
catskills moonshine empire.
493
00:25:42,308 --> 00:25:46,210
Could evidence
of his missing fortune
be hiding in the foundation
494
00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:48,345
That's awesome.
495
00:25:48,447 --> 00:25:49,780
[josh] so this is a dime.
496
00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:52,116
-[steve] that's
a mercury dime.
-[josh] yeah, this is old.
497
00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:54,218
This is early 1900s.
So we're in, what, here?
498
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,119
[steve] 1934.
499
00:25:55,121 --> 00:25:57,421
[josh] 1934! Look at that!
500
00:25:57,423 --> 00:25:59,156
1934!
501
00:25:59,258 --> 00:26:00,290
[steve] right on.
502
00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:02,393
This is the year
before dutch dies, right here.
503
00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:06,130
-That could have been his.
-Right? A '34 dime,
look at that.
504
00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:07,598
-[steve] right there.
-[josh] right there.
505
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,501
-And we just started.
Let's keep going.
-Yeah, come on! Here we go.
506
00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:13,938
[device trills]
507
00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:16,507
[detectors beeping, whirring]
508
00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:20,978
[detector beeping]
509
00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,147
Well, check this out. Whoa.
Look at this, look at this.
510
00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:25,649
-Hey, josh!
-Yeah?
511
00:26:25,718 --> 00:26:26,917
We got some coins.
512
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,419
-You got coins?
-Yeah.
513
00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:29,520
What do you got?
514
00:26:31,524 --> 00:26:32,823
Oh, yeah, you do.
Look at this!
515
00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:34,425
[steve] yeah. Two coins here.
516
00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:37,428
-Another mercury dime.
-It's a merc.
517
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:39,196
This exact one, we,
we just found one down here.
518
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,197
-Oh, you found a merc?
-Yeah.
519
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:41,799
We got something else, too.
What is this?
520
00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,501
-This is... Yeah. Yeah.
-A penny? This
is a wheat penny.
521
00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:48,105
Beautiful. Okay.
Keep at it, man.
522
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:52,276
[josh] while I enjoy
collecting loose change,
523
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,311
Frank has finished
his gpr scan,
524
00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:57,715
And we're ready
to go after the big money.
525
00:26:57,717 --> 00:27:00,284
Okay, frank. Let's talk gpr.
What do you got?
526
00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:04,188
So we're seeing multiple hits,
linearly, this way
along the cellar.
527
00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:06,657
A lot of 'em seem to be
settling on what would
have been the cellar floor.
528
00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:08,926
Okay. How, how deep down
is that from here?
529
00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:10,661
Well, the cellar floor,
roughly eight feet.
530
00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:12,963
Wow, so we got some real earth
to move there.
531
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,398
Should we bring in
the big shovels?
532
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,600
-Absolutely.
-Hey, guys!
533
00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:17,635
You wanna dig some [bleep] up?
534
00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:19,336
-[all laughing]
-[josh] come on!
535
00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:34,551
[bruce] here we go.
536
00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:35,819
[josh] that's
not a trunk, is it?
537
00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:38,455
[bruce] might be.
538
00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,791
-[josh] it's the size of one.
-[bruce] looks la steel trunk!
539
00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:42,026
[josh] doesn't it?
540
00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:43,761
[bruce] it was
two feet by three feet.
541
00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,929
-[ryan] part of the wall.
-[josh] yeah, it is.
542
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,698
-[steve] look at
the size of that.
-[josh] wow.
543
00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,333
[frank] big old
part of the wall.
544
00:27:53,606 --> 00:27:56,006
-[steve] now we're getting
somewhere. Look at that.
-[josh] look at that.
545
00:27:56,609 --> 00:27:57,808
Old wood.
546
00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,443
-[steve] oh, yeah.
-[bruce] oh, totally.
547
00:27:59,545 --> 00:28:01,345
-[josh] smell that.
-[bruce] more bricks.
548
00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:04,048
[josh] old flooring,
you see that?
That's the old stone floor.
549
00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:05,582
[bruce] holy cow.
That's the old stone floor.
550
00:28:05,584 --> 00:28:09,086
That was the floor
of the hotel,
originally built in 1901.
551
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:10,454
[josh] crazy.
552
00:28:10,456 --> 00:28:13,023
[josh] the holes we're digging
quickly fill with ground water
553
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,659
From the damp soil
being dredged away.
554
00:28:15,728 --> 00:28:17,461
-[bruce] now
you're seeing wood.
-[josh] yeah.
555
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,163
[bruce] and that would be
the ceiling of the basement.
556
00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,631
So we're into
that basement level, huh?
557
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:21,765
We are into the basement.
558
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,334
So everything that comes out
now is the basement
559
00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:26,837
Where dutch could have
buried the treasure.
560
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,909
[josh] the excavators
dig for hours,
561
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:34,545
Finding more wood,
metal, and brick.
562
00:28:35,715 --> 00:28:38,515
Unearthing this foundation
is no small task.
563
00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:40,451
But bruce's energy
never wavers.
564
00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:43,620
I am super excited about this.
565
00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:46,490
It's the first time anyone
has been able to dig
566
00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:50,394
Below the floor of the
phoenicia hotel where dutch
schultz buried his treasure.
567
00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:52,162
And that's
what we're looking at
right here.
568
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:55,799
I like that now it's 100%.
He did bury it here.
569
00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:58,602
Well, I am thoroughly
convinced that he did.
570
00:28:58,604 --> 00:29:00,938
[josh] so, we've
gotta be in that
pantry area now, right?
571
00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,741
[bruce] oh, yes. So
once you get through
that flagstone floor,
572
00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:05,209
-We'll be
totally in the basement.
-Right.
573
00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:08,011
Once we start seeing
the wood of the ceiling
of the basement.
574
00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:09,546
[ryan] josh! Check it out.
575
00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:14,351
[bleep], that...
576
00:29:15,287 --> 00:29:16,420
[josh] is that
what I think it is?
577
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:17,787
[bruce] that's
what you think it is.
[laughing]
578
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,224
-[steve] whoa! Oh, my god.
[laughing]
-[josh] that's a gun.
579
00:29:20,226 --> 00:29:22,459
-[bruce] whoa!
-[josh] that's a gun.
580
00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:24,428
[bruce] wow!
581
00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,430
-[josh] are you kidding me!
Whoa!
-[bruce] unbelievable!
582
00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,198
-[frank] thanks, brother.
-[bruce] good job!
583
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,934
-[steve] wow.
-[josh] unbelievable!
584
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:31,935
[bruce] holy cow!
585
00:29:32,037 --> 00:29:34,037
What am I looking at here?
What do you think?
586
00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:36,406
-[bruce] that's a gun! That,
that's a .32 caliber.
-[josh] .32?
587
00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:37,908
-[frank] yeah.
-[bruce] absolutely.
From the muzzle.
588
00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:40,043
-[josh] right.
-[bruce] it was a gangster's
gun, not a hunting gun.
589
00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:43,247
It was powerful enough to kill
somebody as long as
it didn't hit the wallet.
590
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:44,414
[josh laughing]
591
00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:46,517
But if it hit a chest,
it would kill somebody.
592
00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:48,051
-If it hit my wallet,
I'd be dead.
-[all laughing]
593
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,186
Believe me.
594
00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:50,120
[bruce] well, I... And it was
a throwaway gun,
595
00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:51,722
It was easily kept
in a vest pocket,
596
00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:53,957
You take it out,
you shoot somebody,
you throw it away.
597
00:29:54,527 --> 00:29:56,493
This is crazy.
598
00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:59,263
The gun is missing
the cylinder,
which isn't surprising.
599
00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,465
But it's also
missing a trigger guard,
600
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:05,936
Which may be our best clue
that this gun was not
meant for self-defense.
601
00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,706
A glove couldn't go
in the old trigger guards,
602
00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:12,743
'cause they were small.
So they would chop off
the trigger guard,
603
00:30:12,845 --> 00:30:15,212
So a guy with a glove
would be able
to shoot somebody,
604
00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:16,914
And not leave a fingerprint.
605
00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:18,415
Watch where you're
pointing that thing!
606
00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:19,383
-[all laughing]
-sorry. Sorry.
607
00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:20,951
Wow!
608
00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:22,319
-[steve] really.
-[josh] and it might have been
dutch schultz's pistol?
609
00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:23,620
He always carried a gun.
610
00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:25,756
Look at that,
a gangster's gun, right there.
611
00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:27,424
Right there.
That's a gangster's gun.
612
00:30:27,426 --> 00:30:28,759
-[josh]
in the phoenicia hotel.
-[all laughing]
613
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,127
This is insane!
614
00:30:30,129 --> 00:30:31,628
[steve] there you go.
Yeah, that's crazy.
615
00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,630
[josh] all right. We got
a lot more
earth to turn, here.
616
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:36,500
The excavators keep digging
617
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:40,704
And every scoop of dirt
they haul up will need to b
sifted for evidence.
618
00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:43,307
But steve
already has another idea.
619
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:48,111
Yeah, so josh, I think
we should leave the guys here,
620
00:30:48,113 --> 00:30:50,914
'cause we got another
really hot spot
we should go to.
621
00:30:50,916 --> 00:30:53,650
-You wanna
walk away from this?
-Yeah.
622
00:30:53,719 --> 00:30:55,219
-They'll call us.
-I promise.
623
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:56,954
No, they won't!
Look at these two.
624
00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:59,056
Frank, if you find
a treasure box,
you're gonna call me?
625
00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:02,559
That's why I'm looking up
condos in acapulco right now,
but yeah, I'll call.
626
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:05,162
That's what I'm saying!
You're never
gonna hear from these guys.
627
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:08,098
-So, you got another hot spot?
-I got another hot spot.
628
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:09,800
Trust me,
you're gonna wanna see it.
629
00:31:09,802 --> 00:31:13,503
[josh] all right. Guys.
Do the right thing
if you find something, please.
630
00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:14,804
-We're here. Trust me.
-All right.
631
00:31:14,807 --> 00:31:16,606
-You're on my speed dial.
-Okay, good.
Come on, let's go.
632
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:21,712
While the excavation team
continues their work
at the phoenicia hotel,
633
00:31:21,714 --> 00:31:24,414
Steve and ryan
bring me a few miles away
634
00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:29,119
To a place they think
could be just as promising
to find dutch's treasure.
635
00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:30,854
-How you doing?
-I'm doing great.
636
00:31:30,956 --> 00:31:33,690
Tending this unusual bar
is ashley may,
637
00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:36,426
Manager of dutch's spirits.
638
00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:39,830
I see a lot of booze
behind you, uh, with the word
"dutch" on it.
639
00:31:39,832 --> 00:31:42,199
-[ashley may] yes.
-[josh] and I see
a very intimidating portrait
640
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:42,933
Of the man himself.
641
00:31:43,002 --> 00:31:44,501
[ashley] that is dutch.
642
00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:47,437
So, explain this to me. What,
what's happening here?
Where are we?
643
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,806
-[ashley] so this is
harvest homestead farm.
-[josh] okay.
644
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:50,707
[ashley] the home
of dutch's spirits.
645
00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:52,342
And what is dutch's spirits?
646
00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:54,144
[ashley] it's a sugar wash
moonshine distillery.
647
00:31:54,213 --> 00:31:56,813
[josh] so you're making
the same stuff
that dutch made?
648
00:31:56,815 --> 00:31:59,049
Yes. And on the same property
that he did.
649
00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:00,350
[josh] he was
making moonshine here?
650
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,119
[ashley] yes, he was.
651
00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:04,154
-[josh] this was literally
his moonshining operation?
-[ashley] yes.
652
00:32:04,223 --> 00:32:05,656
-Now I get why we're here.
-Mmm-hmm.
653
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:06,657
We're not just day drinking.
654
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,591
No, this
is a great place to be.
655
00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:11,695
[josh] right, because if thi
is actually the center
of his operation...
656
00:32:11,697 --> 00:32:13,697
-[ryan] where better to loo
for the treasure?
-[josh] exactly.
657
00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:15,332
Here's the part of this
I don't get.
658
00:32:15,401 --> 00:32:19,169
How was he running
a whole distillery here
without getting shut down?
659
00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:20,404
-[steve] mmm-hmm.
-[josh] I mean,
how did that happen?
660
00:32:20,406 --> 00:32:23,340
Well, his whole operation
was underground, literally.
661
00:32:23,409 --> 00:32:25,642
-Like, underneath us?
-Yes. Right below us.
662
00:32:25,711 --> 00:32:26,977
-Oh.
-Yes.
663
00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:29,313
-This is not
the original distillery.
-No, it isn't.
664
00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:31,114
-Can we see the original?
-Absolutely.
665
00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:32,549
-I'll take you down there.
-Yeah, let's check it out.
Come on.
666
00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:34,083
[laughing] okay.
667
00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:36,553
[josh] ashley brings us arou
to the back of the property
668
00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:39,256
To a conspicuously
lower elevation.
669
00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:41,058
-[ashley] josh,
you see all this?
-[josh] yeah.
670
00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:43,226
[ashley] this was all buried.
671
00:32:43,228 --> 00:32:45,629
-[josh] all of this
was underground?
-[ashley] yes, it was.
672
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:47,064
[josh] there was
always chimneys?
673
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:50,200
[ashley] yes, so when
you're distilling,
you have to ventilate.
674
00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:52,436
[josh] wow, so this
whole thing was a distillery?
675
00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:53,337
[ashley] yes.
676
00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:54,805
[josh] that's crazy.
677
00:32:54,807 --> 00:32:58,108
And so back in the day,
what would this
have looked like?
678
00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:00,110
[ashley] this whole thing
was a turkey farm.
679
00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:02,112
A turkey farm?
Sure. Sure it was.
680
00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:03,446
[ashley] mmm-hmm. [laughing]
681
00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:04,915
-[josh] so someone's
driving by...
-[steve] never know.
682
00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:06,149
-[ashley] exactly.
-[josh] nothing going on here.
683
00:33:06,251 --> 00:33:08,952
But look at the scale of this.
This is huge.
684
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:13,857
Remarkably, this facility
was only a tiny slice
685
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:16,159
Of dutch's operation
in the catskills,
686
00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:20,063
With others like it hidden
in the mountains, churning o
enough moonshine
687
00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:24,101
To keep the tristate area
good and drunk
for almost a decade.
688
00:33:24,103 --> 00:33:25,502
[ashley] and this
is the bunker.
689
00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:27,404
[josh] here we go,
into the past.
690
00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:30,240
Whoa. This is insane.
691
00:33:34,046 --> 00:33:34,945
[josh] wow.
692
00:33:35,047 --> 00:33:36,513
This is the original bunker?
693
00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:37,880
[ashley] mmm-hmm.
694
00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:40,751
[josh] treasure hunters
steve zazulyk and ryan fazek
695
00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:45,155
Think they've found a lead
on mobster dutch schultz's
missing fortune
696
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:48,859
Among the ruins of his
massive bootlegging operatio
697
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,295
[josh] I, I can't get my head
around how huge this place is.
698
00:33:52,297 --> 00:33:55,432
So what eventually
happened here? It must have
gotten shut down.
699
00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,200
The feds raided it in 1932.
700
00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:59,436
-Okay.
-And when they found it,
they came in,
701
00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:02,606
They found
two 2,000-gallon stills...
702
00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:07,844
-Whoa.
-...1,000 gallons of liquor,
and 10,000 pounds of sugar.
703
00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:10,614
Whoa. So, huge operation.
704
00:34:10,616 --> 00:34:13,617
-Huge.
-This guy was running a major,
major empire here.
705
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,953
So here's the crazy thing.
Day after dutch dies,
706
00:34:16,989 --> 00:34:23,827
All the cars show up here,
with the black suits, mafia
murder, inc., who knows.
707
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:26,730
-[josh] right.
-[steve] there was definitely
something here they wanted.
708
00:34:26,732 --> 00:34:29,099
And did they find
what they were looking for?
709
00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:30,700
I heard they got scared off.
710
00:34:30,702 --> 00:34:31,802
Okay.
711
00:34:31,804 --> 00:34:34,604
But somebody was interested
in something, here.
712
00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:36,139
Like, big time.
713
00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:40,143
Okay, so is this bunker
the extent of what was here,
as big as this is?
714
00:34:40,212 --> 00:34:42,312
Oh, no. There are tunnels
all over the property.
715
00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:46,416
They had to move the liquor,
they had to move
their ingredients inside.
716
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:49,186
So, and have those tunnels
been explored?
717
00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:52,122
So, it's a maze of tunnels.
Some of them
have been explored,
718
00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:54,224
But we don't really know
to the extent.
719
00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:55,959
And they are where?
720
00:34:56,728 --> 00:34:57,494
Right over here.
721
00:34:57,496 --> 00:34:59,229
This is a tunnel?
722
00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:01,064
Entrance
to one of the tunnels.
723
00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,732
-Have you been down there?
-No.
724
00:35:02,801 --> 00:35:04,701
-Under the door?
-And you just have to
just lift this up.
725
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:06,837
[straining] oh, boy.
726
00:35:07,739 --> 00:35:09,806
[josh] oh, come on.
727
00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,808
That's the entrance
to the tunnel?
728
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:13,410
[ashley] you're gonna
have to crawl in there.
729
00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:14,611
Are we doing this?
730
00:35:15,214 --> 00:35:16,346
-Let's do it.
-Yeah.
731
00:35:16,415 --> 00:35:18,515
All right, ashley,
you keep the moonshine cold.
732
00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:20,317
-All right.
-All right, we'll be back.
733
00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:22,052
[josh] boy.
734
00:35:22,054 --> 00:35:23,653
[metal door clangs]
735
00:35:29,128 --> 00:35:30,794
[josh] okay, are we ready?
736
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:33,597
-[steve] yeah.
-[josh] okay, here we go.
737
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:36,299
[josh] these tunnels
were a secret
underground highway,
738
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:39,202
Where illegal booze
could be transported
under the property.
739
00:35:39,204 --> 00:35:42,105
Who knows what kind of maze
is under our feet,
740
00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:44,107
Or what could be
living down there?
741
00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:47,210
[josh] so, it goes
straight back.
742
00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:51,648
I can see that about 20 feet
down, there's some sort of
pipe that bisects the tunnel.
743
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:56,119
And then beyond that, maybe
30 or 40 feet down, it looks
like a shaft of light.
744
00:35:56,121 --> 00:35:57,787
So you think
there's another way in?
745
00:35:57,789 --> 00:36:00,257
[josh] well, there's
definitely a sliver of light
coming through, so maybe.
746
00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,627
Okay, time to shimmy.
747
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:06,329
Yeah, could somebody
heat up a stick of butter
for me, please?
748
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:09,799
[ryan] clear?
749
00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:10,700
[grunting]
750
00:36:12,638 --> 00:36:13,703
Okay.
751
00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:17,040
[steve] there you go.
There you go, you got it.
752
00:36:17,109 --> 00:36:19,109
[grunting] okay, I'm through!
753
00:36:19,111 --> 00:36:20,076
[steve] he's in like flynn.
754
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:23,213
[laughing] okay. I'm in.
755
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:24,648
[steve] how's it
look down there?
756
00:36:24,716 --> 00:36:26,516
It's great.
You're gonna love it.
757
00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:29,653
It definitely goes back,
I don't know, 60 feet or so.
758
00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:31,721
Looks fairly stable
in here at least.
759
00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:33,156
Fairly stable.
760
00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:34,391
You guys wanna come down?
761
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:36,325
[ryan] yeah.
762
00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:40,030
[josh] steve and ryan climb
after me and hand over
my trusty metal detector.
763
00:36:40,032 --> 00:36:42,699
Thank god I only ate
half that wrap for lunch.
[laughing]
764
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:47,504
Okay. All right,
welcome, everybody.
765
00:36:47,506 --> 00:36:48,805
All the piping in here
looks really old.
766
00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:53,043
I don't think anyone's
been down here in a while.
767
00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:56,947
With slightly more room
to breathe, we're able
to actively search the tunne
768
00:36:57,716 --> 00:36:59,115
[steve] lotsa bones down here.
769
00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:01,451
[josh] animal parts. Gross.
770
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,220
Nothing up here.
771
00:37:07,226 --> 00:37:10,060
[device whirring]
772
00:37:10,128 --> 00:37:11,828
[josh] ryan, see anything
up there?
773
00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:12,963
[ryan] nothing yet.
774
00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:14,331
Check this out.
775
00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:17,334
[josh] what have you got?
Oh, look at that.
776
00:37:17,436 --> 00:37:18,635
Top of an old jug.
777
00:37:19,438 --> 00:37:20,704
That is so cool.
778
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:23,039
This could literally be
a bottle of bootleg moonshine.
779
00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:24,341
[steve] yeah.
780
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:26,309
Piece of prohibition history
right there.
781
00:37:26,311 --> 00:37:29,145
Our discovery has us
feeling intoxicated
782
00:37:29,214 --> 00:37:31,748
At the thought of what else
could be down here.
783
00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:34,718
And we keep scanning
every inch of the tunnel.
784
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:35,652
[device trilling]
785
00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:37,287
[ryan] oh, I got
a good hit over here.
786
00:37:37,289 --> 00:37:38,722
-[josh] what?
-[ryan] yeah.
787
00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:39,923
-[josh] you do?
-[ryan] yeah.
788
00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:40,824
[josh] what do you got?
789
00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:42,626
[ryan] that's a coin.
790
00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:45,495
[josh] get out of here.
Are you kidding me?
791
00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:47,897
That is a coin. Dude!
792
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:50,600
-Yeah.
-Unbelievable! Look at this.
793
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,837
-[steve] yeah, it's silver.
-[josh] damn right it's
silver. Look how clean it is.
794
00:37:53,872 --> 00:37:57,107
Eagle on the back,
e pluribus unum,
united states of america.
795
00:37:57,909 --> 00:37:59,542
This is a half dollar, yeah?
796
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:01,311
[steve] yeah,
a walking liberty.
797
00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:02,946
A walking liberty.
798
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:08,051
Other than being worn, though,
just absolutely incredible
the condition it's in.
799
00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:10,453
Anyone know
walking liberty years?
800
00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:13,757
[steve] roughly 1915, 1916
'til the late 40s.
801
00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:14,758
So we're in the period here?
802
00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:16,526
-Definitely. Definitely.
-100%. 100%.
803
00:38:16,528 --> 00:38:17,894
-I mean, right in the period.
-[both] yeah.
804
00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:20,730
So, there was definitely
people coming through
these tunnels
805
00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:22,899
With money in their pockets.
806
00:38:22,901 --> 00:38:24,200
I mean, come on.
807
00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:26,436
That is so dope.
808
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:28,605
Okay. The first of many,
I hope.
809
00:38:28,607 --> 00:38:29,472
Amen.
810
00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:31,207
Let's keep looking. Come on.
811
00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:34,711
In the darkness
just ahead of us, we realiz
our tunnel, singular,
812
00:38:34,713 --> 00:38:37,514
Has just turned into
tunnels, plural.
813
00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:38,715
Josh, we got a ladder here.
814
00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:42,352
What? Oh, look at that!
Where does that go up to?
815
00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:44,321
I can't see
where it goes, but...
816
00:38:44,323 --> 00:38:48,258
Let, let's try up the ladder,
and then we can
continue forward after.
817
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,192
Sounds like a plan.
818
00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:51,394
[josh] all right, give it
a whirl. Let's see
what you got.
819
00:38:51,396 --> 00:38:54,564
Ryan leads the way,
with steve and I close behin
820
00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:56,299
All right, coming up.
821
00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:58,101
[exhales]
822
00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:00,637
Look at this.
823
00:39:01,907 --> 00:39:03,540
It's like a,
it's like a hallway.
824
00:39:04,710 --> 00:39:06,443
Dude, there is a door here.
825
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,011
-[steve] whoa.
-[josh] look at this thing.
826
00:39:08,747 --> 00:39:09,446
[steve] holy...
827
00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:11,614
Look at the size of the door.
828
00:39:11,616 --> 00:39:13,350
[steve] and look at the size
of the hinges.
829
00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,618
Yeah, this, right? The cutout?
830
00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:18,555
This is the kind of thing
you put on a door when you
try to control access to it.
831
00:39:18,623 --> 00:39:19,956
You know, if you've got
something in here,
832
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:22,058
And you wanna control
who's coming through.
833
00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:23,426
Okay, here, can you pull that?
834
00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:24,527
[ryan] yeah.
835
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:27,764
-[all straining]
-[josh] come on!
836
00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:31,534
Oh, wow. This is crazy.
837
00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:32,902
Also, guys.
838
00:39:34,306 --> 00:39:36,039
[whispering]
what's the password?
839
00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:37,707
-[whispering] dutch.
-[josh] that's correct.
840
00:39:40,512 --> 00:39:41,811
[ryan] wow.
841
00:39:41,813 --> 00:39:43,246
[josh] it's huge.
842
00:39:47,452 --> 00:39:49,452
[josh] look at this brick.
What do you think this is?
843
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:52,021
[steve] definitely
part of the oven or furnace.
844
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:54,124
[josh] totally, right?
This could have been
a chimney or something.
845
00:39:54,126 --> 00:39:56,393
Looks like we've got some,
something boarded up there.
846
00:39:56,395 --> 00:39:57,560
That might have been vents.
847
00:39:57,629 --> 00:39:59,629
[steve] they were
cooking moonshine in here.
848
00:39:59,631 --> 00:40:01,364
-[josh] right?
-[steve] oh, yeah, for sure.
849
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:02,799
It looks like it's bombproof.
850
00:40:02,801 --> 00:40:04,300
[josh] I was just
thinking the same thing.
851
00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:07,804
I mean, look at the thickness
of this concrete. It's insane.
852
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:08,872
You wouldn't get in here.
853
00:40:08,874 --> 00:40:10,907
No, you wouldn't
get in here at all.
854
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:13,376
No treasure.
No moonshine left behind.
855
00:40:13,378 --> 00:40:14,110
Back down the ladder?
856
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:15,044
[steve] I think so.
857
00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:18,715
Boy, it just keeps
going and going.
858
00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:23,153
The maze we're lost in
was once traveled by dutch
and his gang of bootleggers
859
00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:26,022
As they distilled hooch
and moved it secretly
860
00:40:26,024 --> 00:40:28,491
Beneath the farm
to who knows where.
861
00:40:28,493 --> 00:40:31,861
But that's not to say
they didn't leave
anything behind.
862
00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:34,130
-[ryan] uh-oh. I got...
I got something good here.
-[detector beeping]
863
00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:35,264
-You do?
-Yep.
864
00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:41,104
Get the [bleep] out of here.
Are you kidding me?
865
00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,840
-It's a pocket watch. Really?
-[ryan] it's like an old
pocket watch, I think.
866
00:40:43,909 --> 00:40:46,543
[josh] 'cause this is insane.
Come here. Look at this.
867
00:40:47,446 --> 00:40:48,778
This is crazy.
868
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,247
-[steve] yep.
-[ryan laughs] you got to
be kidding me.
869
00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:53,216
[josh] look at this. [exhales]
870
00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:54,951
-Oh, my god. Look at that.
-[josh] crazy.
871
00:40:57,122 --> 00:41:01,424
And it says, "westclox? Dax"?
872
00:41:01,426 --> 00:41:03,960
Like, think of... There's guys
going through there
873
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,695
With this stuff
on their bodies.
874
00:41:05,697 --> 00:41:07,396
Like, this is period.
875
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,935
[ryan] it's definitely another
piece to the puzzle
of what's going on here
876
00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:14,204
-In this tunnel system.
-[josh] it's incredible.
877
00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:15,939
Look at that.
878
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,043
Like, have you noticed like,
the farther we get deeper,
879
00:41:20,045 --> 00:41:22,412
The better the finds are.
It's incredible.
880
00:41:22,414 --> 00:41:25,215
Absolutely.
So, let's keep going.
881
00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:27,617
[detector beeping]
882
00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:31,621
We continue down the tunnel
and there's a lot
of continuing to go.
883
00:41:31,623 --> 00:41:33,456
Didn't they have chiropractors
in this town?
884
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:39,062
[pants] okay. Oh. Oh [bleep]
885
00:41:40,232 --> 00:41:42,599
Guys. I just found
another huge tunnel.
886
00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:45,401
It goes as far
as the eye can see.
887
00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:47,403
-I am not kidding.
-[ryan] this is starting
to get crazy.
888
00:41:47,405 --> 00:41:51,207
-[josh] I mean, look at this.
-Oh, wow. [laughs]
889
00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,043
-[josh] insane, right?
-How's that possible?
890
00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:57,046
Look at it. Look at that.
891
00:41:57,048 --> 00:41:58,715
I don't even feel like
I'm in new york anymore, josh.
892
00:41:58,717 --> 00:42:00,717
No, no, we're in
the pyramids now.
893
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,619
I mean, it's sloping uphill.
894
00:42:02,621 --> 00:42:06,222
-What do you think?
-You go that way
and steve and I'll go this way
895
00:42:06,224 --> 00:42:08,057
-And then, we'll meet you
up top.
-[chuckles]
896
00:42:08,126 --> 00:42:10,360
You're less excited about
going on the uphill tunnel?
897
00:42:10,428 --> 00:42:12,662
Well, I know [bleep]
travels downhill.
898
00:42:12,764 --> 00:42:14,330
[all laughing]
899
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,100
At least someone's
got to go up there.
900
00:42:17,102 --> 00:42:19,903
What do you think? Split up?
Rock, paper, scissors?
901
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:21,638
-[ryan] odd man out?
-It's one, two, three, shoot.
902
00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:23,940
One, two, three, shoot.
903
00:42:25,243 --> 00:42:27,043
-Oh, that's
a tough break, ryan.
-I never win.
904
00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:29,212
-Okay, good luck.
-Yeah, alright.
905
00:42:29,214 --> 00:42:30,914
-Alright, I'll let you know.
-Be safe.
906
00:42:30,916 --> 00:42:32,849
As for us, back
in the darkness, steve.
907
00:42:32,951 --> 00:42:34,350
-Here we go.
-Yeah, let's go.
908
00:42:39,624 --> 00:42:42,859
[grunts] oh [bleep] hold on.
Look at this.
909
00:42:42,961 --> 00:42:44,761
-Wow.
-What the hell is this?
910
00:42:44,829 --> 00:42:46,930
-Oh, man. Yep.
-Dude, do you see this?
911
00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:49,332
[steve] what...
Is that a room?
912
00:42:49,401 --> 00:42:51,501
It is a whole room.
913
00:42:52,337 --> 00:42:53,970
Oh [bleep]
914
00:42:57,108 --> 00:43:00,109
[josh] before diving
into the tunnels
beneath dutch's spirits,
915
00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:03,713
I felt I had to conduct
some critical,
historical research
916
00:43:03,715 --> 00:43:06,616
About the sugar wash moonshi
they make here today.
917
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,118
Ooh, smells strong.
918
00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:10,720
-Cheers.
-Bottom's up.
919
00:43:10,722 --> 00:43:11,721
Cheers. Here we go.
920
00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:18,461
[wheezes] smooth.
921
00:43:18,463 --> 00:43:21,664
-[laughing] mmm-hmm.
-Well first of all,
it's great.
922
00:43:21,733 --> 00:43:24,133
-[wheezing] second of all,
it's strong.
-[steve laughs]
923
00:43:24,202 --> 00:43:27,337
-Wow, that is excellent.
-Thank you.
924
00:43:27,405 --> 00:43:28,605
'cause this is the thing
with moonshine.
925
00:43:28,607 --> 00:43:30,072
Everyone tells you
it's gonna be great.
926
00:43:30,075 --> 00:43:32,642
"oh, we make moonshine."
and a lot of times
it's like gasoline.
927
00:43:32,744 --> 00:43:34,377
-Mmm-hmm.
-[josh] that's strong,
but it actually is.
928
00:43:34,379 --> 00:43:35,311
No, this is drinkable.
929
00:43:35,313 --> 00:43:37,947
-It's really, really tasty.
-[laughs]
930
00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:41,150
I should probably have
just one more or like
20 more of those.
931
00:43:43,722 --> 00:43:46,723
-Be careful. I do.
-You see it?
932
00:43:46,725 --> 00:43:49,092
[josh] in the catskill
mountains, a massive networ
933
00:43:49,094 --> 00:43:51,361
Of tunnels dating back
to prohibition
934
00:43:51,429 --> 00:43:54,931
Might be the hiding place
of a trunk said to contain
935
00:43:54,933 --> 00:43:57,100
Dutch schultz's
long lost millions.
936
00:43:59,037 --> 00:44:03,506
[steve groans] oh, my god.
What is that?
937
00:44:03,508 --> 00:44:05,808
I don't know what it is, man.
A raccoon, maybe?
938
00:44:06,311 --> 00:44:07,910
Woah.
939
00:44:07,912 --> 00:44:10,013
My concern is that
this whole floor here looks
940
00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:11,314
Like it's about to
give way above us.
941
00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:13,716
-[steve] it's given way.
-[josh] totally.
942
00:44:13,718 --> 00:44:15,318
I mean, it's just being
held up by the debris now.
943
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,220
So I don't know
what the hell this is.
944
00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:20,056
-I think we should stick
to this concrete wall...
-Yeah, for sure.
945
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:21,591
And just try to hug the corner
946
00:44:21,593 --> 00:44:22,792
And I wouldn't touch
any of this.
947
00:44:22,860 --> 00:44:24,060
-It looks like
it's all gonna fall.
-[steve] yep.
948
00:44:28,433 --> 00:44:29,499
[josh] this is crazy.
949
00:44:33,204 --> 00:44:35,104
Holy hell.
950
00:44:36,608 --> 00:44:38,174
I think we're in a house.
951
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:41,310
This is outdoors
and we lost the light.
It's dark out.
952
00:44:41,312 --> 00:44:45,214
-That's a tree.
-God, this place just
never ends.
953
00:44:45,750 --> 00:44:46,716
It's crazy.
954
00:44:47,218 --> 00:44:48,317
There's a trunk in here.
955
00:44:49,421 --> 00:44:50,820
-There's a trunk?
-Yeah.
956
00:44:50,822 --> 00:44:53,456
-Look at that.
-It's amazing, dude.
Look at this.
957
00:44:53,525 --> 00:44:55,658
There is literally
a trunk in here.
958
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,460
You can't... I mean,
I can't even step there
959
00:44:57,529 --> 00:44:59,028
'cause I'll go
right through that basement.
960
00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:01,030
[steve] yeah, you can see...
Look at the floor.
You gotta be careful.
961
00:45:04,002 --> 00:45:04,767
[josh grunts]
962
00:45:08,339 --> 00:45:11,240
-Anything?
-Just spider webs.
963
00:45:11,309 --> 00:45:13,509
I think this house is as old
as the distillery.
964
00:45:13,511 --> 00:45:15,945
Obviously, it is.
The tunnels come into it.
965
00:45:15,947 --> 00:45:17,346
But it must have been
remodeled over time
966
00:45:17,415 --> 00:45:18,815
And somebody must have
been living in it
967
00:45:18,817 --> 00:45:20,316
Until eventually
it was abandoned.
968
00:45:20,318 --> 00:45:23,152
[steve] originally, I bet you
this was part
of that whole labyrinth.
969
00:45:23,254 --> 00:45:26,422
There's a whole reason that
this place was here for sure.
970
00:45:26,424 --> 00:45:28,024
Right, let's get out of here
before this whole
thing collapses.
971
00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:32,562
This is a house, dude.
This is a house.
972
00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:35,064
Look at this. It's like
a huge overgrown house.
973
00:45:35,133 --> 00:45:37,200
The fact that a tunnel
is going to the basement.
974
00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:39,535
This must have been
a secret...
975
00:45:39,637 --> 00:45:42,805
-Escape.
-Escape or a secret place
to move booze in and out.
976
00:45:42,807 --> 00:45:44,574
Like, this was part
of the operation.
977
00:45:44,576 --> 00:45:46,542
Illegally moving stuff...
It must have been.
978
00:45:46,611 --> 00:45:48,411
-Had to be. Yeah.
-Right?
979
00:45:48,413 --> 00:45:49,946
But where...
Like, where are we
980
00:45:50,047 --> 00:45:51,414
In reference
to the distillery?
981
00:45:51,416 --> 00:45:52,815
-No idea.
-Like, are we near it?
982
00:45:58,523 --> 00:46:00,790
So there it is. So there's
the distillery right there.
983
00:46:00,792 --> 00:46:02,425
That is crazy.
984
00:46:02,427 --> 00:46:04,794
-So we went
all the way under this.
-The whole way.
985
00:46:04,796 --> 00:46:06,162
All the way to here.
986
00:46:06,231 --> 00:46:08,064
-Under the road,
all the way here?
-Yep.
987
00:46:08,133 --> 00:46:09,499
[ryan on radio]
hey josh, do you copy?
988
00:46:11,703 --> 00:46:12,935
Go for josh. What's up?
989
00:46:13,037 --> 00:46:15,938
Yeah, I've got on the outside
of the tunnel here.
990
00:46:15,974 --> 00:46:18,641
It actually comes out
of the side of the distillery.
991
00:46:18,743 --> 00:46:22,612
You're not gonna believe this.
We punched out into
the basement of a house.
992
00:46:22,614 --> 00:46:24,714
It was an old house
on the edge of the property.
993
00:46:24,716 --> 00:46:28,651
We came out in there
and we literally just walked
out the front door.
994
00:46:28,753 --> 00:46:30,720
So we're gonna make our way
back towards the distillery
995
00:46:30,722 --> 00:46:33,489
-Break open the moonshine
for us, will you please?
-Sounds like a plan.
996
00:46:33,491 --> 00:46:35,024
-Let's get a drink. Come on.
-Okay, man.
997
00:46:35,026 --> 00:46:36,826
-That's incredible.
-[josh] amazing.
998
00:46:37,328 --> 00:46:39,328
[beeping]
999
00:46:39,330 --> 00:46:42,565
[josh] having spent the nigh
exploring the tunnels
beneath dutch's distillery,
1000
00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:46,702
We managed to haul
several historic treasure
into the light.
1001
00:46:46,704 --> 00:46:50,006
Evidence of moonshining,
artifacts from the period,
1002
00:46:50,008 --> 00:46:52,041
And even cold, hard cash.
1003
00:46:52,143 --> 00:46:54,610
Though it's not enough
to retire on.
1004
00:46:54,612 --> 00:46:58,147
But steve and ryan's search
at the ruins
of the phoenicia hotel,
1005
00:46:58,249 --> 00:47:01,350
Where we catalogued
several other finds continue
1006
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:03,719
Who knows what could be next
1007
00:47:04,722 --> 00:47:07,323
It is often said
that crime doesn't pay.
1008
00:47:07,325 --> 00:47:10,827
Well, it did for dutch schul
at least for a while.
1009
00:47:10,829 --> 00:47:14,430
His life of violence,
bootlegging and corruption
1010
00:47:14,432 --> 00:47:16,699
Cut short by the gun
of a rival.
1011
00:47:16,701 --> 00:47:17,967
[gunshot]
1012
00:47:17,969 --> 00:47:21,037
Dutch schultz's wealth was
and remains alluring.
1013
00:47:21,105 --> 00:47:24,307
But the story of his life
is clearly a cautionary tale
1014
00:47:25,410 --> 00:47:27,810
America though is a land
of second chances.
1015
00:47:27,812 --> 00:47:29,979
Recreational alcohol got on
1016
00:47:29,981 --> 00:47:34,317
As prohibition was repealed
to acclaim in 1933.
1017
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:39,055
That joyous boozy moment
marked one end of an era
for organized crime,
1018
00:47:39,057 --> 00:47:43,292
Even as a century of fightin
other illegal drugs
would follow.
1019
00:47:43,294 --> 00:47:49,498
And now dutch schultz too
has enjoyed a new life
in books, films and legend.
1020
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:51,801
Dutch's crime may pay
yet again.
1021
00:47:51,803 --> 00:47:54,103
Only this time,
the payout will belong
1022
00:47:54,105 --> 00:47:57,506
To some smart, dogged
and lucky treasure hunter.