1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,840 -Whoa, oh, my god! -That's a gun. 2 00:00:08,743 --> 00:00:10,075 That's schultz's pistol. 3 00:00:12,513 --> 00:00:15,614 We're literally talking hundreds of millions of dollars. 4 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:16,849 [josh gates] it looks like a steel trunk. 5 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:18,750 -[man 1] look at this. -[man 2] oh, wow. 6 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:25,057 [robbie hoffman] dutch walke right down here with the treasure chest, 7 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:27,659 Right out onto the floating dock and dropped it right in the water. 8 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:28,827 Let's get in the water, come on. 9 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:37,403 There are tunnels all over the property. 10 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:39,805 It is a whole room. 11 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:42,007 Oh, [bleep]! 12 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:43,308 Lots of bones down here. 13 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:44,943 [man] oh, my god, look at that. 14 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:48,747 [josh] crazy. Get out of here. Are you kidding me? 15 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:49,915 There's a trunk in here. 16 00:00:49,917 --> 00:00:51,049 [man] there's a trunk. 17 00:00:58,259 --> 00:01:00,993 It's hard to believe, but just 100 years ago, 18 00:01:00,995 --> 00:01:02,861 If someone poured me this drink, 19 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:06,165 We both could have ended up behind bars. 20 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,103 Between 1920 and 1933, making, moving and selling alcohol 21 00:01:11,105 --> 00:01:13,305 Was illegal in the us. 22 00:01:13,307 --> 00:01:16,108 Prohibition was supposed to reduce bad behavior. 23 00:01:16,110 --> 00:01:20,212 Instead, it created an era of organized crime. 24 00:01:20,214 --> 00:01:22,915 Amid new york city's illegal empires, 25 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:26,452 A bronx-born german jew carved out a kingdom. 26 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,887 His name was arthur flegenheimer. 27 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:31,523 He called himself dutch schultz. 28 00:01:31,525 --> 00:01:35,327 Legends say that through bootlegging and illegal gambling rackets, 29 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,596 Schultz stockpiled a fortune, 30 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:40,099 Worth over $100 million toda 31 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:43,602 Much of that fortune is said to have been hidden in a large trunk 32 00:01:43,604 --> 00:01:45,204 That's never been found. 33 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:47,539 But new clues are leading investigators 34 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:50,409 To dutch's old stomping grounds. 35 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:55,948 In the catskill mountains, the ruins of an old hotel could hold the jackpot. 36 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:57,850 Or are the missing millions concealed 37 00:01:57,918 --> 00:02:00,953 In a distillery's long-forgotten tunnels? 38 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:05,224 Or perhaps submerged in the shadow of an eerie mansion? 39 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:10,129 Once upon a time in america an unlikely kingpin stashed a pretty penny. 40 00:02:10,131 --> 00:02:13,065 Now, it's time to uncover the last chapter 41 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:15,934 Of his bloody rags-to-riches tale. 42 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:18,937 So drink up, this one's on dutch schultz. 43 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:25,744 [in a hoarse voice] oh, that's strong, cue the titles. Whew! 44 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:29,548 My name is josh gates... 45 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:31,049 Hello! 46 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:33,952 ...Explorer, adventurer... 47 00:02:34,021 --> 00:02:34,953 Amazing. 48 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:36,555 [exclaims] 49 00:02:36,557 --> 00:02:39,091 ...And a guy who ends up in some very strange situations. 50 00:02:39,093 --> 00:02:41,426 [bleep] whew! That was exciting. 51 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:45,063 With a degree in archeology and a passion for the unexplained, 52 00:02:45,065 --> 00:02:48,033 I travel to the ends of the earth investigating 53 00:02:48,035 --> 00:02:50,302 The greatest legends in history. 54 00:02:50,304 --> 00:02:51,637 Okay, let's punch it. 55 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:54,139 This is expedition unkno. 56 00:03:00,548 --> 00:03:04,316 New york, new york, a town so nice 57 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:07,486 They named it after a tiny, medieval backwater in northern englan 58 00:03:07,488 --> 00:03:10,222 These days, the impossibly high cost of living here 59 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:13,325 Makes the five boroughs shin brighter than ever before. 60 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:16,528 But it was not always so, especially in the bronx. 61 00:03:18,499 --> 00:03:21,500 In the early 1900s, these were meaner streets. 62 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:24,536 Not many legitimate avenues for an outsider 63 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:26,805 From a poor tenement upbringing to become one 64 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:29,041 Of the most powerful men in new york. 65 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:35,914 Born arthur flegenheimer, to a pair of german jewish immigrants, 66 00:03:35,916 --> 00:03:37,950 From a young age dutch schultz learned 67 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,586 To make his way through a criminal underworld, 68 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:44,022 Run by the so-called five families of the italian mafi 69 00:03:44,925 --> 00:03:47,025 Yet, at this school of hard knocks, 70 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:49,361 It was dutch who did the knocking. 71 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:53,498 In the toughest crowd in the world, he earned a reputation for brutality, 72 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:57,936 As he moved from hijacking and gambling rackets to bootlegging. 73 00:03:58,005 --> 00:04:00,405 And after prohibition came in 1920, 74 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:03,208 Dutch killed the competition literally. 75 00:04:06,347 --> 00:04:09,715 He controlled every aspect of his illegal alcohol empire, 76 00:04:09,717 --> 00:04:11,817 From production to distribution. 77 00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:14,152 And it made him extremely wealthy. 78 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:17,623 Now, where those riches went, that's what we need to figure out. 79 00:04:19,326 --> 00:04:21,893 With his ever-present bodyguard and confidante, 80 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:24,596 Bernard "lulu" rosencrantz, at his side, 81 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:28,734 Dutch schultz used brute for and skill to coexist 82 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:34,106 With the most feared mafioso in new york and dodge the feds. 83 00:04:34,108 --> 00:04:38,443 By 1935, though, the walls were closing in around him. 84 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:41,413 Mafia lore says that dutch tried to cash out, 85 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:46,718 Hiding much of his personal fortune in a trunk, a literal box of treasure. 86 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,722 But on October 23rd, 1935, the mafia ended 87 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:54,393 His retirement plan in a hail of bullets. 88 00:04:54,395 --> 00:04:57,229 Since then, many have tried to find the loot, 89 00:04:57,231 --> 00:05:01,300 But new leads have revealed promising places where no one's looked. 90 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:16,648 I don't know about you, when I think of bootlegging, I think of nondescript trucks 91 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:20,352 Driving in the dead of nigh with barrels filled with illegal liquor. 92 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:22,854 And dutch had plenty of those trucks to be sure, 93 00:05:22,923 --> 00:05:25,657 But for law enforcement, these very waterways 94 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:29,328 Were much harder to patrol and dutch took advantage. 95 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:34,299 He had an infamously fast fleet moving his hooch all over the tristate area. 96 00:05:34,301 --> 00:05:37,803 And as for the authorities, well, they were left in his wake. 97 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:44,509 As for me, I'm headed east, well beyond brooklyn and queens, 98 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:47,846 To long island and the playgrounds of the rich and famous. 99 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:52,718 It was on the north shore of long island that jay gatsby stood, 100 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,520 Fixated on the green light of daisy's dock. 101 00:05:58,726 --> 00:06:02,427 Dutch schultz had his own dreams of greatness on the opposite shore, 102 00:06:02,429 --> 00:06:04,062 In the town of oakdale, 103 00:06:04,098 --> 00:06:06,598 Which is where robbie hoffma has asked me to meet him. 104 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:10,702 At what turns out to be a very respectable address. 105 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:17,109 Whoa. 106 00:06:32,626 --> 00:06:33,925 -Hey! -[robbie] josh. 107 00:06:33,927 --> 00:06:34,960 [josh] how are you, man? 108 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:36,327 Robbie hoffman. 109 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,729 -[josh] ah, so nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you too. 110 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:38,463 Nice digs. 111 00:06:38,832 --> 00:06:39,498 Very nice. 112 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:40,432 [josh] is this your place? 113 00:06:40,534 --> 00:06:42,234 -I wish. -[laughs] I wish too. 114 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:44,136 I feel like I'm in, like, a gothic novel here. 115 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,270 Welcome to idle hour. 116 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,871 -Idle hour. -Yes. 117 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:53,044 [josh] idle hour, as this modest 70,000 sq ft home is known, 118 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:56,548 Was built in 1901 for william k. Vanderbilt, 119 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:59,518 Heir to the railroad empire and fortune. 120 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,721 Mr. Vanderbilt's money and, I guess, taste 121 00:07:02,723 --> 00:07:05,290 Attracted the cream of new york's elite, 122 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:07,626 Who rushed here to stay in what is still one 123 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:09,828 Of the largest mansions in the country. 124 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:14,199 So the big question, what's dutch schultz 125 00:07:14,201 --> 00:07:17,102 Got to do with the historic vanderbilt mansion? 126 00:07:17,104 --> 00:07:20,305 Dutch schultz was here with his wife frances and his two children. 127 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:21,406 What, they lived here? 128 00:07:21,408 --> 00:07:23,508 Yes, they live here for 22 months. 129 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:26,845 -When? -In 1934 into 1935. 130 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:29,815 And how did you figure out that schultz was here? 131 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:31,817 What I did was I started looking up 132 00:07:31,819 --> 00:07:33,952 All of the locations where dutch schultz, 133 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:38,156 Arthur flegenheimer, was in 1934 into 1935. 134 00:07:38,192 --> 00:07:39,958 I have him in bridgeport, connecticut, 135 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,061 Yonkers, new york, the bronx, he was all over, 136 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:48,300 Upstate, but I found that he was here, in oakdale, 30 days before he got killed. 137 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:51,603 So this is right before his death. How do you place him here? 138 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:52,938 [robbie] uh, a newspaper article. 139 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:56,441 Two gentlemen were at mike's soda shop, up on main street. 140 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:57,843 Shout out to mike's soda shop. 141 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:01,813 And, uh, they actually followed dutch and lulu rosencrantz 142 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:05,617 Back here and this was the place they were hiding. 143 00:08:05,619 --> 00:08:07,853 [josh] all right, let's talk dutch and his treasure for a minute here. 144 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:11,289 We know he was super successful at what he did. 145 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,258 We know he amassed a ton of money. 146 00:08:13,327 --> 00:08:16,461 Why do we think there is a treasure, though, to be found today? 147 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:18,964 Because in 1935, he had thomas dewey 148 00:08:19,032 --> 00:08:21,600 -And the federal government after him for tax evasion. -[josh] right, yup. 149 00:08:21,602 --> 00:08:25,303 [robbie] he had mayor la guardia from the city put a bull's eye on his back 150 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:27,939 And then he also had the five families, lucky luciano, 151 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:30,709 These guys were getting real tired of dutch schultz. 152 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:32,511 And he doesn't wanna end up like capone 153 00:08:32,513 --> 00:08:33,612 And he's not gonna pay the government. 154 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:35,814 Exactly, god forbid if he does go to jail, 155 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:38,717 -He doesn't wanna go being broke when he gets out. -[josh] right. 156 00:08:38,719 --> 00:08:39,851 So, what does he do? 157 00:08:40,354 --> 00:08:42,220 Time to liquidate. 158 00:08:42,222 --> 00:08:45,123 He takes his cash, he takes his liberty bonds, 159 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:50,328 Diamonds, jewelry, gold and puts it in a custom-buil treasure chest. 160 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:53,798 Wait, hold on, what is a custom-built treasure chest? 161 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,035 Well, it's actually waterproof and airtight. 162 00:08:57,104 --> 00:08:59,504 It was built by an iron worker in the bronx. 163 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:01,139 And how do we know all that? 164 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:02,807 His attorney, dixie davis. 165 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:07,112 [josh] in a 1939 series in collier's magazine, 166 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:09,247 Dutch's lawyer, dixie davis, says... 167 00:09:10,017 --> 00:09:11,049 [narrator reading] 168 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:27,165 And I've heard a lot of different theories 169 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:29,134 As to where this treasure went, 170 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:32,404 But because dutch was here, you're putting it here. 171 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:35,807 Yes, he had a very inflated image of himself. 172 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:39,711 This was the nicest house in the country and he really believed 173 00:09:39,713 --> 00:09:42,347 That this is the place that him and his wife should be living. 174 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:46,451 So, is the treasure here as well? Like, should I get a shovel? 175 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:47,652 Not here. 176 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,154 -Not here. -Not here. 177 00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:50,121 There. 178 00:09:51,058 --> 00:09:52,223 Where's there? 179 00:09:52,225 --> 00:09:52,958 I'll take you, josh. 180 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:56,294 I'm all in, let's go. 181 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:59,064 Robbie leads me to a dock in front of the estate, 182 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:02,500 Where he's brought in veteran search and rescue diver, barry lipsky, 183 00:10:02,502 --> 00:10:06,705 Along with a sonar team, to help us find the treasure chest. 184 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:09,107 I see boats, I see dive tanks, I'm nervous, robbie. 185 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,642 -[robbie] don't be nervous, josh. -Where is this treasure? 186 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:12,243 -It's in the water. -[josh] no. 187 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:13,478 -It's in the water. -Really? 188 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,446 [robbie] I really believe. 189 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:16,014 [josh] so, front of the mansion here, 190 00:10:16,016 --> 00:10:18,717 -We do see this big staircase that comes down to the water. -Yes. 191 00:10:18,719 --> 00:10:22,354 -And... -And here's a picture from the '30s. 192 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:24,623 There's a boat ramp with a floating boat dock. 193 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:28,426 I believe dutch schultz and lulu rosencrantz 194 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:34,899 Carried this 100, 150-pound 3' by 2' by 18" high, a steel box treasure chest, 195 00:10:34,901 --> 00:10:38,837 Down those steps, onto the ramp, onto the floating dock 196 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:40,739 And placed it in the water. 197 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:42,874 All right, so now I turn to you with the dive logo. 198 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:44,643 First of all, how deep is it out here? 199 00:10:44,744 --> 00:10:46,911 We're anywheres from about two to six feet of water. 200 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:48,446 So, easy peasy. 201 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:50,615 Absolutely not. 202 00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:52,751 It's never easy. Why? Why not? 203 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:56,254 Uh, this is a river, it's mixed with salt and fresh water. 204 00:10:56,356 --> 00:10:58,256 There's gonna be mud on the bottom, 205 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:01,726 That's gonna be so deep that we may not even find the bottom. 206 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:03,028 Visibility? 207 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:04,662 Zero. 208 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,931 Visibility will end up, within a few moments, 209 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:10,602 Blacker than the blackest black you've ever been in before in your life. 210 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:12,804 Great. 211 00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:15,440 It's the worst kind of diving that you could possibly wanna dive. 212 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,409 Except that it might end in treasure. 213 00:11:17,411 --> 00:11:19,644 In this particular case, there's a lot of optimism, yes. 214 00:11:19,713 --> 00:11:22,147 That's right, okay, so we've got that going for us. 215 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:24,049 So, where do we start? 216 00:11:24,051 --> 00:11:26,451 Well, we have the boat here with side scan sonar. 217 00:11:26,553 --> 00:11:28,319 We're gonna scan the area. 218 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:31,022 If we identify a target, we're gonna throw a marker buoy on it. 219 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,058 Once we identify enough targets, we'll dive. 220 00:11:33,627 --> 00:11:35,260 Okay. Let's get into it. 221 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,102 We motor over to the locatio of idle hour's long-banishe dock 222 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:47,205 And begin our sonar scan for a treasure chest. 223 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:48,606 What is that, right there? 224 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:49,708 [barry] mark it, mark it. 225 00:11:49,710 --> 00:11:51,342 -[josh] see that? -[barry] let's check that out. 226 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:53,044 [josh] uh, it looks like a mass, whatever that is. 227 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,448 It's in the right place. 228 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,850 -[gus] okay, we're gonna spin again. -Yeah. 229 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:00,451 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.