1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,667 (dramatic music) (cannon blasts) 2 00:00:03,667 --> 00:00:08,000 - Tonight, a mystery from the golden age of piracy. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,708 - Anyone that's raised on the Atlantic seaboard has grown up 4 00:00:10,708 --> 00:00:13,500 listening to tales of Captain Kidd and his lost treasure. 5 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:18,292 - In 1698, Captain William Kidd raids a ship 6 00:00:18,292 --> 00:00:21,792 on the high seas and seizes its vast treasure. 7 00:00:21,792 --> 00:00:25,458 - Gold bars, silver, coins, rubies, 8 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:28,250 emeralds, diamonds, and other treasures. 9 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:32,000 - These other pirates now know he's sitting on a fortune. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,083 Captain Kidd wound up the most wanted man 11 00:00:34,083 --> 00:00:35,500 in the British empire. 12 00:00:36,458 --> 00:00:38,333 - What did the notorious seafarer do 13 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:40,083 with all of his loot? 14 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:41,667 We'll explore the top theories 15 00:00:41,667 --> 00:00:44,375 around Captain Kidd's hidden treasure. 16 00:00:45,417 --> 00:00:48,083 - Where could Captain Kidd have hidden this treasure? 17 00:00:48,083 --> 00:00:50,375 It could be anywhere as far as Madagascar, 18 00:00:50,375 --> 00:00:52,208 potentially somewhere in the Caribbean, 19 00:00:52,208 --> 00:00:54,458 possibly somewhere in the United States. 20 00:00:54,458 --> 00:00:57,250 - Here is a true, buried treasure story, 21 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:58,792 Kidd's lost treasure. 22 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:03,083 - What happened to Captain William Kidd's lost treasure 23 00:01:03,083 --> 00:01:04,583 and where is it now? 24 00:01:05,708 --> 00:01:07,792 (dramatic music) 25 00:01:18,875 --> 00:01:20,833 (tense music) 26 00:01:20,833 --> 00:01:26,417 - [Laurence] In 1696, William Kidd is a celebrated veteran 27 00:01:26,417 --> 00:01:29,542 of the British sea battles against the French. 28 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:31,167 (cannon blasts) 29 00:01:31,167 --> 00:01:33,417 Kidd has risen to the rank of captain, 30 00:01:33,417 --> 00:01:37,208 working as a privateer, plundering enemy ships 31 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:39,708 in the service of his Majesty's government. 32 00:01:41,042 --> 00:01:43,125 - The only thing that differed between pirates 33 00:01:43,125 --> 00:01:45,875 and privateers was a piece of paper. 34 00:01:45,875 --> 00:01:49,458 - [Laurence] That paper was known as a letter of marque. 35 00:01:49,458 --> 00:01:51,083 - When you got a privateering commission, 36 00:01:51,083 --> 00:01:53,375 you got a letter of marque from the government 37 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:56,042 that allowed you to capture foreign ships legally. 38 00:01:56,042 --> 00:01:58,250 This was not piracy, this was privateering. 39 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:03,333 - [Laurence] But now, the famed privateer is a semi-retired, 40 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:06,167 53-year-old gentleman. 41 00:02:06,167 --> 00:02:08,292 - Kidd is living in New York. 42 00:02:08,292 --> 00:02:10,708 He's married to a wealthy woman, Sarah, 43 00:02:10,708 --> 00:02:13,083 and they have a couple of daughters. 44 00:02:13,083 --> 00:02:14,458 He's got a perfect life. 45 00:02:14,458 --> 00:02:16,542 He's well respected around town. 46 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:20,125 And then comes an offer that he can't refuse. 47 00:02:20,125 --> 00:02:22,625 - He got this offer, this opportunity to capture 48 00:02:22,625 --> 00:02:25,708 French merchant ships or any ship traveling 49 00:02:25,708 --> 00:02:30,042 with a French letter of passage to take their treasure 50 00:02:30,042 --> 00:02:32,292 and then divide it up with the people 51 00:02:32,292 --> 00:02:33,958 who backed his mission. 52 00:02:33,958 --> 00:02:37,458 Captain Kidd was backed by four of the most powerful lords 53 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:40,083 in England and he also had one of the wealthiest men 54 00:02:40,083 --> 00:02:42,000 in New York backing him, Robert Livingston. 55 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,208 He had the future governor of New York and Massachusetts, 56 00:02:45,208 --> 00:02:47,083 Lord Bellomont, backing him. 57 00:02:47,083 --> 00:02:49,875 He had to assume this was a legal mission. 58 00:02:49,875 --> 00:02:52,167 These were very powerful people. 59 00:02:52,167 --> 00:02:53,917 (dramatic music) 60 00:02:53,917 --> 00:02:57,542 - [Laurence] On September 6, 1696, Captain Kidd set sail 61 00:02:57,542 --> 00:03:00,917 out of New York Harbor aboard a swift, well-armed ship 62 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:02,708 named the Adventure Galley. 63 00:03:04,208 --> 00:03:07,292 - He's been given a crew of over 150 men, 64 00:03:07,292 --> 00:03:09,583 which will give him loads of resources to rob 65 00:03:09,583 --> 00:03:12,958 very large ships, guaranteeing the most successful voyage 66 00:03:12,958 --> 00:03:14,417 of his entire career. 67 00:03:15,458 --> 00:03:17,083 - [Laurence] But Kidd's promising voyage 68 00:03:17,083 --> 00:03:19,000 is off to a troubled start. 69 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,667 (tense music) 70 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:22,792 - [Rebecca] About four months into this privateering journey, 71 00:03:22,792 --> 00:03:25,542 Captain Kidd is not having the success he hoped for. 72 00:03:25,542 --> 00:03:27,375 - He hasn't found any pirate ship, 73 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,708 he's lost 40 men to disease, 74 00:03:29,708 --> 00:03:33,542 and the only hope he has is finding prey quickly. 75 00:03:33,542 --> 00:03:36,833 - They're under contract to go after French ships, 76 00:03:36,833 --> 00:03:39,708 but instead, they're coming across Dutch ships, 77 00:03:39,708 --> 00:03:41,542 and so Kidd is not attacking them, 78 00:03:41,542 --> 00:03:44,125 but the crew is starting to demand this. 79 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:47,250 - [Laurence] Kidd can't attack a ship sailing under the flag 80 00:03:47,250 --> 00:03:50,042 of a nation that's not at war with England, 81 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:52,000 but his crew is getting desperate. 82 00:03:53,042 --> 00:03:55,500 - Privateers generally functioned under this idea 83 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,875 of no prey, no pay, 84 00:03:57,875 --> 00:04:01,292 meaning if you do not pursue and raid ships, 85 00:04:01,292 --> 00:04:03,750 no one on board is getting any money. 86 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:06,875 This puts Captain Kidd in a difficult situation, 87 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:09,542 because of course, he does need to pursue prey 88 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:14,708 in order to pay his crew, but if he pursues the wrong prey, 89 00:04:14,708 --> 00:04:17,333 then there will be no distinction between himself, 90 00:04:17,333 --> 00:04:20,042 as a privateer, and a regular pirate. 91 00:04:20,042 --> 00:04:22,292 (dramatic music) 92 00:04:22,292 --> 00:04:24,542 - Finally, the gunner of the ship, William Moore, 93 00:04:24,542 --> 00:04:27,875 basically confronts Kidd, saying there's a huge Dutch ship 94 00:04:27,875 --> 00:04:29,875 on the horizon, they should attack it, 95 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:31,625 they'll get lots of money. 96 00:04:31,625 --> 00:04:34,958 Kidd refuses and the two of them end up yelling at each other. 97 00:04:34,958 --> 00:04:37,500 - [Richard] Moore says, "You've made us beggars." 98 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:40,833 And Kidd says, "You are a lousy dog." 99 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:44,750 - [Rebecca] Captain Kidd takes a bucket and cracks it over 100 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:47,375 the head of William Moore, cracking his skull. 101 00:04:48,708 --> 00:04:51,667 - [Laurence] The next morning, Moore dies of his injuries. 102 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:55,542 - Kidd claims that he didn't mean to do it, 103 00:04:55,542 --> 00:04:58,375 but the surgeon has suspicions 104 00:04:58,375 --> 00:05:00,042 that it was probably done on purpose. 105 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:03,500 Many members of the crew also start to believe this. 106 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,042 - Captain Kidd knows right away that this is dire. 107 00:05:06,042 --> 00:05:10,208 He has now killed a member of his own crew and he can hear 108 00:05:10,208 --> 00:05:12,667 the murmurings among the remaining crew. 109 00:05:12,667 --> 00:05:15,333 He's losing them and that's really dangerous 110 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:16,667 for him at this point. 111 00:05:16,667 --> 00:05:19,333 - He needs to take a very large ship, 112 00:05:19,333 --> 00:05:21,417 pay the crew to keep them happy 113 00:05:21,417 --> 00:05:24,458 so he can keep his captainship, avoid a mutiny, 114 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:26,125 avoid any more violence, 115 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:29,417 and also to keep the respect of the British government. 116 00:05:29,417 --> 00:05:34,083 - After Moore dies, Kidd's desperate to find a prize. 117 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:37,708 So he brings the Adventure Galley around the horn 118 00:05:37,708 --> 00:05:42,125 into the Arabian Sea, hoping to find one of these prizes 119 00:05:42,125 --> 00:05:44,375 under the protection of the French. 120 00:05:44,375 --> 00:05:46,083 (dramatic music) 121 00:05:46,083 --> 00:05:50,875 - [Laurence] Then, on January 30, 1698, nearly 16 months 122 00:05:50,875 --> 00:05:54,167 after leaving New York Harbor, Kidd is off the coast 123 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:58,500 of India when his crew spots a large merchant ship ahead. 124 00:05:59,708 --> 00:06:01,833 - She's sitting low in the water, 125 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:04,750 which means she's a heavy cargo ship. 126 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:10,667 She's flying a French color and, for Kidd, this is perfect 127 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:13,708 because his letter of marque entitles him to take 128 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:17,250 French vessels and the assets that are on board. 129 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,167 This is a legitimate prize. 130 00:06:19,167 --> 00:06:20,875 (intense music) 131 00:06:20,875 --> 00:06:23,667 - [Laurence] Kidd's ship pulls up alongside its prey 132 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:26,583 with its guns loaded and ready to fire. 133 00:06:28,333 --> 00:06:31,792 The merchant ship quickly surrenders. 134 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,833 (dramatic music) 135 00:06:33,833 --> 00:06:36,833 - Kidd's luck finally changes. 136 00:06:36,833 --> 00:06:40,583 On board is a king's ransom in treasure. 137 00:06:40,583 --> 00:06:43,667 - It's the ship Captain Kidd has dreamt of. 138 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:45,958 It is filled with really expensive textiles 139 00:06:45,958 --> 00:06:49,875 such as muslins, calico, silks, it's full of opium, 140 00:06:49,875 --> 00:06:55,542 other items like tobacco and teas, sugar and salt. 141 00:06:55,542 --> 00:06:58,417 All of these goods might amount to $12 million 142 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:00,208 in today's currency. 143 00:07:00,208 --> 00:07:03,500 - Now, his crew are gonna have everything they want 144 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:06,458 and his investors are gonna get the return 145 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:08,000 on their investment. 146 00:07:09,292 --> 00:07:11,208 - Kidd comes across a very large chest 147 00:07:11,208 --> 00:07:13,042 that is double padlocked with iron 148 00:07:13,042 --> 00:07:14,750 and to his absolute astonishment, 149 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:18,292 it's filled with gold bars, silver, coins, 150 00:07:18,292 --> 00:07:20,583 rubies, emeralds, diamonds, 151 00:07:20,583 --> 00:07:24,750 amounting to about $2.4 million in today's currency. 152 00:07:26,208 --> 00:07:29,000 - But the problem is, Kidd is quite nervous about it 153 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,750 because he discovers this was basically Armenian merchants 154 00:07:32,750 --> 00:07:37,417 on an Indian ship with a local crew and it has 155 00:07:37,417 --> 00:07:41,625 an English captain who presents a French letter of passage. 156 00:07:41,625 --> 00:07:45,542 And he also says it's a legitimate capture. 157 00:07:45,542 --> 00:07:49,042 - The Quedagh Merchant is under the protection 158 00:07:49,042 --> 00:07:51,833 of the French, he's carrying a French pass, 159 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:55,333 but the Quedagh Merchant is actually a vessel 160 00:07:55,333 --> 00:07:57,792 belonging to the Grand Mogul. 161 00:07:58,792 --> 00:08:02,500 - [Laurence] The Grand Mogul, Aurangzeb Alamgir, 162 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:05,042 heads the Mogul empire of India, 163 00:08:05,042 --> 00:08:08,583 ruling a vast expanse of South Asia. 164 00:08:08,583 --> 00:08:11,417 - Captain Kidd knows that he is now possibly 165 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:13,458 under threat from all angles, 166 00:08:13,458 --> 00:08:16,208 not just the Mogul who this ship belongs to, 167 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:19,958 but the English who are going to have to answer to the Mogul 168 00:08:19,958 --> 00:08:22,042 for what Captain Kidd has just done. 169 00:08:22,042 --> 00:08:24,875 And he still needs to promise that this treasure is going 170 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:29,208 to go to the crew that has already proven to be mutinous. 171 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:32,375 That there might be some question as to whether or not 172 00:08:32,375 --> 00:08:34,083 this is a legitimate target 173 00:08:34,083 --> 00:08:37,042 becomes clear to Captain Kidd fairly quickly. 174 00:08:37,042 --> 00:08:40,375 He needs to keep that French letter as proof. 175 00:08:40,375 --> 00:08:42,458 This makes it a legitimate prize. 176 00:08:42,458 --> 00:08:43,958 - Kidd has the Adventure Galley, 177 00:08:43,958 --> 00:08:46,875 the Quedagh Merchant, and all this treasure. 178 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:51,458 He has to get this treasure back to New York. 179 00:08:51,458 --> 00:08:53,583 (dramatic music) 180 00:08:53,583 --> 00:08:57,042 - They start making stops around the Arabian Sea, 181 00:08:57,042 --> 00:08:59,542 selling off as much of that cargo as they can 182 00:08:59,542 --> 00:09:01,333 to turn it into hard currency. 183 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:06,875 - What Kidd's doing now, is he's liquidating these assets 184 00:09:06,875 --> 00:09:10,042 and putting them into gold and silver 185 00:09:10,042 --> 00:09:12,333 and it makes it easier, not only to transport, 186 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:14,875 but also pay his bills. 187 00:09:14,875 --> 00:09:17,958 But the Adventure Galley is in a bad way. 188 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:20,875 She's done a lot of miles in harsh conditions. 189 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:23,792 She's leaking, she's in bad repair, 190 00:09:23,792 --> 00:09:26,208 so they're making for the coast of Madagascar. 191 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,875 - They sail south to Sainte-Marie's Island 192 00:09:29,875 --> 00:09:33,042 off the coast of Madagascar, and it's a little pirate port, 193 00:09:33,042 --> 00:09:36,375 and that's where Kidd went to get ready for his voyage back. 194 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:38,667 (tense music) 195 00:09:38,667 --> 00:09:41,000 - [Laurence] During this stop in Madagascar, 196 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,542 long simmering tensions between Kidd and his crew 197 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:46,167 come to a head. 198 00:09:46,167 --> 00:09:48,208 - With the amount of money that they took 199 00:09:48,208 --> 00:09:49,375 from the Quedagh Merchant, 200 00:09:49,375 --> 00:09:51,500 they're surprised to find that the amount of money 201 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:53,833 they're getting is actually quite average. 202 00:09:53,833 --> 00:09:55,583 They start threatening to abandon Kidd 203 00:09:55,583 --> 00:09:57,917 unless they get their fair share. 204 00:09:57,917 --> 00:10:00,042 - There's a pirate ship that's in the harbor 205 00:10:00,042 --> 00:10:02,875 and it's got a very small crew, very minimal crew. 206 00:10:02,875 --> 00:10:06,542 Kidd orders his men to go and attack the ship, 207 00:10:06,542 --> 00:10:08,917 but his men respond by saying, quote, 208 00:10:08,917 --> 00:10:12,500 "We'd rather put two pistol balls into you." 209 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,042 And they mutiny. 210 00:10:14,042 --> 00:10:17,625 Kidd ends up losing 98 men who go and join the pirate ship. 211 00:10:18,542 --> 00:10:20,375 - [Laurence] Leaving only a handful 212 00:10:20,375 --> 00:10:22,958 still under Kidd's command. 213 00:10:22,958 --> 00:10:25,875 - That pirate ship is now in position to attack Kidd 214 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:29,833 because he has no men to work his guns or outmaneuver. 215 00:10:29,833 --> 00:10:32,708 - You can imagine he must be feeling that he has 216 00:10:32,708 --> 00:10:35,375 to get out of Dodge really quickly. 217 00:10:35,375 --> 00:10:38,750 These other pirates now know he's sitting on a fortune. 218 00:10:39,958 --> 00:10:42,167 - So he basically takes off as many of the stolen goods 219 00:10:42,167 --> 00:10:45,042 off the Adventure Galley as he possibly can, 220 00:10:45,042 --> 00:10:47,542 burns the ship and sinks it, and then takes off 221 00:10:47,542 --> 00:10:50,833 on the Quedagh Merchant with a very tiny crew that's left, 222 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:53,042 only about 13 people. 223 00:10:53,042 --> 00:10:55,208 - [Laurence] Kidd leaves Madagascar, 224 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:58,792 the Adventure Galley, and an enduring mystery behind. 225 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:02,708 What happened to the loot on board? 226 00:11:02,708 --> 00:11:05,083 (dramatic music) 227 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:09,708 - In the chaos of trying to get rid of everything 228 00:11:09,708 --> 00:11:11,458 off the Adventure Galley and sinking it, 229 00:11:11,458 --> 00:11:13,958 there's always the possibility that Kidd may have left 230 00:11:13,958 --> 00:11:16,958 some items behind, some precious items. 231 00:11:16,958 --> 00:11:21,542 - Some people believe that Kidd actually left treasure here 232 00:11:21,542 --> 00:11:25,875 and maybe some was even left on the Adventure Galley. 233 00:11:25,875 --> 00:11:29,917 And so in 2000, the adventurer and diver Barry Clifford, 234 00:11:29,917 --> 00:11:32,375 he came to Madagascar. 235 00:11:32,375 --> 00:11:34,667 - I was thinking, well, if Kidd had a lot of treasure, 236 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,208 what did he do with it? 237 00:11:36,208 --> 00:11:38,708 I was always interested in looking 238 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:40,667 for the Adventure Galley. 239 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:43,042 - When Barry's diving the wreck, 240 00:11:43,042 --> 00:11:46,500 he believes that he has found part of Kidd's treasure. 241 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:51,333 - One of the things he was supposed to have had on the boat 242 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:52,792 was silver bars. 243 00:11:52,792 --> 00:11:54,167 (splashing) 244 00:11:54,167 --> 00:11:56,958 So I went over to where the Adventure Galley was, 245 00:11:56,958 --> 00:12:00,792 dove down and had my detector with me, 246 00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:02,375 and I started getting readings, 247 00:12:02,375 --> 00:12:05,292 like, right under where Kidd's cabin would've been. 248 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,792 The whole area was hot with metal 249 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:13,250 and I found all of these metal bars. 250 00:12:14,708 --> 00:12:17,292 - He believes that he has found part 251 00:12:17,292 --> 00:12:20,583 of the silver that was allegedly on board 252 00:12:20,583 --> 00:12:22,583 the Quedagh Merchant. 253 00:12:22,583 --> 00:12:24,208 - Barry Clifford turns the bar over 254 00:12:24,208 --> 00:12:27,042 to the Madagascar government, who in turn sends it 255 00:12:27,042 --> 00:12:31,958 to the United Nations for investigation into what it is. 256 00:12:31,958 --> 00:12:33,917 - [Laurence] The results of that investigation 257 00:12:33,917 --> 00:12:35,167 are a disappointment. 258 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:41,208 - The ingot is not silver, it is lead. 259 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:43,375 And the experts doubt that it even came 260 00:12:43,375 --> 00:12:45,083 from Captain Kidd's ship, 261 00:12:45,083 --> 00:12:49,042 but that it was most likely an old pier that had gone down. 262 00:12:50,167 --> 00:12:52,708 - [Laurence] But legend persists of a hoard 263 00:12:52,708 --> 00:12:54,292 that may have been left behind. 264 00:12:55,667 --> 00:12:58,167 - Did Captain Kidd's treasure go down with the ship 265 00:12:58,167 --> 00:13:02,167 in Madagascar, or did it follow him to the Caribbean? 266 00:13:02,167 --> 00:13:04,792 Is there any more buried treasure out there? 267 00:13:05,917 --> 00:13:08,375 - [Laurence] On his voyage home from Madagascar, 268 00:13:08,375 --> 00:13:11,542 Kidd makes a stop on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. 269 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:17,083 - When everybody lands on shore, they hear the horrible news. 270 00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:21,000 Captain Kidd is now a wanted pirate and will be sentenced 271 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,208 to hang if captured. 272 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,542 (suspenseful music) 273 00:13:28,542 --> 00:13:30,500 - [Laurence] When Captain William Kidd's prized ship, 274 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:35,458 the Quedagh Merchant, arrives in a Caribbean port in 1698, 275 00:13:35,458 --> 00:13:37,625 he learns shocking news. 276 00:13:37,625 --> 00:13:41,792 The vessel's capture is now considered an act of piracy 277 00:13:41,792 --> 00:13:44,125 and not a legitimate act of war. 278 00:13:44,125 --> 00:13:48,125 Kidd's freedom, and perhaps his treasure, are now at risk. 279 00:13:49,792 --> 00:13:51,042 - He thought he would be welcomed, 280 00:13:51,042 --> 00:13:53,042 but it was the exact opposite. 281 00:13:53,042 --> 00:13:55,375 He was the most wanted man in the British Empire. 282 00:13:56,667 --> 00:13:59,042 And so, now he has a huge decision. 283 00:13:59,042 --> 00:14:00,375 If the Royal Navy catches him, 284 00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:02,167 he knows what they do to pirates. 285 00:14:02,167 --> 00:14:04,958 I mean, he could be hanged before he even gets back. 286 00:14:04,958 --> 00:14:06,750 - In his mind, he knows this has to be 287 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:08,208 some sort of misunderstanding, 288 00:14:08,208 --> 00:14:10,042 perhaps a problem with communication 289 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:11,833 as news traveled across the ocean, 290 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:14,042 perhaps by some upset crew members. 291 00:14:14,042 --> 00:14:17,542 To him, he followed every rule of his letter of marque. 292 00:14:17,542 --> 00:14:19,208 There were French passes, 293 00:14:19,208 --> 00:14:20,875 the Quedagh Merchant was protected 294 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:22,083 by the French government. 295 00:14:22,083 --> 00:14:24,750 Surely, there is absolutely no way 296 00:14:24,750 --> 00:14:27,542 he could really be considered a pirate. 297 00:14:27,542 --> 00:14:29,833 - [Laurence] But powerful forces are working 298 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:31,542 against Captain Kidd. 299 00:14:31,542 --> 00:14:35,083 The Grand Mogul of India owns the Quedagh Merchant 300 00:14:35,083 --> 00:14:38,542 and he's angry that Kidd took it as a prize. 301 00:14:38,542 --> 00:14:41,250 The Mogul's displeasure threatens British trade 302 00:14:41,250 --> 00:14:43,292 in South Asia and the profits 303 00:14:43,292 --> 00:14:45,458 of Britain's East India Trading Company. 304 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:49,500 - Captain Kidd wound up the most wanted man in the empire 305 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:54,250 because the Indies was such an important, new trade, 306 00:14:54,250 --> 00:14:56,292 trading opportunity for the British. 307 00:14:56,292 --> 00:14:59,042 The English East India Company was was the great future. 308 00:14:59,042 --> 00:15:01,167 I mean, the present was the Caribbean 309 00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:03,708 and the sugar plantations, but India was the future 310 00:15:03,708 --> 00:15:06,083 and they only had, I think it was 10 trading posts 311 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:09,042 at the time, but it was starting to go very well 312 00:15:09,042 --> 00:15:10,875 and it would lead to empire and lead 313 00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:12,667 to England taking over India. 314 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:15,208 - By the late 17th century, 315 00:15:15,208 --> 00:15:17,042 The East India Company is already 316 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:19,500 one of the most powerful conglomerates in the world. 317 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,750 They're establishing good trading relationships 318 00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:25,292 with the Indian Mughals, so there is virtually everything 319 00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:27,375 in the world at stake for them to make sure 320 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:30,250 they can protect their trading relationships with India, 321 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:32,000 so that way, the East India Company 322 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,708 can continue to survive and thrive. 323 00:15:34,708 --> 00:15:37,417 - So with the capture of the Quedagh Merchant, 324 00:15:37,417 --> 00:15:40,000 the Grand Mogul wanted his ship back. 325 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,917 He wanted the goods that were on board. 326 00:15:41,917 --> 00:15:44,833 He wanted the products and the treasure 327 00:15:44,833 --> 00:15:48,083 and he wanted somebody to pay the price. 328 00:15:48,083 --> 00:15:50,042 Kidd was that man. 329 00:15:50,042 --> 00:15:52,208 - They threatened the East India Company that if Kidd 330 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:55,167 is not captured and not made an example of, 331 00:15:55,167 --> 00:15:57,458 they will not only cut off all trade, 332 00:15:57,458 --> 00:16:00,000 they will consider it an act of war. 333 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,042 - It's costing millions of pounds in trade. 334 00:16:03,042 --> 00:16:06,792 This problem has to be fixed, Kidd must be taken. 335 00:16:07,792 --> 00:16:10,208 - [Laurence] The British government agrees to go after 336 00:16:10,208 --> 00:16:14,042 their own man even if he might be innocent. 337 00:16:14,042 --> 00:16:16,042 - So even with his letter of marque, 338 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,250 even though he thought he had the right 339 00:16:18,250 --> 00:16:20,917 to take these vessels, things have changed. 340 00:16:20,917 --> 00:16:23,875 It's turned into a political game. 341 00:16:23,875 --> 00:16:26,250 So Kidd now is in an impossible position. 342 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:29,042 He can't stay on board the Quedagh Merchant 343 00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:31,375 and he can't let his treasure go. 344 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:34,958 So what he has to do is find a way out of this. 345 00:16:34,958 --> 00:16:37,208 - He realizes that he is on a vessel 346 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:42,542 that is easily recognizable and in order for him to get back 347 00:16:42,542 --> 00:16:45,208 and prove his innocence, he actually needs to sneak 348 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:48,583 into New York and so he needs to find a boat 349 00:16:48,583 --> 00:16:53,083 that will let him enter the harbor there without detection. 350 00:16:53,083 --> 00:16:56,125 - Kidd has to get rid of the Quedagh Merchant, 351 00:16:56,125 --> 00:16:58,542 so he needs to offload. 352 00:16:58,542 --> 00:17:00,958 - [Laurence] But first, Kidd must part with some 353 00:17:00,958 --> 00:17:03,708 of the Quedagh Merchant's valuable cargo. 354 00:17:03,708 --> 00:17:06,042 - Kidd basically has to do a fire sale and sell off 355 00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:08,542 what he can and then he needs to buy a ship. 356 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:11,458 And so he sells off enough goods to have the money to buy 357 00:17:11,458 --> 00:17:14,917 a ship called the San Antonio and sail it back. 358 00:17:14,917 --> 00:17:16,875 - He can't take everything that's left 359 00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,583 on the Quedagh Merchant, but he does bring some with him, 360 00:17:19,583 --> 00:17:23,250 as much as he can fit on the San Antonio. 361 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:24,958 - [Richard] Kidd still has a very sizable treasure. 362 00:17:24,958 --> 00:17:28,708 We think it was 75 pounds of gold and 150 pounds of silver. 363 00:17:28,708 --> 00:17:31,375 It had a chest of jewels. 364 00:17:31,375 --> 00:17:34,333 - [Laurence] Kidd leaves the Quedagh Merchant in Anguilla 365 00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:37,167 in the care of his friend, Henry Bolton. 366 00:17:37,167 --> 00:17:39,417 But what becomes of the precious cargo 367 00:17:39,417 --> 00:17:42,042 he may have left on board? 368 00:17:42,042 --> 00:17:44,375 (dramatic music) 369 00:17:46,417 --> 00:17:49,875 - Kidd leaves the ship with Bolton to go and clear his name. 370 00:17:49,875 --> 00:17:53,208 Bolton starts to get worried because he has the same fear 371 00:17:53,208 --> 00:17:55,708 that Kidd does, now he's on this ship that sticks out 372 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:56,750 like a sore thumb. 373 00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:58,542 - Bolton maneuvers the Quedagh Merchant 374 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:01,375 into a nearby Caribbean river called the Rio Dulce 375 00:18:01,375 --> 00:18:04,333 where he abandons it and sets it on fire. 376 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:06,375 Rumors abound as to how much treasure 377 00:18:06,375 --> 00:18:07,875 was actually left aboard the ship 378 00:18:07,875 --> 00:18:09,500 when it was burned and sunk. 379 00:18:10,708 --> 00:18:13,542 - [Laurence] For more than 300 years, the location 380 00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:17,125 of the Quedagh Merchant and its possible sunken treasure 381 00:18:17,125 --> 00:18:19,250 remains a mystery. 382 00:18:20,625 --> 00:18:25,000 Then, in 2007, some local residents are diving 383 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,625 in shallow waters off an island near the Dominican Republic 384 00:18:29,625 --> 00:18:35,125 and come across an old cannon lying on the ocean floor. 385 00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:37,208 - In a collaboration between Indiana University 386 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:38,792 and the Dominican Republic government, 387 00:18:39,917 --> 00:18:45,500 we began assessing the site and recovering data. 388 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,042 - I happen to be hired on as the historian for the mission. 389 00:18:48,042 --> 00:18:51,792 I have the documents that say how many cannons there were 390 00:18:51,792 --> 00:18:54,125 and where they were placed. 391 00:18:54,125 --> 00:18:58,417 And so the cannon pretty much are just about exactly right. 392 00:18:58,417 --> 00:19:01,542 - This Is the first clue that we may have 393 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:03,250 the Quedagh Merchant on our hands. 394 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:07,708 The final piece of evidence was when we uncovered 395 00:19:07,708 --> 00:19:11,833 a much more significant section of hull and we were able 396 00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:15,625 to actually identify the ship construction technique 397 00:19:15,625 --> 00:19:17,708 described in the historical document. 398 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,750 - So, we found the Quedagh Merchant. 399 00:19:20,750 --> 00:19:24,542 - So, the shipwreck itself didn't have any 400 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:28,458 of what we normally think of as treasure. 401 00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:30,875 There was no gold, no silver, no jewels. 402 00:19:30,875 --> 00:19:34,542 Any of the organic materials had most likely decomposed 403 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,958 or broken down like the fabrics, the silks, 404 00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:39,042 the muslins, the sugar. 405 00:19:39,042 --> 00:19:40,750 None of the booty was actually found. 406 00:19:42,125 --> 00:19:46,083 One could assume that, A, it was looted 407 00:19:46,083 --> 00:19:48,875 before the ship sank, or B, 408 00:19:48,875 --> 00:19:51,167 Kidd took everything with him for this journey. 409 00:19:51,167 --> 00:19:54,500 - That there wasn't any of Captain Kidd's treasure found 410 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,875 on the wreckage of the Quedagh Merchant just doesn't prove 411 00:19:57,875 --> 00:20:00,583 that all of that treasure left the Caribbean. 412 00:20:00,583 --> 00:20:03,708 His friend Henry Bolton could have taken 413 00:20:03,708 --> 00:20:05,667 some of that treasure and kept it. 414 00:20:05,667 --> 00:20:08,042 Kidd could have buried some of it 415 00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:10,333 to come back and get it later. 416 00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:12,167 - Some people have speculated that Kidd 417 00:20:12,167 --> 00:20:13,750 hid treasure in the Caribbean. 418 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:16,292 I mean, Kidd was there and we know that for a fact, 419 00:20:16,292 --> 00:20:17,917 'cause we have eyewitness accounts. 420 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:21,042 - Some of that treasure could very well still be 421 00:20:21,042 --> 00:20:22,375 somewhere in the Caribbean. 422 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:29,667 - [Laurence] On May 15, 1699, Kidd sails northwest 423 00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:34,417 aboard his new ship, the San Antonio, bound for New York 424 00:20:34,417 --> 00:20:37,583 and eager to prove he's not a pirate. 425 00:20:37,583 --> 00:20:39,458 - He takes the goods that he needs, 426 00:20:39,458 --> 00:20:42,208 he takes the wealth that he needs, and he gets a small sloop 427 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:44,542 and he starts to sail towards North America 428 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:46,917 because the person he really needs to talk to is going 429 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:49,917 to be his friend and financier, Lord Bellomont, 430 00:20:49,917 --> 00:20:52,625 the governor of New York and Massachusetts. 431 00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:54,667 - With the money and the treasure that Kidd still has 432 00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:58,333 on board the vessel, he wants to take this back to New York, 433 00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:01,125 so he has something to bargain with his investors 434 00:21:01,125 --> 00:21:02,708 and the governor. 435 00:21:02,708 --> 00:21:05,375 - He is certain that once he explains the situation 436 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,667 to Lord Bellomont, that he'll be able to prove 437 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:09,625 that he was operating under the law 438 00:21:09,625 --> 00:21:11,625 and that he was absolutely not a pirate. 439 00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:15,542 - [Laurence] At the end of May 1699, 440 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:18,375 Kidd makes a pit stop on his way to New York, 441 00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:20,917 and this 10-day stay leads 442 00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:23,792 to a new theory about his treasure. 443 00:21:24,875 --> 00:21:28,667 - Kidd anchors off Lewes in Delaware Bay 444 00:21:28,667 --> 00:21:31,625 and this is where he sends his men ashore. 445 00:21:31,625 --> 00:21:34,708 We know Kidd stopped there because it's actually recorded 446 00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:38,375 in the Maryland archives as well as in Kidd's journals. 447 00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:42,208 - Kidd stays in the bay for about 10 days. 448 00:21:42,208 --> 00:21:46,542 People believe that this is where Captain Kidd offloads 449 00:21:46,542 --> 00:21:49,125 a bunch of his treasure and leaves it. 450 00:21:49,125 --> 00:21:50,917 - With the pressure Kidd's under, 451 00:21:50,917 --> 00:21:54,792 maybe he's feeling that he should be placing caches 452 00:21:54,792 --> 00:21:58,792 of treasure that maybe he can come back to at a later date. 453 00:21:58,792 --> 00:22:02,625 - Captain Kidd had the means and the motivation 454 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:04,958 to hide treasure everywhere, 455 00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:08,167 from Madagascar, the Caribbean, the East Coast. 456 00:22:08,167 --> 00:22:10,750 And part of the reason why he would've wanted to do that 457 00:22:10,750 --> 00:22:12,792 is because these caches of treasure 458 00:22:12,792 --> 00:22:14,667 could literally save his life. 459 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,167 They could be used for bribes, 460 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:19,167 for bartering, and just the leverage that he needs, 461 00:22:19,167 --> 00:22:21,250 not just to satiate his backers, 462 00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:23,542 but to get himself out of jail. 463 00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:25,708 - If he was able to beat the piracy rap, 464 00:22:25,708 --> 00:22:28,083 he could come back and collect that treasure later. 465 00:22:28,083 --> 00:22:31,417 - Captain Kidd's treasure could be used to start a new life, 466 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:33,375 if he's lucky enough to keep it. 467 00:22:33,375 --> 00:22:35,750 (dramatic music) 468 00:22:37,042 --> 00:22:39,958 - It would make sense for Kidd to bury his treasure here 469 00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:41,875 because he's been in Delaware for so long 470 00:22:41,875 --> 00:22:45,083 and he's under threat of his identity being known. 471 00:22:45,083 --> 00:22:49,458 He's been here for 10 days and he needs to get to New York 472 00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:51,708 to plead his case to Lord Bellomont. 473 00:22:51,708 --> 00:22:55,167 So, he needed to bury it and then move on. 474 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,167 - [Laurence] And there may be compelling evidence 475 00:22:58,167 --> 00:23:00,417 that points to this possibility. 476 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:05,042 - So for centuries now, coins from Kidd's era 477 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:08,333 have washed ashore in the Delaware Bay area. 478 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:12,875 Some believe that this is part of Kidd's hidden treasure. 479 00:23:12,875 --> 00:23:15,250 - Benjamin Franklin said you couldn't walk 480 00:23:15,250 --> 00:23:17,958 along the banks of the Delaware River without stumbling 481 00:23:17,958 --> 00:23:19,667 in pirate hunter holes. 482 00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:21,750 People were digging in Ben Franklin's era 483 00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:24,542 and he claimed there were holes everywhere. 484 00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:28,583 - [Laurence] And there's another dig in 1890 485 00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:31,542 that provides a more intriguing clue. 486 00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:36,375 - A contractor digging in the area of Delaware Bay 487 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:38,750 comes across something hard. 488 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:42,292 He finds a large blue stone 489 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:44,500 in the shape of a rectangle. 490 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:46,542 When this rock was brought up, 491 00:23:46,542 --> 00:23:49,917 there was the symbol K on the underside of the rock. 492 00:23:51,292 --> 00:23:55,833 And this is published in the Delaware State Journal in 1890. 493 00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:58,875 - Having a rock, or a sort of a marker 494 00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:02,958 with a K carved into it, that led many to believe that Kidd 495 00:24:02,958 --> 00:24:04,875 actually did leave behind some treasure 496 00:24:04,875 --> 00:24:06,875 in order to come and retrieve it later. 497 00:24:08,625 --> 00:24:10,375 - [Laurence] Does "K" mark the spot 498 00:24:10,375 --> 00:24:12,792 where Kidd buried his treasure? 499 00:24:12,792 --> 00:24:16,208 If so, nobody's found it yet, 500 00:24:16,208 --> 00:24:18,625 but that's not the end of the hunt. 501 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,375 - Once Kidd leaves Delaware, 502 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:24,292 there is a paper trail and this is where we start to get 503 00:24:24,292 --> 00:24:26,458 some hard facts. 504 00:24:26,458 --> 00:24:29,208 And one of those hard facts is that he's got 505 00:24:29,208 --> 00:24:31,625 gold with him, lots of gold. 506 00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:38,542 - Captain William Kidd is a hunted man in June of 1699. 507 00:24:38,542 --> 00:24:42,375 If caught, he faces execution for piracy, 508 00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:44,792 but he has one important negotiating chip, 509 00:24:44,792 --> 00:24:46,750 the location of the treasure he seized 510 00:24:46,750 --> 00:24:48,958 from the Quedagh Merchant. 511 00:24:48,958 --> 00:24:51,708 Where is he hiding it and does he still have more to hide 512 00:24:51,708 --> 00:24:54,042 before he gets to New York? 513 00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:57,792 - Kidd is very worried about going straight into New York, 514 00:24:57,792 --> 00:24:59,708 even though that's where his backers are. 515 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:01,375 He has this treasure with him, 516 00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:04,375 but he doesn't know what kind of welcome he's gonna receive. 517 00:25:04,375 --> 00:25:06,708 So, he decides to loop all the way 518 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:09,625 around the tip of Long Island and back to Oyster Bay, 519 00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:12,042 which is on the north shore of Long Island. 520 00:25:12,042 --> 00:25:15,042 Common sense says you should put a little treasure here 521 00:25:15,042 --> 00:25:17,583 and a little treasure there in order to help yourself 522 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:20,125 escape in case things turn bad. 523 00:25:20,125 --> 00:25:23,208 Kidd then contacts his lawyer so that he can send messages 524 00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:25,583 to his wife and messages to Governor Bellomont. 525 00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:28,042 He wants a guaranteed pardon 526 00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:31,000 before he's willing to deliver the treasure. 527 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,458 - Kidd's ultimate goal is to negotiate a surrender 528 00:25:33,458 --> 00:25:36,208 with Lord Bellomont, governor of New York and Massachusetts 529 00:25:36,208 --> 00:25:38,042 and his friend and financier. 530 00:25:38,042 --> 00:25:39,875 He needs to prove to Lord Bellomont that he, 531 00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:41,958 of course, is not a pirate. 532 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:45,542 - In Kidd's mind, he should be able to clear his name 533 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:48,625 and turn over the ship's cargo and the treasure 534 00:25:48,625 --> 00:25:51,750 to his benefactors and hopefully that 535 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:55,833 will be the linchpin to returning to normal life. 536 00:25:57,208 --> 00:25:59,542 - Kidd's lawyer James Emmett contacts Bellomont 537 00:25:59,542 --> 00:26:03,917 and demands a pardon in exchange for the treasure being delivered 538 00:26:03,917 --> 00:26:06,542 and Bellomont will not remotely agree to that. 539 00:26:06,542 --> 00:26:08,833 He, at first, won't even put anything in writing. 540 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:10,958 He just sends a message to Kidd verbally 541 00:26:10,958 --> 00:26:14,167 that, "I welcome you back," and that's not sufficient for Kidd. 542 00:26:14,167 --> 00:26:17,042 So Kidd sends a message back to him that I need something 543 00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:20,125 in writing and that's when Bellomont says, 544 00:26:20,125 --> 00:26:23,792 if your story turns out to be exactly as you say, 545 00:26:23,792 --> 00:26:26,833 I will move heaven and Earth to get you the pardon 546 00:26:26,833 --> 00:26:28,375 you so richly deserve. 547 00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:31,583 But he's dealing with a very shrewd Lord Bellomont 548 00:26:31,583 --> 00:26:34,000 and a very aggressive Lord Bellomont. 549 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,875 - Lord Bellomont also has a personal stake in this. 550 00:26:36,875 --> 00:26:40,667 As Captain Kidd's financier, he feels he's owed money. 551 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:44,292 If there's a massive cache of golds, and jewels, 552 00:26:44,292 --> 00:26:47,167 and valuables, and other treasures lying around, 553 00:26:47,167 --> 00:26:50,292 or anything valuable, Lord Bellomont is going to take 554 00:26:50,292 --> 00:26:52,375 what he feels is his fair share. 555 00:26:52,375 --> 00:26:55,208 - [Laurence] Kidd is determined not to give up his treasure 556 00:26:55,208 --> 00:26:58,292 or its whereabouts without a full pardon 557 00:26:58,292 --> 00:27:01,042 and turns to a friend for help. 558 00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:03,875 - Captain Thomas Paine lives in a big house 559 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:07,833 on Connecticut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island. 560 00:27:07,833 --> 00:27:11,500 Like Kidd, Paine was a merchant sailor and privateer, 561 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:14,708 and like Kidd, he also got into some scraps with the law 562 00:27:14,708 --> 00:27:17,375 over his privateering ventures. 563 00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:21,042 Paine has a side business as a banker to pirates. 564 00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:24,292 Pirates can't use the normal banking system so they go 565 00:27:24,292 --> 00:27:29,000 to people like Paine who will keep the transaction secret. 566 00:27:30,375 --> 00:27:32,375 - [Laurence] Paine rows out to Kidd's ship for a meeting 567 00:27:32,375 --> 00:27:35,958 with his old privateer friend and firsthand accounts 568 00:27:35,958 --> 00:27:38,042 reveal evidence of at least some 569 00:27:38,042 --> 00:27:41,292 of Kidd's treasure changing hands. 570 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:43,333 (dramatic music) 571 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:48,375 - Kidd gives Paine three pounds of gold for safekeeping 572 00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:51,250 knowing that Paine will keep this transaction a secret. 573 00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:54,667 - Around $90,000 in today's money. 574 00:27:54,667 --> 00:27:57,333 - The understanding is that it is sort of akin 575 00:27:57,333 --> 00:27:59,875 to burying it, another way to hide treasure 576 00:27:59,875 --> 00:28:01,458 to save him down the line. 577 00:28:02,625 --> 00:28:04,625 Captain Kidd doesn't know if he can 578 00:28:04,625 --> 00:28:06,333 trust Governor Bellomont yet, 579 00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:09,875 and so he's not going to give up this incredible leverage 580 00:28:09,875 --> 00:28:12,083 he has until he knows that he's safe. 581 00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:17,167 - Authorities attempt to shake down Paine but he denies 582 00:28:17,167 --> 00:28:20,917 anything about having anything from Captain Kidd. 583 00:28:20,917 --> 00:28:23,542 They search his property and all of his goods 584 00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:24,958 and they find nothing. 585 00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:28,500 - [Man] Giddy up, giddy up! 586 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:31,042 - [Laurence] As governor of Massachusetts and New York, 587 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:34,208 Lord Bellomont has no authority in Rhode Island 588 00:28:34,208 --> 00:28:37,458 so he can do nothing further with Paine as he tries 589 00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:40,875 to track down the fugitive Kidd and his hidden treasure. 590 00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:45,750 - Captain kid can't imagine that he is 591 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:47,625 actually being accused of piracy, 592 00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:48,917 especially since he's backed 593 00:28:48,917 --> 00:28:50,875 by four of the most powerful men in England. 594 00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:53,042 He thinks once the French letters of passage 595 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:55,167 are delivered, everything will be all right. 596 00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:00,958 - [Laurence] By the time Captain Kidd returns 597 00:29:00,958 --> 00:29:03,208 to the British colonies in New England 598 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:05,417 to prove he's innocent of piracy, 599 00:29:05,417 --> 00:29:08,917 he may have already left portions of his vast treasure 600 00:29:08,917 --> 00:29:14,000 in Madagascar, in the Caribbean, or on a Delaware beach. 601 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,875 (suspenseful music) 602 00:29:15,875 --> 00:29:18,875 After leaving some of his remaining gold in the care 603 00:29:18,875 --> 00:29:21,833 of an old privateering friend in Rhode Island, 604 00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:24,792 Kidd may be looking to stash the rest of his loot 605 00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:26,458 with another trusted friend. 606 00:29:28,625 --> 00:29:32,583 - Kidd decides to stop and visit his friend John Gardiner 607 00:29:32,583 --> 00:29:34,333 on Gardiner's Island. 608 00:29:34,333 --> 00:29:37,875 He hopes that John will assist him in holding onto some 609 00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:40,000 of the treasure as a bargaining chip 610 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,375 for his release should he be arrested. 611 00:29:42,375 --> 00:29:44,708 - [Laurence] Gardiner's wealthy family owns 612 00:29:44,708 --> 00:29:47,167 a five-square mile strip of land 613 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:50,542 off the east end of Long Island, New York. 614 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:52,167 He agrees to help. 615 00:29:52,167 --> 00:29:56,250 - So Kidd loads up gold, jewels, and treasure 616 00:29:56,250 --> 00:29:59,458 and has them transported to Gardiner Island, 617 00:29:59,458 --> 00:30:01,708 whilst he's in negotiations 618 00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:03,458 with the governor for his pardon. 619 00:30:04,625 --> 00:30:06,458 - I think Kidd drops the motherlode 620 00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:09,875 of at least 50 pounds of gold on Gardiner's Island. 621 00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:11,708 He was just hedging his bet. 622 00:30:11,708 --> 00:30:14,292 He could not trust Bellomont yet. 623 00:30:14,292 --> 00:30:17,375 - There's numerous accounts of Kidd's sloop 624 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:20,542 going back and forth to Gardiner's Island 625 00:30:20,542 --> 00:30:22,875 and this is substantiated. 626 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:24,917 It is believed that Gardiner 627 00:30:24,917 --> 00:30:27,875 actually buried treasure for Kidd. 628 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:30,458 (dramatic music) 629 00:30:30,458 --> 00:30:33,792 - Now, Gardiner is taking a great personal risk here 630 00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:35,875 because this would make him complicit 631 00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:39,375 if Kidd is then convicted of piracy. 632 00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:42,583 But because Gardiner viewed Kidd to be a gentleman 633 00:30:42,583 --> 00:30:46,417 like himself, he agreed to hold onto that treasure. 634 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:49,542 - He needs to prove to Lord Bellomont that he, 635 00:30:49,542 --> 00:30:51,208 of course, is not a pirate, 636 00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:55,917 But Lord Bellomont politically cannot actually be associated 637 00:30:55,917 --> 00:30:58,125 with anyone who might be a wanted pirate. 638 00:30:58,125 --> 00:31:00,625 So Lord Bellomont sort of keeps Captain Kidd 639 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:02,292 on a string here. 640 00:31:02,292 --> 00:31:05,042 He tells him that he's forwarded all of Kidd's letters 641 00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:07,083 and all of his reports to the English authorities 642 00:31:07,083 --> 00:31:09,917 and then Lord Bellomont convinces Kidd to sail 643 00:31:09,917 --> 00:31:11,208 to Massachusetts, to Boston, 644 00:31:11,208 --> 00:31:13,375 where he promises Kidd will be safe. 645 00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:15,917 - [Laurence] On Lord Bellomont's advice, 646 00:31:15,917 --> 00:31:18,542 Kidd agrees to surrender in Boston. 647 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:21,125 Believing a pardon is imminent, he hands over 648 00:31:21,125 --> 00:31:24,542 the French passes, the best evidence of his innocence. 649 00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:28,458 - [Jamie] Once Kidd arrives to Boston, he is met 650 00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:32,083 with a most unexpected situation. 651 00:31:32,083 --> 00:31:35,000 - [Laurence] Bellomont double crosses him. 652 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,042 - He is arrested and then thrown 653 00:31:37,042 --> 00:31:39,458 into solitary confinement in a Boston jail. 654 00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:43,542 - [Laurence] Kidd is unaware that Lord Bellomont 655 00:31:43,542 --> 00:31:47,583 is in possession of critical evidence against him. 656 00:31:47,583 --> 00:31:50,583 - Bellomont has an informer and this informer gives him 657 00:31:50,583 --> 00:31:53,750 a letter that Kidd had written to Robert Gardiner 658 00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:56,625 on Gardiner's Island saying that he was going to offload 659 00:31:56,625 --> 00:31:58,167 loads of his treasure, 660 00:31:58,167 --> 00:32:00,917 a whole bunch of gold, and coins, and money, and jewels. 661 00:32:00,917 --> 00:32:05,125 And so Bellomont finds that this is proof that Kidd stole 662 00:32:05,125 --> 00:32:07,542 a whole bunch of goods from the Mughal merchants, 663 00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:10,167 that Captain Kidd was indeed the pirate 664 00:32:10,167 --> 00:32:11,625 that they're looking for. 665 00:32:12,625 --> 00:32:14,875 - The government's informants, they're led 666 00:32:14,875 --> 00:32:17,458 to Gardiner's Island and Gardiner shows them 667 00:32:17,458 --> 00:32:20,042 where some of Kidd's treasure's buried. 668 00:32:20,042 --> 00:32:21,708 - They're taken to a field where, sure enough, 669 00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:25,500 they dig up a chest and the chest indeed does hold 670 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:28,417 some gold, and silver, and jewels that will amount 671 00:32:28,417 --> 00:32:31,750 to about $2.4 million in today's currency. 672 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,042 - But Lord Bellomont is furious. 673 00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:37,250 It's only a fraction of the treasure that was taken 674 00:32:37,250 --> 00:32:39,292 from the Grand Mogul's ship, 675 00:32:39,292 --> 00:32:42,625 less than a 10th of the value that was taken. 676 00:32:42,625 --> 00:32:46,792 - He's absolutely devastated because this is not 677 00:32:46,792 --> 00:32:49,250 what he was led to believe that Kidd had captured 678 00:32:49,250 --> 00:32:50,792 from the Quedagh Merchant. 679 00:32:50,792 --> 00:32:55,208 He believes there is much more and it angers him to no end. 680 00:32:56,333 --> 00:32:59,208 - The authorities press Gardiner, but he says this 681 00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:02,250 is everything that Kidd brought to the island. 682 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:04,208 - Over the course of the next few generations, 683 00:33:04,208 --> 00:33:06,875 the Gardiner family becomes an incredibly wealthy 684 00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:10,333 and prominent family in the region, which begs the question, 685 00:33:10,333 --> 00:33:13,583 did Gardiner actually keep some of the treasure for himself? 686 00:33:13,583 --> 00:33:16,292 - The family tradition is that the treasure was buried 687 00:33:16,292 --> 00:33:18,875 in Cherry Tree Field and that there was 688 00:33:18,875 --> 00:33:20,542 an X marks the spot there. 689 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:23,250 But the Gardiner family is incredibly private 690 00:33:23,250 --> 00:33:27,625 and really, nobody's seen the spot that supposedly it was. 691 00:33:27,625 --> 00:33:29,750 - The last direct descendant of John Gardiner 692 00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:31,875 was Robert David Lion Gardiner 693 00:33:31,875 --> 00:33:35,208 and he would bring out gold and jewels that he claimed 694 00:33:35,208 --> 00:33:37,583 were part of his Kidd collection. 695 00:33:38,875 --> 00:33:41,625 When he died in 2004, the secret of whether or not 696 00:33:41,625 --> 00:33:44,375 this was truly Kidd's treasure died with him. 697 00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:47,042 Now, the island is under the control of a cousin 698 00:33:47,042 --> 00:33:49,583 and he will not allow anyone onto the island. 699 00:33:50,583 --> 00:33:53,875 - [Laurence] As for Captain Kidd, he remains locked up 700 00:33:53,875 --> 00:33:56,667 in solitary confinement in Boston. 701 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:59,583 - During this time, he is questioned over and over 702 00:33:59,583 --> 00:34:03,000 about where are all the goods from the Quedagh Merchant 703 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,583 and Kidd refuses to say anything. 704 00:34:05,583 --> 00:34:07,250 The authorities then go to New York 705 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:09,708 and they arrest Kidd's wife, Sarah, 706 00:34:09,708 --> 00:34:12,208 and they throw her in prison and she is questioned 707 00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,000 over and over. 708 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,792 And also, her servants are brought in 709 00:34:16,792 --> 00:34:19,625 and everybody is questioned, trying to find the whereabouts 710 00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:21,208 of all of these goods. 711 00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:23,500 Soon enough though, Kidd's wife Sarah is going to be 712 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,708 released from prison because they just don't have 713 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:27,792 the evidence to hold her. 714 00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:29,250 Kidd is angry. 715 00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:31,875 He's been betrayed by his friends, his financier, 716 00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:33,417 and by any official. 717 00:34:33,417 --> 00:34:37,042 So he refuses to give up any information and says he's going 718 00:34:37,042 --> 00:34:39,250 to take all of his information to the grave. 719 00:34:43,458 --> 00:34:45,875 - [Laurence] Captain William Kidd is held for nearly a year 720 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:47,625 in a Boston jail. 721 00:34:47,625 --> 00:34:51,167 Then, in February of 1700, he's shipped to London 722 00:34:51,167 --> 00:34:54,583 and thrown into the notorious Newgate Prison. 723 00:34:55,583 --> 00:34:58,417 Kidd faces a murder charge for killing his gunner, 724 00:34:58,417 --> 00:35:00,542 William Moore, in a quarrel, 725 00:35:00,542 --> 00:35:04,208 and piracy for seizing the Quedagh Merchant. 726 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:07,250 But still, authorities are no closer to locating 727 00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:08,625 the treasure he's hiding. 728 00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:11,792 - Kidd knows that the one thing that will save him 729 00:35:11,792 --> 00:35:13,375 are his French passes. 730 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:17,417 These will be key evidence in his trial to prove that he did 731 00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:19,250 have the jurisdiction to be able 732 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:21,250 to rob the Quedagh Merchant. 733 00:35:21,250 --> 00:35:24,500 Unfortunately, when he goes to trial, 734 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,542 the French passes are never produced. 735 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,625 In an interesting turn of events, however, 736 00:35:29,625 --> 00:35:31,833 the French passes were later found, 737 00:35:31,833 --> 00:35:34,083 supposedly having been misfiled. 738 00:35:34,083 --> 00:35:36,917 And today, one can go to the National Archives in England 739 00:35:36,917 --> 00:35:40,083 and take a look at these French passes for themselves. 740 00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:43,292 Unfortunately, though, it was too late for Captain Kidd. 741 00:35:44,625 --> 00:35:48,125 - [Laurence] In 1701, Kidd is convicted 742 00:35:48,125 --> 00:35:50,375 of murder and piracy. 743 00:35:50,375 --> 00:35:54,417 The penalty is death by hanging. 744 00:35:54,417 --> 00:35:57,792 - As a last-ditch effort in order to try to negotiate 745 00:35:57,792 --> 00:36:00,750 his innocence, Kidd says he's written a letter 746 00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:03,708 that details where he hid about a hundred thousand pounds 747 00:36:03,708 --> 00:36:06,917 worth of the goods he stole from the Quedagh Merchant. 748 00:36:06,917 --> 00:36:10,042 - [Laurence] But the British government won't make a deal. 749 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:17,000 On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd goes to the gallows. 750 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:21,042 - Prior to his hanging, the pastor at Newgate Prison 751 00:36:21,042 --> 00:36:25,667 attempts to have Kidd reconcile with his sins and Kidd is 752 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:29,208 stalwart and absolute and will not admit to any wrongdoing. 753 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,375 - He refused to give the last dying speech 754 00:36:32,375 --> 00:36:35,208 because there was a whole ritual of a public hanging 755 00:36:35,208 --> 00:36:37,542 and he refused to participate in that ritual. 756 00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:40,417 - Execution day was a party day in England. 757 00:36:40,417 --> 00:36:42,833 I mean, it's a sick tradition, but it was. 758 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:46,250 The pie man, the guy with shots of rum. 759 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:48,208 They were singing, they were carousing. 760 00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:50,083 They followed the cart from Newgate Prison 761 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:52,417 all the way to execution dock in Wapping. 762 00:36:52,417 --> 00:36:54,542 It was common practice back then. 763 00:36:54,542 --> 00:36:57,792 The pirates were hung on the waterfront 764 00:36:57,792 --> 00:36:59,667 at the low-tide mark. 765 00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:04,167 So the gallows were placed over the low-tide mark 766 00:37:04,167 --> 00:37:06,750 and people would gather on the waterfront. 767 00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:08,708 - [Laurence] But when the order is given for Kidd 768 00:37:08,708 --> 00:37:11,750 to be hung, the trap doors sprung, 769 00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:15,292 the rope around Kidd's neck breaks. 770 00:37:15,292 --> 00:37:17,000 - Kidd falls to the ground. 771 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,375 And there was an English tradition that occasionally, 772 00:37:19,375 --> 00:37:21,375 when the rope broke, it was an act of God 773 00:37:21,375 --> 00:37:23,708 and you were pardoned and people wondered, 774 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:25,167 is this gonna happen for Kidd? 775 00:37:25,167 --> 00:37:27,583 But of course not, it would not happen for William Kidd. 776 00:37:27,583 --> 00:37:29,083 And so they rebuilt the platform, 777 00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:30,667 which took a long time, 778 00:37:30,667 --> 00:37:34,833 and he's quoted as saying that he really regrets his wife 779 00:37:34,833 --> 00:37:36,917 having to learn of his shameful death. 780 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:42,000 - He is hung back up and for the second time, 781 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,542 there is no mistake. 782 00:37:43,542 --> 00:37:46,292 This time, he is killed. 783 00:37:46,292 --> 00:37:48,250 (dramatic music) 784 00:37:48,250 --> 00:37:52,875 After the hanging, this is not where the indignation stops. 785 00:37:52,875 --> 00:37:56,375 - His body is tarred and gibbeted over the River Thames, 786 00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:58,458 sending a warning message to all 787 00:37:58,458 --> 00:38:01,625 who might consider piracy as a career. 788 00:38:01,625 --> 00:38:04,542 - A gibbet is essentially a cage that you could 789 00:38:04,542 --> 00:38:07,167 kind of put over the body, 790 00:38:07,167 --> 00:38:11,750 and basically, it stayed there until it rotted and decayed. 791 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,792 - [Laurence] After Kidd's hanging, British agents 792 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:15,708 continued to look for the treasure 793 00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:19,000 and pressure those close to Kidd. 794 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,667 - Kidd had very few confidantes. 795 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:23,542 So if there's anybody on the planet who knew the truth 796 00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:25,042 about what happened to Kidd's goods, 797 00:38:25,042 --> 00:38:26,750 it would've been his wife. 798 00:38:26,750 --> 00:38:29,583 - Even after all Sarah had suffered 799 00:38:29,583 --> 00:38:31,833 with the death of her husband, 800 00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:34,875 the government still pressured her to confess 801 00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:38,542 and tell where the rest of her husband's treasure was. 802 00:38:38,542 --> 00:38:41,333 She never acquiesced to this. 803 00:38:41,333 --> 00:38:44,042 - Sarah Kidd did perhaps leave one clue, 804 00:38:44,042 --> 00:38:45,375 however, in her will. 805 00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:47,667 When she died in 1744, in her will, 806 00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:51,042 it stated that she had assets in New York and elsewhere. 807 00:38:51,042 --> 00:38:53,708 But whether or not the elsewhere may have referred 808 00:38:53,708 --> 00:38:55,917 to any of Kidd's goods is a mystery. 809 00:38:55,917 --> 00:38:59,583 But again, this continues to fuel the myth and the rumors 810 00:38:59,583 --> 00:39:02,000 that Kidd may have buried treasure somewhere. 811 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,125 (dramatic music) 812 00:39:05,542 --> 00:39:10,458 - Tales abound of different sites where Kidd has hidden 813 00:39:10,458 --> 00:39:11,875 or buried his treasure. 814 00:39:11,875 --> 00:39:16,333 Anyone that's raised on Atlantic Seaboard either knows of 815 00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:19,542 or grew up with the stories of Captain Kidd 816 00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:21,542 and his lost treasure. 817 00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:25,042 - They speculate that it's in Delaware, Maryland, 818 00:39:25,042 --> 00:39:29,333 New Jersey, lots of New York, lots of Long Island, 819 00:39:29,333 --> 00:39:31,000 up the Hudson. 820 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,250 - Some say Block Island, 821 00:39:32,250 --> 00:39:34,958 or Oak Island in Nova Scotia. 822 00:39:34,958 --> 00:39:37,875 Maybe this is the final Kidd mystery. 823 00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:41,875 Maybe he didn't want one person to discover it all at once. 824 00:39:41,875 --> 00:39:44,750 So in the end, Sarah Kidd could be telling us 825 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,625 that all the theories about Kidd 826 00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:50,708 and the multiple caches of treasure are true. 827 00:39:50,708 --> 00:39:53,167 - So that kind of keeps the mystery alive, right? 828 00:39:53,167 --> 00:39:57,708 If we can't find it, then it might still be there. 829 00:39:57,708 --> 00:40:01,375 - Ever since the 1700s, people have been searching 830 00:40:01,375 --> 00:40:03,208 over and over for Captain Kidd's treasure. 831 00:40:03,208 --> 00:40:06,042 The romanticism about pirates doesn't just simply come 832 00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:09,042 from a rumor about Captain Kidd's buried treasure, 833 00:40:09,042 --> 00:40:10,500 it's Captain Kidd himself. 834 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:12,750 Because we see this conflict of whether or not 835 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:14,583 he was a privateer or a pirate. 836 00:40:14,583 --> 00:40:16,042 - Everybody looks for treasure. 837 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:19,542 And so here is a true buried treasure story, 838 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:21,042 and lost treasure no less, 839 00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:23,833 so people are enthralled and they continue to look 840 00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:26,125 for Captain Kidd's treasure everywhere 841 00:40:26,125 --> 00:40:31,000 from Madagascar to the Caribbean, back to America. 842 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,292 (dramatic music) 843 00:40:33,292 --> 00:40:36,417 - Captain William Kidd was one of the late 17th century's 844 00:40:36,417 --> 00:40:39,083 most compelling figures, a distinguished war hero 845 00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:43,625 and privateer, perhaps unjustly hanged for piracy 846 00:40:43,625 --> 00:40:47,208 with a vast fortune and treasure unaccounted for. 847 00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:49,542 Ultimately, Kidd's guilt or innocence may be as hard 848 00:40:49,542 --> 00:40:53,792 to determine as the location or locations 849 00:40:53,792 --> 00:40:55,875 of his infamous hidden treasure. 850 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,542 I'm Laurence Fishburne. 851 00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:03,167 Thank you for watching "History's Greatest Mysteries." 852 00:41:03,167 --> 00:41:05,500 (dramatic music)