Season 13: Episode 6

Season 13: Episode 8

Mysteries at the Museum (2010)

Season 13: Episode 7

Man Who Sold a Million Rocks, a Party That Started a War and the Umbrella Man

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Air Date:

2025-12-06

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

2010

End Date

2019

Episode Description

Don Wildman explores a story about a man who turned a pile of rocks into a gold mine, examines a suit of armor linked to a party that led to years of war and uncovers the truth behind an event that put Johnson in the White House.

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Cast

Alcatraz, Enigma Machine, Fiji Mermaid, Apollo 13, Dymaxion House, Real Mona Lisa

Patty Hearst, Mastodon, Humboldt Squid, Manhattan Project, San Francisco Earthquake, Ellis Island

Harry Houdini Bust, Richard Byrd Expedition, Japanese Secret Weapon, "NOW" Protest Flag, Lizzie Borden, Adlai Stevenson's Briefcase

Spruce Goose, T-Rex Skeleton, President McKinley Nightshirt, Art Heist, Johnstown Flood, Slinky

Watergate, Radithor, German U-Boat 505, Lindbergh Ransom Note, Pat Garrett Gun, Greensboro Lunch Counter

Theremin, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Silly Putty, Accidental Mummies, Mt. St. Helens, USS Cyclops

Robert the Doll, Renault FT-17 Tank, Alan Shepard's Golf Club, Unabomber's Cabin, Jesse James' Holster, The Concorde

Prison Experiment, Butch Cassidy Manuscript

French Connection, Shipwrecked Gold

Eastland Disaster, Smuttynose Murders

American Spy, Belle Gunness, Oarfish

Outlaw Shoes, Astrochimp

Brinks Heist, Saddam's Spider Hole, Ringdocus

The Donner Party, the Shoe Bomber, FDR’s Cane

DB Cooper, Great Molasses Flood, Buddy Holly Curse

Einstein's Brain, Morgan Affair, Brass Knuckles

Reagan's Limousine, Keely’s Motor

Roanoke, Edgar Allan Poe, Greenbrier

Black Dahlia, French Angel, Sterling Hall Bombing

Hitchcock's Birds, Hope Diamond, Phineas Gage

Chowchilla Kidnapping, Texas City Disaster

James Bond, La Belle Shipwreck, Polio Vaccine

Roulette Computer, LA Shootout, Brooklyn Enigma

Easter Island, The Red Ghost

MGM Fire, UFO Car, Prophecy Sword

Prophet of Oak Ridge, Human Scalp, Mothman

Trunk of Horrors, Russian Roswell, Baby Incubators

Leopold and Loeb, U2 Spy, Chewing Gum

St. Francis Dam, Philly the Dog, Suicide Table

Cleveland’s Tumor, Man-Eating Lions, Meteorite

The Conqueror's Curse, Play-Doh, Poe Murder

Great Train Robbery, Phoenix Lights, Sea Serpent

Edison’s Electric Pen, Vanishing Carroll Deering, Lizard Man

Miracle Car, Glass Armonica, Yankee Spy

Brassiere Brigade, Flight for Life, Connecticut Haunting

Circling the Skies, Lady & the Panda, 12 Years a Slave

Love Canal, Duquesne Spy Ring, Survival in the Colonies

Doyle & Houdini, the Poison Squad, the Great Imposter

Tootsie Roll Miracle, Singing Convict, Operation Paperclip

Radioactive Boy Scout, Match of the Century, Four Corners Outbreak

Nazi Art Hoax, Hunger Strike, Skull in the Ashes

Dare to Dream, Mail Missile, Child Warrior

Robber's Bride, The Night Disco Exploded, Escape By Sea

Dramatic Defection, Wrong Way Flight, Cowboy's Revenge

Kiss that Saved a Million Lives, Heist of the Century, Lorenzo's Oil

Porcelain Twins, The Warden's Wife, Lost City of Atlantis

Dial M for Missing, $7 Renoir, Secret in the Attic

Cellophane Start, Eruption Hoax, Parking Lot King

Mile-High Club, Attempted Assassinatio, Zip to Zap

Opera Riot, Golfer Behind Enemy Lines, Great Mail Train Robbery

Stolen Strad, Fall From Space, Czech Dream

Birth of the Road Map; Attack of Killer Bees; Invention of Gas Mask

Erno Rubik's Cube; World's First Factor; The Amphicar

Invention of Pop Rocks; Pinball Wizard; London Smog

Peanut Pusher, Hollywood Holdout, Lost Treasure

Peeping Butler, Beaver Bomb, Mother's Day Mother

Cherry Sisters, President's Cow, Birth of a Riot

Great Kipton Train Wreck, First Inoculation, Spanish Space Suit

Cellini Heist, Real Romeo and Juliet, Link to the Skies

Fallen Robins; Romeo Spies, All in for Poker

Alligators in the Sewers, Unstoppable Car, Founding Forensics

Forgotten Lindbergh, Fordlandia, Forest Owlet Fraud

Alcoholic Antidote, Reno Haven, Strange Death of President Taylor

To Catch a Fake, Tiny Coffins of Edinburgh, Tjipetir Mystery

JFK Boat Rescue, Scheming Queen, Tiger Cage

Dolley Madison, Christmas Truce, Exploding Whale

Indestructible Mike, Bubble Trouble, The Penny Man

Carnival of Naked Animals, Melon Heads, Worst Video Game

Italian UFO, Doomsday Survivor, Birth of Geocaching

Nation of Sealand; Nantucket Sea Monster; Bandit Queen

Bizarre Bread, Worst Train Robbery, Legend of the Jackalope

Legend of William Tell, President's Daughter, Chomp-Chomp Game

Mysterious Death of Van Gogh, Marathon Woman, Montana Burning

A Father's Mission, Hilary's Yeti, Swedish Titanic

Great Baby Race, Citizen Hearst, Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Mystery of the Spinning Statue; Unwanted Elephant; Pirates of the Me

Who Killed Superman, Silver Lake Sea Serpant, Wooden Horse Escape

Dancing Plague, Tracking Santa and Annie Londonderry

Man Who Saved the World, Man in a Box and From the Depths of Hell

Yellow Fever Fiend, Angel in Bordeaux and Invention of Jaywalking

Arrow Stork, Terror in the Sky and Feuding Astors

The Father of the American Cavalry, Rosa Parks Of NY and Black Knight UFO

World's Greatest Slot Cheat, Urine Luck and the White Mouse

Muhammad Ali Saves the Day, Beast Of Gevaudan, Before Hillary

Death of Michael Rockefeller, The 68 Salute and Andes Rugby Crash

Swimming the Channel; Bricking the Bank; And Canyon Survivor

Ben Franklin's Bones, Heroine of Flight 847 and Doctor Zhivago Pilot

Millennium Heist; New Jersey Man Eater; and Elivs Meets Nixon

Miracle on the Hudson, For the Love of Lady Liberty and Dawn of the Synth

Man on Wire, Bigger Is Better; and Filipino Follies

Hedy Lamarr's Escape; The Kray Twins; and Maco Light

Prehistoric Mystery Meat, The Invention of TP and Antony and Cleopatra

Fish Rain, Oil Heir Snare, Cousteau and the Aqua-Lung

Limbo for Love, Vampire's Grave and the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican

Blowing Up the House; Beast of Bray Road; Invention of Penicillin

Lancelot the Unicorn, Prohibition Man, Dragon Island and Blood Rain

Buried Alive; Who Really Invented the Telephone; Hoover Saves Belgium

Great Snake Hunt, Minneapolis Svengali And Swimming With Sharks

Man Who Sold a Million Rocks, a Party That Started a War and the Umbrella Man

Metal Winners, the Big Con and Operation Babylift

Chain of Fools, Rocket Boys and the Cowboys That Saved Britain

Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers and Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl

Titanic Violin, Wicked Fungus and the Greatest Bar Bet

One Small Keystroke, Daring Dr. Dan and the Real Batman

North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman

Swamp People, Walkie-Talkie Heist and Grant's Writing Water

Cupid's Bullet, the Man Who Fooled Houdini and Snail Telegraph

The First Super Computer, Flying Under Fire and Dighton Rock

King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage

Clever Hans, Bertha Benz and Civil War Counterfeiter

Jap Herron, Hidden Rockwell and Ticket to Fly

Terra Cotta Warriors, The Queen of Parachuting and Polish Soldier Bear

Amityville Haunting, Ghost Army and Fugitive Golfer

Mutually Assured Missteps, First Train Robbery and Declaration Discovered February 16, 2017

Judy the POW Dog, Presidential Suite and Sticky Business

Indestructible Jack, Volcano Rescue and Butter Sculptor

Operation Mincemeat, Texas Prison Rodeo and Tully Monster

Goliath Bone, Money to Burn and Self-Serve Superstore

Making Michigan, Log Jammin' and the Race That Changed the World

Saving the Eiffel Tower, Velvet Outlaw and Space Capsule Crisis

Hughes Hoax, Rat Bomb and Friday Night Liars

Girl Who Fell to Earth, the Real Ghostbusters and Eclipsed by Columbus

Godspeed John Glenn, Canine Convict and Brace for Landing

Legally Haunted, Demise of the Dodo and Jersey Kaboom

Sword of Scotland, Operation Haylift and Swimmin's Lib

Long Haul Leroy, Pardo's Push and the Invention of the Cable Car

Battle of Palmdale, Rain Man and the Man Who Walked Around the World

Tennis Titan, Brooklyn Brownstone Murder and Nuclear Moon

Presidential Pet, Dairy Disaster and Covert Catalog

Shark Chaser, Haunted Harmony and 1,700-Foot Wave

Fire in the Hull, the Gipper's Bombshell and Electric Tricycle

Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ

Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City

Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwi

Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ

Mystery of Silence, Fearless Flyer and Fifty Stars

Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure

Dewey Defeats Truman, the Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure

Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore

Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War

Beethoven's Mysterious Malady, the Great Raid and Planet X

Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method

Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery

Undercover Informant, the Black Beetle and Unexpected Artist

Coast Guard Courage, Pizza Margherita and Jump Jet

Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder

Hitler Diaries, Hobby Horse and Parting the Red Sea

Dorothy of Dakota, Crop Circles of the Deep and Tunnel of Love

How to Sell the Eiffel Tower, Killer Lake and Cinderella Gir

Fleeing Fidel, Murder by Shark and Inflated Feud

Jackie O. Saves Grand Central, Bouncing Bombs and Row Row Row Your Boat

Madame X, the Ultimate Chess Game and a Monster in the Valley

Green Goddess, Terror on Tuesday and the Real Great Escape

Operation Toothpaste, Case of the Kates and White River Monster

Sergeant Bill Goat Hero, Gilded Grudge and Osage Investigation

Winter War, Terror in Antarctica and First Snow Globe

Battle on Ice, Lost Andree Expedition and Alaskan Sea Monster

Ground Zero Flag, Space Suit and Pacific Codebreaker

Terra Australis, Operation Underworld and Heroine Hostess

Nuclear Nightmare, Teddy Roosevelt's Badlands Bandits And The Movie Star And The Dead Man

Jefferson's Wine, First High Flyer and Stefania's Thirteen

Alaska Highway, Tale of Beatrix Potter and Cleopatra's Needle

Benny's Banner, Lost for Words and Raising Chicago

Dishwasher, Golden Lake and Bridge Buster

Dippy the Dinosaur, Golden Record and Hooverball

Invention of the Doughnut, Cleopatra in a Carpet and Flight of Fancy

Real Life Lassie, Spy Who Went Cold and Sinking of the Andrea Doria

Million Dollar Dinner, Thing in the Woods and Cornstalk Colonel

Ping-Pong Diplomacy, Blazing Steamship Rescue and Death Ray

Battle of the Sexes, Circus Riot and Last Train to Freedom

Italian Sherlock Holmes, King of the Airwaves and Texan Takes Moscow

Great Panjandrum, Jesse James to the Rescue and Willig's Wager

Vikings in America, Voyager Emergency and Luckiest Lucky Cat

Operation Paul Bunyan, the Nose Knows and the Night America Burned

Jakarta Incident, Toe-to-toe In Toledo And Assassinating FDR

Lucky Lucca, Flathead Lake Monster and Bumbling to Berlin

Lord Lucan, World's Greatest Drag Racer and Lighthouse Lifesaver

Frightening Foo Fighters, Bird's Eye Spy and Coral Castle Mystery

Titanic Baker, Psychic Scammer and Cuban Swimmer Crisis

Ghost of Katie King, Lake Erie Monster and Secret Stowaway

Killer Space Germs, The Yeti's Hand and The Bug That Changed History

Murder at Greystone, Paulding Light and Tumbleweed Tycoon

Skyscraper Seance, Frozen Woman and Black Widow

Doppelgangers, Salem's Curse and White House Attack

Knocking Ghost, Superman Saves the Day and Sleeping Dragon

Ball of Mystery, Dark Side of the Moon and Fakespeare

Ancient Alien, Killer's Curse and Ground Zero Ship

Buffalo Bill Burial Riddle, First Dino Egg and Arctic Murder Mystery

Geostorm Inferno, The Typo That Won the War and The Death of Princess Di

Spacecraft Heist, A Brush With Anthrax and Lift Like an Egyptian

Saving Private Lynch, Gulf Breeze UFO and I Would Walk 5,000 Miles

Valentino's Cursed Ring, Floating Felon and Ghost Girls

Woolly Mystery, Snow Spirit and Killer Cola

Lincoln's Curse, The Fatberg and Red Meat Riddle

Presidential Premonition, Lost Treasure of Jean Lafitte and Immortal Worms

Demon Cat, Murderer On Board and Nevada Giant

Borrego Sandman, Axeman of New Orleans and Arctic Ghost Ship

Resurrection Mary, Nightclub Blaze Whodunit and Wedding Sting

Mysterious Mothman, Sinatra Kidnapping and Florida Zombies

Cosmic Collision, Haunted Hotel and Van Gogh's Ear

Jolly Jane, Challenger Disaster and Attack of the Bunnyman

Dark Lighthouse, Possessed by Murder and Loveland Frogman

Ghost in the Closet, Hudson Valley UFO and Leaning Tower of Washington

Broken Arrow Hero, Heartbreak Haunt and Smoke Jumpers

Gangster Frankenstein, Unlikely Allies and Iron Maiden

Scared to Death, Texas School Blast Mystery and the Gentleman Bandit

Hurricane Ghost, Deadly Christmas Gift and Roswell Alien

Spaceship on the Beach, Boogie Bomb and Wyatt Earp's Great Escape

Serial Mourner, Glacier Inferno and Desert Giants

Oakland Poltergeist, King Tut's Alien Jewel and Cursed Castle

Mansfield Mystery Crash, Deep Space Object and Lonely Hearts Killer

Headless Horseman, Tug of Love and Space Angels

Witch is Back, Edison's Little Monsters and I Love Toothy

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