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Throughout his political career, he monitored the island's recovery attempts and development. Although the president secretly planned to visit Oak Island in 1939 while he was in Halifax, fog and the international situation prevented him from doing so. [55] Australian-American actor Errol Flynn invested in an Oak Island treasure dig. [56]
Gilbert Dayton Hedden, Sr. (April 6, 1897 – September 14, 1974) was an American industrialist, politician and treasure hunter. He was Mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey from 1934 to 1938 [1] and is most notable today for his role in investigating the Oak Island mystery, described as the costliest treasure hunt ever.
In Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the knights that allegedly boarded these ships then escaped to Scotland, but in some versions the Templars are even claimed to have left for North America, burying a treasure in Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (a story taken up in the 2004 movie National Treasure starring Nicolas Cage). [21]
Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures and Lost Relics of the Knights Templar. Three-part series Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures, which was commissioned by the BBC, focuses on the summer of 1939, on ...
The Curse of Oak Island: Drilling Down premiered on November 10, 2015, as a companion series following the parent show's season 3 episode "The Hole Truth". The series is a talk show where host Matty Blake, brothers Marty and Rick Lagina, and guests discuss specific details about previous episodes and the future of the search for Oak Island ...
Oak Island has been intermittently owned by treasure hunters ever since old legends were first published in 1857. [14] The hunt for treasure got so extensive that in 1965 a causeway was built from the western end of the island to Crandall's Point on the mainland, two hundred metres away in order to bring heavy machinery onto the island.
In the war room, author and historian James McQuiston, whose research has convinced him that members of the Knights Templar deposited treasure on the island over a period of 400 years. He also presents a copy of a page from an ancient book describing the treasure. Marty and Gary explore a recently found well on Lot 16 near the money pit.
Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe. Fanthorpe's wife Patricia is also his agent, manager and business partner. Moreover, they co-authored a number of books, [2] including Rennes-le-Chateau: Its Mysteries and Secrets (1991), The Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt (1995), The World's Most Mysterious People (Mysteries and Secrets) (1998), Mysteries of Templar Treasure ...