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Expedition Unknown: Season 9

8 episodes Premiered Feb 5, 2020 Updated Nov 4, 2026
Previously on Expedition Unknown

Season 9 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Expedition Unknown Season 8.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (5): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S9·E1 Mytharc

Digging Into D-Day

Feb 5, 2020 · 60 min

Josh Gates touches down in Normandy to investigate battles on land, air, and sea. The expedition reveals a Nazi threat greater than ever imagined, unearthing a massive German bunke

S9·E2 Core

Searching for America's Lost Flight

Feb 12, 2020 · 60 min

Josh Gates investigates the most mysterious airline disaster in American history -- searching for why Northwest Flight 2501 vanished, taking the lives of all 58 people on board.

S9·E3 Core

The Hunt for Our Ancient Ancestors

Feb 19, 2020 · 60 min

In this expansive, two-part investigation, Josh Gates travels the globe attempting to solve the most fundamental mystery of all -- humanity's origins. How did we survive to the mod

S9·E4 Core

Revealing Our Ancient Ancestors

Feb 26, 2020 · 60 min

Josh Gates travels to Africa to get up close and personal with a distant relative and scale dangerous cliffs all to answer one question: Where did humans come from?

S9·E5 Core

The Warrior Queen's Treasure

Mar 4, 2020 · 60 min

Searching across England, Josh Gates unearths a cache of ancient treasure as he chases the legend of Queen Boudica, the legendary Celtic queen who nearly defeated the invading Roma

S9·E6 Core

The Fortune of the Buzzard

Mar 11, 2020 · 60 min

Josh Gates takes on the Indian Ocean's punishing waters as he chases the lost treasure of Olivier Levasseur, AKA "The Buzzard," rumored to be worth more than a billion dollars.

S9·E7 Mytharc

Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle

Mar 18, 2020 · 60 min

Josh Gates dives into the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. His investigation leads him to the ocean floor, the skies above and even the edge of space as he tackles some of the mo

S9·E8 Mytharc

Revealing the Triangle

Mar 25, 2020 · 60 min

In the conclusion of his epic investigation, Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology to investigate the Triangle's most infamous shipwreck and lost flights. Will he find answers to

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