What Are the Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in History? | Dan Snow's History Hit

What happened to the lost gold stolen by the Nazis in World War Two?

In Dan Snow's long career as a broadcaster, he's come across all sorts of unexplained phenomena, myths and mysteries- from searching for the Nazi Gold Train in Poland to debunking the mummy's curse in Tutankhamun's tomb and looking for answers about ball lightning.

History is full of the weird and wonderful and in this episode Dan is joined by polymath, author and fellow podcaster Dan Schreiber to talk about stories of lost treasure, curious relics and Edwardian superstitions.

You can read up on the things mentioned in this podcast, and more, in the History Hit Miscellany book available now online and in bookshops.

Dan Schreiber is the host of We Can Be Weirdos podcast and the author of The Theory of Everything Else.

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00:00 Introduction
03:05 Dan's Hunt For Nazi Gold
07:28 Missing Treasure from History
11:59 Missing Manuscripts from History
16:42 Missing Relics
17:56 'Ball Lightning'
23:10 New 'Age of Discovery'
23:50 Egyptian Mummies and Curses
29:23 Luck and Superstition
33:02 History of Ghosts
35:08 Weird World War Facts!
38:10 Conclusion