1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Music 2 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:27,000 All aboard the Overland Flyer, carrying 30 passengers and a whole lot of bank money. 3 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Outside, the Wyoming wilderness is passing by, and with it, the last days of the Wild West. 4 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Music 5 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Railroads like this are now connecting the farthest reaches of the country. 6 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Electricity and telephone lines are taming the frontier, and law enforcement is cracking down. 7 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Meaning the days of bandits and outlaws are finally coming to an end. 8 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Well, almost. 9 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Music 10 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Just after 2 a.m. and the train is rumbling on in the darkness, about a mile west of Wilcox, 11 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 one up ahead, a strange sight appears. Two men on the tracks, one waving a red lantern. 12 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Music 13 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,000 The curious passengers begin to stir. Perhaps the bridge is out up ahead. 14 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 But it soon becomes clear that the men on the tracks aren't working for the railroad. 15 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,000 They're members of an outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch. 16 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Music 17 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 The bandits force the engineer to move the train slowly forward. 18 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 You keep this thing moving down that track. 19 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,000 That's Harry Longaba, by the way, but most people know him by his nickname Sundance. 20 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,000 The ringleader of this operation isn't here, though. He's pulling the strings from afar. 21 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,000 But the crime that's about to unfold will be his masterpiece. 22 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Music 23 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:08,000 The train crosses the bridge and the passengers look on, unaware that the entire structure is raked with explosives. 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Then, after the train reaches the other side, wait for it. 25 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Music 26 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 They blow the bridge. Ensuring the authorities can't follow them. 27 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Music 28 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:32,000 The robbers are thoughtful enough to disconnect the passenger cars and then slip dynamite under the door of the now isolated safe car. 29 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Whoops, that might be a little bit too much. 30 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Music 31 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:47,000 The explosion sends $50,000 in cash, banknotes and gold worth over a million today. 32 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Sky high and into the waiting arms of the gang members. 33 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Music 34 00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:03,000 They ride off into the night, having pulled off the West's greatest train heist and catapulting their leader, Butch Cassidy, into the pages of history and the realm of legend. 35 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Music 36 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Music 37 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Butch Cassidy, the cowboy behind the curtain. 38 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Like so many people, I have long been fascinated by the iconic outlaw ever since I saw the 1969 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. 39 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,000 But the truth about the real man and all the money he looted has remained hidden for over a hundred years. 40 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Music 41 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:47,000 At the end of the 19th century, Butch, Sundance and their gang, The Wild Munch, launched the longest run of heists in American history. 42 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:57,000 But in the years following the Wilcox train robber, law enforcement sent each and every member of the gang into exile, jail or a casket. 43 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Music 44 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:06,000 As to the fate of their stolen fortune, many believe it's buried in a desolate corner of Utah along the infamous outlaw trail. 45 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:14,000 If you've seen the movie, you know that Butch and Sundance were famously gunned down in Bolivia in 1908, or were they? 46 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Music 47 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:27,000 One expert claims to have evidence that the story is just another tall tale and that Butch faked his death, taking the money to his unmarked grave right here in the United States. 48 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Music 49 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Now, a historian and a treasure hunter are working to uncover evidence that may well lead to the missing money. 50 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:47,000 So hitch up your wagons, because we're hitting the trail to discover the truth behind the ultimate Wild West legend. 51 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Music 52 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 My name is Josh Gates. 53 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Music 54 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:06,000 With a degree in archaeology and a passion for exploration, I have a tendency to end up in some very strange situations. 55 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,000 It's just straight down! Unbelievable! 56 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,000 My travels have taken me to the ends of the earth as I investigate the greatest legends in history. 57 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 We're good to fly, let's go! 58 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,000 This is Expedition Unknown. 59 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Music 60 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Friendly faces, open spaces, lots of land for me to ride and roam in. 61 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Welcome to Telluride, Colorado, a historic town of about 2,000 people that is quite literally nestled in the mountains. 62 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:50,000 As you can see, the town is surrounded by the stunning peaks of the Rockies. There's just one road in and out. 63 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Unless, of course, you choose to swoop down into the village on America's first and only free public gondola. 64 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Music 65 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Telluride's name is said to have come from a warning given to 19th century gold prospectors. To hell you ride! 66 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Today, Telluride looks like a little piece of heaven, but it still has connections to its Wild West roots. 67 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:28,000 This store used to be a bank, the first one Butch ever robbed. Yep, back in the late 1800s, this was Cassidy Country. 68 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Music 69 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,000 It's where his outlaw career and my investigation begins. 70 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:41,000 This here's the new Sheridan Bar, though you could hardly call it new. It's actually the oldest watering hole in all of Telluride, 71 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 and it's where I'm meeting an expert named Rowdy. 72 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 What would you like? 73 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 I'll take a beer, please. 74 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I barely put a dent in my bucket of suds when Rowdy Roudabush makes his grand entrance. 75 00:06:52,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Music 76 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Hey! 77 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Hello! 78 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Welcome, Row! 79 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Are you rowdy? Of course you're rowdy. 80 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Nice to see you. I'm less left of rowdy. 81 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Unbelievable. 82 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 The best part about the Sheridan Bar is we have valet parking. 83 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Greatest bar entrance ever. 84 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Literally, horse walks into a bar. 85 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Rowdy's dramatic entrance is a prime example of living history. 86 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 It's exactly how Butch and his gang used to roll into bars back in the day. 87 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Rowdy, you look like a guy who knows a lot about Butch Cassidy. 88 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,000 So let's go way back to the beginning. Where does Butch Cassidy come from? Where does this guy start? 89 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Well, the first thing you gotta understand is his name wasn't Butch Cassidy, but rather Robert Leroy Parker. 90 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 You have to change your name if you're gonna be on the wrong side of the law. 91 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 So Robert Leroy Parker, where does his story begin? 92 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Well, originally in Beaver, Utah, he was raised strict, you know, Mormon family, oldest child in the family. 93 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 And how's his father and mother? 94 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Strict disciplinarians, and of course I'm sure, you know, that he was escaping that, you know. 95 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,000 As a teenager, Robert Parker leaves his home looking to rebel. 96 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 He finds work in Wyoming as a butcher, earning him the nickname Butch. 97 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,000 And he gets his last name from the man who would alter the course of his life. 98 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,000 So, okay, so where does that turning point happen for him? 99 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:23,000 When he meets Mike Cassidy while working on the Marshall Ranch, gave him his first to saddle, he gave him his first pistol, taught him how to shoot. 100 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 It sounds like Butch took his last name. 101 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Eventually. 102 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 This was someone he looked up to. 103 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Much like I look up to Butch. 104 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Right. So 18 years old, he rolls into Telluride. 105 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Right. 106 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Telluride's reputation for gold, gambling, and girls attracts what you might call an unsavory population. 107 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 But it's just what Butch needs to reinvent himself. 108 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 So for a hard-working kid with a strict Mormon upbringing, this must have been the Wild West. 109 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Oh, well, you know, just a total liberation, a total, you know, freedom. 110 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 What do you think pushes him over the edge to outright bank robber? 111 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,000 He was looking for an easier way to live, as probably we all do. 112 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Right. 113 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:09,000 He met a couple of fellow travelers named Matt Warner and Tom McCarty, and they went into business racing horses and other shenanigans together. 114 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Right. 115 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 And then they ultimately ended up robbing the bank together. 116 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Rowdy tells me that Butch and Matt pull a gun on the bank clerk and fill their sacks with about 20 grand in gold coins, equal to roughly half a million today. 117 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:32,000 But it's what happens next that allows these neophyte outlaws to cap off their classic bank heist with a successful escape. 118 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:41,000 So how do these three inexperienced bank robbers hit a bank right in the middle of town with law enforcement here, I assume, and just get out scot-free? 119 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Lap, I can show you. 120 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Rowdy and I make like outlaws by hopping on our horses and head west, retracing the gang's path. 121 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Rowdy, I can't help but notice that we were in the middle of the street. 122 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 And is this how Butch and his gang would have gone through town right out through the middle? 123 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:11,000 The bank got on their horses and went right down this street, and that's the thing, you know, doesn't it feel good to be going right down the same path they did? 124 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 It sure does. 125 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 But this is a fox canyon, I don't get it. 126 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 If this is pretty much the only way out of town, why didn't they get caught? 127 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Those guys must have been right on their tail. 128 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Well, they had a secret weapon waiting outside the town. 129 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 A secret weapon? 130 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Yeah. 131 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Okay. 132 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 A secret weapon? 133 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:39,000 With my curiosity definitely peaked, we ride out of town and toward what Rowdy tells me was the game changer that gave Butch and his crew an important advantage over their pursuers. 134 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I see more horses, Rowdy. 135 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 This is how they kept from getting caught. 136 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 They had relays of faster horses. 137 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 So fresh horses like a new sports car with a full tank of gas? 138 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Absolutely. 139 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:57,000 And we're really close to the exact spot that they did the relay in 1889. 140 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 How many sets of horses would he stage? 141 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Well, by the time they stopped running, they had eluded all the pursuers, but maybe ten, you know, and they would also, you know, as horses wore out, they'd pick up ones along the way. 142 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Yeah, so this wasn't a smash and grab. 143 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Oh no. 144 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:18,000 With fresh horses, Butch and his buddies are able to outrun the law with their loot. 145 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Their confidence bolstered that a life of crime sure is easier than working for a living. 146 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Bank robbing came naturally to Cassidy and his now famous pension for planning is what truly set him apart. 147 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Alright, this is awesome. 148 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Isn't it nice? 149 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000 I get it now. 150 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 I get how they made it out of that town. 151 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 But the question of course now is, where'd the money go? 152 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:45,000 They were secretive about it, but my years of study of this, I believe I know where they buried it. 153 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 I've got this old map here. 154 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:06,000 On a quest to find the truth behind the life and death of Butch Cassidy, I've traveled to Telluride, Colorado and saddled up with expert Rowdy Roudabush. 155 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:11,000 His research might reveal where Cassidy and his gang hid their stolen loot. 156 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 I've got this old map here. 157 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 So what do we got here? 158 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 This is the old map of the area? 159 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 This is the old map of the Outlaw Trail. 160 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Rowdy and other historians believe that much of Cassidy's ill-gotten gains are stashed somewhere on the legendary and aptly named Outlaw Trail. 161 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 The trail was 2,000 miles of rough terrain. 162 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:41,000 They used hideouts with not so subtle names like robbers roost in Utah and hole in the wall in Wyoming. 163 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000 But right in between was a place called Brown's Park. 164 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 So if I'm looking for Butch's money, where am I going? 165 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 If that money's still out there, it's in Brown's Park. 166 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And what was so special about Brown's Park? 167 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 That was the center of their universe. 168 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 This is their main hangout. 169 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 That was their getaway spot. 170 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Good place to hide out. 171 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Yeah. 172 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 They like gold. 173 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Yeah. 174 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 So I know they buried it. 175 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 You think a lot of it's still out there? 176 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Oh yeah. 177 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Gold doesn't deteriorate much. 178 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 It's in the ground. 179 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 It's just a question of finding it. 180 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Yes. 181 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:20,000 With my sights set on Butch's favorite, but largely forgotten hideout, I'm trading in my horse for some wheels to undertake a road trip through history. 182 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:27,000 My ride will take me west out of Colorado and nearly 400 miles north through Utah to Brown's Park. 183 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 These are the kinds of roads that make you want to drive forever. 184 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:42,000 From the canyons of Moab to Arches National Park, this is a land of dinosaurs, John Ford Cowboys, and the murderous robots of Westworld. 185 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 In other words, it's epic. 186 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 At the end of the line might just be some epic riches too. 187 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,000 And it's not just the money from the Telluride bank robbery that could be out there. 188 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Over the next decade, Butch pulled off the longest string of successful robberies in American history. 189 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 And he didn't do it alone. 190 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:09,000 By 1896, Butch Cassidy assembles a motley crew of criminals, hell-bent on running the ultimate crime spree. 191 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:15,000 They become collectively known as the Wild Bunch, and I'm driving right into the heart of their territory. 192 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Despite being one of the main hideouts for Butch and the Wild Bunch, Brown's Park is a largely forgotten part of the outlaw trail. 193 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:31,000 I'm here to meet with a guy named Mark Allen, who's a historian and preservationist, who thinks he might have a lead on Butch's missing money. 194 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Hello. How are ya? 195 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Great, Josh. How are you doing? 196 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Good. Nice to meet you, man. 197 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Nice to meet you. Welcome to Brown's Park. 198 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Thank you. This place is like wild. 199 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Well, you know, that's how the outlaws lived. 200 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 So what was here back then? 201 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:56,000 A lot of homesteaders came in and built it. We'll like this place right here. This is John Jarvie's place, and he was really good friends with Butch Cassidy. 202 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,000 And the people that lived here, they were welcoming of Butch and his gang? 203 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Wouldn't you be if somebody came over and said, hi, how's it going? Would you like some money? 204 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Right. 205 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,000 And he knew how to have fun, so a lot of people liked him. 206 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Mark tells me that Jarvie and his cabin were at the center of a small but vibrant community here in the late 1800s. 207 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Brown's Park is 21 square miles, and back then, there was almost nothing here. 208 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,000 This is where they formed the Wild Bunch, right here in Brown's Park. 209 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:28,000 The remoteness of this spot made it an ideal place for Butch and his growing crew to hide out. 210 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Why were they called the Wild Bunch? 211 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Well, they earned it. They'd get together and party, they'd gamble, they'd have fun. They were wild boys. 212 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:43,000 In addition to their name, the Bunch also earned a reputation as the Robin Hoods of the Wild West. 213 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Butch Cassidy didn't steal from the common man. They went to the banks, they went to the railroads. 214 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 They went to where it was going to hurt the big people, not the little people. 215 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 One year, they actually put on a Thanksgiving dinner for the community. 216 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid made Thanksgiving dinner. 217 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Yeah, and they hosted. 218 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Butch and his gang graciously prepared a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings for the community. 219 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 In an effort to win over the locals and earn their loyalty. 220 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Because Butch and his bunch felt secure enough to hide out at Brown's Park, 221 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Mark believes this is the most likely place they'd hide their treasure. 222 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 So, where did all that money go? 223 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Well, they didn't deposit it in the bank. 224 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 No, they were only on a withdrawal only policy. 225 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Exactly. 226 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,000 So, in all this wilderness out here, where do you think that money went to? 227 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Well, there was a place that they used to come back to every year. 228 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Did you think that's where it went? 229 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 I think it's worth looking. 230 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:39,000 But in the 1890s, the fastest road to this secret spot wasn't traversed on wheels. 231 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 The highway they had back then was right back there. 232 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 The river. 233 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 The river. 234 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 All right, let's take a dip. 235 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Mark and I tracked down local river guide Ryan Kelly 236 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 to ferry us several miles down the Green River to the secret hideout. 237 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 But we won't be going in a modern inflatable raft. 238 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Ryan navigates these waters the old-fashioned way 239 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 in a rigid dory with wooden oars. 240 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:15,000 It may be nostalgic, but it can also be extremely unforgiving in rocky rapids. 241 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Butch Cassidy, the Wild Bunch, would they have used the river for transportation? 242 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Certainly they would have. 243 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 This is pretty mellow. 244 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Okay, this does not seem mellow. 245 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Oh, man. 246 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 This beautiful Serene River is starting to look a little bit gnarly. 247 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Here it comes. 248 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Oh, boy. 249 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Woo-hoo! 250 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Got it! 251 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Yeah! 252 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Oh! 253 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Woo-hoo! 254 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Look! 255 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Hang on! 256 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Woo-hoo! 257 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 All right, can't help but notice that I am going to be the only wet person in this raft right now. 258 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Oh, that's right. 259 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Not only am I soaked, but I also have no idea where we are, 260 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 as Ryan navigates us to shore. 261 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 This is truly the middle of nowhere. 262 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Hey, Ryan, thanks for the lift, buddy. 263 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Hey, you got it. No problem, man. 264 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:25,000 I follow Mark about a mile over a landscape that's changed very little in the 120 years 265 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 since Butch and his gang traversed this valley. 266 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 As we get closer, I can see that they don't call it a hideout for nothing. 267 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 This is what I wanted to show you. 268 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Check this out. 269 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Look at this place. 270 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 This is the place where we are. 271 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Look at this place. 272 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I'm on the hunt for Butch Cassidy's hidden treasure in Browns Park, Utah, 273 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,000 with historian Mark Allen heading inside a secret hideout. 274 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Look at this place. 275 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 This is insane. What is this? 276 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 It's a dugout. 277 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 When anybody first moved somewhere, before they built their cabin, 278 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:23,000 they would come in and do a dugout, put a beam up, rock the sides, 279 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 and this was their home until they finished their actual cabin. 280 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 So how old is this place? 281 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 1874. 282 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Wow. And who was this? 283 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 This was Doc Parsons. 284 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Butch worked for Doc when he was about 14 years old. 285 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Huh. 286 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,000 And in fact, Doc Parsons was my great-great-grandfather. 287 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Both of them. 288 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 That's true. 289 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 That's blood. That's true. 290 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 How cool is that? 291 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Now I see why you wanted to come down here. 292 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 This was their place. 293 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 This is the one where they came and hung out. 294 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 This is where they partied. 295 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,000 This is where they'd go rob a place, and they'd all come back here and meet. 296 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 And that's why you think this place could be connected to the treasure? 297 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Well, yeah, because one of the Wild Bunch guys wrote 298 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,000 that they would bury their money outside before they'd come into a cabin or a place to stay, 299 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 so they didn't have it on them. 300 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,000 That takes Browns Park, which is huge, and narrows it way down. 301 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:19,000 But we still don't really know how far outside of this place they might have buried that money. 302 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Well, that's what we need to find out. 303 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Yeah, okay. 304 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Let's get to work. 305 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Mark has been systematically canvassing this area, 306 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,000 and we're headed to one of the only zones he hasn't searched. 307 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:36,000 To help us, we meet the gentleman who's supplying the gear we'll be using to locate the loot. 308 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 This is Mark's brother, Merlin. 309 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Is Merlin your real name? 310 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Absolutely. 311 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Born Merlin? 312 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Yes. 313 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Did you have the white beard then? 314 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 I don't even know what to say about that. 315 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Okay, let's go find some treasure. 316 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,000 To search this area for buried booty, Merlin pulls out his trusted kit. 317 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Dousing rods and a signal generator tuned to a frequency that's supposed to detect gold. 318 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 So I've seen one of these in the field before, 319 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,000 and full confession, when I first saw it, I thought it was complete witchcraft. 320 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 But I'll tell you what, if it finds gold, I don't care. 321 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Alright, Merlin. 322 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 You got it. 323 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Work your magic. 324 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Okay. 325 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 See what I did there? 326 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 That's good. 327 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Famous wizard name. 328 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Alright, Merlin, come on, find us some gold. 329 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 You can do it, Merlin. 330 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Merlin is obviously a whiz at this, 331 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,000 because it's not long before he registers strong signals, 332 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,000 indicating that there's something metallic underfoot. 333 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 You got something? 334 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Got a hip. 335 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I like that. 336 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 I like that too. 337 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,000 While Merlin douses, Mark and I break out some metal detectors. 338 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Now this is a technology I can get behind. 339 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I got something here, guys. 340 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Something big right here. 341 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Why don't you hit it with yours right there, see if you get it. 342 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Okay, we got a hit there. 343 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Let's keep throwing these flags on the ground, then we'll start digging them up. 344 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Hey, I got a hit. 345 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 You got a hit. 346 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Nice. 347 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Half an hour in and our metal detectors are definitely working overtime. 348 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,000 Big hit. 349 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Another hit. 350 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 We're a little bit of another hit here. 351 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 We're getting rich today. 352 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Now it's time to dig in and pray for gold. 353 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Josh! 354 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 What'd you get? 355 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 An old can. 356 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Well, the metal detectors are working. 357 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 They're working good. 358 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Oh, check it out. 359 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 It's a top to a mason jar. 360 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Nail her. 361 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Scrap. 362 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Beer can. 363 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000 I can taste it right now. 364 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 If I could do a television show about finding old beer cans, 365 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 I'd be in my 50th season. 366 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Having met and surpassed my rusted junk quota for one expedition, 367 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 the fines eventually start to thin out. 368 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Just when we're thinking of throwing in the trowel, Mark hits paydirt. 369 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Found a case scene. 370 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Found what? 371 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Bullet case scene. 372 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 What do you think? 373 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Looks like it's got a rather Roman numeral two or no, it's an H. 374 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Look at that. 375 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000 It's an H. 376 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 That's Henry Arms. 377 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Henry Arms. 378 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 They were bought out by Winchester. 379 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 That is late 1800s or early 1900s. 380 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 That's awesome. 381 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 That's a piece of history right there. 382 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 So this is the right time period. 383 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 It is the right time period. 384 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 So we could be holding a bullet and a mason jar. 385 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 We could be holding a bullet and a mason jar. 386 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 We could be holding a bullet and a mason jar. 387 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 This is the right time period. 388 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 It is the right time period. 389 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,000 So we could be holding a bullet fired by the Wild Bunch here for all we know. 390 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Feels good, doesn't it? 391 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 That's pretty awesome. 392 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 That is awesome. 393 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,000 If it is a bullet belonging to the Wild Bunch, it probably wasn't used to kill someone. 394 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Butch was known for his aversion to spilling blood during robberies. 395 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Perhaps the greatest example of this was the crime that made them famous. 396 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 The 1899 robbery of the Overland Flyer train near Wilcox, Wyoming. 397 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 In which not a single person was seriously injured. 398 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Alright, no gold. 399 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 No gold. 400 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 No gold. 401 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Why do you think it's been so hard to find the Wild Bunch's loot? 402 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Well, there's so many stories from so many people about Butch. 403 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I mean, they can't even agree that he died in Bolivia. 404 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:54,000 After the robbery of the Overland Flyer, the railroad launches a massive manhunt. 405 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Butch and Sundance flee to South America as fugitives from justice. 406 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,000 And it is widely believed that after sticking up a payroll transport in Bolivia in 1908, 407 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,000 the outlaw duo meet their end in a gunfight immortalized in the Hollywood film. 408 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Or did they? 409 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 And there are all these stories that he's dead in circle. 410 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Oh, absolutely. 411 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 There's people like William T. Phillips. 412 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 He swore he was Butch Cassidy. 413 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 He took that to his grave. 414 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 He convinced people that he was Butch Cassidy. 415 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Really? 416 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,000 A man named William T. Phillips knew such intimate details about Butch's life 417 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000 that many people believed his claim that he was the famed outlaw. 418 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Researchers compared their photos, but it was inconclusive. 419 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Then in 2011, a younger photo of Phillips was found, 420 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,000 revealing his real name was William T. Wilcox, 421 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,000 a man who once shared a prison cell with Butch Cassidy 422 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,000 and was therefore able to impersonate him later in life. 423 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 But for all the crazy stories, there's some believable ones too. 424 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Like Josie Bassett, who knew him here in Brownspark. 425 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 She was one of the ones at the Thanksgiving dinner that I told you about. 426 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Right. 427 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 And she went out and saw him in the 1920s in Nevada. 428 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 So it turns out the money might be here, 429 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:16,000 but it also might have been moved to another state by the very man who buried it in the first place. 430 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Well, maybe I'm going about this wrong. 431 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Maybe instead of looking for his treasure in the places he used to hang out, 432 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000 I should be looking for his body. 433 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Well, if there's anybody that would take it with him, 434 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,000 I think Butch would be the guy. 435 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Right. 436 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Nevada. 437 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,000 On a quest to track down the truth about Butch Cassidy and his lost loot, 438 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 I'm following a lead that Butch might not actually have died in Bolivia, 439 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,000 but instead found his way back to the U.S. 440 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,000 and hid out for the rest of his days in Southern Nevada, 441 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 which means we're going to Vegas, baby. 442 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Anytime I swing through Sin City, I like to do it upright. 443 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,000 So I dust off the Wild West at Mandalay Bay 444 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,000 and trade in my trusty Jeep for something with a bit more panache. 445 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,000 I make my way a half hour southwest toward the town of Goodsprings. 446 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 I don't know if it's the heat or this hat, 447 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 but I suddenly start feeling a little gonzo. 448 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Can't stop here. 449 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 This is that country. 450 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,000 30 miles later, I arrive at a local watering hole to cool off. 451 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,000 The Pioneer Saloon has been serving up suds since 1913, 452 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 and today it's where I'm meeting local historian Tim France 453 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,000 over a mug of the House Special, Sarsaparilla. 454 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Do you think it's possible that Butch survived Bolivia? 455 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000 I do believe that Butch survived Bolivia. 456 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 There's just too many things wrong with the story. 457 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 So at the time, 458 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,000 was there ever a really solid forensic ID of his body? 459 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000 No, there wasn't. 460 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,000 That's the funny thing is the agent that was assigned to the Butch Cassidy case 461 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,000 never even went down to South America to ID the supposed outlaws. 462 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,000 So there's no real hard evidence that his body went into the ground in Bolivia? 463 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Exactly. 464 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Butch's own sister Lula said that in 1925, 465 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Butch returned home, and Butch's girlfriend, Josie Bassett, 466 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 claimed that she used to come down here to be with Butch. 467 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000 What was he doing down here? 468 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Mining. 469 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Tim tells me that starting in 1907, the year before the shootout in Bolivia, 470 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,000 miners started flocking to a nearby area called Johnny Nevada. 471 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,000 The Johnny district actually had one of the richest gold mines in southern Nevada. 472 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Wow. 473 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,000 Plus also the solitude, the ability to see people coming from all directions. 474 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000 It's a perfect place for him. 475 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Perfect. 476 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,000 There's a gentleman named Charlie Overfield who passed away in 2006, 477 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,000 and I happened to talk to him about it, 478 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:22,000 and he always swore that Butch and him lived together out there. 479 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Is there any way to corroborate it? 480 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000 Yes. 481 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,000 I have obtained special permission for us to actually go out there and see Charlie Overfield's house. 482 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 I got a sweet car outside. 483 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,000 The roads are pretty much non-existent out there. 484 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000 You're going to want to take a ride in my car. 485 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Okay, fair enough. 486 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Holy! 487 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Okay, you're going to get rid of me, beast. I can't. 488 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,000 I can't. 489 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:27,000 We parked the golf cart on steroids and walked through an eerily silent town. 490 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 It's pretty ghostly out here today. 491 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 This is Charlie Overfield's old house. 492 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000 This has a bit of a breaking bad vibe to it right now. 493 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000 It's not exactly where you'd picture a rich outlaw to live, 494 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000 but it's just about perfect for a guy hiding out from the law. 495 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000 This obviously is more modern here, right? 496 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 Yes, this was added later. 497 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,000 So this is the original part of the house that Butch Cassidy would have actually stayed. 498 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000 You're saying under the carpeting, behind the wood paneling and the plaster, 499 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000 are the original bones of the house? 500 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,000 Yes, and there's a closet which you can enter in from the other side. 501 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 Behind this wall, it's rumor that Butch Cassidy lived. 502 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000 And so, what happened to Butch out here? 503 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000 Well, the rumor is that he actually contracted pneumonia. 504 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,000 He pleaded with Charlie that he would not be taken to a doctor. 505 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:22,000 So it is rumor that he actually died from pneumonia in 1947 in this back room. 506 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Right behind this wall? 507 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Yes. 508 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000 Look at this. 509 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,000 And look, there is, right there, a false wall. 510 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000 Yes, and then if you look down there, 511 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,000 it looks like that could have been remnants of an actual bed. 512 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Okay, so I'll bite. 513 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,000 The real Butch Cassidy died right where I'm standing. 514 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,000 Where is he buried? 515 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,000 After this individual passed away, Lula, Butch Cassidy's sister, 516 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,000 was said to come here once a year and place flowers on Butch's grave. 517 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000 And do we know where that site is? 518 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Yes, we do. 519 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000 And I can take you up there right now. 520 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,000 I'm in a remote, gold mining ghost town in Southern Nevada with historian Tim France, 521 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:16,000 investigating rumors that the famous outlaw Butch Cassidy didn't die in a shootout in Bolivia, 522 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000 but that he lived out his days right here in the United States. 523 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,000 The real Butch Cassidy died right where I'm standing. 524 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,000 Where is he buried? 525 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000 I can take you up there right now. 526 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000 Tim tells me that according to a miner named Charlie Overfield, 527 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,000 Butch Cassidy's body was buried about 50 yards away from this cabin. 528 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,000 The exact spot is unmarked and therefore unknown. 529 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,000 Thankfully, Tim has called for reinforcements. 530 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 This is Jeff from Encompass. 531 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,000 Josh Gates, nice to meet you. 532 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,000 How are you doing? Good to meet you. 533 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,000 What do you got in this truck? 534 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,000 Basically what we got is GPR, which we call ground penetrating radar. 535 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000 Basically what we'll do is run the cart over the ground. 536 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,000 It'll shoot a radar into the ground and give us images of if there's any anomalies 537 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000 or in this case, any bodies or anything else in the ground. 538 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000 Great. Okay, so can we give you a hand? 539 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Yeah, let's go ahead and pull it out. 540 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Okay, there we go. 541 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,000 All right, the question is where do we have to lug this thing? 542 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000 We have to carry it up there to that rock wall. 543 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 At least it's cool out. 544 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,000 We grab the gear and start hoofing it 150 feet up a steep hill 545 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000 in 110 degree heat. 546 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000 We got loose rocks and a cactus about every two feet, 547 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000 so great place to slip and fall. 548 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,000 Well, gentlemen, welcome to the potential grave site of Butch Cassidy. 549 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,000 This is it. This is it. 550 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Okay, Jeff, what's it take to get this thing running? 551 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000 Throw the screen on it. We're ready to go. 552 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,000 Boom, let's do it. 553 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,000 Tim, do we know anything about the specifics of this burial? 554 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,000 What we know is that the site was actually dug by hand, 555 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000 so it won't be that deep. 556 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000 There wouldn't have been a coffin used. 557 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,000 They probably just would have rolled them up in a canvas sack 558 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,000 and just buried them. 559 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,000 From what I was actually told, 560 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,000 the burial site would have been right over here. 561 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Okay, so let's run that GPR all in here and all through there, 562 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,000 but if this is true hypothetically, that's where we're looking. 563 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,000 Yes. 564 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000 Let's see if this legend holds up. 565 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,000 I'm hoping it does. 566 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Here we go. 567 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 All right, let's go. 568 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000 The plan is to survey this entire ridge, 569 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,000 looking for any anomalies where a grave might have been dug. 570 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,000 Nothing so far. 571 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Nothing as of this point. 572 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000 No big hold. It could be a grave. 573 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,000 No, but it is a good base reading for when we go over to the area 574 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,000 where we're supposed to be looking. 575 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000 And that's where we're headed right now. 576 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000 So this should be our sweet spot up here, right? 577 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,000 Yes. 578 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,000 Here we have something down in here. 579 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 See that little mountain top right there? 580 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,000 What is that? 581 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000 You get something right down in here. 582 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000 That's what we're looking for. 583 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000 Jeff, is that a buried object? 584 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,000 There's something buried right there. 585 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000 We're standing on top of it right now. 586 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,000 For sure. 587 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,000 For sure. 588 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000 Can't tell you what it is, 589 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,000 but we can tell you there's something there. 590 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Unbelievable. 591 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Right where the legend says there's something buried. 592 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,000 That is just amazing. 593 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000 This is a vindication that at least something was buried up here. 594 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000 So there might be something true to the story. 595 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,000 That's nuts. 596 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000 So the next step is run a couple of different patterns up and down 597 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,000 to see the dimensions of the disturbed soil. 598 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Okay. 599 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,000 And whatever else we can see in that area. 600 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,000 Let's do it. Come on. 601 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,000 All right. 602 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,000 Jeff runs the GPR thoroughly over the entire area. 603 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,000 And I mark the borders he identifies with this snazzy pink spray paint. 604 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 And before long, we've narrowed down this entire hillside 605 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,000 to an astonishingly recognizable size and shape. 606 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,000 Okay. 607 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000 So first of all, let's, uh, let's state the obvious here. 608 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000 That looks exactly like the size of a trench for a grid. 609 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000 What's possible here? 610 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,000 Can it be dug? 611 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,000 Yes, it can. 612 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,000 We actually have special permission to dig on this site. 613 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,000 You're allowed to break soil here? 614 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Yes. 615 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,000 Okay. 616 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000 You got shovels in that truck? 617 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000 We got shovels and pickaxes ready to go. 618 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000 Let's get them up here. 619 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,000 All right. Let's go get them. 620 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,000 It's all hands on deck, digging through dirt and rocks on the hunt for Butch's body 621 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,000 and anything else that may be buried with him. 622 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:58,000 Quick update. This is miserable. 623 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:06,000 And after hours of grueling work, it suddenly looks like our efforts might finally be rewarded. 624 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 Whoa. 625 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,000 What is that? 626 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,000 That's bone. 627 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,000 That is bone. 628 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,000 There's more right there. 629 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:29,000 In the scorching hot Nevada desert, historian Tim Frantz and I are looking for the rumored final resting place 630 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000 of the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy. 631 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000 And incredibly, we may have just found it. 632 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,000 Whoa. 633 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000 What is that? 634 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 That's bone. 635 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,000 That is bone. 636 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000 There's more right there. 637 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 Okay. Let's not disturb it any more than we have to. 638 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:55,000 Okay, guys, we are going to need to stop at this point because if this is potentially a human bone, 639 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 we need to contact authorities. 640 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000 All right. So let's stop down for a second, guys, and call it in. 641 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,000 Yeah. 642 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,000 Okay. 643 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,000 The discovery of bones has turned our television scene into a potential crime scene, 644 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000 prompting a call to local law enforcement. 645 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:16,000 And it's not long before our call is answered by forensic anthropologist Marin Pelloud. 646 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000 Can you determine if that's human or not? 647 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Not on this small of a fragment. I can't. 648 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Well, let's bag it and tag it and figure out what it is. 649 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,000 Marin collects several bone fragments to take back to her lab for analysis. 650 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,000 The results could take up to a week. 651 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:36,000 But if the bones do turn out to be human, we better be ready with something to test them against. 652 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:41,000 And that means the final part of my mission is tracking down Butch Cassidy's DNA. 653 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,000 Luckily, my research reveals someone alive who has it. 654 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000 Paul? 655 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,000 Hi, Josh. Come on in. 656 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Nice to meet you. 657 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,000 Thanks for having me. 658 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Really appreciate you taking the time. 659 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,000 My pleasure. 660 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:05,000 So take me back. How are you related to Butch Cassidy? 661 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,000 My grandmother was Lula Bettinson. 662 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,000 So your grandmother was Butch's sister? 663 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,000 That's right. 664 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Lula Bettinson, I've heard, said that Butch came back from Bolivia. 665 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:20,000 That's right. Not only she told me, but my uncle Mark and my aunt Agatha, Applegate. 666 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,000 So a whole bunch of people saw him? 667 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,000 Yes. 668 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:27,000 So if Butch's body ever does turn up somewhere, whether it's in Bolivia or here in the U.S., 669 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 we would need DNA to test it against. 670 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000 And you happen to have some of that DNA? 671 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,000 I do. 672 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000 Did you mind submitting a sample so that we have something to test against? 673 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000 I'd be glad to. 674 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000 That'd be great. 675 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Paul graciously agrees to swab his cheek and become a vital part of our investigation, 676 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:49,000 one that will hopefully solve the mystery of Butch Cassidy once and for all. 677 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:54,000 Thank you, Paul. Good grip. That's a gunsling in hand right there. Still got it. 678 00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:01,000 With genetic material in hand, we wait for the results from the lab and hope for a match. 679 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:11,000 The DNA analysis comes back from the lab and confirms that while Paul is a genuine blood relative of Butch Cassidy, 680 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,000 his DNA does not match the bone we discovered in Nevada. 681 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:24,000 The final chapter of America's most enigmatic outlaw will ride on, at least for now. 682 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,000 But we have Butch's genetic signature on record, which means that one day, 683 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:33,000 someone might turn up another set of bones that could be matched with the famous outlaw. 684 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:44,000 My journey to find Butch Cassidy's stolen money took me across some of the most desolate terrain the American West has to offer. 685 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:49,000 I saw firsthand how Butch and his gang revolutionized the art of the heist, 686 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,000 and I learned just how remote the outlaw trail really is. 687 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,000 I zeroed in on a site that may still hold some of his treasure 688 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:02,000 and explored the area where his family maintains he spent his final days. 689 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:08,000 I have to admit, there's a part of me that hopes these particular mysteries are never solved. 690 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,000 Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch were certainly criminals, 691 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,000 but they've also become icons of unrivaled freedom and adventure. 692 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:22,000 As long as their mystery survives, so does a little piece of the Wild West. 693 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:28,000 On the next Expedition Unknown. 694 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,000 This is a bottomless pit. 695 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,000 Look at the size of this room. 696 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000 If these artifacts are real, what would it mean? 697 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,000 It would change the whole history of the world. 698 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000 This just got real. 699 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000 Come on, Cass! 700 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000 Go, Cass!