Blood and Treasure: The Last Days of Bad King John

It all comes into the light in our Season 1 finale. What has treasure hunter Raymond Kosschuk discovered? What are the next steps in a compelling story that has continued to fascinate generations? Plus, we unravel looming questions at the center of this 800-year-old mystery, and get definitive answers from our panel of experts on the fate of King John’s lost treasure. As we wrap this season of Blo...

The deeper we dive into the story of the lost Crown Jewels, the more questions we uncover. Here we focus on King John’s shocking death only SIX DAYS after losing his royal treasure in the Wash. Was this part of a plot to take out the villainous King? Was the treasure targeted only to be covered up by his death? And then, enter a monk named Brother Simon, a mysterious character who seems to surroun...

When you’re looking for a needle in a haystack – you bring a magnet. But when you’re looking for a needle in a stack of needles? You need a little more. The world’s leading experts on NMRI and Aerial Magnetometry weigh in on how to use today’s cutting-edge technology to find King John’s lost treasure. Treasure hunter Raymond Kosschuk continues to build on that technology as he holds firm in his be...

One of the biggest obstacles – figuratively and literally – in this treasure hunt is the expansive marshland known as The Wash. King John and his baggage train crossed the treacherous terrain without a guide, leading to the loss of the Royal Crown Jewels. So, how do you narrow down such a vast grid? Will it be technology or simply the old school way courtesy of an ancient map that wins the day? Lo...

Before we can dig up his lost treasure, we need to examine the man, the myth, the monster that is “Bad King John”. As the youngest of 8, there’s enough sibling rivalry to compete with an episode of Succession. What critical decisions and twists of fate may have led him to lose his 100-million-dollar treasure or was it simply blind ego? And just how bad do you have to be to earn the nickname “Bad”...

We’re wasting no time as we dive straight in to a story that has all the makings of a Hollywood movie complete with a hero, a villain, a buried treasure and a lone man who thinks he can find it, and it’s all true, or is it? In 1216, “Bad King John”, the fabled villain of the Robin Hood tales, lost the Crown Jewels of England while trying to cross the vast marshland known as The Wash. 800 years lat...

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