Did the Famous Lost City of Gold Really Exist? | El Dorado

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Amid the 15th and 16th centuries, rumors began running rampant about a lost city of gold. These rumors continued to develop into stories of men and lakes made of gold, and inspired expeditions set out to find these supposed riches. Today, we explore the fact and fiction behind the story of El Dorado. Sponsored by BetterHelp (this episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month), HelloFresh (go to http://hellofresh.com/redweb21 and use code redweb21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping), and Shady Rays (go to http://shadyrays.com and use code REDWEB for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:14.0	Amid the 15th and 16th centuries, rumors began running rampant about a lost city of gold.
0:20.0	These rumors continued to develop into stories of statues and lakes made of gold, and inspired
0:25.3	expeditions set out to find these supposed riches.
0:29.0	Today we explore the fact and fiction behind the story of Eldorata.
0:34.0	This is Redweb.
0:43.0	Welcome back Task Force to Redweb, the show all about the unsolved.
0:47.0	We got some true crime.
0:49.0	We got some mysteries.
0:50.0	We got some cryptids, aliens, and today we're exploring another lost city.
0:55.0	We talked about Atlantis before, but now we're going to the turf side.
1:00.0	Deep into the Amazon, the potential lost city of gold.
1:03.0	I'm your resident mystery enthusiast Trevor Collins joining me, reacting to this mystery for the very first time.
1:11.0	Alfredo Diaz.
1:12.0	Good old Eldorado.
1:14.0	Eldorado.
1:15.0	So many thoughts circling in my head right now.
1:17.0	Immediately the Disney movie.
1:18.0	Yes, I cannot see that in my head.
1:21.0	I haven't seen it in a million years, but that's what came to mind.
1:26.0	Follow up to that.
1:28.0	I think two or three out of my top favorite messages that we've ever covered are treasure hunts.
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