Skeptoid #245: Finding the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

History, Skeptic, Social Sciences, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Skepticism, Paranormal, Science

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Historians actually have a pretty complete picture of what happened to the "missing" Roanoke colonists.

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0:00.0	The fate of the lost colony of Roanoke is one of the great mysteries of early European
0:08.4	settlement of the New World.
0:10.5	When a resupply mission from England found the village completely deserted in 1590, it
0:15.9	set off centuries of speculation about what happened to them.
0:20.4	Today we're going to see where archaeology and even genetic research have led us in our
0:25.0	hunt for the lost colony of Roanoke.
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1:28.3	We sent from England, arrived at the Roanoke colony on the east coast of the United States
1:32.7	in 1590.
1:34.4	They found the settlement neatly dismantled and not a soul to be found.
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