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Skeptoid #481: Captain Kidd's Treasure

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Think you're going to find Captain Kidd's buried treasure on the US east coast? Think again.

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Captain Kid, the notorious 17th century pirate, is believed to have buried his magnificent

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treasure somewhere along the eastern coast of North America, and also in Florida, and

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also in the Bahamas, and even in Madagascar.

0:19.3

In fact, there's hardly any place where someone doesn't claim Kid's treasure is buried

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there.

0:25.4

Where is it actually?

0:27.4

The truth is, it's probably nowhere.

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That's today on Skeptoid.

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Captain Kids Treasure

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