One Man's Obsessive Search For Captain Kidd's Lost Fortune | Myth Hunters | Absolute History

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Follow the trail of Richard Knight, an Englishman consumed by the ghostly allure of the infamous pirate Captain Kidd's lost fortune. From the shores of Hollywood to the prisons of Vietnam, witness Knight's desperate quest to unearth Kidd's hidden hoard. As he unravels the secrets of centuries past, Knight faces betrayal, imprisonment, and the haunting legacy of Captain Kidd himself. Can he defy the odds and claim the elusive treasure, or will he become another victim of Kidd's curse?
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  • @juliamartinshistory
    @juliamartinshistory 9 месяцев назад +35

    Imagine being so obsessed with pirate treasure you end up in a Vietnamese jail! This is the real-life Indiana Jones story we needed. 🏴‍☠🗺

    • @ettorebattaglia8466
      @ettorebattaglia8466 6 месяцев назад

      Forreal!I am looking for interviews of this man,Richard Knight,cannot find anything but this right here is some real Indiana Jones shit!
      I do believe the treasure is real and not a myth,look at the chests they’ve found and Richard meeting that man that had found all the clues,hidden compartments,it must be true!
      Rip to Richard Knight,the whole story is just crazy!
      Maybe one day a young adventurer like that 18yr old young man will pick up where he left and pursue his dream!When there is so much concrete evidence and clues I do not believe it is just mythological,I’m sure everybody said that it had to be a myth until Richard found all those clues.Beautiful the want for adventure and desire to discover treasure,sad to see obsession in men who spend their whole lives searching for something they don’t end up finding because,alas,father time is real!

  • @vistaverde77
    @vistaverde77 9 месяцев назад +6

    Treasure is indeed contagious.

  • @FundyisleLegacy
    @FundyisleLegacy 9 месяцев назад +60

    Captain Kidd supposedly stashed some stuff on the backside of our island, spent two weeks at an area that has a natural sea wall and pond, it’s an incredibly remote area with huge cliffs and was even more so back then, my girlfriends grandfather used to spend 4 days a week staying out there for decades, even had a bulldozer floated around and put on the seawall, he’d never admit it but everyone always said he had far more money than he ever had legitimately so figured he must have found something out there that convinced him there was more and made him a bit obsessed, we’re only a two day sail from oak island too and he was allegedly involved in that too

    • @jaywood7672
      @jaywood7672 9 месяцев назад +1

      Any writing on the rocks there?

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 9 месяцев назад

      Interesting!!

    • @taylormadgolfuk4146
      @taylormadgolfuk4146 9 месяцев назад +10

      Apart of oak island? That's where I stop believing. 17seasons and nothing 😂

    • @FundyisleLegacy
      @FundyisleLegacy 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@taylormadgolfuk4146 “allegedly” lol the real treasure of that show is the history channel contracts lol

    • @FundyisleLegacy
      @FundyisleLegacy 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@jaywood7672 supposedly there was markings on a semi-hidden flat rock found back in the mid 1800s by a fella from the mainland who heard the stories and came looking, but he was chased out but a ghost that summoned a freak storm to drive him away, I’m doubtful if that all but it adds some character to the mystery

  • @user-zm6wk5zx2d
    @user-zm6wk5zx2d 9 месяцев назад +21

    What a tragic shame on the king. KIDD was loyal and great at his job!! RIP SIR, RIP. 😊

    • @johnkidd797
      @johnkidd797 9 месяцев назад

      He's not forgotten 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @Hy-Brasil
      @Hy-Brasil 8 месяцев назад

      take note.... you can't trust the government in any century.

    • @RichardBarclay-hs4nk
      @RichardBarclay-hs4nk 4 месяца назад

      Well thank you. From his family bloody.

  • @minerva-265
    @minerva-265 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the docu! This is so cool.

  • @clairewinter4117
    @clairewinter4117 9 месяцев назад +4

    Wow what an amazing story 💯👍

  • @timturley7573
    @timturley7573 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ok ok guys just letting you know. New subscriber here. Ran across you history videos and absolutely love them keep up the great work fam……..

  • @KyleLacey-xc1bi
    @KyleLacey-xc1bi 9 месяцев назад +6

    Bro i have massive respect for you and your channel, keep up the great uploads

  • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
    @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul 7 месяцев назад +3

    Look, Kidd never sailed to East Asia; the furthest he went was Madagascar & the Indian Ocean. Then it was back to New York, where he was arrested.

  • @entropyachieved750
    @entropyachieved750 9 месяцев назад +17

    They spent it just as we would now days

    • @johnkidd797
      @johnkidd797 9 месяцев назад +3

      The money although diminished has always been kept in the family. No mystery,no treasure maps just the legacy of many generations of relative wealth.

  • @scadstersworld5634
    @scadstersworld5634 6 месяцев назад

    I read the book about this treasure hunt and Richard did not use a cheap detector like in this video. He used a 2 box type detector that was capable of reaching several feet down into the soil. He said that the Vietnamese patrolman thought that he was trying to use the device to spy on them. He had actually found some treasure and a pistol, etc.

  • @firecrackerg60
    @firecrackerg60 8 месяцев назад

    Imaginary golf. Great story and history lesson Intwined 👏

  • @louisszemesi9345
    @louisszemesi9345 7 месяцев назад +1

    The treasure might be at Asingyi Island. It looks very similar to the map drawing.

  • @endzhere1638
    @endzhere1638 9 месяцев назад +2

    Your map graphic is wrong. The island you've marked is hon tre. Hon tre lon is a different island located directly south of ho chi Minh city.

  • @theslimeboysfishing
    @theslimeboysfishing 7 месяцев назад +1

    Not the harbor freight metal detector🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

  • @richardcranium5393
    @richardcranium5393 9 месяцев назад +5

    A desperate man will try anything.

  • @franciscopineda2594
    @franciscopineda2594 8 месяцев назад +5

    Watching this from Wapping in East London. The place where he was executed

  • @builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955
    @builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955 9 месяцев назад +1

    His Legacy lives on and on
    Werth more than Riches

  • @allangooge7871
    @allangooge7871 8 месяцев назад +3

    If he’s that confident why doesn’t he go and find it?🤔🤥

    • @ryanh9183
      @ryanh9183 7 месяцев назад +1

      How do you know he hasn't? If I found a treasure the last thing I would do is advertise it.

  • @darrenadams-mv7mu
    @darrenadams-mv7mu 9 месяцев назад +2

    captain kidd s lost fortune good show

    • @johnkidd797
      @johnkidd797 9 месяцев назад +2

      Not really, it's known where his fortune went. There is no mystery, no treasure maps.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @picknowell
    @picknowell 8 месяцев назад

    The Gold Bug pointed the way to the treasure.

  • @Zman82
    @Zman82 9 месяцев назад +2

    I've watched this story several times and I'm not sure what is true and what is not but you would think that something along the lines of this story must be true as far as the treasure maps and such how else would he have come about them. I suppose it's possible they were completely fake as well. But if the maps were true maps from the period then isn't it possible there is a treasure hidden somewhere in that vicinity?

  • @bfyrth
    @bfyrth 9 месяцев назад +2

    he had the wrong Island, the Long figure was acutally the Lat

  • @peterxd3610
    @peterxd3610 9 месяцев назад +1

    where did they waste the money so fast?

  • @queencerridwen5043
    @queencerridwen5043 9 месяцев назад +3

    I really like this narrator

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr 9 месяцев назад +2

    I found it in a small chest with a skull and crossbones on it. Wait im thinking about my IRS papers. Sorry.

  • @nlo31
    @nlo31 9 месяцев назад +3

    Persona!!!

  • @mr.underhill9045
    @mr.underhill9045 6 месяцев назад

    The SECRET.... ALL 9... ⛏️🗝️💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🤫

  • @offgridselfteliant
    @offgridselfteliant 8 месяцев назад +4

    Nothing causes the do not recommend option faster than 12 minutes into a video and it starts rambling like a television commercial for itself!

    • @litneyloxan
      @litneyloxan 7 месяцев назад +1

      well basically all channels advertise themselves so I imagine your algorithm isn't giving you the best stuff you could be watching just bc you won't fast forward through self-advertisements

  • @VSMichelle
    @VSMichelle 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hmm!

  • @uhadme
    @uhadme 7 месяцев назад +1

    Oak Island was a real treasure map, that 'accidentally' became public knowledge.
    Not like this expert was hunting to fortunes of a con artist, that had no pot of gold.

  • @Sickpickle
    @Sickpickle 9 месяцев назад +2

    So how many adds are going to play I almost don't want to watch this because they pop up literally every five minutes of footage

  • @imjustbeingrandom
    @imjustbeingrandom 9 месяцев назад +7

    One Piece type lore

  • @Kanyeth_of_Westland
    @Kanyeth_of_Westland 3 месяца назад

    This sounds almost exactly like uncharted 4

  • @Jeffreymart
    @Jeffreymart 9 месяцев назад

    Edmunds should have a drink with me, I have one with MEGA potential and need a partner. It rests until then.

  • @Chamonix.frequently
    @Chamonix.frequently 3 месяца назад

    So the island could actually be oak island 🏝. The shape has just been re-engineered to look like the elephant. The cove is filled in more since the 1500's

  • @pootis-pow-haha
    @pootis-pow-haha 5 месяцев назад

    Wealth fame power

  • @goldringhunter2431
    @goldringhunter2431 9 месяцев назад

    Should have married one on the island. The choices that we make.

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul 7 месяцев назад

      Kidd never went to east Asia. The farthest east he sailed was Madagascar & the Indian Ocean.

  • @foreigncorrespondent5140
    @foreigncorrespondent5140 8 месяцев назад

    Born Pirates, all have the burning desire to save up tings fer later matey

  • @jaywood7672
    @jaywood7672 9 месяцев назад

    WK1669 the Adventure Galley

  • @howtosingh7066
    @howtosingh7066 9 месяцев назад

    Vietnamese already tried and didn't anything on the islands

  • @ll_spud
    @ll_spud 9 месяцев назад

    So Im assuming no one has searched the vietnamese island for treasure?

  • @fofwew
    @fofwew 9 месяцев назад +3

    Eustass "Captain" Kid? From the worst generation?

  • @Mr.x88
    @Mr.x88 8 месяцев назад

    what think..where British get

  • @jdgiacomo1911
    @jdgiacomo1911 8 месяцев назад

    Fake fake fake fake don’t believe it’s a scam

  • @ItsDivisive
    @ItsDivisive 7 месяцев назад

    Cia photogragher boy got it with cia daddy

  • @ทิพวรรณ-ฤ1ฐ
    @ทิพวรรณ-ฤ1ฐ 7 месяцев назад

    Bull😅shit

  • @bradleyrembolt
    @bradleyrembolt 9 месяцев назад

    I'm possessed by the ghost of Casper

  • @merikatools568
    @merikatools568 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love semen