DH Ep:65 The Curse Of Oak Island

DH Ep:65 The Curse Of Oak Island

Published: February 11, 2026

Duration: 1:17:12

In this episode, we travel to a tiny, hundred-and-forty-acre island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, where a mystery first uncovered by three teenagers in 1795 has consumed fortunes, destroyed lives, and killed six men over the course of more than two hundred and thirty years.

We start with sixteen-year-old Daniel McGinnis and his discovery of a mysterious depression on Oak Island, complete with oak log platforms buried every ten feet underground.

From there, we trace the full history of the Money Pit — the Onslow Company's excavation and the catastrophic flooding at ninety feet, the Truro Co...