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In December of 1812, the daughter of disgraced former Vice President Aaron Burr, boarded a ship in South Carolina to travel north to see her father. Theodosia Burr Alston was never seen again.Sponsors!The Farmer’s Dog - Get 50% off your two week trial of fresh, healthy food at TheFarmers Dog.com/GONE. Plus, you get FREE shipping!

In 1891, the ceremonial mace that, by law, was required to be present at every convening of the Victorian Parliament, vanished from its holding case. Police investigated the theft for over a year and never came close to finding the mace or deducing who had stolen it. Sponsors!The Farmer’s Dog - Get 50% off your two week trial of fresh, healthy food at TheFarmersDog.com/GONE. Plus, you get FREE shipping! Grove - Get a 3-piece cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer’s spring scents, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a surprise bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more at Grove.co/GONE.

In 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, one of the most powerful Union leaders in the country, went to a meeting with the mafia in a suburb of Detroit. He was never seen again, and his body had never been recovered.Parcasters - Jimmy Hoffa's relationship with organized crime figures factored heavily into his disappearance, learn more about the criminal underworld with our podcast Kingpins. Available at parcast.com/kingpins

In 1955, the fishing vessel MV Joyita vanished off the coast of Samoa along with all 25 people on board. A massive search yielded no results, and the ship was deemed lost at sea. But then, over a month after it vanished, the MV Joyita was found, six hundred miles off course, and without a single living soul on board. To this day, no one knows what happened to the crew and passengers of the MV Joyita. Parcasters - What was it like to live through the Titanic tragedy? Find out today on survival! Available now at parcast.com/survival

For centuries, historians believed that Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria were the only great Kingdoms of the ancient middle eastern world. But the early 20th century yielded the discovery of ruins that might indicate the existence of a fourth kingdom: the Hittites.Sponsors!Robinhood - Robinhood is giving listeners of Gone a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio. Sign up at GoneCast.Robinhood.com.

Since the first Europeans set foot in South America in the late 1400s, explorers have been captivated by, El Dorado, the mythical city hidden within the jungles of the Andes Mountains. After centuries of expeditions and countless lives lost in the pursuit, no man has actually ever laid eyes on this fabled city.   Sponsors!BetterHelp - Go to BetterHelp.com/GONE to get 10% off your first month with discount code GONE.CBS All Access - Head over to CBS.com/GONE to redeem your FREE trial of CBS All Access to watch the new season of The Good Fight, now streaming exclusively on CBS All Access.

Most people consider the Dodo Bird to be synonymous with human-driven extinction. First discovered by Dutch sailors in the late 1590s, it would be completely wiped out in just over 60 years. The pursuit of the last remnants of this iconic creature continues to this day, with an incomplete composite skeleton selling recently for just under half a million dollars.Sponsors!CBS All Access - Head to CBS.com slash GONE to redeem your FREE trial of CBS All Access.Robinhood - Robinhood is giving listeners of Gone a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint tohelp you build your portfolio. Sign up at Gonecast.Robinhood.com.Zola - To start your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, go to Zola.com/LOST.

In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold. What happened next has been debated by historians and treasure hunters over the last 150 years. Did Davis squander what remained of his country's treasury in a desperate attempt to keep the Confederacy alive? Or, is it possible that the gold is still out there, waiting to be found?Sponsors!BetterHelp - GONE listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code GONE when you go to BetterHelp.com/Gone.

In 1944, a Japanese submarine was sunk by Allied forces in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Fifty years later, declassified documents indicated that the wreckage may contain two tons of Japanese gold worth more than $25 million today. Does the treasure remains at the bottom of the ocean among the wreckage of the I-52.Sponsors!BetterHelp - GONE listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code GONE when you go to BetterHelp.com/Gone.Zola - Get $50 off your registry on Zola by going to  Zola.com/Lost.

This legendary trove of gold and precious jewels was a figurative and literal representation of the Aztec Empire's wealth. The treasure also had the value of high art that showed the empire's impressive reach and influence in the 1500s. However, all good things come to an end and the fall of the empire marks the moment Montezuma’s treasure was never to be seen again.Sponsors!Zola - To get your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, go to Zola.com/LOST.

The son of the governor of New York, and one of the wealthiest families in the world, Michael Rockefeller was on an art-collecting expedition in Dutch New Guinea when he went missing in 1961. He was last seen trying to swim to shore after his boat capsized. What followed was a 10-day rescue mission in shark-infested waters. Did Rockefeller make it to shore only to be eaten by a local tribe? Or is his body forever lost at sea?Parcasters - Hear Hercules as you’ve never heard him before, tomorrow on Mythology!

Before he disappeared into thin air, this French artist was set to release one of the most anticipated inventions of the late 19th century: the moving picture camera. Louis Le Prince, known as the Father of Cinema, vanished under suspicious circumstances in 1890, leaving behind a slew of possible suspects. 

Myth and history intertwine in searching for the whereabouts of a sword that is 1.8 million years old. Since 660 BCE, the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi has been passed down from emperor to emperor. Nobody can identify what the sword looks like, but the Japanese government claims it resides in the Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. Parcast - If you enjoyed this episode, check out our new show MYTHOLOGY! Subscribe today for more tales of mythical heroes, gods, and creatures!Sponsors!Project Blue Book - ​The new drama series Project Blue Book premieres Tuesday, January 8th at 10/9c on HISTORY. 

John F. Kennedy’s brain went missing after he was assassinated in 1963. His brain wasn’t buried with his body and it hasn’t been seen since 1965. Was his brain taken by his younger brother to hide evidence of JFK’s drug use and mental illnesses? The missing component could provide evidence that Kennedy was not shot from the back by Lee Harvey Oswald, but from the front. Assassinations Podcast - Thank you Kate and Bill for joining today's episode! Listen to Assassinations now wherever you listen to podcasts! Sponsors!Audible - Get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month by going to Audible.com/GONE or text GONE to 500 500.SimpliSafe - Go to SimpliSafe.com/GONE for a special offer.Zola - Start your free wedding website and get $50 off your registry at Zola.com/GONE.

A testament to its owners wealth and power, the brilliant diamond survived exiles of kings and the fall of empires. After the assassination of its final owner in 1747, all records of the diamond virtually disappeared. The stone which rose from the dirt of a dried riverbed in India and became of the world’s most puzzling precious stones has been displaced ever since. Sponsors!Parcast - Rate, review and subscribe to our new show Assassinations which premieres November 19th!

Home to possibly 700,000 books, including works by Homer, Plato, and Socrates, this ancient library in the heart of Egypt was destroyed thousands of years ago. Is there any hope we will find these valuable manuscripts?Sponsors!Amazon Prime - Season 1 is available now. Watch the New Season of Lore out now, only on Prime Video.SimpliSafe - If you’re interested in Home Security, visit SimpliSafe.com/GONE.

Some estimate that the throne would be worth more than a trillion dollars today!

After being kidnapped and spending 12 years as a slave, Solomon Northup disappeared again on a warm summer’s night in Canada in 1857. Was he murdered? Abducted and sold into slavery a second time? Or did he become a spy for the Union army during the Civil War, and never return? Sponsors!SimpliSafe - Go today to SimpliSafe.com/GONE.Mother Dirt - GONE listeners get 20% off and free shipping with the code GONE.

The tallest statue in the ancient world welcomed travelers with its likeness to the sun god Helios. After it was destroyed by an earthquake, tourists still came from far and wide to see the rubble. Then one day, the pieces of the 108-foot tall Colossus of Rhodes were suddenly gone. Where did they go?

In May of 1990, Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet, sold at auction for 82.5 million dollars. The buyer would die six years later. In 1999, the Metropolitan Museum of Art sought out the new owner to borrow the painting for an exhibit, but they couldn't find one. After numerous conflicting leads and dead ends, it was discovered that the painting was gone.