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French Connection, Shipwrecked Gold, Area 51 Plane Crash
French Connection, Shipwrecked Gold, Area 51 Plane Crash
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In the collection of the Drug Enforcement Agency Museum in Arlington, Virginia, is a dossier of black and white photographs. It comes from the files of the police officers who brought down a powerful drug syndicate known as the French Connection. How did they do it? A gold ingot is on display at the Museum of American Finance in New York. How did it end up on the bottom of the ocean, and how was it recovered? A dusty metal plate lies in the vaults of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. It's a fragment from a mysterious aircraft that was the focus of a massive cover-up. What was the government hiding?For even more Mysteries at the Museum, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/mystery to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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