MISSED FORTUNE
When Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of gold, sapphires, and rubies somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in 2010, he tapped into something deep. It was like the American Dream reduced to its essence—an equal-opportunity quest for a small fortune. What seemed at first like a harmless poem containing nine treasure clues sent thousands on a journey of obsession and desperation. One searcher—Darrell Seyler—gave everything.
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Introducing Missed Fortune:
In 2010, retired art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a bronze chest worth roughly $1 million somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The only way to find it? Deciphering clues in a poem he published in his autobiography. Hundreds of thousands of searchers went looking. But few risked more on their hunt than a former cop from Seattle named Darrell Seyler.
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EPISODE 1: $1 MILLION
There’s a hidden treasure worth $1 million up for grabs somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, and nine clues to its location are hidden in a poem. Darrell Seyler knows where it is, but he’ll have to risk everything to go get it.
EPISODE 2: $2 MILLION
Gold fever is the single-minded pursuit of treasure. And wow, Darrell has it.
EPISODE 3: $3 MILLION
At the heart of this treasure hunt is enigmatic millionaire Forrest Fenn—an amateur archaeologist and professional art dealer. You can’t solve the treasure hunt without understanding Fenn and all the people he’s pissed off over the years.
EPISODE 4: $4 MILLION
Darrell’s obsession with treasure goes all the way back to childhood. And it turns out there’s a very good reason for that.
EPISODE 5: $5 MILLION
Darrell may be obsessed, but he’s also probably closer to the treasure than any other hunter. Though it’s hard to stay focused when Fenn himself is distracting you.
EPISODE 6: $6 MILLION
Darrell’s on the brink, searchers are dying, and the police want Fenn to call the whole thing off. The downsides of giving away a fortune.
EPISODE 7: $7 MILLION
Darrell finds what he was looking for. And everything we thought we knew about what he was looking for is wrong.
EPISODE 8: $8 MILLION
Fenn said finding the treasure would be difficult but not impossible. He didn’t say how complicated things would get if you found it.
EPISODE 9: $9 MILLION
The Fenn treasure was going to solve all of Darrell’s problems. Now he has to face them.