Vault: Strange History We Locked Away

Delta 62: Empty Vaults: Fort Knox Revealed


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What if the gold at Fort Knox really was gone?

In September 1974, a delegation of U.S. officials steps inside the most secure vault in America—and finds it empty. What begins as a routine inspection becomes a national crisis, shattering global confidence in the dollar and igniting decades of secrecy, inflation, and geopolitical maneuvering.


Follow journalist Sam Calloway as he uncovers a trail of classified convoys, buried transfer orders, and institutional silence stretching from the Nixon era to the 2008 crash. Along the way, we witness the slow erosion of trust, the rise of the petrodollar, and a nation's uneasy transition from tangible wealth to fiat promises.


This is the story of a theft no one was supposed to notice… and the man who refused to forget it.

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Vault: Strange History We Locked AwayBy The Archivist