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In 1216, just before his death, English Monarch King John lost the royal Crown Jewels. Were they lost to the landscape, buried beneath dozens of feet of silt and dirt? Or is it possible the jewels were intentionally misplaced?

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He only engaged in piracy for about two years before he was killed, from about 1716-1718. But Edward “Blackbeard” Teach’s legendary status proves those two years were enough for a lifetime.

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Famed pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach may have died in 1718, but his treasure was never found. Did it sink to the bottom of the ocean with his ship? Is it buried in a chest on an island off the coast of North Carolina? Or was there ever any hidden treasure at all?

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Some search for what’s stolen. Others simply just steal. And if the past has taught us anything, it’s that one thing’s for certain… wealth can be the ultimate motivator. Throughout the month of May, “x marks the spot” as we take you on a quest for history’s most elusive riches in Parcast Presents: Treasure Hunt.

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She never wanted to grow up. Treva Throneberry did everything she could to delay adulthood, even going as far as traveling from town to town throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s posing as a teenage runaway—pretending, lying, and stealing to cover her tracks.

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On this day in 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was arrested in Northern Italy. It was the beginning of the end for the longest-ruling fascist of the World War II era.

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As Paul languished in captivity, his family and fiancé desperately tried to navigate the Italian kidnappers demands. But first they had to convince Paul's grandfather, the notoriously stingy J. Paul Getty Sr. that the abduction wasn't a hoax. But after receiving a gruesome token in the mail, it was clear that Paul's kidnapping was not only real, but his kidnappers would take any means necessary to ensure they got what they wanted.

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As teenaged John Paul Getty III sat captive somewhere in the Dolomite mountains, the world watched his family feud over who would pay his ransom. For five months, in the winter of 1973, the young heir waited for salvation that was seemingly never coming.

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“Agent Fifi” was a central part of Britain’s SOE training program during the 1940s, with new recruits having to take her test before they were released into the field. And Chilver’s tests were thorough.

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Known as “Special Agent Fifi,” British agent Marie Chilver was a smart, beautiful woman—and an expert at coaxing secrets out of unsuspecting targets. In the midst of World War II, that was just the kind of person the newly formed Special Operations Executive needed.

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