What happened to the lost gold stolen by the Nazis in World War Two? In Dan Snow's long career as a broadcaster, he's come across all sorts of unexplained phenomena, myths and mysteries- from searching for the Nazi Gold Train in Poland to debunking the mummy's curse in Tutankhamun's tomb and looking for answers about ball lightning. History is full of the weird and wonderful and in this episode Dan is joined by polymath, author and fellow podcaster Dan Schreiber to talk about stories of lost treasure, curious relics and Edwardian superstitions. 0:00 - The Weirdness of History 3:04 - The Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train 7:34 - Alan Turing's Silver & King John's Crown Jewels 17:48 - Ball Lightning: The Bizarre Natural Phenomenon 23:37 - Mummy Unwrapping Parties & The Power of Curses 33:02 - Spiritualism & WWII Psychic Warfare This episode was produced by Mariana Des Forges, edited by Natija Grauzinyte, and the channel manager is Vilde Øksnes. You can find more Dan Snow's History Hit on the audio podcast here: https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-history-hit/view Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds.