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Oak Island: The Money Pit That Swallows Fortunes

13m | Nov 7, 2026

For over two hundred years, people have dug a hole on a small Canadian island, certain treasure lies at the bottom. The money pit has swallowed fortunes, defeated every expedition by flooding, and killed six men, and no one has ever reached the bottom, or proven anything is down there at all.

In this episode of Six Feet of History, August Mercer tells the story of Oak Island, the booby-trapped flooding shaft, the treasures people imagine lie below, and the uncomfortable chance that it is all a natural sinkhole dressed up as a legend. Six Feet of History is a daily true history podcast digging up the dark, forgotten, and untold stories of the past. New episode every day.

Tags: #history #truehistory #historypodcast #mystery #OakIsland #treasure #Canada #unsolved #ancientmysteries #untoldhistory

Keywords: Oak Island money pit, treasure that swallows fortunes, Oak Island mystery, buried treasure Canada, flooding shaft, Nova Scotia, history podcast, true history, dark history, untold history, unsolved mysteries, treasure hunt, booby trap, sinkhole theory, pirate treasure, Knights Templar, Restall deaths, Nova Scotia history, legend, Six Feet of History

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