This show is absolutely entertaining, don't get me wrong......
The show is peppered with historical facts and anecdotes, but at times, it seems overly scripted for the shock & awe factor it gets.
I binge watched about 36 episodes over a 4-day weekend. A common thread that seemed to occur, when looking for "proof" that corroborates his episode's subject, out come the metal detectors and "period" coins, nails, bullets, buttons, etc, are always found, just not exactly what they are looking for...ie the treasure.
Several times, I noticed things that contradicted what was said on screen with what was shown onscreen. Planks covered with mud when they are "only able to walk on the roots of the trees", or "we continued for miles searching for the exact site, then we found it." yet it's clear, that it's a slightly different angle of the same shot originally shown.
"This placed was searched by the FBI, FAA, NTSB, but we'll search for clues." (50 years later.) Then 10 min later, "Wait, I found something.....Whoa, this is a clasp for a briefcase, it's pretty corroded, and it fits with our time frame." (Might not be an EXACT quote from the DB Cooper episode, but it's close.) The episode also said stewardess Tina Mucklow, was given the note. All historical accounts identify Florence Schaffner as the actual recipient.
There are plenty of creative liberties taken with this show, but it's still on my auto-record DVR list.
The show is peppered with historical facts and anecdotes, but at times, it seems overly scripted for the shock & awe factor it gets.
I binge watched about 36 episodes over a 4-day weekend. A common thread that seemed to occur, when looking for "proof" that corroborates his episode's subject, out come the metal detectors and "period" coins, nails, bullets, buttons, etc, are always found, just not exactly what they are looking for...ie the treasure.
Several times, I noticed things that contradicted what was said on screen with what was shown onscreen. Planks covered with mud when they are "only able to walk on the roots of the trees", or "we continued for miles searching for the exact site, then we found it." yet it's clear, that it's a slightly different angle of the same shot originally shown.
"This placed was searched by the FBI, FAA, NTSB, but we'll search for clues." (50 years later.) Then 10 min later, "Wait, I found something.....Whoa, this is a clasp for a briefcase, it's pretty corroded, and it fits with our time frame." (Might not be an EXACT quote from the DB Cooper episode, but it's close.) The episode also said stewardess Tina Mucklow, was given the note. All historical accounts identify Florence Schaffner as the actual recipient.
There are plenty of creative liberties taken with this show, but it's still on my auto-record DVR list.