10 episodes
Missed Fortune Apple TV+
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- Society & Culture
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4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
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When Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of gold, sapphires, and rubies somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in 2010, he tapped into something deep. It was like the American Dream reduced to its essence—an equal-opportunity quest for a small fortune. What seemed at first like a harmless poem containing nine treasure clues sent thousands on a journey of obsession and desperation. One searcher—Darrell Seyler—gave everything.
New episodes out every Monday.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune
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$1 Million
There’s a hidden treasure worth $1 million up for grabs somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, and nine clues to its location are hidden in a poem. Darrell Seyler knows where it is, but he’ll have to risk everything to go get it.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune -
$2 Million
Gold fever is the single-minded pursuit of treasure. And wow, Darrell has it.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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$3 Million
At the heart of this treasure hunt is enigmatic millionaire Forrest Fenn—an amateur archaeologist and professional art dealer. You can’t solve the treasure hunt without understanding Fenn and all the people he’s pissed off over the years.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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$4 Million
Darrell’s obsession with treasure goes all the way back to childhood. And it turns out there’s a very good reason for that.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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$5 Million
Darrell may be obsessed, but he’s also probably closer to the treasure than any other hunter. Though it’s hard to stay focused when Fenn himself is distracting you.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune -
$6 Million
Darrell’s on the brink, searchers are dying, and the police want Fenn to call the whole thing off. The downsides of giving away a fortune.
Missed Fortune is an Apple Original podcast, produced by High Five Content in association with 30 Minutes West and Outside Magazine. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/Missed_Fortune
Customer Reviews
Captivating with cringe
Forrest’s treasure is great subject matter. It’s a wonder it hasn’t been covered more extensively. The podcast is well done in the sense it draws you in and I applaud the producer/narrator’s ambition.
The cringe factor for me is the exploitation of the subjects in the doc. It prods for drama. Ironically, uncovering the real story is done at the expense of destroying its subjects - like a archeological dig done poorly. Take the interrogation of Forrest himself. The creator of the pod was granted an interview with FF and went full Maury Povich trying to stir up drama with him. Agree or disagree with FF lifelong motivations or the ethics of treasure hunting in general, but there is a certain responsibility that comes with the access this podcaster was granted. Demonstrate some journalistic respect in letting the story unfold. Don’t badger the subjects for the sake of content or drama. I get that it might “make for a better story” for some, but to me it was an overreach. I doubt the subjects of this work would be pleased with being included in hindsight. While that’s not required of a good doc, it feels a little slimy for a story that didn’t need any adulteration to be good. I found myself annoyed as much as I was entertained.
What a ride!
I listen to a lot of podcasts and have often become “obsessed” with one or another. I binged this one and have to say this has been the best! How on earth you managed such difficult subject matter, getting psychologically deeper and sociologically more and more significant with each episode - down to the last (!) and still manage an ending that found me unconsciously beaming … smiling a toothy smile with my heart singing - is a feat! For “a kid” looking for a story to “launch” a career - Wow! My favorite line in the entire series, “I was right to believe in you.” So … not only a great writer, but a sensitive human being who can find the perfect words on the spur of the moment - I’m pretty sure you didn’t think he’d throw the question back at you! I’m writing this having paused the final credits - it’s fresh. And my heart is still full!
Fantastic
Captivating