Haunted Death Valley

In 1907 Willis Emerson left his Death Valley mine to pen a classic book: The Smokey God, which claims that civilizations exist in subterranean caverns: The Hollow Earth Theory. Did he get this idea in Death Valley? What about killer Charles Manson’s quest for an underground city? Do the aliens called reptilians have a base under Death Valley?

In 1849 a group of optimistic and determined pioneers set out from the settlement of Salt Lake, Utah to head to California. Most were gold seekers, some Mormon Missionaries and others simply looking for a better life, all seemed impatient. When some of them took a shortcut it took them into the “jaws of hell” as was predicted, leading them directly into the place they named “Death Valley.”

At the Eastern entrance to Death Valley National Park stands a group of buildings known as Death Valley Junction. It has gained fame due to the extraordinary efforts of artist Marta Becket, an artist and performer whose Amargosa Opera House has both national and international acclaim. Its history is connected to the famous 20 Mule Team Borax laundry additive and to Death Valley’s boom town days.

Rhyolite was part of the last great American gold rush which took place in Central Nevada from 1900 to 1910. And while there are plenty of ghost towns in the West, Rhyolite is one of the most famous, located on the edge of Death Valley. But it harbors a secret from 1908. A strange grave on the edge of town remains to this day with the name Mona Bell. Did her murder change the course of the town?

Deep beneath a mountain named Kokoweef in the Mojave Desert awaits the discovery of a lifetime! Or does it? With a mixture of deception, possible murder and other worldly visitors, the story of Kokoweef Mountain and the Lost River of Gold has become the stuff of legend. Join our team on their quest to discover what may be the greatest treasure in human history, lying beneath the California desert.