Deadman's Curse

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Deadman's Curse
StarringKru Williams
Adam Palmer
Taylor Starr
Don Froese
Narrated byBill Courage
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerMaria Knight
Production location Pitt Lake
Production companyCorus Entertainment
Original release
Network History
ReleaseSeptember 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) 
present

Deadman's Curse is a Canadian television series which airs on History. The show features former MMA fighter Kru Williams, Indigenous explorer Taylor Starr and mountaineer Adam Palmer. In the show, they attempt to trace evidence of Slumach's lost cursed gold mine in Pitt Lake, British Columbia in order to try and find it. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The show is renewed for seasons 2 and 3; Season 2 will air in Spring 2024. [4]

Concept

Kru Williams and Adam Palmer head a small team in British Columbia's Vancouver coast where they connect with people in the area who claim to have treasure maps or have relatives who knew lost searchers of the mine. A hundred years ago, Slumach, an elderly native, was hanged for murder in 1891, cursed whoever sought his gold mine to death. Meanwhile, Taylor Starr searches archives with Don Froese, and occasionally everyone together treks out into the wilderness to chase clues. [5] [6]

In 2022 the team chased down a guy named Jack Mould who used TnT to blow up an Indigenous gravesite in search of the treasure, mistakenly left clues that a Spanish galleon was sunk in Pitt Lake, and disappeared when he died in quicksand. [7]

Also following the gold mine is a treasure hunter named David Muise. This guy is homeless with a son, and lives in his car. He fashions boats out of tarp to search for the treasure but was turned away in 2022 by losing his glasses and breaking his hand.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 8September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11)October 30, 2022 (2022-10-30)
2 8April 2024 (2024-04)2024 (2024)

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