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Television series

The Curse of Oak Isle
Genre	Reality[1]
Narrated by	Robert Clotworthy James Thornton
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English language
No. of seasons	nine
No. of episodes	138 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Kevin Burns[2]
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	60 minutes
Product company	Prometheus Amusement[2]
Distributor	A&E Networks[2]
Release
Original network	History Canada
Original release	January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05) – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Curse of Civil State of war Gilded Beyond Oak Isle The Secret Of Skinwalker Ranch

The Curse of Oak Island is a multi-season reality tv^[one] series that chronicles an eclectic team of treasure hunters and their search for legendary treasure on the infamous Oak Island, off the shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is an American television product that premiered in Canada on the History network on January 6, 2014. The show features what is known equally the Oak Isle mystery, showing efforts to search for historical artifacts and treasure.^{[3] [iv]} The ninth season premiered on Nov 2, 2021.^{[5] [6]}

Overview [edit]

The Expletive of Oak Island follows brothers Marty and Rick Lagina,^[7] originally from Kingsford, Michigan, through their efforts to find the speculated treasure or historical artifacts believed to be on Oak Island. The series discusses the history of the island, recent discoveries, theories, and earlier investigations of the site.^[8] Areas of interest include the "money pit", Borehole 10-X, Smith's Cove, Site ii, "Nolan's Cross", the "Hatch", and the "Swamp".

Background [edit]

The Lagina brothers became fascinated with the island after reading the January 1965 issue of Reader's Digest magazine that features an commodity on the Restall family unit's work to investigate the so-called "money pit".^[9] Marty and Rick obtained a decision-making involvement in Oak Isle Tours,^[10] which reportedly owns almost of the island. The brothers were after approached by Prometheus Amusement to do a reality show. Rick and Marty have engaged the assistance of male parent-and-son Dan and Dave Blankenship, permanent residents of the island who take too been searching for treasure since the 1960s.^[11] Dan Blankenship died on March 17, 2019, at historic period 95.^[12]

Theories [edit]

The series explores various Oak Island theories and conjectures through conversations with independent researchers. Persons featured have included Zena Halpern^[13] discussing her theory about N African gold and sharing copies of a French map of the isle that she claims is dated 1347, J. Hutton Pulitzer^[14] discussing his theory of ancient mariner visitations, Petter Amundsen discussing his theory near codes hidden in Shakespearean literature and a secret project involving Sir Francis Bacon and the Rosicrucians, Daniel Ronnstam discussing his theory well-nigh the 90-foot rock being a dual zilch containing instructions on how to defeat the money pit flood tunnels with corn, authors Kathleen McGowen and Alen Butler discussing their theory involving the fabled Knights Templar treasure and an alleged relocation of historical religious artifacts to the island, and John O'Brien discussing his theory that the island contains treasures of the Aztec Empire. It has likewise been suggested by Zena Halpern, without evidence, that the Templars worshipped the Phoenician goddess Tanit.

Bandage [edit]

Oak Island Fellowship [edit]

Initially, the cast consisted of a core group including Rick, Marty and Alex Lagina, Dan and Dave Blankenship, Craig Tester, Jack Begley, Dan Henskee, Charles Barkhouse and Peter Fornetti. Over fourth dimension, the Oak Island team has expanded. Some specialists who have been brought to the isle for specific purposes, such as Terry Matheson, Laird Niven and Gary Drayton, accept joined the team as full time members.

• Rick Lagina – Brother of Marty, Rick is a retired postal worker^[15] who is the principal driving strength behind the project. At the age of xi, he read an commodity nigh the Oak Isle coin pit in the January 1965 edition of Reader'southward Digest and got Marty, his younger brother, interested in the Oak Island mystery. In 2004, he and Marty purchased most of Oak Isle.
• Marty Lagina – Rick Lagina's younger blood brother who funds a big proportion of the projection. He owns a vineyard^[sixteen] in his domicile town of Traverse Urban center, Michigan. He is a certified diver and is featured prominently in the spin-off The Curse of Civil War Gilt.
• Dan Blankenship (seasons one–6) – A treasure seeker on Oak Island for about 50 years, he was responsible for drilling borehole 10–X and has dived to the bottom of the 235 ft (72 m) deep shaft, which is the deepest shaft on the island. In season 1, Dan is ninety-years-old and does not take an active part in the search but is oftentimes sought out past team members due to his extensive knowledge. He died in 2019, prior to filming of flavour 7, at age 95. Dan was first attracted to the island after reading the same Reader's Assimilate article that was read by Rick and Marty Lagina.
• Dave Blankenship – Son of Dan Blankenship who has been helping his begetter on the island since the 1970s. Dave is one of merely three permanent inhabitants of Oak Isle. He is partially paralysed on the left side due to an industrial accident.
• Craig Tester – The business organization partner of Marty Lagina, male parent of Drake Tester and stepfather of Jack Begley; he is an engineer.
• Jack Begley – Stepson of Craig Tester, Jack tends to take on the dirtier jobs on the island, such as manually searching the spoils from diverse shafts, manual digging, and even walking through the swamp.
• Alex Lagina – The son of Marty, he is a qualified diver and is featured prominently in flavor two of the spin-off The Curse of Civil War Gold.
• Dan Henskee – 1 of just three Oak Island treasure hunters who have been searching the island for several decades. He initially came to the isle to aid Dan Blankenship in his search.
• Charles Barkhouse – An Oak Isle historian who likewise acts every bit a tour guide for Oak Island Tours, the company that owns most of the island. Charles is a freemason.
• Peter Fornetti – Rick and Marty's nephew
• David Fornetti – Rick and Marty'due south nephew who appeared in one episode of season i^{[n one]} and became a regular in flavour 8
• William Castedo – David Fornetti'south friend who just appeared in one episode of flavor 1.^{[northward 1]}
• Paul Troutman (season ii–) – A researcher and the son of a homo who worked with Robert Dunfield alongside Dan Blankenship in the 1960s.
• Drake Tester (flavor 2–4) – Son of Craig Tester and stepbrother of Jack Begley, Drake died in March 2017.^[17]
• Fred Nolan (season three) – A land surveyor who first came to Oak Island in 1958, he was a land possessor and treasure hunter on the island until his death in 2016. For much of that fourth dimension he was involved in a feud with Dan Blankenship until he was convinced to join the team in season iii. Like Blankenship, his avant-garde age prevented him from taking a more agile part in the hunt but he still provided a wealth of data to the team and his maps connected to assist the team afterwards his death. He died before flavor 4 aired and did not appear during the flavor. Information technology is revealed in "Drilling Down – The Truth Behind The Curse" that he never spent a nighttime on Oak Island, despite having a house there.
• Doug Crowell (season iv–) – A researcher who introduces the team to Zena Halpern. He is normally employed at the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and is seen there during some episodes.
• Billy Gerhardt (season four–) – A heavy equipment operator who starts conducting most of the heavy digging in season 4. He has his ain business called Gerhardt Belongings Comeback in Lunenburg,^[xviii] and his trucks and other machinery are often seen at the money pit and Smith's Cove areas of Oak Island.
• Terry Matheson (season 5–) – A local geologist who joins the team to analyse cuttings and cores from the various boreholes on the island. He later takes part in the excavation of Smith'due south Cove.
• Laird Niven (season 5–) – A local archaeologist who kickoff appears in "Ever Forward", he joins the team officially in season 5 after the province of Nova Scotia'south Section of Communities, Civilisation aAnd Heritage insists on archaeological oversight.
• Gary Drayton (recurring seasons 2, iv, team fellow member flavor 5–) – A metal detecting skilful who lives in Florida.^[19] Although he appeared in seasons two and 4, he did non become a permanent fellow member of the team until one-time in flavour 5. He has also appeared in the spin-off The Expletive of Civil State of war Gilded.
• Steve Guptil (season 6–) – A local surveyor, he is first brought in to compile years of information in club to observe the precise location of shaft 6. Later he is seen most places where authentic coordinates are required.
• Tom Nolan (flavour vii) – Son of Fred Nolan, he is get-go seen in flavor 5 and helps the team simply does non go a fully fledged fellow member until the outset of season 7.
• Scott Barlow (season vii) – The Oak Island Tours Inc. projection managing director, he appears in several episodes in season 7.

Recurring [edit]

A number of individuals have made recurring appearances, usually when their expertise is called upon in association with the treasure hunt. They may appear many times in one season and then far more than infrequently in other seasons or not at all, depending on what is required during the ongoing search.

• Tony Sampson – A local resident and professional person swoop main. Similar Charles Barkhouse, he is a freemason and is ordinarily involved when there is a need to explore the waters around Oak Island or operate underwater in the isle's triangle shaped swamp. However, he does appear at other times as well.
• Brian Abbott (seasons 2–4) – A sonar expert who is periodically called in to conduct sonar scans of boreholes on the island and who has also scanned the cavern at the bottom of borehole 10–10. Although he merely appears in just a limited number of episodes, the narrator explains in The Curse of Civil War Gold that he has been helping the Oak Isle team "for the by half dozen years".^[20]
• Dr. Christa Brosseau (seasons 3, 5–) – A pharmacist at Saint Mary'southward Academy in Halifax who is often called on to analyse artifacts found on the island.
• Mike Huntley (seasons three–v) – A local diver who dived borehole C–1 and has at times partnered with Tony Sampson and John Chatterton for other dives
• Zena Halpern (seasons iv–5) – A New York based researcher who gives the squad some ancient maps and has a theory that the Knights Templar were involved in the Oak Island mystery. When she dies in season 6, she bequeaths all of her inquiry to Rick Lagina, which results in the Oak Island Inquiry Middle being opened.
• Andrew Folkins (seasons 4–5) – The Irving Equipment project manager at the money pit
• Vanessa Lucido (seasons iv–) – CEO of ROC Equipment, a visitor partnered with Irving Equipment to drive caissons into the money pit expanse
• Mike Jardine (seasons 5–) – A piling superintendent from Irving Equipment.^[21]
• Danny Smith (seasons 5–) – A member of the ROC Equipment crew, Danny is normally seen at the coin pit area supervising drilling.
• Alex Gauthier (seasons 6, 7) – A former professional footballer, Alex is a representative of Eagle Canada, a geophysical exploration company that conducts seismic testing on Oak Island.
• Brennan McMahon (seasons 6–7) – A representative of Selection Drilling, a company that uses sonic drilling to take cores in the money pit expanse and later the triangle-shaped swamp
• Carmen Legge (seasons 6–) – A blacksmith at Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, Nova Scotia, Carmen is often chosen upon to appraise iron artifacts plant during the search on Oak Island.
• Dr Ian Spooner (seasons seven–) – A professor of Earth and environmental science at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with 20-years experience in wetland geology, he visits the isle many times in season 7 to bear research on the triangle-shaped swamp at the request of the team. He has also regularly appeared in Season 8, to help the team investigate the stone pathway in the swamp.

Other significant appearances [edit]

In add-on to regular and recurring cast members, at that place take been several visits past people who have a significant and sometimes intimate association with Oak Island.

• Lee Lamb (seasons 1, 4–five) – Daughter of treasure hunter Robert Restall who died in an accident in 1965 with his son and Lee's brother, Robert Jr, and 2 other men. When she visits the island, she commonly brings something of significance with her.
• Andrew Demont (season 1) – The only survivor of the accident that killed Robert Restall and 3 others.
• David MacDonald (season 3) – The writer who wrote the January 1965 Readers Digest story that first attracted Dan Blankenship and Marty and Rick Lagina to Oak Island. He contributes a re-create of the Jan 1965 Readers Digest to a time sheathing that is buried next to the Oak Island bicentennial memorial.
• Joan, Jean and Joyce McGinnis (seasons three–4) – Three sisters who are direct descendants of Daniel McGinnis, the original discoverer of the money pit. On their commencement visit they show the team a small cross that is allegedly function of the original Oak Island treasure. Joyce died in 2017 and, in season 4, Joan and Jean return to the island to inter some of her ashes in the foundation of what was once the abode of Daniel McGinnis.
• Randall Sullivan (seasons 4, 6) – An author and investigative journalist who in one case wrote an article about the Oak Isle search for Rolling Stone magazine and is now writing a book about the treasure hunt. He works with the team in conducting research and compiling data offering his theories based on his own extensive inquiry. In season 6, he presents Marty and Rick with the two signed copies of his book.
• Rick Restall (flavor 5) – Son of treasure hunter Robert Restall and brother of Lee Lamb, returns to the island in season 5 with his sister.

Notes [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Although David Fornetti and William Castedo appeared only in a portion of one episode, they were credited at the cease of the episode as existence part of the Oak Island team.

Series overview [edit]

Product [edit]

On August 2, 2016, information technology was announced that Nova Scotia Business organisation Inc. canonical CAN$1,271,546 in film funding for the production of the quaternary season.^[25]

References [edit]

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Further reading [edit]

• MacDonald, David (1965). "Treasure Hunt: The Mystery of Oak Island". Reader's Digest – via readersdigest.ca.
• Sullivan, Randall (2018). "The Expletive of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest treasure Chase"

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Official Facebook Folio
• The Curse of Oak Island at IMDb

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_Oak_Island

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