Story :In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder. The stone allegedly dates back to 1362. Initially thought to be a hoax, new evidence suggests the find could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure... the Holy Grail. Follow the clues as experts use erosion studies on the rune stone and match symbols in Templar ruins all over Europe to support this theory. Stones with similar markings have been found on islands across the Atlantic Ocean, and in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Is it possible the Knights Templar, long thought to have been massacred, escaped on an incredible journey and were leaving clues to the whereabouts of the stone?
Cast
James LurieNarrator (voice)
Alice KehoeHerself - Anthropologist
Anatoly LibermanHimself - Philologist, University of Minnesota
Darwin OhmanHimself - Grandson of Olof Ohman
Scott WolterHimself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X
Tom TrowHimself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society
Florian LedermannHimself - Past President, Runestone Museum
James ScherzHimself - Prehistoric Cartographer
Simon BrightonHimself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar
Erling HaagensenHimself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island
Steven SoraHimself - Author, The Lost Colony of the Templars
Kelly KrauseHerself - Archaeologist
Ashley CowieHimself - Author, The Rosslyn Templar
Evan PritchardHimself - Director, Center for Algonquin Culture
Niven SinclairHimself - Clan Sinclair Patriarch
Carmen LeggeHerself - President, New Ross Historical Society
David BrodyHimself - Chair, Westford Knight Committee
Virginia KimballHerself - Westford Knight Historian
Bruce BourqueHimself - Archaeologist, Maine State Museum
Roslyn StrongHerself - New England Antiquities Research Association
Richard LynchHimself - New England Antiquities Research Association
William PenhallowHimself - Astronomer & Physicist
Suzanne CarlsonHerself - Architect & President of NEARA