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Cavalry Audio has announced a twist to one of its podcasts. There will be hidden clues to the whereabouts of a treasure worth $50,000 within its podcast X Marks the Spot: The Legend of Forrest Fenn.
The podcast, which launched in June 2022, and produced by Cavalry Audio, follows the controversy surrounding Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico art dealer who, in 2010, reportedly buried $2 million in gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.
The podcast challenges listeners to solve a puzzle buried within its nine episodes to seek out a treasure valued at $50,000. Subscribers of the podcast will be the first to receive new clues and hints on how to solve the puzzle, and the producers encourage players to participate in the message board on the website. Subsequent clues will come in the form of bonus episodes, social media posts, YouTube videos, and even other Cavalry Audio podcasts.
“We wanted to introduce a new genre to podcasting that offered an experience similar to those who were caught up in the hunt Forrest introduced back in 2010,” said Branden Morgan, producer and host of X Marks The Spot. “Since launching the podcast back in June, clues have been hiding in plain sight, and some astute listeners have already noticed something was up.”
The company engaged an anonymous third party who are experts in creating elaborate puzzles and treasure hunts.
In 2022, two years after Fenn’s passing and the subsequent discovery of the treasure’s location, the story continues to be discussed and dissected by those who were obsessed with it when it was first introduced back in 2010. The hunt enticed hundreds of thousands of searchers from around the world, cost five unfortunate souls their lives, and spawned at least three lawsuits in the wake of the treasure’s discovery. The series contains never-before-heard interviews from people who were close with Fenn, treasure hunters who spent years in the chase, and even a few who claim to know where the treasure chest was buried.