This episode tells the true story of the Osage "Reign of Terror" in the 1920s and its enduring legacy. This account of the hundreds of murders and unexplained deaths occurred on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma after the discovery of oil made the residents the wealthiest people per capita in the world. An investigation into some of the murders led to the birth of the FBI. 

In 1977, a highway construction project in Maryland unearthed a cemetery dating back to pre-Civil War times. It contained the remains of more than 100 enslaved Black people who once worked at nearby Catoctin Iron Furnace. Who were they? And what happened to this vanished community? Join us as we pore over historical documents, examine bones, and use the latest scientific equipment to learn more about these forgotten workers and the uncredited role they played in helping to create and drive America's Industrial Revolution.