Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1 – In 1989, maverick scientist Tommy Thompson stunned the world by recovering three tons of gold from a shipwreck deep in the Atlantic Ocean.
What follows is a 30-year story of adventure, deception and personal turmoil, taking him from venerated celebrity to infamous fugitive and, ultimately, to the inside of a prison cell.
Season One, Episode One: Christine
Tommy Thompson begins a mission to find the SS Central America, a gold-rush-era shipwreck long believed to rest in the murky deep of the Atlantic Ocean.
He puts together a team of brilliant scientists and engineers and raises $12 million from local investors to fund his quest. But can Tommy and his crew beat the odds and locate the largest sunken treasure in American history?
Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Sunday 25 August at 8.30pm (3 Parts)
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Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1
