Holy Grail in America

Overview

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?

Directed by Andy Awes

Top cast

James Lurie

Narrator (voice)

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Alice Kehoe

Herself - Anthropologist

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Anatoly Liberman

Himself - Philologist, University of Minnesota

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Darwin Ohman

Himself - Grandson of Olof Ohman

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Scott Wolter

Himself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X

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Tom Trow

Himself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society

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Florian Ledermann

Himself - Past President, Runestone Museum

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James Scherz

Himself - Prehistoric Cartographer

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Simon Brighton

Himself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar

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Erling Haagensen

Himself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island

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Steven Sora

Himself - Author, The Lost Colony of the Templars

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Ashley Cowie

Himself - Author, The Rosslyn Templar

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Evan Pritchard

Himself - Director, Center for Algonquin Culture

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Niven Sinclair

Himself - Clan Sinclair Patriarch

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Carmen Legge

Herself - President, New Ross Historical Society

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David Brody

Himself - Chair, Westford Knight Committee

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Virginia Kimball

Herself - Westford Knight Historian

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Bruce Bourque

Himself - Archaeologist, Maine State Museum

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Roslyn Strong

Herself - New England Antiquities Research Association

Richard Lynch

Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association

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