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Estimated from 2 chart positions in 2 markets.
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- 🇨🇦CA · Hobbies#9730K to 100K
- 🇮🇹IT · Hobbies#1961K to 10K
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16K to 55K🎙 Weekly cadence·60 episodes·Last published 6mo ago - Monthly Reach
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31K to 110K🇨🇦91%🇮🇹9% - Active Followers
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9.3K to 33K
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52. Bye Cole
Jan 1, 2026
1h 20m 20s
Secret Pod…Casque?
Mar 6, 2025
Unknown duration
51. The Cleveland meetup interview and questions
Aug 18, 2024
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50. Six years in San Francisco
May 1, 2024
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How Boston was Found with Jason Krupat
Nov 20, 2023
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1/26 | goodbyecommunity+1 | Cole | — | — | goodbyeSecret Podcast+3 | — | 1h 20m 20s | ||
| 3/6/25 |  Secret Pod…Casque? | Shortly before his passing, JM decided he wanted to start a new podcast. He recorded his first episode, but passed away before he could complete any others.Very few people have heard it, so we decided it might be a nice idea to release his raw audio for all of you to hear. please not this audio is four years old, so a lot of the information is out of date.You'll see what I mean. Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 8/18/24 |  51. The Cleveland meetup interview and questions | George, Brian Zinn, Andy Abrams, John Jude Palencar, and Kit Palencar discuss fame, infamy, rumors, facts, and go in depth about how Byron Preiss created his treasure hunt called The Secret. | — | ||||||
| 5/1/24 |  50. Six years in San Francisco | Six long years were spent working on this simple little idea, then getting the permission to explore it. Join Brett, Matt, and George as they talk about one small city block in the heart of San Francisco. | — | ||||||
| 11/20/23 |  How Boston was Found with Jason Krupat | How the Boston treasure was found in Jason's own words. | — | ||||||
| 5/5/23 |  48. Nirvana vs. Silverchair | Nivana vs. Silverchair, Canada vs. St. Louis, 5 vs. 8. Cole and George have a civil conversation while disagreeing on the fundamentals of things which do not matter... and wonder why others can't do the same thing. | — | ||||||
| 5/1/23 |  47. The Mental Health episode | May is mental health awareness month and in this first of two part series devoted to mental health in the treasure hunting community, George and Rachel talk to a Therapist who specializes in addiction and addiction behaviors. We talk about some of the things we have seen and experienced, in a session which ultimately turns into a therapy session for George. Enjoy. Join this channel to help support the podcast and get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZwZezQSeRkL1S12ehsFi6Q/join FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- ►FIND US AT: https://12treasures.com ►DISCUSS ON OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qPkxjngHmy ►GET MERCH: https://12treasures.com/merch ►FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesecrettreasures ►REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/12keys/ | — | ||||||
| 2/6/23 | The Subtlety of Witches – a 16th century cipher mystery | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 11/28/22 | The Golden Apple Tale | Forty years ago a book titled The Golden Apple tale was released. Sold only by order forms in the back of magazines, only one physical copy is known to exist. For years no one has known who wrote this book, or if the treasure was still available. Today those questions are answered. | — | ||||||
| 8/31/22 |  46. The St. Augustine One – An interview with John Jude Palencar | How in the world did George Ward get invited to John Palencar's studio? Join George as he talks with John Palencar about Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland. Three of the solved puzzles from The Secret A Treasure Hunt. | — | ||||||
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| 7/23/22 |  45. An Evening with Cole May | Awhile back Cole started a tradition of recording single episodes talking with a single person about what drew them into the hunt, and their experiences along the way. Cole started the 'Evening with' series, and its only fitting that he should have his own. | — | ||||||
| 4/27/22 |  44. Did Alex find the Roanoke treasure? | According the the GPR... There is something in the park. It's right under home plate. Is it a casque? It would make sense.Join to podcast as we talk to Alex Sweeny about a trip he recently took with George to Roanoke. They were sure they would come home with a casque, but they didn't... now its your turn to try. | — | ||||||
| 3/13/22 |  43. Secret adventures with Ben and Joellen | This week we talk to Ben Asen and Joellen Trilling about the adventures they shared shooting images for Byron Preiss' The Secret Treasure Hunt. MW's Masquerade TRibute Hunt: https://mysteriouswritings.com/the-annual-masquerade-tribute-of-treasure-hunts/ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- ►FIND US AT: https://12treasures.com ►DISCUSS ON OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qPkxjngHmy ►GET MERCH: https://12treasures.com/merch ►FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesecrettreasures ►REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/12keys/ ►SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/secrettreasure | — | ||||||
| 2/14/22 |  42. An Evening with Kit Palencar | In this episode we talk to Kit Palencar about the creation of the Tribute Treasure hunt. How he got started, how he created the painting, and what's coming in the future. Will there be a new painting? Will everything change? Will it ever be found? Just a note, people seemed upset about all the cuts in the JJP interview. They seemed to think important details were cut out. So this interview is presented practically uncut. | — | ||||||
| 12/17/21 |  41. The Secret of Byron Preiss Documentary review | George, Matt, Brett, and Cole review the Feature length documentary by James Renner, The Secret of Byron Preiss.... or Bryon Preiss? Look... you aren't going to believe what's in this, just listen to the episode. | — | ||||||
| 10/28/21 |  40. The NY Meetup with Andy and Ben | On 10/23/21 George and Bradley interviewed Ben Asen and Andy Abrams for the first and last New York meetup. This audio was recorded live. | — | ||||||
| 8/11/21 |  39. Did we find the books Byron used to create the Secret? | After years of telling listeners to use reference material from the 80's Cory Gilbert decided to do just that. Inside his World Book Encyclopedia he found direct links to the puzzle, and what may very well be Byron's reference material! | — | ||||||
| 8/1/21 |  38. Storyland’s Hidden Treasures | Join George, Bradley, Stephen, Ashley, Brody, Brandon, and Chad as they talk about nursery rhymes. Because that is something that adults do. This is how the Boston Solution works. Hopefully it helps you along your search. FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- ►FIND US AT: https://12treasures.com ►DISCUSS ON OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qPkxjngHmy ►GET MERCH: https://12treasures.com/merch ►FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesecrettreasures ►REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/12keys/ ►SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/secrettreasure | — | ||||||
| 5/19/21 |  37. Let’s talk Amphitheaters | Join George, Bradley, Brett and Stephen Poff as they talk about the long lost amphitheater gardens and why we think the casque may not be buried in the Fountain of Youth. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/21 |  36. An Evening with John Jude Palencar | Join George and Bradley as they talk with John Jude Palencar, the artist behind the infamous paintings in Byron Preiss' treasure hunt The Secret. Are the cities correct? How did Byron bury Cleveland? Is there a method to this madness? Dive in and find out. | — | ||||||
| 2/14/21 |  The Great US Treasure Hunt with Kristian House | Woah! One of our listeners actually solved something! That's so cool!! In this episode Brett and George interview recent Great US Treasure Hunt Winner Kristian House, who had never even heard of the hunt before listening to our previous episode with David Steele. How did he solve it? What does it feel like to be a Professional Treasure hunter? Will he buy George an Xbox One? Find out all that and more in this episode! | — | ||||||
| 1/8/21 |  The Great US Treasure Hunt with David Steele | Did you guys know there are treasure hunts other than the Secret? I didn’t. But apparently there are! In this special episode George and Brett interview the Co-creator of The Great US Treasure hunt, a hunt inspired in part by the Secret. Are there any hints in this episode? Who knows? We don’t know much […] | — | ||||||
| 12/27/20 |  35. Comparing Chicago and Cleveland | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 11/1/20 |  34. A conversation with William Stout | On this episode we have a conversation with Byron's best friend, William Stout. This episode was recorded almost two years ago! It took a long time for me to get proper permissions from people and do some editing. A good bit of this interview had to be cut out, but hopefully we can revisit these conversations with Bill in the future. | — | ||||||
| 10/18/20 | 33. A special message from Overton Loyd | https://www.vote.org/ | — | ||||||
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Chart history for The Secret Podcast
Peaked at #97 in Canada, currently #97 in Canada.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | — | #97 | #97 | — |
| Italy | — | #196 | #196 | — |
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.