Oak Island is a small, forested island in Mahone Bay off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.  Since the 1800s, word had quickly spread that this island held buried treasure in a pit or shaft.  After news spread of a possible treasure just waiting to be claimed, as many as six men lost their lives and many more wasted their own fortunes in trying to reach this buried wealth.  The Oak Island shaft rightfully earned its name as the "Money Pit".

The original story of the Oak Island shaft surfaced in a…