You're a youngin', aren't you? In 1986, 30 million people spent a couple hours watching Geraldo and a team excavate Al Capone's vault, only to open it and find out that it was completely empty. It was massively hyped, and ended up being the biggest disappointment in television history.
He found Al Capones sealed vault in the 90s. Made a huge deal about it, and had a TV special where he opened it, for the first time, live on air. It was pretty much empty. Made him the butt of his own joke.
how do you show your face on TV after that?
what did he do?
You're a youngin', aren't you? In 1986, 30 million people spent a couple hours watching Geraldo and a team excavate Al Capone's vault, only to open it and find out that it was completely empty. It was massively hyped, and ended up being the biggest disappointment in television history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Al_Capone%27s_Vaults
He found Al Capones sealed vault in the 90s. Made a huge deal about it, and had a TV special where he opened it, for the first time, live on air. It was pretty much empty. Made him the butt of his own joke.