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Corjan Mol

Historical Investigator · TV Presenter · Author
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Book rights The Jerusalem Files: Red Wheel Weiser redwheelweiser.com/permissions The Sandbar Six: Watkins / Moon + Bird moonandbirdbooks.com
corjanmol.com/en/press.phpUpdated October 2026
Biography

A Business Mind. A Storyteller’s Instinct. A Historian’s Eye.

Short · 72 words

Corjan Mol is a Dutch entrepreneur, author, historical investigator and television presenter. He has been a cast member of The Curse of Oak Island since 2019 and presents Straten van Toen, an award winning series that recreates historical streets with AI. With Christopher Morford he wrote The Jerusalem Files, a bestseller in the US and Canada and in 2027 will release The Sandbar Six, a fact-based historical adventure series for young readers.

Medium · 159 words

Corjan Mol is a Dutch entrepreneur, author, historical investigator and television presenter. His fascination with historical mysteries began in 1995 with Holy Blood, Holy Grail and thirty years of research into Rennes-le-Château, which led to an appearance in the BBC series Forbidden History.

Since 2019 he has been a cast member and researcher on The Curse of Oak Island, the popular History Channel series broadcast in 79 countries. Since January 2026 he presents Straten van Toen, a series that uses AI to bring historical Dutch streets back to life. In 2026 the series was shortlisted for a TellyCast Digital Video Award and won the top award in the Artificial Intelligence category of the Creativepool Annual.

With Christopher Morford he wrote The Jerusalem Files (Watkins / Penguin Random House), a bestseller in the US and Canada. Their children’s series The Sandbar Six starts in summer 2027. Alongside this, Corjan is a managing partner at Projective Group. He lives in Valkenburg.

Stage introduction · spoken, 20 seconds

Our next speaker is an entrepreneur, historical investigator, author and television presenter. You may know him from The Curse of Oak Island. He also spent fifteen years building a consultancy of 1,200 people. On stage he brings those two worlds together and uses history as a mirror. Please welcome Corjan Mol.

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Biography · Long · 310 words

Corjan Mol is a Dutch entrepreneur, author, historical investigator and television presenter whose work explores historical mysteries, lost artifacts and the point where history and technology meet.

It began in 1995 with a copy of Holy Blood, Holy Grail. What started as curiosity became an annual tradition: treasure-hunting journeys with his father through the French Pyrenees, following the trail of Rennes-le-Château, the mystery that inspired The Da Vinci Code. He built an online archive on the subject, hosted the Rennessence podcast with Andrew Gough and the late Filip Coppens, and was invited by the BBC to appear in Forbidden History.

Since 2019 Corjan has been a cast member and researcher on The Curse of Oak Island, the History Channel’s flagship documentary series, broadcast in 79 countries. His investigations for the show took him to Portugal, the Azores, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Nova Scotia. He also appears in Tales from Oak Island, Beyond Oak Island and Digging Deeper.

Since January 2026 he presents Straten van Toen (Streets of the Past), an award winning series that uses AI to recreate Dutch streets at the moments that shaped the country’s history.

With American researcher Christopher Morford he wrote The Jerusalem Files (Watkins / Penguin Random House), which follows the Menorah from Jerusalem through medieval Europe to North America. It became a bestseller in the US and Canada. The two have signed a multi-book deal for The Sandbar Six, an adventure series for young readers based on real historical mysteries. The first book, The Secret of Morris Island, is published in summer 2027.

Corjan is a managing partner at Projective Group, a financial services consultancy of 1,200 people he helped grow from a team of 25, after an earlier exit as co-owner of Double Effect. He produces music as Stage Republic and lives in Valkenburg, in the south of the Netherlands.

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At a glance
Name
Corjan Mol
Based
Valkenburg, the Netherlands
Work
Entrepreneur, author, historical investigator, television presenter
Television
The Curse of Oak Island (The HISTORY Channel, cast member since 2019, seasons 7 to 14). Straten van Toen (The HISTORY Channel, presenter, since January 2026). Tales from Oak Island, Beyond Oak Island, Digging Deeper. Forbidden History (BBC / Yesterday).
Awards
Straten van Toen: Silver Award in the Artificial Intelligence category of the Creativepool Annual 2026. Shortlisted, TellyCast Digital Video Awards 2026, Digital-First AI Project.
Books
The Jerusalem Files, with Christopher Morford (Watkins / Red Wheel Weiser). Bestseller in the US and Canada. The Sandbar Six, book 1: The Secret of Morris Island (Moon+Bird, distribution Penguin Random House, summer 2027).
Business
Managing partner, Projective Group (1,200 people, financial services consultancy)
Music
Stage Republic. Releases on Spinnin’ Records, Armada Music, Revealed Recordings, Protocol Recordings
Languages
Dutch, English
Available for
Interviews, podcasts, television, keynotes, panels
Corjan can talk about
  • Oak Island: eight seasons inside a 230-year-old treasure mystery
  • Straten van Toen: rebuilding historical streets with AI for television (top award, Creativepool Annual 2026, AI category)
  • The Jerusalem Files: the trail of the Menorah from Jerusalem to North America
  • The Sandbar Six: real historical mysteries as the basis for children’s fiction
  • Rennes-le-Château: thirty years of research into the mystery behind The Da Vinci Code
  • History as a mirror: what medieval multinationals and 17th-century court physicians say about today’s challenges
  • AI, heritage and television: where technology and history meet
Questions to get started
  • How did a Dutch consultant end up on an American treasure-hunting series, and what does the research team do between seasons?
  • In Straten van Toen, where does the history stop and the AI begin?
  • What did the Creativepool jury see in Straten van Toen, and what does responsible use of AI on TV mean in practice?
  • What is the Menorah, and why does its trail lead to North America?
  • Why write for children next, and how much of The Sandbar Six is true?
  • What did Holy Blood, Holy Grail set in motion in 1995?
  • What can a modern leader learn from a medieval multinational or a 17th-century court physician?
  • What does AI do to the way we see the past, and where is it taking television?
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On stage

Corjan delivers bespoke keynotes of 30 to 60 minutes, in Dutch or English, researched and written for one audience. Each talk starts with a conversation about the question the organisation is actually facing. The talks are highly visual: the history is shown, not described, in cinematic AI-generated scenes and film made for that one stage.

“Corjan tells a story like no one else, using history as a mirror in an inspiring and unique format. ‘Strategy is the courage to sail into the void’; that line still comes up regularly in our meetings.”Prof. dr. Kevin Vernooy, Medical Director Heart+Vascular Centre, Maastricht UMC+
Recent keynotes
SuperNova Festival
Technology and innovation, Antwerp. March 2026

How do you lead when the map runs out, and AI is redrawing the coastline faster than anyone can chart it?

The question took us from a great 15th century Chinese fleet that mapped half the world and then burned its own records, via the Arsenal of Venice, where 16,000 workers ran the first assembly line on earth for a republic that lost because it wanted to be like its rival, to the Phoenicians, who solved a bookkeeping problem by inventing our alphabet. Along the way, we found:

Maastricht University Medical Centre
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Centre. May 2026

How do you stay ahead in a field where mistakes cost lives and research can save them, while AI and robotics are changing the rules?

The question took us from Columbus, who got stuck on his way to discover America, via Gutenberg's printing press, to the Sun King Louis XIV's royal physician and a Bell Labs corridor that produced nine Nobel Prizes. Along the way, we found:

INSPIRE 2026
Event industry. August 2026

How do you build an event people never forget and what makes a live experience worth being in the room for?

The question took us from Cleopatra, who won a bet with Mark Antony, via two logbooks aboard three ships, to a 16th-century Japanese tea master who created an unforgettable experience in just two square metres. Along the way, we found:

FormatKeynote, 30 to 60 minutes. Panels and Q&A on request.
TechnicalHeadset microphone, large 16:9 screen, monitor screen on stage for presenter notes, HDMI, video playback no sound. Slides on own laptop (macbook).
BookingVia Assemblee Speakers, Maurice van der Kant. Travel globally, English or Dutch.
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Images
Corjan Mol, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg© Raoul Limpens · 2340 × 3508 px
Corjan Mol, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg© Raoul Limpens · 3508 × 2340 px
Corjan Mol, Streets of the Past, The HISTORY Channel© The HISTORY Channel · 1372 × 1030 px
Corjan Mol, Streets of the Past session, Amsterdam© Bram Janssen · 4000 × 2667 px
Corjan Mol, labyrinth at the church of Sint Gerlach, Houthem© Harry Heuts · 4000 × 2450 px
Corjan Mol on stage in Riga© Corjan Mol · 2560 × 1920 px

Usage
Free to use for editorial coverage of Corjan Mol and his work. Please credit the photographer as listed and do not alter the images. High resolution on request.

Links
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