Meet the man behind the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull

The Mitchell-Hedges skull, also known as The Skull of Doom, made out of a block of clear quartz, on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.

From left, Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, also known as The Skull of Doom, is photographed with Josh Gates, Host and co-executive producer of The Discovery Channel series Expedition: Unknown and also Legendary Locations on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.

Bill Homann, The current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, also known as The Skull of Doom, lays his hand on the skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull from wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Mayan ruins at Lubaantun with her father in 1924.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, is shown visiting the Saccara Necropolis, burial grounds of the ancient Egyptian royalty, in the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull, AKA The Skull of Doom, made from a block of clear quartz, on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, also referred to as The Skull of Doom, is photographed with a mirror from the Palace of Versailles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull and the mirror from his wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun with her father in 1924.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, leads IndyStar Pulliam Fellow Heather Bushman in a session with the skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull from wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun Mayan Ruins in Belize with her father in 1924.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull is shown at Lubaantun in Belize. Homann married the adoptive daughter of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, Anna Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull, A.K.A. "The Skull of Doom," while exploring Mayan ruins at Lubaantun in Belize with her father in 1924.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull, AKA The Skull of Doom, made from a block of clear quartz, on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.

Bill Homann, a martial arts instructor at Homann Karate DO teaches lessons at the studio, owned by his son in Crown Point Ind. Homann is the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull.

A copy of "Danger My Ally, The True Life Adventures of F.A. Mitchell Hedges," a photo of Anna Mitchell-Hedges, adopted daughter of British adventurer F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, and a photo of the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, at an undisclosed location in Indiana. Anna Mitchell-Hedges, claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun Mayan Ruins in Belize with her father in 1924.

From left, Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges Skull, and Catherine Lanigan, the ghostwriter behind the novelizations of Romancing The Stone (1984) and Jewel of The Nile (1985), under the name Joan Wilder, the character from the films on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull is shown recreating a photo of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, at Lubaantun in Belize. Homann married the adoptive daughter of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, Anna Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull while exploring Mayan ruins at Lubaantun in Belize with her father in 1924.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull is photographed by Bill Homann, it's current caretaker.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull from wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun with her father in 1924.

Bill Homann the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, is shown working with 13 indigenous grandmothers near Sedona Arizona.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull is shown visiting Port Royal in Jamaica. In the 17th century, Port Royal was ground zero for pirates, privateers, and swashbucklers like Blackbeard Teach and Sir Henry Morgan.

Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who claimed to have found the Mitchell-Hedges skull, also known as The Skull of Doom, while exploring Mayan ruins at Lubaantun in Belize with her father in 1924. Here she is photographed with a mirror from the Palace of Versailles in France which she inherited.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, leads IndyStar Pulliam Fellow Heather Bushman in a session with the skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull from wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun Mayan Ruins in Belize with her father in 1924.

Bill Homann, the current caretaker of The Mitchell-Hedges skull, leads IndyStar Pulliam Fellow Heather Bushman in a session with the skull on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana. Homann inherited the skull from wife Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of British adventurer and author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges who claimed to have found the skull while exploring Lubaantun Mayan Ruins in Belize with her father in 1924.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull, AKA The Skull of Doom, made from a block of clear quartz, on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Indiana.