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Mysterious Disappearances: From Solomon Northrop to Flight 19
TLDR This podcast episode explores various mysterious disappearances, including Solomon Northrop, Jimmy Hoffa, the Alcatraz escapees, Richard Bailey, George Washington's dentures, Flight 19, the Mary Celeste, and John Brisker. The hosts also express gratitude to listeners for their gifts and gestures of kindness.
Timestamped Summary
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Some things, like people and socks, disappear forever and their mysterious disappearances remain unsolved.
05:02
Solomon Northrop, the man who wrote the memoir on which the movie "12 Years a Slave" was based, disappeared mysteriously after going on a book tour and there are several theories about what might have happened to him.
10:00
Jimmy Hoffa, a prominent labor union leader, disappeared after going for a meeting at a restaurant in Michigan and there are various theories about what happened to him, with the most widely accepted one being that he was killed by the mafia but his body has never been found.
15:23
Three prisoners, Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers, escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 by carving out a vent, making life vests out of raincoats, and creating paper mache heads to fool the guards.
20:14
The prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 were likely not able to survive the swim to Marin County, as evidence suggests they did not make it and their bodies were never found.
25:24
Richard Bailey, a vacuum salesman who swindled old ladies out of their money, was suspected of having a role in Mrs. Brock's disappearance and likely death, and was eventually sentenced to prison for fraud and racketeering.
30:15
George Washington's dentures, which were on loan to the Smithsonian, disappeared from a storage room and were likely stolen, with half of them later reappearing and the other half believed to have been melted down for their gold.
35:26
Flight 19, a group of five planes that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945, were believed to have gone off course due to bad weather and crashed in the Everglades, with one of the planes being found in 1989.
40:18
The Mary Celeste, a ghost ship found in 1872 with no one on board, is believed to have been abandoned by its captain who thought the ship was taking on too much water and wanted to get his family to safety.
45:14
John Brisker, a pro basketball player, disappeared without a trace after going to Africa under the invitation of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, and theories about his disappearance include being killed by Amin or anti-Amin revolutionaries, or being part of the Jonestown massacre.
50:32
This section of the podcast is a thank you to listeners who have sent gifts and gestures of kindness to the hosts.
55:57
The hosts thank listeners for sending them gifts and gestures of kindness, including hot sauce, artwork, books, postcards, and CDs.
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Society & Culture
