On August 11th 2005 Lana Stempien and Chuck Rutherford disappeared from their 27′ boat several hours travel time from their intended destination. The US Coast Guard found the boat deserted, two weeks later Lana’s body washed ashore. Chuck’s body has never been found and nobody knows what happened to them.
Some of Our Research:
An overview
New witnesses?
That GPS forum
Following up on our episode about Atlantis, we’re releasing the rest of our conversation with Mark Adams, author of Meet Me In Atlantis, who knows a lot more about the subject than we do. Where did the story come from? Why are there so many potential sites? Whats the deal with the math? Mark gives us his take on these and other questions.
Meet Me In Atlantis at Penguin Books
Mark Adams’ website
In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato revealed the existence of a lost continent called Atlantis. Was Plato’s tale true? Or did he just make it up? A lot of people have been trying to figure that out for a long time now.
Some of Our Research:
The story of Atlantis
The expanse of Atlantipedia
A rational approach
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When police responded to the suicide of Joseph Newton Chandler III, they figured it would be pretty routine. He’d shot himself in the head in his apartment, case closed. However, when probate lawyers took hold of the case, they found out that the real Joseph Newton Chandler III had died 57 years prior in a car accident with his parents. This now John Doe has never been identified, but clues into his life are nothing if not intriguing.
Some of Our Research:
From the Doe Network
Reddit’s thoughts
Suspects from the Internet Archive
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On May 16, 1984 comedian Andy Kaufman died from cancer. Or did he? Kaufman, the king of taking a joke so far that no one knew when it would end, or if it was even a joke, apparently told his friends that he wanted to stage his own death. Almost immediately after his funeral people started seeing Andy everywhere. Was the dead man really him?
Some of Our Research:
Reasons Andy could be among us
Bob and Lynne’s book about him
Wrestling antics playlist