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November 9, 2024 54 mins
The longer this rebrand goes, the more I continue to be surprised. Years ago, I reached out to a man that was a part of my original 25. He’s perhaps the most well known name in the entire Earhart case. Some people also consider him to be a bit of a polarizing figure. When I reached out, I was a nobody - I had no contacts, no experience except my own handful of years in pre-research and I had no expectations about receiving a response. To my surprise, he reached right back out and we began a dialogue.

We’ve had our differences over the years, but to his credit, and my surprise, he’s now returned to the show after a 6 year hiatus to discuss the case for the castaway hypothesis, and his new book that is being discussed as his swan song to the Amelia Earhart story. This is a sentence I thought I’d never utter on this show again.

Welcome back to Chasing Earhart. From TIGHAR HQ in Oxford PA, this is Ric Gillespie.

LINKS
SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING
  • One More Good Flight: The Amelia Earhart Tragedy @ Amazon
  • Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance @ Amazon
  • TIGHAR's Official Website
  • The Post - Loss Radio Signals @ TIGHAR's Official Website
  • The Radio Logs of the USCG Itasca @ TIGHAR's Official Website
  • Have We Really Found Amelia Earhart's Bones? @ The Guardian
  • Did Amelia Earhart land on Gardner Island? TIGHAR explains hypothesis in-depth | LiveNOW from FOX @ YouTube
  • Finding Amelia with Hard Facts and Sound Science - Ric Gillespie at NEAM YouTube
  • Post Loss Radio: A Conversation with Ric Gillespie @ Chasing Earhart
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