MISSING 411: LINKING MISSING PERSONS AND US CAVE SYSTEMS

Episode 121 | History's Mysteries — Mysterious EventsIn this Mystery episode we focus on the Missing 411 phenomenon — the documented pattern of disappearances clustered near cave systems across the United States, catalogued by former police detective David Paulides, and what it does and doesn't tell us about 45,000 documented caves and the people who vanish near them.This episode covers specific cases including the 1969 disappearance of three-year-old Dennis Martin in the Great Smoky Mountains and the 2011 case of six-year-old Jaryd Atadero found years later at a higher elevation than he disappeared, the overlap between missing persons clusters and cave system maps, and the serious criticisms of the Missing 411 methodology — including selection bias and the fact that the National Park Service maintains no centralized public database of missing persons.The map looks the way it looks. Make of it what you will.#HistoryMystery #Missing411 #CaveDisappearances #UnsolvedMysteries #MysteryPodcast