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EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 21 MIN

Returned: The Sarah Joe

from The Final Trace · host OdieStew Productions

📍 Hana, Maui, Hawaii ➝ Ta‘ū Island, American Samoa🎧 Chapter 30: The Final Trace of The Sarah Joe1979, five friends left Maui on a small fishing boat.No radio. No life vests. No distress call.When a sudden storm rolled in… they vanished without a trace.A decade later, the boat washed ashore on a remote island—half-buried in sand.Nearby, a shallow grave.Only one man had come back.What happened in those ten missing years?And who was there to bury him?Some stories sink.This one came back.📘 News & Case Details40 Years Later, Mystery Still Surrounds the Sarah Joe (Maui News) — Local reporting on the disappearance, the crew, the search efforts, and family perspectives. mauinews.comThe Crew of the Sarah Joe (Unsolved Mysteries Wiki) — Overview of the case, crew names, disappearance details, the later discovery, and the strange buried papers. Unsolved Mysteries🧭 Case Summaries & Background🌊 Historical ContextOverdue — Sarah Joe disappearance summary (Futility Closet) — Brief synopsis of the disappearance and the later finding on Taongi Atoll.

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