S02E06 - Michael Rockefeller
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[Correction: I've replaced the original audio file because I forgot to insert the Nimoy Fashion Alert! I feel like mission control launching the Apollo mission and then turning to ask the astronauts how the flight was going - then doing a spit-take as I see they're not on the space ship. Sorry!] Jeb and Blake look into the mysterious (well, not THAT mysterious) disappearance of Michael Rockefeller who disappeared while researching the Asmat people of New Guinea. (Watch the ISO episode on YouTube) Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande by E. E. Evans-Pritchard Thinking with Things by Esther Pazstzory The ISO episode title card: The original photo the title card is based on: Milt Machlin - the guy who goes looking for Rockefeller, former editor of Argosy men's adventure magazine. Machlin on location looking for Rockefeller Just saying... (Harcourt Fenton Mudd) Machlin investigated the theory that Rockefeller had been taken to the Trobriand Islands, a thousand miles from where the boat had capsized. The shots of the island reminded me of another fateful trip. Interior and Exterior Nimoy Fashion: The woodwork of the Asmat people is very impressive: Carl Hoffman on the case for cannibalism. Ostjanep chief Ajam of the Asmat region, who says that his tribe did not kill Rockefeller. Asmat person chewing gum. The writer of this episode, Alex Pomasanoff, also produced a NatGeo special called The Invisible World.
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