Episodes
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S3 Ep40: Project Blackwater - A Chasing Earhart Update
An update on the Earhart/Noonan case from Chris Williamson.
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S3 Ep39: Future Days: A Conversation with David Jourdan
LINKS: Our Website Vanished on Twitter Vanished on Instagram Vanished on TikTok Vanished Facebook Discussion Group Chasing Earhart on Facebook Chasing Earhart on Twitter SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING: Nauticos' Official Website About David Jourdan @ Nauticos LLC Nauticos Expedition Portal How To...
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S3 Ep38: Hey, Amelia
LINKS: Our Website Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan @ Amazon Vanished on Twitter Vanished on Instagram Vanished on TikTok Vanished Facebook Discussion Group Chasing Earhart on Facebook Chasing Earhart on Twitter
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S3 Ep37: She Was Never Lost: A Conversation With Rich Martini
LINKS: Our Website Vanished on Twitter Vanished on Instagram Vanished on TikTok Vanished Facebook Discussion Group Chasing Earhart on Facebook Chasing Earhart on Twitter SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING: She Was Never Lost: The Amelia Earhart Saga @ Amazon Rich Martini's Blog: Earhart on Saipan Rich...
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S3 Ep36: All of a Piece: A Conversation with Susan Butler
“I don’t think there is any closure. I think every generation if going to investigate her again.” There are names in the Amelia Earhart story that echo. Explorers. Historians. Theorists. Voices that rise, fall, and fade as the decades pass. And then… there are the ones that don’t. The ones that...
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S3 Ep35: Lost: A Conversation with Rachel Hartigan
There’s something strange that happens when a person disappears. First, there are facts. Timelines, coordinates and in this case, fuel calculations. But as years past, facts begin to loosen and memory steps in. Speculation fills the gaps. And slowly — almost invisibly — a life turns into a…
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S3 Ep34: Through Many Miles of Tricks & Trials: A Conversation with Dorothy Cochrane
I think I wanna start tonight by telling you all a quick story. In 1932, Amelia Earhart completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman and became only the second person to make the flight period. She did it in NR7952 her beautiful Lockheed Vega. Now, I love all of Earhart’s famous…
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S3 Ep33: What Lies Ahead: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Pettigrew
For nearly a century, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart has lived in the space between history and legend — a story told and retold, debated and dissected, yet never fully resolved. But every so often, the mystery shifts. Not because of rumor. Not because of speculation. But because of…
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S3 Ep32: Revolution: A Conversation with Susan Ware
For more than nine decades, Amelia Earhart’s name has been spoken with reverence and wonder—a flight path etched deep into the world’s imagination, and a disappearance that keeps us chasing echoes of her last sunrise over the Pacific. When I first started out on this journey so long ago, I was...
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S3 Ep31: July 2, 1937 – 8:43 A.M. - A Conversation with Jeff Morris & Rod Blocksome
It’s been 86 days since we last released an episode for this show. I thought I could take some time off. You'd think I’d know by now. Back in May of this year, Amelia Rose Earhart made her Chasing Earhart debut as part of this reboot and we covered a lot of ground. What I didn’t know then, but am...
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S3 Ep30: The Aviator & the Showman: A Conversation with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
So much of Amelia Earhart’s story lives in the spaces between facts—the hours unaccounted for, the voices never heard again, the enigmatic whispers of survival. Those unanswered questions keep us chasing, keep us listening for what might still be found. Over this rebrand, we’ve traced radio logs,...
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S3 Ep29: Amelia Earhart Myth & Memory: A Conversation with Amy Lutz
When I say the Amelia Earhart/Fred Noonan case is a monster, you know I’m telling the truth. In 2017, I began my journey into this case publicly. And if there’s one thing I discovered right away, it’s that this case? The one we’ve been covering for well over a hundred episodes now? It’s full of...
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S3 Ep28: The Ghost of Gardner Island: A Conversation with John Kada
We’re 27 episodes into my little experiment with this rebrand now - I never thought we’d still be going. It continues to baffle me. One of the things I really wanted to do when I decided to bring the show back was to make sure I brought new voices into the ongoing conversation that we’ve been...
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S3 Ep27: In the Palaces of Crowded Kings: A Conversation with Kenton Spading
Several years ago, I started hearing about a man making his way through the Amelia Earhart/Fred Noonan disappearance case. What caught my attention wasn’t just his research—it was the way his name kept coming up. From the moment I became involved in this story, I’ve been drawn to the lesser-known...
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S3 Ep26: Let A Million Flowers Bloom: A Conversation with Dr. Tom King
If you’ve ever heard me guest on other podcasts or in media of any kind, you’ve heard the story of how this podcast all started for me. But just in case you haven’t, here it is. The Chasing Earhart project (which this podcast is a part of) officially launched in 2017. But nine years before that…
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S3 Ep25: The Taraia Object: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Pettigrew
In 2021, I had a conversation with brothers Mike and Robert Ashmore regarding a highly curious satellite image they’d discovered in a lagoon on an island that’s gotten a lot of play in this Earhart investigation over the years. It’s been some time since that interview and the wheels of this case...
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S3 Ep24: The Amelia Six: A Conversation with Kristin L. Gray
If you’ve ever attended the annual Amelia Earhart festival in Atchison Kansas, then you're familiar with an event that’s been a staple of that weekend every year since its inception. It’s called Breakfast with the Books. An event that brings Amelia Earhart authors to the town where the legend…
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S3 Ep23: Recovery: A Conversation with Bill Snavely
In August of 2017, I helped introduce the world to a man that had been quietly working on an idea that could blow the wheels off the Amelia Earhart/Fred Noonan story. He’d recently put out a book via the Paragon Agency called Tracking Amelia Earhart: Her Flightpath to the End. I happened to know...
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S3 Ep22: The Plot Thickens: A Conversation with Tony Romeo
Nearly a year ago, the Amelia Earhart story was rocked by a mysterious and compelling sonar image produced by ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision. The suspiciously plane-shaped image taken in an area out in the Pacific near Howland Island, rattled the case to its core, and forced a full...
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S3 Ep21: Turning Point: A Conversation with Tom Dettweiler
We’ve all been on a pretty incredible run lately. This little rebrand idea for the show I had about a year ago, was only supposed to be a couple of new episodes. Never in a million years did I think we’d still be going with more debuts, returning guests and new revelations. The last year has been...
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S3 Ep20: One More Good Flight: A Conversation with Ric Gillespie
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...
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S3 Ep19: Howland Island Landing: A Conversation with Dana Timmer
Over 15 years ago now, I sat down to make a list of dream participants for what would become the Chasing Earhart project. I came up with a list of 25 names and on that list was a man who’s been associated with the search for Amelia Earhart since the first deep ocean expedition for her took place…
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S3 Ep18: Parallels: A Conversation with Amelia Rose Earhart
In 2014, as this project was in pre-research, the world was fixated on an around the world flight that dominated the media and much of the aviation related conversation that year. Chief among the many reasons why was the pilot - a woman who shares a namesake with the biggest aviation icon to ever...
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S3 Ep17: 76 Brooks Street: A Conversation with Margie Arnold
One of my very favorite parts of the rebrand for this show has been the flood of new voices that we’ve been able to bring into the ongoing conversation regarding the life, legacy and disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Over the years, a lot of attention has been paid to AE’s upbringing in Atchison,...
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S3 Ep16: The Circumnavigator’s Paradox: A Conversation with Liz Smith
“It is interesting to note that because of Earhart and Noonan’s particular course, they did cross local midnight on their flight path causing the local date to move forward one day and, for several hours, the pair was alive on July 3rd – one day after they officially disappeared.” Over the last…
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S3 Ep15: Sky Walker: A Conversation with Bram Kleppner
You know, anytime I get the chance to sit down and record another conversation for this show, I consider it an honor. I try to never forget why I’m doing this. The reasons are very important to me. In all the conversations we’ve had for this show, we’ve only ever had one of Amelia’s family…
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S3 Ep14: The Beginning of the End: A Conversation with Tony Romeo
About 2 years ago, my book Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan was released, and I could only think of one place to launch it - Atchison Kansas, during the Amelia Earhart festival. It remains as one of my very favorite moments of this entire crazy ride. I knew then, that a...
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S3 Ep13: Sharpshooter: A Conversation with Jennifer Taylor
Of all the people I’ve met during my experience running the Chasing Earhart project, there is one person that you may be surprised to know has never been on this show, despite how close we’ve become over the years. We’re about to right that wrong, right now. In 2019, when I reached out to her…
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S3 Ep12: The Truth is How You See It: A Conversation with Chris Hare
Several years ago, during the first season of Vanished, I met a historian and researcher out of the UK that immediately caught my interest. Tonight, you’ll see why. We’ve got a very kindred fascination and love for the Earhart story, and some of the behind the scenes work he’s been quietly doing…
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S3 Ep11: A Little Push: A Conversation with Jill Meyers
Jill Meyers is a public speaker, mentor, aerospace engineer and so much more. You can learn more about her and tonight's conversation at: LINKS & SHOW NOTES Her Official Website Jill Meyers on LinkedIn Jill Meyers on Instagram SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING 'Katharine Wright Trophy Honors Jill...
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S3 Ep10: A Big Job: A Conversation with Dick Spink
For years, I’ve been discussing a dream expedition that would bring some of this case's brightest minds together in a collaboration that could rewrite history forever. Sometimes, when you’re investigating a scene like the one unfolding in Buka, you get lucky enough to pull an ace. And boy have we...
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S3 Ep9: The Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum: A Conversation with Heather Roesch
If you know me, you know how much I adore the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison Kansas. It’s a place that’s special to me for many reasons. Back in 2017, my wife and I brought our production for the Chasing Earhart documentary there, and we were welcomed with open arms. So much so…
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S3 Ep8: Buka III: Bill Snavely, Chris Williamson & the Dependable Engines Association
You know what’s really wild? You never know when to stop pursuing something. When it seems hopeless - sometimes, you get a hand from a source you never dreamed possible. The following audio is only possible because of the folks over at Pratt & Whitney’s Dependable Engines Association who were…
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S3 Ep7: Retrospective: A Conversation with Chris Williamson
For over 100 episodes of this show, I’ve sat behind my microphone and asked some of the biggest names in the Earhart world for answers to the questions that have been burning in my mind all my life. Never in a million years did I ever think the show could flip the format and pull off what we’re...
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S3 Ep6: The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum: A Conversation with Karen Seaberg & Jacque Pregont
About five years ago, we visited Atchison, Kansas to film segments of our documentary during the Amelia Earhart festival. While we were there, we met two women that would become an integral part of Chasing Earhart project, working with us on events and helping us gain a sense of credibility in…
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S3 Ep5: Amelia Earhart, The Lost Star: A Conversation with Mike Harris
One of the reasons I wanted to record these new conversations for the show, is because I’d finally have the chance to speak to some guests that I’d always been a very big fan of. And tonight is certainly no exception. Mike Harris has been investigating the Amelia Earhart case for decades, and his...
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S3 Ep4: The Legend of the Lost Clipper: A Conversation with Guy Noffsinger, Jim Janicki, Steve Murphy & Javier Pena
A couple of years ago, before we ended this show’s original run, I sat down with Guy Noffsinger, Jim Janicki, and Jeff Riegel of the Lost Clipper Team. The story they told me then, and the one that continues tonight, is utterly amazing. It’s a story that the world may not be ready to accept or...
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S3 Ep3: Life Proof Bionic Woman: A Conversation with Mandy Horvath
Several months ago, we returned to the Amelia Earhart festival in Atchison Kansas to celebrate the release of my first book Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan. While I was there, I discovered that Mandy Horvath was also there receiving the Amelia Earhart Pioneer…
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S3 Ep2: Return: A Conversation with Bob Wheeler
Hey folks - I bet you never thought you’d hear this show again. It’s been a while since the podcast ended, but in the last few months, I’ve quietly been working on what I consider to be the next chapter in the evolution of this show. Earlier this year, I began hearing from people that wanted the...
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S3 Ep1: The Road to Amelia: A Conversation with Mike & Robert Ashmore
A little over a year ago we stepped away from the Amelia Earhart/Fred Noonan disappearance case forever; having nothing further to add to a project that spanned almost 15 years at the time. But it turns out, we couldn’t stay away for long. Just like you’ll hear time and time again in this case…
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Legacy
Our journey is over. We created something that I didn’t know that we could. And we did it together. And now as I look back on everything that we accomplished, I can finally move forward into an exciting future. One of hope. One of faith. And one where the skies are the limit. I think Amelia would...
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The Secret Mission to Rescue Amelia Earhart: A Conversation with Guy, Jeff & Jim of Expedition 5
We’ve reached the final time that we’ll be discussing theory on this podcast. It’s been a long road, but we wanted to wrap with fresh faces, new ideas and a twist on this story that you’ll never see coming. If you’re familiar with this podcast or with Vanished Amelia Earhart, you’ve likely heard…
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Amelia Earhart Evidential Details: A Conversation with Scott Seeds
Within the Congressional Armed Services Committee, the Intelligence Community retains a non-itemized appropriation referred to simply as “the black hole”. For over two decades, part of the funding of that program went toward analyzing whether or not the human mind could be used to gather reliable...
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Dear Amelia
On this 82nd anniversary of the vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan, we bring you a special message from Chris Williamson & the Chasing Earhart Project.
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Amelia Earhart: Pioneer of the Sky - A Conversation with Jim Buckley
"So many young readers are focused today on looking for heroes; looking for people who they can look up to; looking for people they can be inspired by. Amelia is a natural fit for that." Jim Buckley is a prolific author of nonfiction for young readers, with more than 150 books to his credit (and...
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Supernova Science: A Conversation with Julie Seven Sage
I have always known that Amelia Earhart’s reach in legacy and inspiration loomed large over modern day aviation, aerospace and STEM. However, when we started this project many years ago, even I didn’t understand just how deep that reach stretched. Tonight, we’re all gonna find out. Amelia…
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Fly Like a Girl: A Conversation with Katie Wiatt
"It’s interesting when I watch people watch the documentary. When her face comes up on the screen, people just light up. I think she’s one of those people that is sort of an iconic figure for all the best reasons." "Fly Like A Girl" is more than just a film. It’s a movement of young girls and…
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Alternate Flight Plan The Lost Diary of Amelia Earhart: A Conversation with Dr. Lois Frankel
Dr. Lois Frankel is a guest that when you look at her bio or research her career, you would never in a million years think she’d pop up as a project guest for Chasing Earhart. But oh, how little do you know…. Dr. Frankel is the president of corporate coaching international and she literally wrote...
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The Bevington Object: A Conversation with Jeff Glickman
In part, it’s the way that we identify with these individuals; the notion of getting lost at sea; the horror of that and how deeply in our core as individuals we fear something like that happening. That reaches into something that’s very personal for everybody. Forensic image processing and...
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Amelia Earhart Pioneer of Flight: A Conversation with Dorothy Cochrane & Tom Crouch
"As years go on, it’s not just the flight but it’s about a woman, it’s about encouraging people to be in aviation. It’s about the era." Perhaps no other institution on the planet is more recognizable than the Smithsonian. The air and space museum on Washington DC houses some of the most iconic...
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