Amelia Earhart

MYS066: Famed aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific as she neared the end of her record-breaking, round-the-world flight in 1937. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss Earhart’s background and celebrity and then consider the theories for what caused Amelia and her navigator to vanish without a trace. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google Play | Subscribe using Stitcher | Subscribe by Email Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Elgen and Marie Long’s book “Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved” (Crash-and-Sink theory) * Ric Gillespie (TIGHAR)’s book “Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance” (Gardner Island theory) * Fred Goerner’s book “The Search for Amelia Earhart” (Japanese Capture theory) * Henri Keyzer-Andre’s book “Age of Heroes” (Japanese Shootdown theory) * Joe Klass’s book “Amelia Earhart Lives” (Irene Bolam theory) * Flight for Freedom 1943 movie * Wikipedia on Amelia Earhart * Fred Noonan * Irene Bolam * Info on the 2019 National Geographic expedition to Nikumororo Island * More info on the 2019 expedition * Unsolved Mysteries (Season 3, Episode 8) on Amelia Earhart (Japanese Capture theory) * Info on 2017 History Channel documentary (Japanese Capture theory) * Daily Beast article debunking History Channel photo theory * TIGHAR web site * Info on Coconut Crab theory * Coconut Crabs * A Coconut Crab with a Trash Can (for scale; “Kill It With Fire!”) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the