This episode is the first of a two part series on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Most of us have heard of Amelia Earhart, but as prominent as she is in the history books, there is still a ton of uncertainty and speculation surrounding her 1937 disappearance. What actually happened to her and her navigator, Fred Noonan? Did they survive their plane crash? Did Earhart change her name to Irene Bolam? We will attempt to answer these questions, explore the evidence that exists, and talk about what we think the most credible hypotheses are. You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.
Here are the sources we used for this episode:
Podcasts: Vanished: Amelia Earhart; Astonishing Legends, Episodes 4 & 5: Amelia Earhart Vanishes Parts 1 & 2
Websites:
- https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-amelia-earhart-found-20180309-story.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/16/have-we-really-found-amelia-earhart-bones
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/science/amelia-earhart-robert-ballard.html
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart
- https://www.navyair.com/hawaii_scenery.htmhttps://www.navyair.com/hawaii_scenery.htm
- https://www.chasingearhart.com/podcast
- https://www.livescience.com/robert-ballard-does-not-find-amelia-earhart-plane.html
- https://www.ninety-nines.org/join-99s.htm
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40515754
- https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/11/was-amelia-earhart-executed-by-the-japanese.html
- http://www.planet-science.com/categories/over-11s/technology/2012/04/finding-the-titanic.aspx
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories-spd/
- https://time.com/5486999/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47653021
- https://www.techtimes.com/articles/232693/20180726/amelia-earhart-s-desperate-calls-for-help-heard-in-radio-distress-signals.htm
- https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/honorable-search-msna199431
- https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Books/BookReviews/earhartsurvive.html