332 // Thomas Pilleri - Missing in Action

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://crawlspace.supportingcast.fm/ Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri looks into Tom Pilleri's disappearance from Guadalcanal during World War 2. Thanks to Judy Knopp, Dave Nichols, Frank Pilleri Jr., Frank Pilleri, and Sandy Pilleri. Sara Sheckells and G. Larry Butler lend their voices. This episode is brought to you in part by our wonderful sponsors, ButcherBox & Modern Fertility. ButcherBox was started with the idea that everyone should have access to high-quality, humanely raised meat. Each month, they deliver 100% grass-fed beef, humanely raised pork, and free-range organic chicken straight to your door. And they are about to help you out this Thanksgiving... Sign up today at butcherbox.com/CRAWLSPACE and use code CRAWLSPACE to get Free Ribeyes for a Year plus $10 off. Modern Fertility will help you find power in your fertility info and get proactive about your reproductive health. Get $30 off your fertility test when you go to https://modernfertility.com/Crawlspace30/ Cambridge Veteran Services: https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/veteransservices Sara Sheckells: https://sarasounds.com/ G. Larry Butler: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeLarryButler/ Honor Flight: https://www.honorflight.org/ History Flight: https://historyflight.com/ Sources: Leaving Mac Behind: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W7T98PX Sinking of the Wasp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZGQxGygA0U Battle at the Overland Trail, One Night of Combat on Guadalcanal: https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Overland-Trail-Combat-Guadalcanal/dp/1936553260 Battle of the Overland Trail - Guadalcanal: https://youtu.be/oBH6nxeA9HA Silver Star Dedication to Thomas Stephen Pilleri: https://youtu.be/R-oXoUDWr68 https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNamePQ.htm https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=55928 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56762806/thomas-stephen-pilleri Music by Lexin_Music: https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=116199 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ to connect your existing Amazon account to donate to PI's For the Missing. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:30.0	Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today?
0:38.0	I'm doing great today, Tim. I'm super excited about this episode because it is a bit of a deviation from what we typically produce.
0:46.0	And it's a very personal glimpse into something that you've been looking into for years.
0:50.0	And you put this together. I haven't heard it. I know some of the elements of it.
0:56.0	And I can't wait to listen to it. And I love the fact that this is being released on Thanksgiving and the day before Thanksgiving.
1:03.0	So if you do hear this during this time and you're with your family, just take a moment and appreciate what you got going on around you.
1:10.0	This is a fantastic story. I'm going to stop talking and I'll pass it over to you now.
1:14.0	Okay, thanks a lot. Yeah, this is kind of a holiday special. I guess we're going to be releasing it on both of our podcasts.
1:21.0	Crawl Space and Missing, Missing Tomorrow on Thanksgiving.
1:25.0	My great-uncle Tom Polary is technically missing. We'll get into it in the story.
1:30.0	And I'm joined by several people in this episode. One of them is my father, Frank Polary.
1:35.0	A couple other people who have helped a lot. That's Dave Nichols and Judy Nopp.
1:39.0	You'll hear from them a little bit later. And two great voice actors, Sarah Sheckles and G Larry Butler help lend their voices to this episode.
1:47.0	So I'm really excited to share this. I hope everyone really enjoys it.
1:50.0	And before we get to that, Tim, maybe we should talk about our subscription service real quick.
1:55.0	Yeah, I think we should. If you'd like an ad-free version of Crawl Space, you can subscribe via Apple Podcasts for just $299 a month for the ad-free version.
2:04.0	But if you want the ad-free version and our bonus show, you can go to crawlspace.supportingcast.fm and you can subscribe there.
2:11.0	And if one wanted to follow us on social media, where would one go?
2:15.0	Thanks for asking Lance. You can find us at Crawl Space Podcasts or Crawl Space Pod on social media.
2:21.0	We're going to break quick for commercial here and we'll be right back with the episode.
2:34.0	What happens now? What happens now?
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