55 - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2017

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

What happened to Amelia Earhart on July 2nd, 1937? Where did Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappear to? Amelia was due to land on Howland Island, 1700 miles Southwest of Honolulu, on her almost completed quest to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe, and then she was suddenly gone forever. And for the last 80 years, the US government, historians, explorers, and conspiracy theorists have been looking for her. Her life examined and various disappearance theories explored in this inspiring edition of Timesuck. Timesuck today is brought to you by Bombfell.com - the best clothes in men's on-line shopping. Get $25 off YOUR FIRST purchase when you go to www.bombfell.com/TIMESUCK Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast

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0:00.0	A Amelia Mary Earhart was a famous American aviator long before she disappeared on July 2,
0:07.0	1937.
0:08.0	How did Lady Lindy, as she was often called in the press as a nod to America's other
0:11.4	famous pilot, Charles Lindberg, become so famous?
0:14.3	What accomplishments did she achieve?
0:15.9	And where the hell did she go?
0:17.8	Where is she?
0:18.8	Her disappearance is so well unsatisfying that 80 years later, we're still talking about
0:22.6	it.
0:23.6	And millions are still being spent trying to get to the bottom of this enduring 20th century
0:27.1	mystery.
0:28.1	And knowing where she went after all she accomplished is like watching a great thriller,
0:31.9	only to have the screen just go blank moments before the big wrap up two hours in.
0:37.0	So let's explore this mystery.
0:38.0	Let's explore this amazing life.
0:39.8	Let's suck all Amelia right on up in this girl power.
0:43.7	Second American badass.
0:44.7	We've sucked in the past three weeks edition of Time Suck.
0:47.7	Praise Bojangles, Yamamoto fucking time suck.
1:00.9	And happy Monday you a reverent and fun human being.
1:04.0	Welcome to the cult of curiosity.
1:05.7	Welcome to some learning fun time, facts jokes, fascinating tales.
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