You know those stories we learn in grade school that rattle around in our brain for no reason?

You know how as an adult you learn new facts about these stories and you're like,

wait, why did my first grade teacher tell me that George Washington never told a lie?

You know how anytime you want to learn about

anything from American history, you end up down a weird rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and

bitter accusations? Welcome to Strange and Unexplained with me, Daisy Egan. I'm an actor and a

writer who hates to be proven wrong, but always seems to be, especially on this podcast,

damn it. Today, Amelia Earhart, you know her as the firebrand lady pilot who broke records and

vanished during an attempt to fly around the world. Today I'll tell you about some wild speculation

from around the internet about her whereabouts, and throw around my own

sapphic speculation as well.

Please assume the crash landing position.

By now, we all know the legend of Amelia Earhart.

She was one of the first women to earn a pilot's license. She set a whole bunch

of flight records, including in 1922, becoming the first female pilot to reach an altitude of 14,000 feet.

She then beat her own record in 1931 to set the world altitude record at more than 18,400 feet.

She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean,

a feat, by the way, that had only been accomplished once before.

Then, she disappeared during a flight around the world in 1937.

Earhart's success as a pilot earned her a small fortune and celebrity status.

She was such a VIP that she was invited to the Roosevelt White House for dinner in 1933.

Roosevelt himself was absent, but his wife, First Lady Eleanor, who had recently gotten her student pilot's license, hosted.

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