Dead in the Water: Nathan Carman, Family Fortune & the Fatal Fishing Trip
This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)
This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens
4.4 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
A real-life maritime mystery meets true crime tragedy in this jaw-dropping case that rocked the Northeast. In 2016, Nathan Carman was rescued from a life raft after a supposed boating accident that left his mother, Linda, missing at sea. But behind the headlines of survival was a far more sinister story—a wealthy family, a cold case grandfather's murder, suspicious inheritance battles, and a twisted trail of lies.
From the unsolved 2013 shooting death of Nathan's grandfather, real estate mogul John Chakalos, to the eerie circumstances surrounding the fishing trip that ended in Linda's disappearance, this case left investigators—and the public—wondering: Was Nathan Carman the unluckiest man alive… or a calculating killer?
We'll dive deep into the family dynamics, forensic evidence, and courtroom drama—including the insurance fraud, the Slayer Rule petition, and Nathan's shocking death behind bars before trial.
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| 0:00.0 | When Nathan Carman was found floating in a life raft, it made international headlines. |
| 0:06.0 | So his boat had sunk. |
| 0:07.6 | His mother was missing, but he was lucky to be alive. |
| 0:11.8 | But then investigators looked a little closer, and they realized this isn't the first time |
| 0:16.3 | that Nathan has been the last person to see a family member alive before they were found dead. |
| 0:22.8 | Today we're digging into the chilling case of Nathan Carman, a man once seen as a victim, |
| 0:29.5 | but whose story unraveled into one of the most haunting family tragedies in recent history. |
| 0:36.1 | This one's got everything, a mysterious inheritance, |
| 0:39.5 | a sinking boat, and a murder that may never be solved. You guys, let's dig into it. First, I do want to give a hey girl thanks to Mark for writing this one up. |
| 1:01.0 | Nobody even requested it. |
| 1:02.4 | He just saw the 2020 on it and said, we're absolutely going to talk about this one. |
| 1:06.9 | And I'm so glad he did because I was enthralled. |
| 1:10.3 | I was enthralled researching for this case. |
| 1:13.2 | You'll see. You'll see. And also like, but why though? Like this case is very, but why though? |
| 1:20.2 | I would say we've got a window open scale. If you haven't been listening to the show for a really long time, |
| 1:25.1 | we have a scale of like how angry you need to be based on how many things you're |
| 1:28.8 | going to throw out the window. |
| 1:30.2 | And worst case scenario, the most angry you'll ever be, think Casey Anthony is Miley Cyrus |
| 1:36.7 | wrecking ball. |
| 1:37.4 | Like you're taking a wreck and ball to the whole thing. |
| 1:39.1 | You're starting over. |
| 1:39.7 | Okay. |
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