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True Crime with Kendall Rae

Disappeared in an Underwater Cave? What Happened to Ben McDaniel?

True Crime with Kendall Rae

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This episode covers the disappearance of Ben McDaniel, a man with a real passion for scuba diving. But when people realized he had yet to move his car from a dive site, and his dog was left with no one to care for it, it set off some alarm in the community. Where did he go?

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0:00.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

0:10.0

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit

0:15.0

because your wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath and you get to the top

0:20.0

and you're like, and then you can see the breath but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

0:25.0

Join every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

0:34.0

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's cake really blows my mind.

0:38.0

I think it's one of the most confusing mysteries of all time honestly.

0:43.0

I'm surprised it's not more talked about. Not that many people know about this case

0:47.0

but it's just so weird. You're gonna leave this video just bonding answers that you're not gonna get.

0:53.0

There are all types of theories and really any of them could be valid.

0:57.0

So this is Ben McDaniel. Ben was born on April 15th, 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee.

1:03.0

Ben was described as someone who was really friendly, who was really charismatic and fun to be around.

1:08.0

Apparently he loved to be the center of attention and was always making jokes.

1:12.0

You know, everyone that knew him described him as the classic life of the party guy.

1:17.0

He always had a big smile on his face, loved to make people laugh.

1:20.0

And for the most part, people really liked Ben. Ben came from a very stable, close knit,

1:25.0

kind of wealthy family. He had two other brothers and him and his brothers and his parents were really, really close.

1:31.0

So Ben skipped the whole college route and instead became an entrepreneur at age 18

1:36.0

and started his own construction company.

1:38.0

And that actually was pretty successful for him up until 2008 when the economy crashed.

1:43.0

And like many people, Ben was kind of screwed.

1:46.0

They just weren't getting enough jobs. I mean, that's the last thing people are going to want to pay to have done is construction.

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