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Amy & T.J.

Final Texts And Final Moments For Martha Nolan As The Mystery Deepens Behind Her Montauk Death

Amy & T.J.

iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.33K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It’s been more than three months since 33-year-old Martha Nolan was found dead on a boat at the Montauk Yacht Club. While police opened a homicide investigation, her autopsy showed no signs of violence and her cause of death is still undetermined. Amy and T.J. go through Martha’s final texts and the detailed timeline of what happened from the attorney of the man she was with when she died.  Hear his explanation as to why he was naked, running around the dock trying to get help.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, everybody.

0:07.8

It is Monday, November 17th.

0:10.4

It's been about three months since Martha Nolan mysteriously died in Montauk.

0:18.8

Well, we now have some of her final texts with friends, with her boyfriend,

0:23.8

and we are hearing about that night from the attorney representing the man she was on that boat with

0:30.6

when she died. And with that, welcome everyone to this episode of Amy and T.J. We were in Montauk when this mysterious death happened and we were

0:41.1

following it hour by hour. It was the talk of the town and still there aren't really many answers.

0:46.5

Hour by hours, not month by month. We got, it seemed like we know barely more than we knew three

0:52.0

months ago. Yeah, this is a Montauk mystery that we still don't know

0:55.5

if it was a Montauk murder mystery. We still don't know how this young lady died. Wow. And the New York

1:01.4

magazine put out a fascinating article over the weekend, basically giving a timeline of what we know

1:09.6

and what we've learned from her friends who were texting

1:12.4

with her and from the attorney of the man who she was with. And so we know that this meeting

1:17.3

that she was at on this Monday evening was supposed to actually be on Saturday and it was supposed

1:22.1

to be during the day with her business partner, but somehow it morphed into a Monday night,

1:26.3

late night boat ride, a sunset cruise,

1:30.1

complete with champagne, and it ended in her death. But we have the name of the man of the boat

1:36.2

she was on. He was an investor in her business. His name was Christopher Dernan. And he was the last

1:42.3

person to see Martha Nolan alive. Yeah, we know this now. We're getting more

1:47.4

details now and hearing, I guess, his side of things to a certain degree. But right after, we did know

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