"Joseph Benson"
Unresolved
Unresolved Productions
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🗓️ 1 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Early on the morning of 3 February 1994, authorities responded to a fire at a campground roughly thirty miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada. There, they discovered that a trailer had been set on fire, and the trailer's occupant - a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps named Arthur Bennett - had seemingly perished in the flames.
Years later, however, an arrest in southwestern Utah would cast doubt on the original assumption, when a man named "Joseph Benson" was arrested...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all ages. |
| 0:08.0 | Listen or discretion is advised. |
| 0:10.0 | If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. |
| 0:15.0 | Call or text 988 or chat with someone at 988 Lifeline.org. |
| 0:21.0 | Those outside of the US, reach out to someone at your local crisis center or hotline. |
| 0:26.0 | Please do not suffer in silence. You're going to see. Early on the morning of Thursday, February 3rd, 1994, the badly burned body of a man was found in the charred wreckage of a trailer near Lake Mead. |
| 0:55.8 | Just east of Las Vegas, Nevada, this is a scenic destination for outdoorsmen of all types, |
| 1:01.8 | which Arthur Bennett undoubtedly was. |
| 1:05.0 | Staff Sergeant Arthur Bennett, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, loved the outdoors. |
| 1:10.8 | At the time he lived in the trailer that was found that morning east of Las Vegas, burned beyond repair. |
| 1:17.0 | He'd arrived at the campsite a day prior, Wednesday February 2nd, and his truck was parked right next to the destroyed trailer. |
| 1:25.5 | The body found inside the gutted-out trailer was unrecognizable, so badly burnt that a positive |
| 1:31.6 | identification was impossible. |
| 1:34.2 | The body's hands and feet were entirely gone, along with the other identifiable traits. |
| 1:40.0 | However, officials with the Marine Corps would determine after much hand ringing that the remains were undoubtedly that of Sergeant Bennett. |
| 1:47.5 | Barring any other kind of information, it just seemed to be him. |
| 1:51.0 | A positive identification would be made on paper and Arthur Bennett was declared dead. |
| 1:57.0 | However, it would later come to light that the true story behind this burned body was much more complicated than anyone could have expected. |
| 2:05.5 | This is the story of Joseph Benson. known as Known as Crazy Joe, Crazy Joe by his neighbors and other residents of the area, Joseph Benson was an iconic presence in Hurricane Utah. |
| 2:32.0 | A small city in southwestern Utah, which was a much more smaller town just decades ago. |
| 2:38.0 | Hurricane is located about two hours northeast of Las Vegas, not too far away from Zion National Park. |
| 2:45.0 | Joseph Benson settled in a hurricane in the mid 1990s and was easily recognizable for his red |
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