Moon Rocks Wanted

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On September 18, 1998, an unusual ad ran in USA Today — a company called John’s Estate Sales was looking to buy a moon rock. The phone number on the ad belonged to Special Agent Joe Gutheinz at NASA. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	I was glued to the TV when Powell 11 launched.
1:10.0	I was glued to the TV when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.
1:17.2	I watched Apollo 12. I watched Apollo 13 and worried about that. Apollo 14, 15, 16, and 17,
1:26.6	and I wish that we had 18, 19, and 20.
1:30.5	Did you ever think about becoming an astronaut?
1:35.1	Probably not.
1:36.1	It was not really in my forecast that that would be something I would do.
1:42.9	But about six months ago, I almost bought
1:45.8	Neil Armstrong's house that was being sold, but then they up the price and I was out of the
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