The Disappearance of Gary Mathias

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 8 April 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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An obscure one this week with the lesser-known case of Gary Mathias and his four friends from Yuba City, CA. Five guys who went to a basketball game and ended up disappearing on a mountain road, 70 miles away, with no explicable reason as to how they got there, nor what led to their eventual fate. For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at [email protected] Music was recorded by me © 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

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0:00.0	In 1978, five young men left the Yuba City area of California on a 50-mile journey to California State University to watch a basketball game.
0:11.0	After the game, they stopped off at a small local store to buy some snacks.
0:16.0	The clerk, feeling slightly put out as she was trying to close up at the time, served them nevertheless.
0:21.0	It was to be the last time anyone could confidently attest to seeing them alive.
0:27.0	Dubbed as the American Jiatlov Pass, this is the case of the disappearance of Gary Matias.
0:33.0	Though it bears only a small resemblance to its Russian counterpart,
0:37.0	it remains just as much of a mystery.
0:40.0	Is it dark histories, where the facts are worth some fiction.
0:59.9	Hello and welcome season 2 episode 7 I'm Ben this is Dark Histories I hope you're all well it's good to be back this week we're going to be looking into a pretty obscure mystery
1:05.6	It's been dubbed the American Diatov past by some which to be honest I'm not really sure I kind of understand that. It's basically the only thing it's really got in common is a bit of snow, but there you go.
1:18.4	Here's what it is. This is the disappearance of Gary Matias.
1:28.0	Yuba City lies in the northern area of California,
1:32.0	a small valley city it has a population of around 65,000 and it benefits
1:36.8	from the warm climate.
1:39.4	It sits at an elevation of less than 20 meters and surrounded by the mountains and hills of the Sutter Butts, a small
1:46.0	volcanic mountain range that rises to around 650 meters.
1:52.0	Yuba City was home to the Gateway Project, a vocational rehabilitation group that
1:56.7	aimed to help and support people with disabilities.
2:00.6	Among the patrons of the Gateway Project were five young men, Bill Jack,
2:05.2	Ted, Jackie and Gary.
2:07.2	The young men were close friends and played on the Project's basketball team,
2:12.1	the Gateway Gators.
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