The Disappearance of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers

True Crime All The Time Unsolved

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True Crime, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On December 15th, 1900, three lighthouse keepers at Flannan Isles went missing. Days passed with no one aware of their disappearance. A full investigation was launched after a relief crew discovered the abandoned island. It soon became one of Scotland's biggest mysteries aside from Nessie.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious case of the Flannan Isles missing lighthouse keepers. Scotland’s Northern Lighthouse Board developed an official theory as to what happened to the three men, but there were many rumors ranging from death by sea monster to murder.

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0:00.0	This is a story that begins with a dying wish.
0:04.6	One thing I would like you to do.
0:07.0	My mother's last request that my sister and I finish writing the memoir she'd started
0:11.8	about her German childhood, when her father designed a secret super weapon for Adolf Hitler.
0:21.7	My grandfather, Robert Lesser, headed the Nazi project to build the world's first cruise missile,
0:27.9	which terrorized millions and left a legacy that dogged my mother like a curse.
0:35.4	She had some secrets. Mom had some secrets.
0:38.5	I'm Suzanne Rico.
0:40.1	Join my sister and me as we search for the truth behind our grandfather's work,
0:44.4	and for the first time, face the ghosts of our past.
0:48.3	Jeez. Who is he?
0:51.3	Listen to the man who calculated death.
0:54.8	Available now, wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you. I'm going to Hello everyone and welcome to episode 412 of the True Crime All the Time Unsolved podcast.
1:40.2	I'm Mike Ferguson.
1:41.4	And with me as always is my partner in true crime, Mike Gibson. Gibby, how are you? I'm good, man. And how about you? I'm good. I'm Mike Ferguson and with me as always is my partner in true crime Mike Gibson Gibby.
1:44.7	How are you?
1:45.7	I'm good, man.
1:46.5	And how about you?
1:47.4	I'm good.
1:48.1	I'm having a good week.
1:49.2	That's awesome.
1:49.7	You know, you and I have recorded a few episodes already.
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