The Mysterious Case of Larry Hillblom (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The 1995 plane crash involving one of the founders of DHL is filled with conflicting information and controversy. New YouTube Video Cecil Hotel Shirt Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: http://bit.ly/3rHcCh1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	first-class scandal. I'm Rebecca Leib. I'm Jason Horton. And this is Ghost Town.
0:19.5	Larry Hillblum, who was the H in the shipping company DHL,
0:25.0	was in a plane crash on May 21st, 1995, on a flight from Pagan Island to Cipan.
0:34.8	The bodies of the pilot found. The body of his business partner found. The body of Larry Hillblum
0:43.6	not found. Now, before you feel any kind of sympathy, sadness, there's a reason that
0:58.8	this person is not around and it's probably for the better. Okay. So DHL, we've
1:06.4	part of very familiar with the shipping company. You know, one of my favorites.
1:10.4	One of your favorite shipping companies? Top 10. Top 5. Top 50. Whoa. Okay. My own personal shipping.
1:17.3	Ghost Town shipping. Top 40. Yeah. You're the T and the GTS. Yes. Don't ask what the T is for.
1:26.5	DHL started in 1969, but by 1980, Larry Hillblum was not feeling it anymore. He kind of started
1:34.9	shirking his duties and kind of passing them off. And very successful company still around today.
1:39.8	Yeah. Made a lot of money was very successful. Hey, did that. I hate when my company is super successful
1:47.6	and makes me a lot of money. But what happens when you get rich in board? You might start by
1:54.4	buying an island. Yes. Off of Guam, like right around there, and just buy a quick island.
2:00.0	Oh, boy. So Larry Hillblum had a few interests. One being real estate development. Okay. Okay.
2:08.5	Rich people stuff. Hotels and golf courses. Sure. Totally. Being a sex tourist might be at the top
2:18.4	of the list. That's also as we've learned rich people stuff. I mean, the term sex tourist is
2:27.2	in itself. It's like, okay, but it's not good. It's very bad. Strolling the dives and brothels of Vietnam
2:36.8	and the Philippines for underage girls. This is a tale as old as time for rich white guys who are making
2:48.6	money around the clock and who fancy themselves like men of the world. I told you that was listening
2:56.2	to evil by design, the Peter Ny Guard podcast. Incredible. Put out by the CBC. Same thing. Literally
3:02.8	the same thing. Not an island off of Guam. It's in the Caribbean, but like, wow. Larry Hillblum,
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