The Trail Went Cold - Minisode 14 - The Patanela

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 8 March 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

November 8, 1988. Botany Bay, Australia. A radio operator receives three calls from Ken Jones, the skipper of a steel schooner called the Patanela. The yacht is currently in the midst of a month-long voyage to Airlie Beach, and Ken Jones’ wife, Noreen, and two crew members, John Blissett and Michael Calvin, are also on board. Ken claims the boat has run out of fuel, but after his final radio call is abruptly cut off, there is no more communication from the vessel. When the Patanela fails to arrive at its destination ten days later, a massive search comes up empty, and neither the yacht nor its four passengers are heard from again. There are enough suspicious things about the disappearance to fuel rumors that the boat was hijacked, but aside from a lifebuoy and a message in a bottle from one of the missing crew members, no trace of the Patanela is ever found. This week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold” chronicles our very first mystery about a missing boat. A huge thank you to Audible for supporting our podcast. To thank you for your support, we’d like to invite you to get a free audiobook with a free 30 day trial at audible.com/cold. Additional Reading: http://strangeco.blogspot.ca/2016/05/the-last-voyage-of-patanela.html http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/sailor-note-washes-up-on-beach/news-story/e9d5f977c483078b9bc9b124e9d07be6 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/08/1202234167137.html The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	We would like to provide a special thanks to Audible for supporting the trail went cold and we would both like to thank you, the listeners, for being such great supporters of this show.
0:10.0	So to earn yourself a free audiobook with a 30-day free trial, please visit audible.com.
0:17.0	That's audible.com.
0:20.0	Thank you.
0:22.0	November 8th, 1988.
0:26.0	Botany Bay Australia.
0:29.0	A radio operator receives a call from Ken Jones, the skipper of a yacht called the Patanella,
0:35.6	which is currently in the midst of a voyage to Early Beach.
0:39.4	Ken claims that the boat is run out of fuel, but after a subsequent radio call is cut off, there is no more communication
0:46.0	from the vessel.
0:47.8	When the Pat Nella fails to arrive at its destination, a massive search comes up empty, and Ken Jones, his wife and two crew members are
0:56.4	never heard from again. Rumors would surface that the boat was hijacked but
1:01.5	aside from a life boy and a message in a bottle from one of the crew members,
1:06.3	no trace of the Patanella is ever found.
1:09.8	After that, the trail went cold. Hello everyone and welcome to the latest minisode of the trail went cold.
1:38.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be covering a mystery from Australia involving a missing boat.
1:44.9	The 1988 disappearance of a yacht called the Patinella.
1:49.0	This is a request from an Australian listener named Fionna, and since I had never heard of this case at all
1:54.3	before she brought it to my attention, thank you Fiona. We have a lot of listeners
1:59.1	from Australia and since I've only covered one Australian case on this podcast thus far,
2:04.5	the disappearance of Eloise Warledge,
2:06.7	I figured it was about time I go down under again.
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