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Marooned

The Walking Skeleton

Marooned

Aaron Habel & Jack Luna

History, True Crime

4.9676 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Australian Ricky Megee became stranded in the Australian Outback for 71 days in 2006. When he walked out, he walked out as a skeleton.

Source:  Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback by Ricky Megee & Greg McLean

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0:00.0

Hi there, I'm Jordan Bonaparte, and on my show, Nighttime, I seek out and explore Canada's most fascinating stories.

0:09.1

Nighttime stories are told using intimate discussions with those affected.

0:13.1

They left you there. That was the last time anyone ever saw.

0:16.2

Jail hosts interviews with those held responsible.

0:19.0

The context of that meeting would be some kind of mass

0:21.7

shooting. And any other way necessary to get you to the heart of the story. You can join me by

0:27.5

subscribing to nighttime wherever you get streaming audio. We've all been in a situation

0:36.4

where the happenings endured seems so incredible that we worry no one will believe us.

0:43.3

That is, if we even choose to share them.

0:46.3

But if your situation lasts, say, 70 or so days, you're going to have to come up with something.

0:52.3

Whether that be the truth or a version of it.

0:54.7

There's little doubt it'll be worth hearing, regardless.

0:58.3

That's certainly the case here with the walking skeleton, Ricky McGee.

1:03.8

Welcome to Maroon.

1:05.1

Stories of the Catastrophically Lost.

1:07.3

I'm Jack Luna.

1:08.9

This is Aaron Hable.

1:11.4

Australian Ricky John McGee was born June 4th, 1970 in Victoria.

1:17.5

He was the first born of four children to parents, Wendy and Peter, and was their only son.

1:23.4

His father took his own life when Ricky was young, something the boy didn't learn until

1:27.7

later.

1:28.7

Originally, his mom had told him that his dad had died in a car accident.

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