The Walking Skeleton
Marooned: Tales of the Catastrophically Lost
Aaron Habel & Jack Luna
4.9 • 676 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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