[Unsolved] Bison Dele: The NBA Star Lost at Sea

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In July 2002, former NBA champion Bison Dele set sail across the South Pacific with his girlfriend Serena Karlan, his brother Miles Dabord, and skipper Bertrand Saldo. It was supposed to be an adventure—a journey of freedom and exploration for the retired basketball star who had walked away from millions to live life on his own terms. But something went terribly wrong on that boat. In September 2002, Miles returned to the United States alone. Bison, Serena, and Bertrand had vanished. Miles tried to access Bison's bank accounts, forged documents, and acted increasingly erratic. Before police could arrest him, Miles overdosed and died—taking the truth with him. The bodies of Bison Dele, Serena Karlan, and Bertrand Saldo have never been found. Investigators believe Miles killed all three at sea and dumped their bodies overboard. But without evidence, without bodies, and without a living suspect, the case remains officially unsolved.This episode explores the life of Bison Dele, the mysterious disappearance, and the chilling likelihood that his own brother murdered him. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday! Follow us on Instagram: @momsandmysteries Join our Patreon: patreon.com/momsandmysteries Visit our website: momsandmysteries.com #TrueCrime #Podcast #FloridaMoms #BisonDele #NBA #MissingAtSea #SouthPacific #MilesDabord #UnsolvedMystery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In July of 2002, former NBA star Bison Daly, his girlfriend, Serena Carlin, and a boat captain named Bertrand Saldo, vanished while sailing the South Pacific Ocean.
0:11.4	The only person to return from the trip was Bison's older brother Miles.
0:16.2	When Miles arrived alone in Tahiti, the boat had been repainted and renamed.
0:22.4	Authorities suspected Miles had murdered the other three while at sea so that he could assume his brother's identity, but with no
0:27.1	bodies ever found and with Miles's death in 2002, the fate of Bison and his companions remains a mystery
0:33.6	to this day.
0:39.7	Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring
0:45.1	myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa.
0:47.3	Hi, Melissa.
0:48.2	Hi, Mandy.
0:48.7	How are you?
0:49.6	I am doing wonderful.
0:50.7	It is a Friday.
0:52.8	We don't always record on Fridays, So sometimes I'm like, yay,
0:55.9	it's Friday. And I feel like we're doing like the last thing of the week. Yeah. In some ways we are.
1:01.8	In some ways, it's just beginning. Mandy, I got to see you this week. And that's because you're
1:07.3	feeling much better. I am feeling much better. Yeah. Yeah.
1:10.9	Let's circle back.
1:11.8	Let's get there.
1:12.3	Let's circle back to last week's intro where I mentioned that I was having a strange back problem.
1:19.1	I had some muscular pain in the back.
1:21.1	But then I also had this weird, like sensitive skin thing.
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