Chasing Earhart

In 2014, as this project was in pre-research, the world was fixated on an around the world flight that dominated the media and much of the aviation related conversation that year. Chief among the many reasons why was the pilot - a woman who shares a namesake with the biggest aviation icon to ever fly the skies. On July 11th, 2014 Amelia Rose Earhart completed her world flight without incident and touched down on the same runway in Oakland, Ca where her namesake departed 77 years earlier. In many ways, Amelia Mary Earhart got her second chance and returned home that day. It’s been 10 years since that historic world flight, and tonight an absolute force for aviation enters the conversation with a literal one in a million perspective. A woman that shares so many parallels, you’ll swear you’re hearing from a modern day counterpart for the biggest aviation icon of all time. Welcome back to Chasing Earhart. This is Amelia Rose Earhart. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Official WebsiteLearn to Love the Turbulence: “Flight lessons” on Becoming the Pilot in Command of Your Own Journey AmazonHere2024 Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award Revealed Atchison GlobeAmelia Rose Earhart’s Flight Around the World and Into History Observer.com

One of my very favorite parts of the rebrand for this show has been the flood of new voices that we’ve been able to bring into the ongoing conversation regarding the life, legacy and disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Over the years, a lot of attention has been paid to AE’s upbringing in Atchison, Kansas - and for good reason. Every year, thousands and thousands of visitors flock to the beautiful Earhart home positioned on the Missouri River that served as home base during Amelia’s early years. If Atchison helped form Amelia, the girl, then 76 Brooks Street in West Medford Massachusetts, helped form Amelia the legend. And that is where tonight’s guest enters the chase. For over 15 years now, Margie Arnold has been studying the life and legacy of Amelia Earhart with a recent particular interest in the home AE was living in, when her life and aviation history changed forever. Tonight, we shine the spotlight on a period of Amelia’s life that will shape how you’ll see her, in more ways than one. You’re all about to take part in a master class on the legacy of Amelia Earhart in one of the most passionate debuts this show has ever seen. Welcome back to Chasing Earhart. This is Margie Arnold. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING The Social Welfare History ProjectAmelia Earhart got her flying start in Medford ItemLiveAmelia Earhart and the mayor of Medford Universal Hub Air & SpaceMedford Arts CouncilAround Quincy, aviator Amelia Earhart was just 'Miss Amelia' The State Journal Register

“It is interesting to note that because of Earhart and Noonan’s particular course, they did cross local midnight on their flight path causing the local date to move forward one day and, for several hours, the pair was alive on July 3rd – one day after they officially disappeared.” Over the last few months of recording this show, I’ve started hearing from dozens of people either by email or by phone that have all been asking me to check out a blog that’s flown under the radar of constant Earhart sites I scour on a regular basis. Old school pilots, navigators, HAM radio operators, people with extensive military and government backgrounds have all emailed, called, and praised her work and her approach. Now tonight, she’s finally arrived. Her name is Liz Smith. Remember that name. Because after tonight, you’ll never forget it. Welcome back to Chasing Earhart. This is Liz Smith. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Date Line Theory BlogLinkedInNautilus LiveMarine Robotics Company Hopes It Has Solved Amelia Earhart Mystery @ AirOnlineAmelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved Amazon

You know, anytime I get the chance to sit down and record another conversation for this show, I consider it an honor. I try to never forget why I’m doing this. The reasons are very important to me. In all the conversations we’ve had for this show, we’ve only ever had one of Amelia’s family members as a guest - that was back in 2018 when Amy Kleppner - daughter of Muriel Earhart Morrissey and the niece of Amelia Earhart appeared on the show to talk about the incredible lives of both Amelia and her sister Muriel. Tonight, I’m proud to say that another of Amelia’s family has finally arrived. Bram Kleppner is Amelia Earhart’s great nephew and he’s also become the spokesperson for the Earhart family’s position when it comes to everything from Amelia’s legacy to the many disappearance theories that often crop up in the news - most recently, the potential discovery of the world’s most famous missing aircraft by Tony Romeo and Deep Sea Vision. One of the most asked questions I get is for me to speculate on how AE’s family might feel about a given story, idea or piece of information. Well, why hear it from me? I’ve got a better idea. This is Bram Kleppner. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING "Amelia Earhart's relative says new sonar images could be aviator's vanished plane"Business InsiderThe Lady’s Legacy Nat Geo

About 2 years ago, my book Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan was released, and I could only think of one place to launch it - Atchison Kansas, during the Amelia Earhart festival. It remains as one of my very favorite moments of this entire crazy ride. I knew then, that a deep ocean search was about to take place somewhere off the coast of Howland island - a destination that has now become both ground zero for crash and sink, and this investigation as a whole. While we were there, we met tonight’s guest. Two weeks ago, Deep Sea Vision, and its CEO Tony Romeo produced a sonar image of what appears to be a mysterious object 16,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific - and that image has the entire planet talking. Tonight, in a conversation that will rattle this story to its core, Tony makes his Chasing Earhart debut to discuss crash and sink, the legacy of Amelia Earhart and a piece of evidence that could spell the beginning of the end for this story and stop the chase, forever. The wait is over. The time is now. Welcome back to the Chasing Earhart podcast. This is Tony Romeo. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Is This Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane? The Wall Street JournalOfficial WebsiteOcean exploration company's possible proof of Amelia Earhart's wrecked plane nearly vanished: report Fox News

Of all the people I’ve met during my experience running the Chasing Earhart project, there is one person that you may be surprised to know has never been on this show, despite how close we’ve become over the years. We’re about to right that wrong, right now. In 2019, when I reached out to her, she had no iron in this fire, and very little knowledge on just how big this story had become. But she dove head first into it anyway, working alongside me on a project that would become the foundational season for our show, Vanished. Listeners of that show will be very familiar with who’s about to enter the chat. And if you’ve never heard her before, get ready. Because Jennifer Taylor is about to hit you - HARD. Welcome back to Chasing Earhart. This is Jen Taylor. LINKS WebsiteTwitterInstagramTikTokFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupFacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Is This Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane? The Wall Street JournalBlogTantalizing Theories About the Earhart DisappearanceHistoryExpedition AmeliaDisney Plus

Several years ago, during the first season of Vanished, I met a historian and researcher out of the UK that immediately caught my interest. Tonight, you’ll see why. We’ve got a very kindred fascination and love for the Earhart story, and some of the behind the scenes work he’s been quietly doing is the exact representation of what historical research should look like. Chris Hare is a digger. And tonight, we’re all about to get a lesson on how a modern day researcher investigates a monster of a case. Here’s a little tease. It begins, like all things with, how you see it. Tonight, we’re across the pond in the UK. And we’re bringing the bombshells. This is Chris Hare. LINKS FacebookTwitterFacebook Group SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Letter from P. V. H. Weems to Amelia Earhart Offering Navigational InstructionThe SmithsonianThe Chater ReportTIGHAR's WebsiteKelly JohnsonLinda Hall LibraryProfessor Dame Sue BlackSt. John's College OxfordThe Nikumaroro bones identification controversy: First-hand examination versus evaluation by proxy — Amelia Earhart found or still missing?Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones: A 1941 Analysis versus Modern Quantitative TechniquesEarhart and the French Connection

Jill Meyers is a public speaker, mentor, aerospace engineer and so much more. You can learn more about her and tonight's conversation at: LINKS & SHOW NOTES Official WebsiteLinkedInInstagram SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING 'Katharine Wright Trophy Honors Jill Meyers, Aeronautical Engineer and Pilot''AeroTime names latest Aviation Achievement Award recipient as Jill Meyers' Project Blue Angel TrailerFirst AppearanceChasing EarhartAppearance'Rooted & Unwavering'Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

For years, I’ve been discussing a dream expedition that would bring some of this case's brightest minds together in a collaboration that could rewrite history forever. Sometimes, when you’re investigating a scene like the one unfolding in Buka, you get lucky enough to pull an ace. And boy have we ever got one for you tonight. Dick Spink is one of my very favorite people in all the Earhart story. He’s a real life Indiana Jones - a now retired high school teacher that has spent his time out of the classroom, running investigative trips all over the Marshall Islands. He’s one of the most connected people in this entire story, the face of History’s Lost Evidence, among many others, and one of the loudest voices in the room when it comes to the Japanese Capture Hypothesis. But what you don’t know is, since they originally met in 2018, Dick Spink and Bill Snavely have been talking. We’ve been name dropping his involvement for months. Now, tonight, he makes it Official. This, is Dick Spink. LINKS FacebookTwitterFacebook GroupOfficial Website SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Amelia Earhart Mystery May Have New Clue In Never-Before-Seen Photo YouTube

If you know me, you know how much I adore the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison Kansas. It’s a place that’s special to me for many reasons. Back in 2017, my wife and I brought our production for the Chasing Earhart documentary there, and we were welcomed with open arms. So much so, that we were allowed to shoot over 20 interview segments there over the course of that year’s Amelia Earhart Festival. At the time, the museum was in the shadow of its recently retired director and caretaker Lousie Foudary, for whom tonight’s conversation is lovingly dedicated. Six years later, I have the honor of sitting down with Executive Director for the museum Heather Roesch, who in my opinion, is doing a wonderful job of carrying the legacies of not one woman, but two. Tonight is a conversation 6 years in the making. This is Heather Roesch of the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum. LINKS Official WebsiteFacebookTikTokInstagramSpotify SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Could Earhart be Interred in her Birthplace’s Cellar?Mike Campbell's Blog

You know what’s really wild? You never know when to stop pursuing something. When it seems hopeless - sometimes, you get a hand from a source you never dreamed possible. The following audio is only possible because of the folks over at Pratt & Whitney’s Dependable Engines Association who were kind enough to invite project guest Bill Snavely to discuss the latest discoveries out at Buka - and a mysterious crash site that’s become the center of the Amelia Earhart Investigation. You’ve been asking me for years. Now, in a very special episode of the show, all that was discovered during Buka 2 is finally revealed. This is myself and Bill Snavely in a conversation with Pratt & Whitney’s Dependable Engines Association. LINKS Official Website SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Lost In Flight: Amelia Earhart, Giving Cover as a Decoy for a Spy Plane @ Special Books Tracking Amelia Earhart: Her Flightpath to the EndSpecial BooksRabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred NoonanAmazonYouTubeYouTube

For over 100 episodes of this show, I’ve sat behind my microphone and asked some of the biggest names in the Earhart world for answers to the questions that have been burning in my mind all my life. Never in a million years did I ever think the show could flip the format and pull off what we’re about to do. Tonight, in a very different approach to our show, my good friends Sean Keatts and Bri Kupfer turn the tables and interview me. I said nothing was off limits. What you’re about to hear is something I never imagined would happen on this show. This is me - uncensored. For the most part. Enjoy.

About five years ago, we visited Atchison, Kansas to film segments of our documentary during the Amelia Earhart festival. While we were there, we met two women that would become an integral part of Chasing Earhart project, working with us on events and helping us gain a sense of credibility in the Earhart historical record. While they both prefer to be behind the camera, current events have now pushed them out in front of everyone as the faces for Amelia’s legacy in Atchison and in aviation. On the eve of the grand opening for the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison, they finally sit down with me in a conversation that for this show, is over five years in the making. This is Karen Seaberg and Jacque Pregont. LINKS Chasing EarhartChasing EarhartChasing Earhart SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Official WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterCity commission looks ahead to Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Grand Opening Atchison GlobeInside the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Kansas Runway GirlOfficial WebsiteOfficial WebsiteOfficial WebsiteOfficial Website

One of the reasons I wanted to record these new conversations for the show, is because I’d finally have the chance to speak to some guests that I’d always been a very big fan of. And tonight is certainly no exception. Mike Harris has been investigating the Amelia Earhart case for decades, and his research has laid the foundation for others to further their own. For that reason alone, I’m a big fan and you should be too. After years of doing the show, finally, one of the most celebrated and iconic researchers in the entirety of this case sits down with me to discuss his lifelong desire to prove that Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan, were indeed captured by the Japanese. This is Mike Harris. LINKS Chasing EarhartChasing EarhartChasing Earhart SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING Amelia Earhart: The Lost StarAmelia Earhart's Final FlightBrennan’s “Earhart blindfold”: Real or imaginary? @ Witness to the Execution: The Odyssey of Amelia Earhart Rich Martini's YouTube Channel

A couple of years ago, before we ended this show’s original run, I sat down with Guy Noffsinger, Jim Janicki, and Jeff Riegel of the Lost Clipper Team. The story they told me then, and the one that continues tonight, is utterly amazing. It’s a story that the world may not be ready to accept or believe. Was the crew of the lost Clipper really sent to retrieve Amelia Earhart in exchange for a 3 million dollar ransom? Tonight, Guy and Jim return to the show to tell us what they’ve been up to in the years since, and they’ve brought along a couple more members of their team. Two men whose voices you might never expect to hear on an Amelia Earhart podcast. This is Guy Noffsinger, Jim Janicki, Steve Murphy, and Javier Pena. LINKS Chasing EarhartChasing EarhartChasing EarhartThe Lost ClipperThe Lost ClipperThe Lost ClipperThe Lost ClipperThe Lost Clipper SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING The Mystery of the Lost ClipperThe Hawaii ClipperInvestigation of Aircraft Accident: PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS: BETWEEN GUAM AND MANILA: 1938-07-29 @ ROSA

Several months ago, we returned to the Amelia Earhart festival in Atchison Kansas to celebrate the release of my first book Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan. While I was there, I discovered that Mandy Horvath was also there receiving the Amelia Earhart Pioneer achievement award. We didn’t get to cross paths then; but we have since as part of the rebranding for this show. Lucky for all of you listening, we were able to record it. Get a box of tissues ready. Because what you’re about to hear, is one of the most powerful stories you’ll ever experience. This…..is Mandy Horvath. Show Notes Chasing EarhartChasing EarhartChasing EarhartMandy HorvathMandy HorvathMandy HorvathMandy Horvath's Official WebsiteMandy Horvathhere.here.

Hey folks - I bet you never thought you’d hear this show again. It’s been a while since the podcast ended, but in the last few months, I’ve quietly been working on what I consider to be the next chapter in the evolution of this show. Earlier this year, I began hearing from people that wanted the podcast to continue. At first, I really didn’t feel it. I had walked away and moved onto covering other cases for Vanished alongside my cohost for that show, Jennifer Taylor. But something strange started happening. The itch started to return. At the same time, I started researching new theories in this now 85 year old case…and I soon discovered that if we were going to do this, now would be the perfect time. The podcast has returned in a limited series to once again take up the chase with new theories, new guests and shocking revelations. We’ve also taken the legacy of Amelia Earhart to a whole new level. Tonight, it all begins again. Welcome back to the world’s only dedicated podcast on the life, legacy and disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Show Notes Chasing EarhartChasing EarhartChasing EarhartAmelia Earhart Betrayed

A little over a year ago we stepped away from the Amelia Earhart/Fred Noonan disappearance case forever; having nothing further to add to a project that spanned almost 15 years at the time. But it turns out, we couldn’t stay away for long. Just like you’ll hear time and time again in this case, we got pulled back in as new developments in multiple theories have come to the surface and are ready to be discussed. Tonight, we’re back in a limited engagement with a first for us at Chasing Earhart as our returning show brings us brothers Mike & Robert Ashmore to discuss an alternate version of one of the cornerstone hypotheses’ in this ever-changing case. We’ve been away for a while now, but now we’re back as promised with new developments and interesting turns.

Our journey is over. We created something that I didn’t know that we could. And we did it together. And now as I look back on everything that we accomplished, I can finally move forward into an exciting future. One of hope. One of faith. And one where the skies are the limit. I think Amelia would appreciate that. So, goodbye Amelia & Fred. Wherever you are...

We’ve reached the final time that we’ll be discussing theory on this podcast. It’s been a long road, but we wanted to wrap with fresh faces, new ideas and a twist on this story that you’ll never see coming. If you’re familiar with this podcast or with Vanished Amelia Earhart, you’ve likely heard of the Hawaii Clipper, but you might know its fate. And no one listening would ever know that its fate is tied in with the woman we’ve been discussing for 79 episodes of our show. Tonight, we go out on a bang on this, the “go home” episode of Chasing Earhart, we’re joined by Guy Noffsinger, Jeff Reigel, and Jim Janicki of Expedition 5 to discuss the Lost Clipper and the search to find its 15-member passengers and crew and why that flight was in fact on a rescue mission to bring back none other than Amelia Earhart.