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Unexplained Disappearances
In this episode of The Reference Desk, Katie is bewitched by unexplained disappearances.
Each year, nearly 90,000 people are listed as missing in America. People of color and Indigenous women make up a large percentage of missing people, despite accounting for smaller percentages of the population. No one group is immune from disappearances, but statistically, BIPOC people are more likely to remain missing. In this week’s show, Katie tells us about some of the unexplained disappearances that have been on her mind.
· The mysterious disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley, who vanished from a Royal Caribbean ship in 1998.
· The search for Daniel Robinson, a hydrogeologist who vanished in the desert of Arizona in June 2021.
· A look at how the reaction and media coverage of Daniel Robinson’s case varied so greatly from that of Gabby Petito.
· The strange disappearance of world-famous mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926, which sparked the largest search operation in British history up until that point.
· Where Agatha turned up eleven days after abandoning her car near a chalk pit.
· The disappearance and believed murder of Faith Lindsey, a Chickasaw woman from Oklahoma
· The difficulties in charging Lindsey’s alleged killer and how it is indicative of a larger problem in prosecuting crimes on indigenous land.
· An overview of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis in the U.S. and Canada.
· The strange disappearance of Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man who vanished from his sister’s porch in 1763.
· The tale of the ghost ship Mary Celeste found sailing erratically with no people aboard days after departing New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his family, and a crew of men.
· The seemingly-supernatural disappearance of British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst in 1809.
This week's recommendations
Currently reading:
Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Dear Librarian by Lydia M. Sigwarth and Romina Galotta
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (advanced copy)
Non-fiction:
Missing 411 series by David Paulides
True Crime Addict by James Renner
Say Her Name film produced by The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Somebody’s Daughter film directed by Rain
Fiction:
From the Shadows by Juan Jose Mililas
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Links:
For all our sources, resources to on MMIW, and links to all our recommended reading, visit https://thereferencedeskpod.com
Support the show on Patreon!
Help find Daniel Robinson https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com
Help find Amy Lynn Bradley https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/amy-lynn-bradley
If you have information about the murder of Faith Lindsey, email: [email protected]
Urban Indian Health Institute’s Report on MMIW: https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): https://namus.nij.ojp.gov
Support the show
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By The Reference DeskIn this episode of The Reference Desk, Katie is bewitched by unexplained disappearances.
Each year, nearly 90,000 people are listed as missing in America. People of color and Indigenous women make up a large percentage of missing people, despite accounting for smaller percentages of the population. No one group is immune from disappearances, but statistically, BIPOC people are more likely to remain missing. In this week’s show, Katie tells us about some of the unexplained disappearances that have been on her mind.
· The mysterious disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley, who vanished from a Royal Caribbean ship in 1998.
· The search for Daniel Robinson, a hydrogeologist who vanished in the desert of Arizona in June 2021.
· A look at how the reaction and media coverage of Daniel Robinson’s case varied so greatly from that of Gabby Petito.
· The strange disappearance of world-famous mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926, which sparked the largest search operation in British history up until that point.
· Where Agatha turned up eleven days after abandoning her car near a chalk pit.
· The disappearance and believed murder of Faith Lindsey, a Chickasaw woman from Oklahoma
· The difficulties in charging Lindsey’s alleged killer and how it is indicative of a larger problem in prosecuting crimes on indigenous land.
· An overview of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis in the U.S. and Canada.
· The strange disappearance of Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man who vanished from his sister’s porch in 1763.
· The tale of the ghost ship Mary Celeste found sailing erratically with no people aboard days after departing New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his family, and a crew of men.
· The seemingly-supernatural disappearance of British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst in 1809.
This week's recommendations
Currently reading:
Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Dear Librarian by Lydia M. Sigwarth and Romina Galotta
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (advanced copy)
Non-fiction:
Missing 411 series by David Paulides
True Crime Addict by James Renner
Say Her Name film produced by The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Somebody’s Daughter film directed by Rain
Fiction:
From the Shadows by Juan Jose Mililas
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Links:
For all our sources, resources to on MMIW, and links to all our recommended reading, visit https://thereferencedeskpod.com
Support the show on Patreon!
Help find Daniel Robinson https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com
Help find Amy Lynn Bradley https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/amy-lynn-bradley
If you have information about the murder of Faith Lindsey, email: [email protected]
Urban Indian Health Institute’s Report on MMIW: https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): https://namus.nij.ojp.gov
Support the show