Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Wives and Knives a true crime podcast with your hosts Dani & Kelly.

Hello everyone, hope you are keeping safe & well out there. D&K 🖤 xxx

This week Kelly covers the case of Ben McDaniel who disappeared whilst cave diving. 30-year-old Ben was last seen in Vortex Springs, Florida on August 18, 2010.

 

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Sources

https://youtu.be/tjivfoL0ygk

https://www.memorialparkfuneralandcemetery.com/obituaries/Ben-McDaniel-32960/

https://www.climbing.com/news/paul-andrew-mcdaniel-1984-2008/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/98uqea/ben_mcdaniel_a_scuba_diver_went_missing_from_an/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/cn08wk/to_those_who_have_been_following_the_ben_mcdaniel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_McDaniel

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjdysDD6rjyAhUNilwKHWNzA00QwqsBegQIDRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfswAvJ-L9qE&usg=AOvVaw0PwcY04RCfxXe8OhLhVE6O

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjdysDD6rjyAhUNilwKHWNzA00QFnoECDgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt2293569%2F&usg=AOvVaw1axqZT1FsuyCqGu_935o8z

https://www.leisurepro.com/blog/scuba-diving-stories-news/happened-ben-mcdaniel-unanswered-questions/

https://morbidology.com/the-missing-diver/

https://www.sinisterhood.com/

Discovery Channel show “Disappeared,”

“Ben’s Vortex". Jill Heinerth, and her husband, Robert McClellan.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-commercial-appeal/20120219/281621007250440

https://www.intotheplanet.com/ben-mcdaniel-cold-case-missing-person-scuba-diver-who-went-cave-diving-and-never-returned-episode-29/

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiQo7XS7LjyAhUlnVwKHeZFBv8QwqsBegQIChAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dqs5t6zjLG0A&usg=AOvVaw3sCmhjp_5_exk9n_uCQ7jB

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiQo7XS7LjyAhUlnVwKHeZFBv8QwqsBegQIDhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUPDivers.fl%2Fvideos%2Fvortex-spring-25-april-2021%2F297888781839527%2F&usg=AOvVaw2-gfzKuNKwkCduD_EmWSwt

https://www.submergedscuba.com/shop/c/p/Vortex-Springs-Panama-City-Beach-Trip-April-23-26-2021-x55128026.htm

Investigating Agency

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ben McDaniel please contact the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 547-3681.