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  • 103: John Allen Chau

    103: John Allen Chau
    Nov 6 2025
    In November 2018, a young man vanished into the gray sea night, stepping across the forbidden line that separated two worlds.
    His name was John Allen Chau - twenty-six years old, an American with a quiet resolve, a missionary’s conviction burning in his chest. He sailed toward North Sentinel Island - a place sealed off from the modern world, where the Sentinelese have refused all contact for centuries.
    But he wasn’t a tourist. He saw himself as a messenger with a message no one else dared deliver. He carried in his pack a waterproof Bible, gifts, hopes, and a deep certainty that he would either be welcomed or die trying.
    What followed is part tragedy, part mystery. The fisherman who dropped him off
    claimed they saw islanders dragging a body across the sand and a burial at dusk. But exactly what happened in the hours between his arrival and his death - no one knows. His body was never recovered.
    Was he a martyr? A fool? A man haunted by divine urgency? Or someone who crossed the ultimate boundary - between the known and the unknowable - and paid the price?
    Listen as we dive into North Sentinel Island, the case of John Allen Chau, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://www.instagram.com/johnachau/

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/john-chau-christian-missionary-death-sentinelese

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46345231

    https://allnations.international/john-chau

    https://www.alex-perry.com/the-last-days-of-john-allen-chau/

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-john-allen-chau-diary-intl

    https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/john-chaus-death-roils-the-missionary-world

    https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747368557/the-story-behind-john-allen-chau-an-american-missionary-who-was-killed-while-wor

    https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/john-allen-chau-noble-savages/

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-allen-chau

    https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/a-national-geographic-documentary-examines-the-life-and-death-of-john-allen-chau/article67807254.ece

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46336355

    https://sojo.net/articles/john-allen-chau-was-product-missions-marketing-system

    https://abcnews.go.com/International/john-allen-chau-detailed-efforts-convert-islanders-christianity/story?id=59401238
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  • 102: Eloi Rolland: Auckland, New Zealand

    102: Eloi Rolland: Auckland, New Zealand
    Oct 30 2025
    In March 2020, 18 year old Eloi Rolland left his homestay on Auckland’s North Shore just before dawn. He was a French exchange student - curious, soft-spoken, and enchanted by New Zealand’s beauty. That morning he opened Google Maps and searched the word Piha. A remote black-sand beach known for its cliffs, its isolation… and its danger. He caught a bus, then a train. CCTV caught him walking alone as the city woke up. By 9:18am, his phone pinged one final time along Piha Road in Waitakere Ranges - and then… nothing.No more messages. No more movement. No more Eloi. Police scoured the bushland - dense, silent, and endless - but no trace of him was ever found. What happened in the misty hills outside Auckland? Did Eloi wander off the track? Fall off the cliffs? Or was something - or someone - waiting for him there? Listen as we dive into New Zealand, the case of Eloi Rolland, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360759600/parents-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-take-search-south-island https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/124382819/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-friends-and-family-still-have-no-answers-a-year-on?_ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120283016/french-national-eloi-jean-rolland-18-missing-in-auckland https://www.police.govt.nz/missing-persons/listings/eloi-rolland https://www.facebook.com/MISSINGELOIJEANROLLAND/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120409689/french-teen-missing-from-auckland-had-troubled-state-of-mind https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120511116/sister-of-fit-smiley-french-teen-missing-in-auckland-desperate-for-answers https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120860887/chances-of-finding-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-alive-becoming-more-slim https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/family-of-french-teen-eloi-jean-rolland-missing-in-auckland-since-march-reveal-more/5GVRVY5ZNGMZMKKHJGV4YDB3R4/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300097890/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-family-say-theyve-lost-hope-six-months-after-disappearance https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300189370/the-missing-people-of-piha-25-years-six-cases-no-answers https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300201475/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-reportedly-sighted-13km-from-last-known-location https://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/4096164-20240621-disparition-eloi-rolland-nouvelle-zelande-va-declarer-mort-jeune-homme https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/malgre-labsence-de-corps-la-nouvelle-zelande-va-prononcer-le-deces-deloi-rolland-18-ans-disparu-en-2020-24-06-2024-W2572J4WSNHH7F4NG2S7VJ573M.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwbEs-Xku8Y
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  • 101: Jim Sullivan: Santa Rosa, New Mexico

    101: Jim Sullivan: Santa Rosa, New Mexico
    Oct 23 2025
    In 1975, a musician named Jim Sullivan got into his car and left Los Angeles behind. He was heading east, chasing a new beginning - or maybe running from something he couldn’t name.
    He was tall, handsome, magnetic - and his music carried that same restless energy.
    Songs about highways, lost souls, and vanishing into the unknown.
    The kind of lyrics that feel like they’re trying to tell you something… if you’re really listening. Somewhere along that long stretch of desert road, Jim stopped - and from that moment on, no one knows what happened next.
    His story faded into rumor, mystery, and myth - tangled up in the same strange beauty that filled his songs.
    Today, we’re going to follow the same road Jim Sullivan took - the one that led him deep into the desert… and out of the world we know.
    Listen as we dive into New Mexico, the case of Jim Sullivan, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/arts/music/jim-sullivan.html

    https://archive.ph/20190215195820/https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2010/11/10/the-strange-tale-of-jim-sullivans-u-f-o/

    https://ultimateclassicrock.com/missing-ufo-singer-songwriter/

    https://waxidermy.com/jim-sullivan-ufo/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/153yeuj/jim_sullivan_was_an_american_singersongwriter_and/

    https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/searching-for-sullivan/

    https://www.ripleys.com/stories/jim-sullivan

    https://floodmagazine.com/71829/mystery-and-history-the-strange-music-and-stranger-tale-of-jim-sullivan/

    https://lightintheattic.net/products/jim-sullivan?srsltid=AfmBOor1gs0JjBwiuB7MVBI_bdkadqzkjsUnhjMldXJDv9D5AP5a0PJg

    https://therodeomag.com/2019/10/22/the-night-jim-sullivan-disappeared/

    https://vocal.media/fyi/whatever-happened-to-musician-jim-sullivan
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  • 100: Max DeVries: Aruba

    100: Max DeVries: Aruba
    Oct 16 2025
    May 12, 2004 - a day that began like any other for the Devries family. They were on vacation in Aruba, seeking a moment’s peace, maybe a bit of hope, after a great loss. Fourteen year old Max, eager for an adventure, asked to go out on a jet ski with a man they recently befriended.
    By afternoon, that simple request would become the portal to a mystery no one has solved. The man returned - alone. Max did not.
    What’s astonishing is how quickly questions outpaced answers. The man’s story would shift - from jet ski trouble, to a tow gone wrong, to Max slipping away in the waves, to even claiming he was swimming for shore.
    Yet no one was ever charged. Max was declared “lost at sea”.
    What really happened to Max Devries on that Aruban ocean. Was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister? Listen as we dive into Aruba, the case of Max DeVries, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/a-metro-detroit-teen-disappeared-in-aruba-in-2004-his-mom-is-still-fighting-for-answers

    https://maxtothemillions.com/

    https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Never-Seen-Again/0FJCILZ3O8D0LOPN4JLLSENIO6

    https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1h4sw4i/what_really_happened_out_in_the_aruban_ocean_to/

    https://www.shoresofstrength.org/featuredcases/maxdevries

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/62321359000/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qaC8f965qc

    https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/brighton-township/2024/03/12/docuseries-investigates-2004-disappearance-of-brighton-teen-in-aruba-max-devries/72941075007/

    https://www.chipchick.com/2024/12/his-mom-saw-him-ride-off-on-a-jet-ski-in-aruba-with-an-older-man-and-then-he-vanished

    https://thecinemaholic.com/max-devries-found-or-missing-is-he-dead-or-alive/

    https://thecinemaholic.com/max-devries-mom-sister/
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  • 99: Johnny Waterman: Denali, Alaska

    99: Johnny Waterman: Denali, Alaska
    Oct 9 2025
    It was April 1st, 1981, when Johnny Waterman, a 29 year old brilliant climber and haunted soul, set out from the Mountain House deep in the Ruth Glacier of Denali National Park. His goal was the East Buttress of Denali, approached via the northwest fork of the Ruth - an audacious, almost impossible route in the winter.
    He carried remarkably little: a sled, snowshoes, not much food, and wands to mark his route. No tent, no sleeping bag. He told a fellow climber he believed he could manage with minimal gear.
    He was last seen somewhere around 11,000 feet - cutting a straight line through a labyrinth of crevasses and snow chutes.
    Then…. He vanished.
    Listen as we dive into Alaska, the case of Johnny Waterman, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198233700/John-M-Waterman-1952-1981

    https://youtu.be/zyIB180NitE?si=9I0i-IcWpFMI_Mx8

    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shining-brightly-briefly-johnny-waterman-165023821.html

    https://explorersweb.com/shining-brightly-briefly-johnny-waterman-and-his-1978-solo-traverse-of-mount-hunter/

    https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net/2025/06/04/the-strange-and-tragic-lives-and-deaths-of-guy-and-johnny-waterman/

    https://sites.lafayette.edu/raicha/files/2010/08/Waterman.pdf

    https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13198201900/Climbing-Alone-Alaska-Mount-KcKinley

    http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2193010/The-Legendary-incredible-JOHNNY-WATERMAN

    https://uncovered.com/cases/john-waterman

    https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/natural-death/
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  • 98: Rebecca Middleton: Bermuda

    98: Rebecca Middleton: Bermuda
    Oct 2 2025
    Rebecca Middleton was just 17 years old - on the trip of a lifetime with her best friend - when a chance encounter shattered everything. What should have been sun-drenched days of beaches and laughter turned into one of the most brutal and baffling murders the island had ever seen.
    But the horror of Rebecca’s death was only the beginning. What followed was a twisted path of botched investigations, lost evidence, and a justice system that seemed unwilling - or unable - to deliver the truth.
    Nearly three decades later, the scars of that night still linger, raising questions about power, corruption, and the uneasy shadows that hide behind picture perfect beauty.
    Today, we’re stepping into the mystery of Bermuda’s most infamous unsolved crime - where innocence met violence and where justice slipped away into the tide.
    Listen as we dive into Bermuda, the case of Rebecca Middleton, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlHSR0klQtw

    https://www.thestar.com/news/world/rebecca-middleton-remembered-20-years-after-her-murder-in-bermuda/article_11bbafca-eca8-595a-a8b0-efb47b17ba76.html

    https://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160703/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton/

    https://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20111228/middleton-family-still-waiting-for-european-court-appeal/

    https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/F-Miller-v-Yan-Almanzar-et-al-2016-SC-Bda-20-App-4-March-2016.pdf

    https://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20171012/mundy-returns-to-jamaica/

    https://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20180702/in-memory-of-rebecca/

    https://halifax.citynews.ca/2016/06/29/a-timeline-on-rebecca-middleton-murdered-20-years-ago-in-bermuda/

    https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/SC0705_D-Middleton-v-Director-of-Public-Prosecution-2007-SC-Bda-33-Civ-4th-May-2007.pdf

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bermuda-offers-small-compensation-for-canadian-teen-s-murder-1.609450

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4069554/

    https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bermuda_Chief_Justice:_No_new_charges_in_Middleton_murder

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bermuda-authorities-take-another-look-at-middleton-murder/article20396213/
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  • 97: Pamela June Ray: Panama City Beach, Florida

    97: Pamela June Ray: Panama City Beach, Florida
    Sep 25 2025
    It was just before dawn on August 12th, 1992, when thirty-six year old Pamela June Ray pulled into a motel parking lot in Panama City Beach, Florida. Her two young children were asleep in the backseat, unaware their lives were about to change forever. Pamela was seen speaking with a man near the motel pool. She locked the car, left her children inside, and walked away with him into the early morning darkness. Minutes later, someone heard a scream. By the time the sun came up, Pamela was gone - and she has never been seen again. Who was the man she followed? What happened in those missing minutes? And why, more than three decades later, does her disappearance remain one of Florida’s most haunting mysteries? Listen as we dive into Florida, the case of Pamela June Ray, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Listen to this week's podcast recommendation, Weird True Crime https://weirdtruecrime.com/ Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Pamela_June_Ray https://charleyproject.org/case/pamela-june-ray https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/595dffl.html https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19920817&id=z5cFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DTMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477,5214613 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/403157651/ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/bGzESC34VMI https://web.archive.org/web/20150130180756/https://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/20-Year-Mystery-What-Happened-to-Pamela-Ray-165926136.html https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/pamela-ray-disapperance-still-a-mystery-25-years-later/ https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/2019/03/17/unsolved-bay-county-disappearance-of-pamela-ray/5691237007/ https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/pamela-june-ray-no-vacancy https://www.dailycomet.com/story/news/crime/2019/07/06/looking-for-answers-in-pamela-june-rays-1992-disappearance/4743936007/ https://www.newsherald.com/story/special/special-sections/2019/07/17/cold-case-search-for-body-unsuccessful-in-pcb-cold-case/4671252007/ https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/years-ago-this-week-georgia-mother-disappeared-her-children-slept/bHDWApPaVO3tfhZgA3xobO/ https://mysterydelver.com/not-checked-in/ https://websleuths.com/threads/fl-pamela-ray-36-panama-city-aug-1992.74266/ https://vocal.media/criminal/mother-vanishes-while-kids-sleep-in-the-car https://www.middletennesseemysteries.com/article/498/panama-city-florida-pamela-j-ray
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  • 96: Oscar Zeta Acosta: Mazatlán, Mexico

    96: Oscar Zeta Acosta: Mazatlán, Mexico
    Sep 18 2025
    He was a lawyer, an activist, a wild, larger-than-life figure who thrived in chaos. Then, one day in 1974, Oscar Zeta Acosta boarded a boat in Mexico—and vanished. No witnesses. No body. Just whispers of murder, political revenge, or a man bold enough to erase himself. Half a century later, the question still lingers: what really happened to Oscar Zeta Acosta?
    Listen as we dive into the Mazatlán, the case of Oscar Zeta Acosta, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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    Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

    Sources:
    https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-owes-to-oscar-acosta

    https://lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/brown-buffalo-and-chicano-movement-los-angeles

    https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-american-literature/appendix-biographies/F86930D98266E3F0192A417813106CD8

    https://lataco.com/the-rise-and-fall-oscar-zeta-acosta

    https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-marginalization-of-oscar-zeta-acosta/

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/oscar-zeta-acosta

    https://www.brownbuffalofilm.com/

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qB3hkbAjy8SSQJvJUTw6m

    https://www.bluelight.org/community/threads/weirder-than-fiction-the-disappearance-of-oscar-zeta-acosta-a-k-a-dr-gonzo.904262/

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-05-ca-56718-story.html

    https://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/oscar_zeta_acosta.html

    https://colorlines.com/article/watch-new-doc-explores-life-and-disappearance-oscar-zeta-acosta/
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