Episode 229 - Free Range Kids: The Remarkable Travels of the Abernathy Boys

In early 1900s Oklahoma, the Abernathy brothers decided they wanted to go see the new governor’s mansion in Santa Fe, NM. 1,300 miles away. On horseback. Alone. They had to ask their dad for permission first - since they were nine and five years old. He said go for it.

Sources

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/19/ultimate-free-range-kids-two-boys-rode-horses-new-york-oklahoma/  By Eliza McGraw

https://www.405magazine.com/the-astounding-adventures-of-the-abernathy-boys/    by M.J. Alexander

Episode 224 - Flight to Nowhere: The Mull Air Mystery

With nothing more than a girlfriend and a flashlight to guide him back, it is not surprising that Peter Gibbs disappeared when he soared his little plane into the dark Scottish night. That was mystery enough, but then they found his nearly pristine body four months later lying in plain sight on previously searched ground. Where had he gone? Why had he gone? Where was his plane? And how did his body end up on that hillside?

Episode 222 - The Mystery in Room 348

The coroner in Beaumont, Texas said Greg Fleniken has been beaten so badly on September 15, 2010 that his innards were a bloody, ruptured mess. But Room 348 was pristine. No one suspicious had gone in or out of the room the entire night. He had a thousand dollars in his wallet and a cigarette still in his hand. What really happened to Greg Fleniken?