Exclusive for Podcrashers:
In the world of aviation, there are few people as well-known as Amelia Earhart-- and there are even fewer whose legacies are so inspirational. In this month's Patreon-exclusive layover episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie walks through Amelia's incredible life, how she was primed to make history as the first female to circumnavigate the globe, and the mystery that surrounds one of the final legs of that flight. The many theories surrounding her disappearance are fascinating-- which do you think might be true?Sources consulted for this story:
- Amelia Earhart Museum: Amelia Could Have Been A Doctor
- Amelia Earhart: Biography
- CNN: Amelia Earhart mystery: Photo appears taken 2 years before pilot vanished
- The Guardian: Newly discovered photo reignites Amelia Earhart conspiracy theory
- TIGHAR: Comparing Earhart to the Bones on Nikumaroro
- CBS: Amelia Earhart's legacy lives on in South Florida
- NBC: Credible Amelia Earhart radio signals were ignored as bogus
- Earthly Mission: Meet the World's Largest Land Crab That May Have Eaten Amelia Earhart Alive
- TIGHAR: Earhart’s Around the World Flight Route
- Life: AMELIA EARHART: First Lady of the Sky
- Travel Awaits: Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Opens — How You Can See ‘Twin’ Of Her Famous Plane
- UPI: Amelia Earhart tells of battling fire and fog across Atlantic
- American Experience: Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937
- Reader's Digest: Conspiracy Theories About Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance
- History.com: Tantalizing Theories About the Earhart Disappearance
- National Geographic: Top 3 Theories for Amelia Earhart's Disappearance
- CNN: All the theories of Amelia Earhart’s mystery disappearance
- Time: Amelia Earhart Disappearance Theories
- Smithsonian: The Legend of Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance
Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Podcast Engineers
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
Amelia Earhart. Source: People
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Source: Daily Mail
Photo widely claimed to be of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan; it was eventually debunked. Source: CNN
