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Missing in Alaska is a deep dive into the mysterious disappearance of Congressmen Hale Boggs and Nick Begich, whose plane vanished in Alaska in 1972. Despite the largest search in American history, no sign of the men ever surfaced. Officials blamed ice, and a nation consumed with Watergate and Vietnam quickly moved on. Two decades later, a murderer and bomber with mafia ties made a startling claim to the F.B.I.: The plane was bombed. Was he lying? Journalist Jon Walczak, who has investigated the case since 2011, travels from Arizona to the Arctic Circle trying to uncover the truth.
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1Alaska, 1972. Two congressmen vanish on a small plane. They’re never found. In 1995, a mobster tells the F.B.I. the plane was bombed. What happened? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two congressmen vanish in Alaska in 1972. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Battling snow and waves, searchers hunt for the missing plane. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A mysterious assassination letter surfaces. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The pilot’s account of a previous Arctic crash. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A mobster marries the widow of one of the missing men. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A shocking story, as told to investigators in 1994. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A cabbie kills a key player, and investigators dither. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
“Dateline N.B.C.” commissions a secret report. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jon and Paul crisscross the desert, chasing clues. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Through two photos, Jon untangles a mafia web. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One man who heard the bizarre broadcast is alive. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A critical clue leads to an island in Alaska. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The team lands in Alaska and gets to work. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Back in Cordova, the search party buzzes Bob. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An icy ending seems less likely as new details surface. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We locate the first known photos of N1812H. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A new account of the alleged bombing, via a serial killer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A young doctor disappears in New York City on the eve of 9/11. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 2001, Robert Fisher killed his family, blew up their suburban home, and vanished in a remote Arizona forest. Did he die — or escape? Listen here or on the iHeartRadio app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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About 12 miles southwest of Juneau
I looked up information about Scott Day and he was a creepy guy. It’s even creepier how he ended his letters with “Be a good human”!He was definitely not a good human. Psychologically fascinating. 
I wish I could help in the search. It sounds like so much fun exploring. 
Excellent investigative journaling! I know can’t be proved but for me there’s enough probable evidence to convince me that there is a darn good chance that the congressman was blown up. I also wonder if the congressman’s wife knew about it and had something to do with it. 
It makes me think of modern day fracking, and what that does to people and environment. The level of greed some people have is nauseating to me. 
This podcast is excellent. I was born and still live in Tucson, Arizona. I was four years old in 1974. I find this really fascinating 
Excellent episode. I enjoyed listening to the story the pilot wrote. It describes the environment clearly. It also gives a pretty good glimpse at his personality.
Maybe I misheard, but I thought that the last transmission from the missing plane was Southwest about 8 miles from Juneau, Alaska . Couldn’t the plane have gotten through the pass and crashed closer to Juneau, Alaska ?
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