In 1988, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, a small nonprofit known by its acronym TIGHAR, began a science-based investigation of the Amelia Earhart disappearance.
In this multi-season series of podcasts, TIGHAR's Ric Gillespie tells the improbable story behind the decades-long investigation that has made international headlines with discoveries that answer aviation history’s greatest riddle – what really happened to Amelia Earhart?
Premiering April 15
A new story prompts an expedition to a new island and an old rumor becomes documented fact.
New information from a wrecked Electra, another previously-unknown document comes to light, and new challenges arise.
Expedition leader Ric Gillespie and veteran team member John Clauss compare perspectives on the 1989 Expedition. Excerpts from the 40 minute Bonus Episode