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Michele McAloon
What Really Happened To Amelia Earhart?
42 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
Opening And Earhart’s Voice
Introducing Rachel Hardigan And Lost
Why Amelia Still Captivates
Early Life And Restless Upbringing
Risk, Alcohol, And Choosing Noonan
How Earhart Found Flying
Training Gaps And New Tech Limits
Fame, Putnam, And The Business Of Flight
The Final Route And Howland Island
Radio Confusion And Missed Signals
Nikumaroro Expeditions And Clues
Bones, Dogs, And Coconut Crabs
Saipan Stories And Wartime Rumors
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Send us Fan Mail Find Michele at https://www.bookclues.com A voice from the golden age of flight opens the door to one of history’s most enduring mysteries. We sit down with National Geographic writer Rachel Hartigan, author of Lost: Amelia Earhart’s Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life, to trace Earhart’s path from a refined but unstable Midwestern childhood to global fame—and the fateful push toward Howland Island that still puzzles pilots and historians. Across this episode,...