The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan

About this episode

This episode explores the mysterious disappearance of musician Jim Sullivan in the New Mexico desert.

In the lonely New Mexico desert, police discover an abandoned Volkswagen Beetle containing a 12-string guitar, a wallet, clothes, and a box of unsold records. Things a working musician would never willingly leave behind. The car belongs to Jim Sullivan, a talented singer-songwriter who had just made a strange call to his wife saying he’d been pulled over and that she “wouldn’t believe” what happened, before promising to call again from Nashville. He never did. What makes the story unforgettable is that those unsold records were his album called U.F.O. , filled with songs about driving into the desert, leaving his life behind, and encountering something in the sky. In this episode, we dive into the eerie disappearance of a man who may have unknowingly written the soundtrack to his own vanishing. Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

Topics covered

• disappearance
• mystery
• music
• desert
• unsolved cases

Keywords

• Jim Sullivan
• disappearance
• New Mexico
• U.F.O.
• mystery
• singer-songwriter
• Volkswagen Beetle

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: U.F.O.

Places: New Mexico, Nashville

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