THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious death of lighthouse keeper Ulman Owens in 1931, which remains unsolved and is suspected to be a murder.

In 1931, Ulman Owens, a lighthouse keeper, suffered a sudden, horrible death. The cause of his death is an unsolved mystery. Many people believe he was murdered. Support this podcast⁠⁠⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 06/13/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES - The Mysterious Death of a Lighthouse Keeper : History of the Holland Island Bar Lighthouse FBI Investigation Does Not Solve Mystery In Death of Lighthouse Keeper , Lighthouse Digest, Oct. 2007. For Whom the Bell Tolls , Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (webpage). Ulman Owens , Wikipedia. Somebody Knows: The Unsolved Murder of Jean Long . CBS Radio show, episode, Aug. 17, 1950. ⁠ === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - attributed to G.K. Chesterton. Source unknown. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠ or the Public Domain. === HEY! CONTACT US…

Topics covered

• mystery
• history
• unsolved cases

Keywords

• lighthouse
• murder
• Ulman Owens
• FBI investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Mysterious Death of a Lighthouse Keeper, Somebody Knows: The Unsolved Murder of Jean Long

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