664 // The Missingest Man - Judge Joseph Force Crater

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater in 1930.

In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance of the missingest man in America - Judge Joseph Force Crater from Manhattan, New York on August 6th, 1930. This episode was researched by Kathleen Studer. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater. https://charleyproject.org/case/joseph-force-crater. www.ancestry.com. www.newspapers.com. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/judge-john-force-crater-disappears-aug-6-1930-226690. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/call-your-office/. https://www.nytimes.com/1960/08/07/archives/case-no-13595-its-thirty-years-later-theres-plenty-of-data-but.html. https://thepublici.blogspot.com/2017/11/calling-judge-crater-chapter-four.html. Finding Judge Crater: A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York : https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Judge-Crater-Phenomenal-Disappearance/dp/081561134X. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna

Topics covered

• disappearance
• true crime
• historical mystery
• judicial history
• New York history

Keywords

• Judge Joseph Force Crater
• disappearance
• true crime
• Crawlspace Media
• Manhattan

Sponsors

Quince, Mint Mobile

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crawlspace Media

Places: Manhattan

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