Ep. 212 - The Alaska Triangle

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In Alaska, there is a stretch of 186,000 miles of frozen wilderness with a terrifying reputation. Since 1972, more than 20,000 people have vanished there without a trace. This is the story, of the Alaska Triangle. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Check out our new TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/discover/the-conspirators-podcast Notes: https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/mysteries-of-portlock-alaska-and-the-abandonment-of-the-small-town-in-the-1900s/ https://hwy.co/portlock-alaska/ https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/framing-nantiinaq-alaska-s-best-known-cryptid-homicide-case-debunked/article_ed6facfe-a1f9-11eb-b7fc-0bba856ee2fe.html https://www.historicmysteries.com/portlock-sasquatch/ https://www.way.com/blog/whats-haunting-portlock-alaska-and-more-mysteries/ https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-alaska-triangle-discovery-plus https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alaska-triangle/ https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/alaska-triangle/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/alaska-triangle https://www.thetravel.com/strange-facts-about-the-alaska-triangle/ Music: Music: Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers Podcast.
0:08.1	I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers
0:12.0	in the history of the world.
0:14.0	These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Magellan, Shackleton, Lewis and Clark,
0:18.6	and so many other famous and not so famous adventures from throughout history.
0:23.0	Go to ExplorersPodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app.
0:27.2	That's the Explorers Podcast.
0:31.0	Around the world you can find plenty of abandoned towns and cities.
0:35.0	Places that were once thriving, but, or one reason or another, people decided to leave behind.
0:40.0	There are a lot of reasons this can occur, poverty, famine, disease, natural disasters, just to aim a few.
0:48.0	In 1950, the last resident of the fishing town of Port Locke Alaska finally cleared out and left the place behind.
0:54.0	According to some versions of the tale, the reason the towns people packed their bags and left,
1:00.0	was because something else didn't want them there.
1:04.0	Port Locke is located in Port Chatham Bay along the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula.
1:09.0	The now ghost town takes its name from the British naval captain Nathaniel Port Locke,
1:14.0	who sailed through the area back in 1786.
1:18.0	There remains some doubt whether Captain Port Locke ever actually dropped anchor and set foot on the patch of land that bears his name.
1:25.0	In either case, it probably doesn't matter since most of the local residents tended to call the place Port Chatham anyway.
1:31.0	Chatham's calm bay proved to be ideal for fishing.
1:35.0	By the turn of the 20th century an American company brought a fleet of fishing boats to the area and set up shop.
1:42.0	They established a poor lot cannery in by 1921 the town had grown big enough that they were able to open up a pool hall and a United States post office.
1:51.0	Although on the surface things seemed to be going well for the small fishing village.
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