The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller


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Feb 04 2025 27 mins  

This week, Kate dives into an unsolved mystery, and a rather perplexing one, at that. This one is a great example/reminder of why colonialism is bad. When Michael Rockefeller (yes, of THE Rockefeller Family) disappeared during an expedition in the Asmat region of southwestern Dutch New Guinea (now South Papua), no one knew what had happened to him.
There's a few theories. Some are simple, and some are sinister.

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