Episode 339 - A Skull in Coral Sand - The Murders of Mac & Muff Graham

In August 1974, on the remote Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, experienced sailors Mac and Muff Graham found themselves alone with another couple they had grown to fear. Weeks later, the Grahams vanished without a trace. Then, two months later, their sailboat appeared in Hawaii, freshly painted, renamed, and carrying two people who had no business being aboard.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:Palmyra Digital Archive (palmyraarchive.org)Rusty Epps Interview (archive.org/details/Rusty-Epps-Discussing-Palm…)And The Sea Will Tell - Vincent Bugliosi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Sea_Will_Tell)United States v. Walker (law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/F…)United States v. Stearns (law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/…)Despite Guilty Verdict, Mystery of Palmyra Lingers On (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-12-me-6125…)11-Year Mystery May Be Unraveled (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-08-me-7269…)Last Chapter in Mystery Death of S.D. Couple (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-05-me-1575…)Woman Denies Assisting in Palmyra Island Slaying (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-20-me-9858…)The State: Stearns Case Full of Missing Pieces (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-26-mn-14-s…)Piracy-Murder Trial Ends in Acquittal (upi.com/Archives/1986/03/01/Piracy-murder-tria…)Helter Swelter: Bugliosi for the Defense (washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/01/1…)Ketch 22: Who Killed the Grahams? (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-17-bk-1859…)