Episode #173 | 04.30.24
Garth Brooks: Earthquakes, Internet Rumors, and Missing Persons
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In this episode
Garth Brooks has more albums that have sold over 10 million copies than any other artist in history. He cut one of the biggest record deals in history – bigger than Madonna or Prince, a deal matched at the time only by Michael Jackson. His live shows are just as big, like when he triggered an actual earthquake in Baton Rouge. But it was along Garth Brooks’ seismic tour route that online detectives began to suss out a rumor…a rumor tying together the cities in which Garth Brooks performed and missing persons cases. A rumor that left some people asking, “Where are the bodies, G?”
Sources
The Garth Factor: The Career Behind Country’s Big Boom, by Patsi Bale Cox
Garth Brooks 1989 interview on Crook & Chase
Garth Brooks: Ropin' the Whirlwind (Rolling Stone)
Seismograph records earthquake in Tiger Stadium during Garth Brooks concert (WAFB)
Tom Segura and Garth Brooks Compilation (YMH)
Tom Segura VS Garth Brooks (2 Bears, 1 Cave)
Garth Brooks Comment Section Explained (YMH Studios)
Garth Brooks Missing Persons Connection (BarthGrooks)
Tom Segura Issues Warning To Garth Brooks After LSU Visit: “I Know What You Did Here… Charges Are Coming” (Whiskey Riff)
Party Off, Garth: The Short Life And Long Death Of Chris Gaines (Stereogum)
The Untold Truth Of Chris Gaines (Grunge)
Woman missing after concert located (KSDK)
Tulsa Police Hope Public Can Help Find Missing Man (News on 6)
Family searches for missing teen (WGRZ)
Earl Jake Johnson Jr. (LA Repository for Unidentified & Missing People)
Remains found identified as Wichita man missing since 2015 (KAKE)
SEE THE LIST: 37 People Missing from Worcester County (This Week in Worcester)
Grand Rapids, MI Area Missing Persons (SpotCrime)
Badri BHATTARAI (Edmonton Police)
Timothy Scott Strand (Minnesota Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse)
Ahmed Kafer Esmael Mohamedomerd (An Garda Síochána)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Zeth Lundy.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak