Episode 3.29 // The Prime Minister and Poseidon

In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Cheviot Beach. Given he was an avid swimmer it seemed unlikely that he would drown, no matter how rough the seas were. No one actually saw him go under and his body was never found… so the question remains: is it possible the Prime Minister disappeared intentionally?

SOURCES:

• Harold Holt | National Museum of Australia

• Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt Went For A Swim…- Kara Goldfarb - ATI - Feb12, 2018

• How Australia’s PM... Vanished Forever - Ben Westcott, - CNN - 2017

• How Harold Holt was lost - Tom Griffiths - Inside Story - Dec 17, 2017

• The Prime Minister Who Disappeared - Mike Rampton - Mel Magazine - 2022

• Inside the disappearance of Harold Holt - Bridget Judd - ABC News - Oct 31, 2020

• Report by the Commonwealth and Victoria Police on [the] Disappearance of… Harold Holt - Jan 1968

• Point Nepean - The Silent Sands of Cheviot Beach - 1996

• The Prime Minister who Disappeared - Gilbert King - Smithsonian Magazine - Jan 4, 2012

• The Life of Alec Rose - SailUniverse.com

• Orderly Officer Definition · LSData

• Article Claims Belief Growing Holt Killed Himself - Sydney Morning Herald - Nov 14, 2007

• Harold Holt disappearance: 48 years on… - Herald Sun - Brad Watts - December 16, 2015

• Harold Holt: 50 years since Australia's… PM disappeared into the sea - ABC News - Dec 16, 2017

• Coroner rules Holt conspiracy theories 'fanciful' - ABC News - Sep 1, 2005

TRANSCRIPT:

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