Brett

I'm Brett.

I'm Brett.

And we are the prosecutors. Today on The Prosecutors is the oldest mystery in American history. 117 men, women, and children left England in search of a better life and a new world. Instead, they vanished, leaving behind only a single word, Croatoan. This is the story of the Lost Colony of Robles. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of The Prosecutors.

And we are the prosecutors. Today on The Prosecutors is the oldest mystery in American history. 117 men, women, and children left England in search of a better life and a new world. Instead, they vanished, leaving behind only a single word, Croatoan. This is the story of the Lost Colony of Robles. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of The Prosecutors.

I'm Brett, and I'm joined by my co-host who accidentally colonized Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and most of the modern-day East Coast, Alice.

I'm Brett, and I'm joined by my co-host who accidentally colonized Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and most of the modern-day East Coast, Alice.

They're awesome. They're awesome. And that was from Jackson. I got a lot of great superlatives, so I got to do several. Normally Alice only gets one, but I had the Duchess. I liked that one. I don't know where they came up with that one. That was Sienna.

They're awesome. They're awesome. And that was from Jackson. I got a lot of great superlatives, so I got to do several. Normally Alice only gets one, but I had the Duchess. I liked that one. I don't know where they came up with that one. That was Sienna.

Oh, there you go.

Oh, there you go.

You know, rock came up a lot. So I don't know if they were thinking about Plymouth Rock or what, but it's my rockin' go-getter from Emma. My crazy rockin' from Sophia.

You know, rock came up a lot. So I don't know if they were thinking about Plymouth Rock or what, but it's my rockin' go-getter from Emma. My crazy rockin' from Sophia.

Lillian, she came up with Algonquin wakahachi, which means cryptic tree. Well, that was great because that is a key part of the mystery we're going to talk about today. A cryptic tree with a cryptic message that to this day people are still trying to figure out.

Lillian, she came up with Algonquin wakahachi, which means cryptic tree. Well, that was great because that is a key part of the mystery we're going to talk about today. A cryptic tree with a cryptic message that to this day people are still trying to figure out.

I know some of you may have came here for West Memphis 3, but as we said when we started our journey, our sojourn, our epic voyage, it's as if we're crossing the Atlantic. It would have taken us less time to cross the Atlantic than it has to finish the West Memphis Three Stories. And we said we were going to do some of these other episodes in between.

I know some of you may have came here for West Memphis 3, but as we said when we started our journey, our sojourn, our epic voyage, it's as if we're crossing the Atlantic. It would have taken us less time to cross the Atlantic than it has to finish the West Memphis Three Stories. And we said we were going to do some of these other episodes in between.

And this one, the great kids at Lidditz Elementary, who we've had the honor of joining now four straight years. Is this the fourth year that we did this?

And this one, the great kids at Lidditz Elementary, who we've had the honor of joining now four straight years. Is this the fourth year that we did this?

Shout out to their amazing teacher, Alex, who has been listening to the podcast for a while and is foolish enough to get us involved and yet still hasn't been fired. I think he probably had to have a meeting with the principal after our first episode when we kind of, we might have got a little silly with the name of the town.

Shout out to their amazing teacher, Alex, who has been listening to the podcast for a while and is foolish enough to get us involved and yet still hasn't been fired. I think he probably had to have a meeting with the principal after our first episode when we kind of, we might have got a little silly with the name of the town.