341: The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Nathan Carman and The Family Murders
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What happened during Nathan Carman's fishing trip with his mother?
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Nathan Carman was found floating on a life raft in the ocean. Boats don't just drop out from under you the way he described it. The lack of things that were done raised questions. The Coast Guard had been combing hundreds of miles of ocean in vain, looking for Nathan Carman and his mother, Linda.
I love my mother. Present tense, I love my mother.
So why are people so suspicious about what exactly happened to Nathan's mother, Linda?
Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly.
Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly. With me, your true crime bestie, Annie Elise, and I'm here to break down a freaking wild and kind of controversial case, actually. Now, this one has been on my radar for several months, and we started researching it weeks and weeks, actually months ago when it first came on our radar. And recently, I saw that a documentary dropped on Netflix, and I love Netflix. No bad blood. I love you guys. I love you, all of you at Netflix. But I will say that sometimes, as I understand, whether it's Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, they are more careful as to what they include in their documentaries or docuseries, whether it's for, you know, for legality issues, time constraints, whatever it may be.
Why did the Coast Guard initially suspect foul play in the case?
And we had started researching this, like I said, a couple of months ago, or, you know, at least a couple of months ago at this point. And there were just so many details that I was kind of like, hmm, you know, like... Why not? Why'd you leave that out? But like, why didn't you explain this more in depth? And I was planning on releasing this episode originally later in December, but I decided to like rapid speed move it up because when I saw that this documentary came out, I was like, no, no, I want people to hear about this now. I want people to hear this full version and the way I tell it now, because like I said, it is pretty controversial and I'm curious what you guys think about it. Because today's case, it's one that has tons of twists and turns that it's honestly going to have you guessing if you didn't watch that documentary.
It's going to have you guessing until the very end. It's one that to this very day has mystery in it despite a thorough investigation surrounding it and countless of theories from both law enforcement. and from the public and the true crime community. And it's rooted in a story about a mother and son who went out fishing together only to be met with tragedy. A tragedy that absolutely would rock the New England area because one of them was rescued while the other was never found. Now this case also involves a very mysterious fatal shooting and a massive, I am talking massive, inheritance. So it's a case that will have you asking the question, was this just a series of tragedies and unfortunate freak accidents?
Or was this something far more nefarious? Now let's talk about who is at the center of this case, Nathan Carman. Nathan Carman was born in 1994 to his parents, Linda and Clark. And his early life really was spent being raised as an only child. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut. It's a city that was once known for being a very busy sailing port turned college town, and it's around 16 miles south of the more well-known city of Connecticut, Hartford. Now, at an early age, Nathan began facing some pretty tricky life challenges.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened during Nathan Carman's fishing trip with his mother?
0:00–2:26
2
Why did the Coast Guard initially suspect foul play in the case?
2:26–5:00
3
What were the circumstances surrounding Nathan's miraculous rescue?
5:00–10:11
4
How did Nathan's family history influence the investigation?
10:11–14:40
5
What evidence linked Nathan to his grandfather's murder?
14:40–18:51
6
What role did financial motives play in the family dynamics?
18:51–23:23
7
How did the investigation unfold after Nathan's arrest?
23:23–29:27
8
What were the final outcomes of Nathan's case?
29:27–1:09:40
Speakers
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