<i>"That's when we found out our suicide victim was alive. It looks like he placed the body in the trailer to cover his disappearance."</i><br /><br />Early on the morning of 3 February 1994, authorities responded to a fire at a campground roughly thirty miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada. There, they discovered that a trailer had been set on fire, and the trailer's occupant - a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps named Arthur Bennett - had seemingly perished in the flames.<br /><br />Years later, however, an arrest in southwestern Utah would cast doubt on the original assumption, when a man named "Joseph Benson" was arrested...<br /><br /><br /><br />Research, writing, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan<br /><br />Music composed and created by Micheal Whelan<br /><br />Additional music includes "Unresolved Mysteries" by Ailsa Traves (podcast theme song, end credits)<br /><br />Learn more about this podcast at <b><a href="http://unresolved.me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://unresolved.me</a></b><br /><br />If you would like to support this podcast, consider heading to <b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod</a> </b>to become a Patron or Producer<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support</a>.

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

"Joseph Benson"

APR 1, 202430 MIN
Unresolved

"Joseph Benson"

APR 1, 202430 MIN

Description

<i>"That's when we found out our suicide victim was alive. It looks like he placed the body in the trailer to cover his disappearance."</i><br /><br />Early on the morning of 3 February 1994, authorities responded to a fire at a campground roughly thirty miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada. There, they discovered that a trailer had been set on fire, and the trailer's occupant - a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps named Arthur Bennett - had seemingly perished in the flames.<br /><br />Years later, however, an arrest in southwestern Utah would cast doubt on the original assumption, when a man named "Joseph Benson" was arrested...<br /><br /><br /><br />Research, writing, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan<br /><br />Music composed and created by Micheal Whelan<br /><br />Additional music includes "Unresolved Mysteries" by Ailsa Traves (podcast theme song, end credits)<br /><br />Learn more about this podcast at <b><a href="http://unresolved.me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://unresolved.me</a></b><br /><br />If you would like to support this podcast, consider heading to <b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod</a> </b>to become a Patron or Producer<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support</a>.