Enjoy the AD-FREE versions of our latest episodes and our archives right now from anywhere in the world. My special guest tonight is author John Wingate who's here to discuss one fo the most baffling disappearances in Missouri History. https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJohnWingate/ Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio Visit our website: https://www.mysteriousradio.com In 1967, the largest cave search in US history unfolded in historic Hannibal, Missouri, the boyhood home of author Mark Twain. Three modern day Tom Sawyers, with no caving expertise but an abundance of bravado, made Hannibal ground zero for a terrifying calamity that would leave its traumatic mark for half a century. Joel Hoag, his brother Billy, and their friend Craig Dowell vanished after exploring a vast and complex maze cave system that had been exposed by highway construction. Fifty years later, their fate remains the ultimate unsolved mystery. Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices