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115. MYSTERY: The Disappearance of Don Lewis

Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery
Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery
Episode • Jan 14, 2022 • 45m

In March 2020, Netflix’s Tiger King revived the mystery of a man who’d disappeared from Florida in 1997—Don Lewis, Carole Baskin’s second husband. Did Don run away? Was he murdered? Did Carole feed him to her tigers? It’s Florida. You never know. 

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Sources: 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/don-lewis-carole-baskin-husband

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Don_Lewis

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1909003/carole-baskins-husband-was-strangled-with-cord-in-plane/

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tiger-king-carole-baskin-support-dead-husband-don-lewis-found-alive

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiger-king-mystery-carole-baskin-husband-don-lewis-48-hours-suspicion/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-lewis-the-missing-millionaire-the-tiger-king-mystery-48-hours/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carole-baskin-husband-don-lewis-missing-millionaire-tiger-king-mystery-48-hours/

Carole’s online diary (youtube): https://www.youtube.com/user/CaroleBaskin

Carole’s online diary (podcast): https://carolebaskin.podbean.com/ 


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