Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-04-11
Books mentioned on Interview: Up and Vanished Weekly, with Maggie Freleng
Alien abductions. Unexplained disappearances.
Maggie Freleng discussed Oblivion by Harry J. Maihafer and Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Oblivion
Discussed“fast forward in 1996, a book comes out called Oblivion, and it cites a CIA operative as its source who claims that Richard Cox did work in the intelligence field in Europe during the Cold War.”
Where to get it
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Playing Dead
Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood explores the phenomenon of pseudocide and the realities of faking one's death.
Discussed“years ago, I interviewed this woman, Elizabeth Greenwood, and she wrote a book about faking your own death cuz she was like, 'I need to know if this is possible.' We we did. We talked to her as well, didn't we, Matt? What was the book called? Oh, Ben's a big fan of it. I think it's called Playing Dead.”
Where to get it
