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He was 23 years old, the privileged son of New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, seven months into the adventure of a lifetime that had transformed him from clean-cut student to bearded...
Jan 6, 2022 · Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of prominent political figure Nelson Rockefeller, went into the jungle of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961 and never returned. Here's the story.
The son of one of America's wealthiest families disappeared off the island of New Guinea in 1961. Writer Carl Hoffman explains how he thinks Rockefeller died and why the truth was kept hidden.
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- Rockefeller’s First Expedition to New Guinea
- Michael Rockefeller Returns to Study The Asmat — and Disappears
- The Rockefeller Cold Case Is Reopened
- How Michael Rockefeller Died at The Hands of Cannibals
- Burying The Secret of Michael Rockefeller’s Death
Michael Clark Rockefeller was born in 1938. He was the youngest son of New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and the newest member of a dynasty of millionaires founded by his famous great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller — one of the richest peoplewho ever lived. Though his father expected him to follow in his footsteps and help manage the family’s ...
By the 1960s, Dutch colonial authorities and missionaries had already been on the island for almost a decade, but many Asmat people had never seen a white man. With severely limited contact with the outside world, the Asmat believed the land beyond their island to be inhabited by spirits, and when white people came from across the sea, they saw the...
Michael Rockefeller set out once again for New Guinea in 1961, this time accompanied by René Wassing, a government anthropologist. As their boat approached Otsjanep on November 19, 1961, a sudden squall churned the water and riled crosscurrents. The boat capsized, leaving Michael and Wassing clinging to the overturned hull. Though they were 12 mile...
In 2014, Carl Hoffman, a reporter for National Geographic, revealed in his book Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Artthat many of the Netherlands’ inquiries into the matter resulted in evidence that the Asmat killed Michael. Two Dutch missionaries on the island, both of whom had li...
When Carl Hoffman decided to investigate these 50-year-old claims about Michael Rockefeller’s death, he started by traveling to Otsjanep. There, posing as a journalist documenting the culture of the Asmat people, his interpreter overheard a man telling another member of the tribe not to discuss the American tourist who had died there. When the inte...
It wasn’t long before the village of Otsjanep came to regret the decision. The search that followed the murder of Michael Rockefeller was terrifying to the Asmat people, most of whom had never seen a plane or helicopter before. Directly following this event, the region was also plagued by a horrible cholera epidemic that many saw as revenge for the...
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Mar 18, 2014 · The son of one of America's wealthiest families disappeared off the island of New Guinea in 1961. Writer Carl Hoffman explains how he thinks Rockefeller died and why the truth was kept hidden.
Apr 6, 2014 · It was big news back in late 1961 when Michael Rockefeller vanished off the coast of New Guinea. The young man with the famous name was never found. But now, after more than 50 years, Jim...
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Oct 28, 2014 · Now was everything to a twenty-three-year-old. Plus, he was a Rockefeller. Sometimes it was a burden, sometimes a gift, but it defined him, even when he didn't want it to.
