Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

Josh and Chuck dive into the mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Bierce, the acerbic 19th-century writer best known for his Civil War stories and the classic short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." In December 1913, the 71-year-old journalist vanished without a trace, and historians have been debating what happened to him ever since, with theories ranging from a firing squad execution in Mexico while riding with revolutionary Pancho Villa to suicide at the Grand Canyon to simply disappearing into Texas. The guys explore all the competing accounts and evidence, suggesting that Bierce may have deliberately shrouded his death in mystery—or that it's simply impossible to know the truth because every plausible theory is equally supported by some tantalizing detail.