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Episode 1 credits
He Had No Name for 26 Years. Then DNA Found Him. Thank you to every creator whose work helped tell this story.
MUSIC
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): "Greta Sting", "Deliberate Thought", "Lightless Dawn", "Echoes of Time v2", "Sad Trio", "Unanswered Questions", "Despair and Triumph", "Reawakening", "Long Note Four", "At Rest", "Peaceful Desolation".
Opening music: "Fallen (Asper)" by Eugenio Mininni (Mixkit Stock Music Free License).
Sound effects: Mixkit (Mixkit Sound Effects Free License).
PHOTOS AND FOOTAGE
Photos of Bruce McPhail, the 1997 facial approximation by Betty Pat Gatliff and the 1990s aerial: released by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
Satellite flyovers: USGS National Map (public domain); Kenora and the route map: Sentinel-2 cloudless by EOX (CC BY 4.0, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data).
Aerial stills: USGS National Map (public domain).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons and US government sources:
- Halifax River 1 (Florida): Organizedchaos02 at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halifax_River_1_(Florida).jpg
- Palm Coast Sunset: Andyrkellergmail / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm_Coast_Sunset.jpg
- Officer George Pino: PO3 Mark Barney / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Officer_George_Pino,_with_the_Florida_Fish_and_Wildlife_Conservation_Commission,_discusses_the_importance_of_wearing_life_jackets_as_part_of_National_Safe_Boating_Week_in_Miami_May_24,_2013_130524-G-ZK759-585.jpg
- Cro-Magnon man - steps of forensic facial reconstruction: Cicero Moraes / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cro-Magnon_man_-_steps_of_forensic_facial_reconstruction.jpg
- Mladec 1 - Forensic facial approximation process: Cicero Moraes / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mladec_1_-_Forensic_facial_approximation_process.jpg
- Forensic Facial Reconstruction of St. Catherine of Genua: FFR by Cicero Moraes (Arc-Team), 3D data acquisition by Alessandro Bezzi (Arc-Te / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forensic_Facial_Reconstruction_of_St._Catherine_of_Genua.jpg
- NHGRI researcher uses a pipette to remove DNA from a micro test tube: Maggie Bartlett, NHGRI / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NHGRI_researcher_uses_a_pipette_to_remove_DNA_from_a_micro_test_tube.jpg
- DNA sequencing: Linda Bartlett (Photographer) / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_sequencing.jpg
- Kenora ON skyline: P199 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenora_ON_skyline.JPG
- Fort Lauderdale Before Dawn - panoramio: DaSpader / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Lauderdale_Before_Dawn_-_panoramio.jpg
- Florida salt marsh: Bill Lea / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_salt_marsh.jpg
- Winnipeg skyline snowy: Quintin Soloviev / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winnipeg_skyline_snowy.jpg
- A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Flagler Beach Pier - NARA - 7716697: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A1A_Scenic_and_Historic_Coastal_Byway_-_Flagler_Beach_Pier_-_NARA_-_7716697.jpg
- Flagler Beach FL: DXR / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach_FL,_South_view_of_Beach_and_Pier_20160707_1.jpg
- Summer at the Pier (9381771921): See1,Do1,Teach1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summer_at_the_Pier_(9381771921).jpg
- Flagler Beach 2: Morten Haan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach_2.jpg
- Flagler Beach 3: Morten Haan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach_3.jpg
Archival and Creative Commons footage:
- Green winter surf at Flagler Beach, Florida, Feb 2025 incl. waves under the Flagler Beach pier pilings: The Surf Station / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJ_MN4VMLQ
- Driving State Road A1A south from Marineland toward Flagler Beach, Florida: necroslair / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXb0iXirvxQ
- June 1995 camcorder home video, Daytona Beach, Florida: The Real David Pressler DRD Enterprises inc Davie / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqPE7arZ8nE
- 1994 camcorder drive down US-1 through the Florida Keys: The Real David Pressler DRD Enterprises inc Davie / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPZPBow_1Q8
- Intracoastal Waterway vista, Florida: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R7_C3
- Boat factory: Sportsman Boats / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6OOLC47iNM
- Fiberglass boat hull construction inside a boat plant: Sportsman Boats / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPYFv5Noy8
- Drone following a boat on the Intracoastal Waterway: DronEye Solutions / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76kqIBG6SZc
- Marsh birds in Florida wetland: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R4_C2
- Myakka River creek bank, Florida, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R3_C7
- Matanzas Bay: Sunil Govind / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-f8wZVL0f0
- 1999 camcorder video from a 1956 Lone Star cabin cruiser off Fort Lauderdale: The Real David Pressler DRD Enterprises inc Davie / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAeUEJIUpc0
- Aerial footage around The Woodlands, Texas: Aerial Site Services / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlI8R9TpY_M
- 1960s Manitoba home movie by Jack Unger: Manitoba Home Movie Archive (Gimli Film Festival) via Internet Archive (public domain) https://archive.org/details/2020-016-02-shirley-unger
- Drone over Kenora, Ontario, Canada: Dave H / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCyyFmvmGws
- Time-lapse sunrise over downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2022: Sara Mays (Sara) / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ka-H3Avi5Q
- Drone 300 ft over the Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba, spring 2025: Mr Phil / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTquOdGDFA
- Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 4 Oct 1998, driving toward Sunny Isles: Michael Berlin 360° / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhb0K1fcV6s
- Boats in a Florida bay, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R6_C1
- Time-lapse of boat traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2012: BrownChairFilms / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9BAHJc24A
- Drone over Kenora, Ontario, Canada: Dave H / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh2cnGDwao
- Boat traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway at Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2012: MiamiBRoll / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmA_V5BZC4
- Drone over the Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Beach, Florida, 2019: DroneCAM Pro / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWo6TxJqj70
- Florida sunrise, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R20_C5
- Sunlight glittering on a Florida bay, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R6_C10
- Reflections on a Florida creek: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R14_C9
- Drone sunrise over Ormond Beach: MKRZ Creations / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Os8rj4QXw
- Drone over Kenora, Ontario, Canada: Dave H / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0V5bBCt5kY
- Flagler Beach, Florida beach and pier area, 2025 handheld video: Adventure Quencher / YouTube (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdPGO3n1aHo
- Waves lapping a Florida beach, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R27_C8
- A Florida beach, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R31_C1
- Florida sunrise, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R20_C7
- Myakka River, Florida: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R3_C5
- Waves lapping a Florida beach, 2007 video: Ivan Bridgewater / Internet Archive (CC BY 3.0) https://archive.org/details/IMB_SF_R27_C10
Stock footage via Pexels (Pexels License), with thanks to: Ahmed , ArtHouse Studio, Braeson Holland, Cory Clean, Cyrus Photography, Denis Vissarionov, Dillon S, Dmitry Marchenkov, Dominik Zitka, Dziana Hasanbekava, Efrem Efre, Engin Akyurt, Erik Mclean, Francesco Ungaro, Gustavo Fring, Gül Işık, Imeel Bagdisar, Jakub Zerdzicki, James Cheney, Jay Kixs, John Biondo, Jonathan David, Jose Angel Ruiz Olivares, K, Kindel Media, KoolShooters, Kristina Shtern, Lauri Poldre, Logan Voss, Los Muertos Crew, MART PRODUCTION, Marc Espejo, Martina Tomšič, Media Hopper Studio, Mike M, Mikhail Nilov, Mr Pixel, Patrick Jaksic, Pavel Danilyuk, Pawel Hordjewicz, Phillips Vinegar, Pixabay, RDNE Stock project, ROMAN ODINTSOV, Ricky Esquivel, Robin Cwaan, Ron Lach, Ronald Hayward, SHVETS production, Sketch Benjamin, Somogro Bangladesh, Stephen (Why Steve) Jacobs, Stephen Hillman, Taryn Elliott, Thomas Farlow, Tima Miroshnichenko, Tom Fisk, Vincuk Konan, cottonbro studio, paashuu, utopia 36.
Some footage is illustrative and is not from the case.
SOURCES
- https://flaglersheriff.com/cold-case/1997-mcphail/
- https://flaglerlive.com/mcphail-identified/
- https://dnasolves.com/articles/flagler-county-robert-bruce-mcphail/
- https://www.observerlocalnews.com/article/cold
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheriffs-office-identifies-flagler-beach-142250243.html
- https://askflagler.com/fcso-launches-cold-case-unit-to-reexamine-unsolved-crimes/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Pat_Gatliff
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/robert-mcphail-florida-winnipeg-murder-cold-case-1.6941155
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-cold-case-victim-identified-found-floating-intracoastal-waterway
- https://www.namus.nij.ojp.gov/ (case UP3055)
- https://www.doenetwork.org/ (archived Flagler Beach John Doe listing, 1997)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/ (Betty Pat Gatliff profile)
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