Jim Sullivan: Santa Rosa, New Mexico
In 1975, a musician named Jim Sullivan got into his car and left Los Angeles behind. He was heading east, chasing a new beginning - or maybe running from something he couldnât name. He was tall, handsome, magnetic - and his music carried that same restless energy. Songs about highways, lost souls, and vanishing into the unknown. The kind of lyrics that feel like theyâre trying to tell you something⊠if youâre really listening. Somewhere along that long stretch of desert road, Jim stopped - and from that moment on, no one knows what happened next. His story faded into rumor, mystery, and myth - tangled up in the same strange beauty that filled his songs. Today, weâre going to follow the same road Jim Sullivan took - the one that led him deep into the desert⊠and out of the world we know. Listen as we dive into New Mexico, the case of Jim Sullivan, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/arts/music/jim-sullivan.html https://archive.ph/20190215195820/https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2010/11/10/the-strange-tale-of-jim-sullivans-u-f-o/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/missing-ufo-singer-songwriter/ https://waxidermy.com/jim-sullivan-ufo/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/153yeuj/jim_sullivan_was_an_american_singersongwriter_and/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/searching-for-sullivan/ https://www.ripleys.com/stories/jim-sullivan https://floodmagazine.com/71829/mystery-and-history-the-strange-music-and-stranger-tale-of-jim-sullivan/ https://lightintheattic.net/products/jim-sullivan?srsltid=AfmBOor1gs0JjBwiuB7MVBI_bdkadqzkjsUnhjMldXJDv9D5AP5a0PJg https://therodeomag.com/2019/10/22/the-night-jim-sullivan-disappeared/ https://vocal.media/fyi/whatever-happened-to-musician-jim-sullivan
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In 1975, a musician named Jim Sullivan got into his car and left Los Angeles behind. He was heading east, chasing a new beginning - or maybe running from something he couldnât name. He was tall, handsome, magnetic - and his music carried that same restless energy. Songs about highways, lost souls, and vanishing into the unknown. The kind of lyrics that feel like theyâre trying to tell you something⊠if youâre really listening. Somewhere along that long stretch of desert road, Jim stopped - and ...