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30-year-old Ben McDaniel had been through a lot by the time he reached the age of 30; He had lost his brother, his business and his home. In 2010, Ben was in the middle of a year-long sabbatical when he went scuba diving in a dangerous underwater cave late one afternoon and was never heard from again. It was assumed that Ben had run into trouble and drowned in the cave, but despite numerous searches, Ben's body has never been found.  Did Ben really drown in Vortex Spring? Did he stage his own death so he could run away and start a new life, or was his death the result of foul play?    Sources:  Caterina, D. (2025, May 27). The Deeper You Go. . . - Dellantonio Caterina - medium. Medium. https://medium.com/@dellantonio.caterina/the-deeper-you-go-e5c2c94e85f7 Lovethesepicture. (2012, June 29). Adrenaline Junkies Cave Diving Vortex Spring [Pics, Videos]. lovethesepicture.com. https://lovethesepicture.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/adrenaline-junkies-cave-diving-vortex-spring-37-pics-5-videos/ Battison, J. (2024, September 12). Haunting theory about what happened to diver who jumped into Vortex Spring water and never came back. LADbible. https://www.ladbible.com/community/ben-mcdaniel-vortex-spring-missing-diver-133757-20240912   Join The Dark Oak Discussion: Patreon The Dark Oak Podcast Website Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok Youtube This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Himes and Music by Ryan Creep

In this podcast episode, Joey and Spark discuss their recent activities and future plans. They talk about moving a tiny house, starting fresh with their channel, and their upcoming scuba diving adventure at Vortex Spring. They also discuss their hiking trips, including a planned hike to the Mount Everest base camp. They brainstorm ideas for a new club called the "Venture Seeker Society," and touch on topics like religion and politics. They also share their plans to make money and support their adventure club. The episode concludes with them experiencing technical difficulties during their video call and wrapping up their discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sjshow/message

A man would go missing in one of the strangest ways that to this day, has not been solved. Descending into the water of Vortex Spring, he would never return back up. But when an entire team of world class divers were sent in to look for him, they couldn't find him either. Nothing has ever been recovered to this day. So what happened? Lets discuss that in todays episode! Thank you for watching Roanoke Tales and I Hope you enjoy The Ben McDaniel **DISAPPEARANCE** In An Underwater Cave Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RoanokeTalesPatreon

In August 2010, Ben McDaniel disappeared after diving into an underwater cave system in Florida called Vortex Spring. Rescue divers spent days looking below the surface and concluded that he was no longer in the water. While it's likely that Ben died somewhere within the caves, some think he may still be alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Email us at TrueEnoughNation@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @Enough_True On August 18, 2010, McDaniel went to Vortex Spring for a dive into an underwater cave, fifty-eight feet below the water's surface. After resurfacing, he filled his tanks at the nearby dive shop and spent the afternoon alongside the spring testing equipment and making notes in his dive log. Later in the evening, he began descending again for another dive around 7:30 pm. McDaniel never returned home and has not been heard from again. Show Notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9b04lv/ben_mcdaniel_a_scuba_diver_who_vanished_from_and/ https://disappearedblog.com/ben-mcdaniel/ https://charleyproject.org/case/benjamin-w-mcdaniel https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/parents-of-lost-diver-pin-hopes-for-closure-on-team-of-dogs/1221502/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150720185609/http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/when-a-diver-goes-missing-a-deep-cave-is-scene-of-a-deeper-mystery/1163972 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912080544/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/local-news/deep-mystery-experts-disagree https://reddragon37484675.wixsite.com/sonar-pictures-2/dangerous-caves-part-three https://www.actionnews5.com/story/17463275/family-of-missing-cave-diver-rescinds-reward/ Jill Heinerth (Director) (2012). Ben's Vortex (DVD). Heinerth Productions, Inc. “The Vortex.” Disappeared, Season 5, Episode 11, 19 Mar. 2012. Music: "Underglow" -- Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com "Reported Missing - Dark Ambient Music" -- CO.AG "Cold Case Detective - No One Has The Answer" -- CO.AG "Cold Case Detective - No Description" -- CO.AG "There was a Simple Answer -- Documentary Music" -- CO.AG "Swamp - Atmospheric Soundscape" -- CO.AG Additional sound from: Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/true-enough/support

On August 20, 2010, Ben McDaniel, of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, was reported missing after employees in the dive shop at Vortex Spring, north of Ponce de Leon, Florida, noticed that his pickup truck had remained in the shop's parking lot for the previous two days.www.ccunsolved.com

In August of 2010, a 30-year-old scuba enthusiast from Memphis, Tennessee headed out for a cave dive in Ponce De Leon, Florida, and never returned. After an extensive search in the waters, his body was never found, begging the question: Was this an innocent diving accident? Or something much more sinister? This is the story of Ben McDaniel. BONUS EPISODE patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Scuba.com: https://www.scuba.com/blog/scuba-diving-stories-news/happened-ben-mcdaniel-unanswered-questions/ 2. The Commercial Appeal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/776368583/?terms=paul%20mcdaniel&match=1 3. The Commercial Appeal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/775597268/?terms=patty%20mcdaniel&match=1 4. My Death Space: http://mydeathspace.com/article/2013/03/23/Paul_McDaniel_(22)_died_after_suffering_multiple_strokes 5. Ben's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/commercialappeal/name/ben-mcdaniel-obituary?id=14280163 6. Vortex Spring: https://www.vortexspring.com/ 7. Maple Grove Farm: https://maplegrovefarm.net/celebrations 8. Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/mcdaniel-ben-aug-18-2010-t30585.html 9. ID "Disappeared": https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/disappeared-investigation-discovery-atve-us/the-vortex 10. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85727230/benjamin-wayne-mcdaniel 11. Paul's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/commercialappeal/name/paul-mcdaniel-obituary?id=15263224 12. Lowell's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwfdailynews/name/lowell-kelly-obituary?id=19741320 13. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6bzwl7/theories_on_the_disappearance_of_ben_mcdaniel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BENJAMIN WAYNE MCDANIEL: Ben McDaniel was last seen entering the cave at Vortex Spring on the evening of August 18, 2010 when he was 30 years old. He is a Caucasian male and was 6'1 and weighed around 210 pounds at the time of his disappearance. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black scuba-diving suit, C130 scuba tanks, goggles, yellow fins, a computer dive watch and possibly small round earrings. He was declared legally dead by the state of Florida in 2013. His case is classified as lost or injured missing. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ben McDaniel please contact the Holmes County Sheriff's Office at (850) 547-3681. TIFFANY HEAVEN DANIELS: Tiffany Daniels was last seen on August 12, 2013 in the parking lot at Pensacola State College in Florida where she worked at 5:00 pm. Her gray Toyota 4Runner with the Florida license plate number ECBOR, was found abandoned on August 20. It was parked in the parking lot of Park West at Pensacola Beach. She is a Caucasian female with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was 25 years old at the time of her disappearance and was 5'7 weighing around 135 pounds. Tiffany has tattoos on both feet of plants growing from seeds. She has a brown spot in the iris of her right eye. Her case is classified as endangered missing. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Tiffany Daniels, please contact The Pensacola Police Department at 850-435-1900 SHOUTOUT TO PODCAST LIVE LAUGH MURDER! GO FOLLOW THEM ON INSTAGRAM AT @LIVELAUGHMURDERPODCAST --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cremedelacrimepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cremedelacrimepodcast/support

Jillian's mom managed to find herself in the only bit of quicksand in Virginia (don't worry she's fine) and Haley and Jillian discuss the best ways to free oneself from that predicament. Then Haley takes us into another Floridian tale discussing the disappearance of Ben McDaniel from Vortex Spring. Sources Disappearance of Ben McDaniel, Wikipedia

Wanna relive some claustrophobic nightmares? No? Sorry, because Emma takes us to the depths of Vortex Spring as she tells Shannon about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel. Is Ben stuck in a deep underwater cave? Or is he off in Canada with a hot mountie? Or did something a bit more sinister fall upon him? Was it Florida Man? Come join us this week and don't forget to bring your adventure buddy! Visit our website! Sources: The Mother Source Historic Mysteries Disappeared Blog Reddit thread on theories about Ben's Disappearance The “Missing but not Forgotten” Facebook in Ben's honor

For this weeks episode we cover two very strange missing persons cases that have garnered much speculation. Alanna does a deep dive into a case that involves underwater caves and a very ominous warning sign. If you are claustrophobic, be warned......it's an extremely tight fit. Then, Kelsey covers the story of a holiday with friends that goes terribly wrong, and incudes some weird CCTV footage. Why is the last known video of someone always so eerie?? So check in with your loved ones and share your location; after you have listened to the episode first

In 2010, experienced diver Ben McDaniel's truck was found parked in the lot of dive park Vortex Spring near Ponce de Leon, Florida. Ben was no where to be found and remains missing to this day. Did Ben venture too far into his dangerous dive or did something more sinister happen? Ben's love of the water and diving has some people believing the latter, while police have always leaned more toward the former. Listen as Derric tells the story of 30-year-old Ben McDaniel, and as we discuss what we think could have happened. Sources: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2011/04/17/beyond-the-last-restriction/ Disappeared: The Vortex. Season 5, Episode 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_McDaniel --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/3ammysteryclub/support

S2E7 -- Join us we dive into the mind of the world renowned Edd Sorenson technical cave diver, underwater recovery expert, owner and founder of Cave Adventures & much much more. ————————————————— This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com ————————————————— Buy awesome Merchandise! https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————————— Follow Edd https://www.facebook.com/edd.sorenson/ https://www.facebook.com/divecaveadventurers/ http://www.caveadventurers.com/store/index.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Sorenson Edd Sorenson (born October 17, 1959) is a technical cave diver known for numerous rescues of lost or trapped divers in the underwater caves of Florida particularly in Vortex Spring and Blue Spring State Park. Sorenson began diving in 1995 and within a few years expanded to cave diving. In 1999, he joined International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery (IUCRR) as one of the original members and later founded Cave Adventurers in Marianna, Florida in 2003. Sorenson became a local hero in 2012 after four rescues that year and was featured in the Duracell series Quantum Heroes.[5] For his efforts in 2012, Sorenson was awarded the Diver's Alert Network Hero Award, Heroic Merit Awards and the Instructor Trainer of the Year from the Professional Scuba Association International. Due to his experience with the Vortex Spring cave system, Sorenson was involved in the 2010 search for missing diver Ben McDaniel. After an extensive search Sorenson believed that McDaniel was not trapped in the cave because of lack of evidence and disturbance to the cave commonly seen after a diver passes through. He stated, "The last place I searched was pristine, without a mark that a diver had been there. It would be impossible to go through that restriction without making a mark on the floor or ceiling. He's not in there. In February 2019 Sorenson, along with Mike Young, successfully conducted two body recoveries from Dudú Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. In April 2019 Sorenson successfully rescued Josh Bratchley, a British cave diver who assisted in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave, from Mill Pond Cave in Flynn's Lick, Tennessee. ————————————————— Still Toking With  https://www.facebook.com/TokingwiththeDead/ https://www.instagram.com/stilltokingwith/ http://www.youtube.com/c/THETOKINGDEAD https://www.twitch.tv/stilltokingwith https://www.facebook.com/HellfireRadio666/ Support Still Toking Enterprises https://www.paypal.me/thetokingdead https://www.facebook.com/groups/2658329444181663/?ref=br_rs https://www.facebook.com/groups/stilltokingcomics/ Produced by: The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Instagram.com/TheDorkening Follow Hellfire Entertainment https://www.hellentertainment.com https://www.facebook.com/hellentertainment https://www.instagram.com/hellentertainment666 Find out more at https://still-toking-with.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Triggerwarnung: Diese Folge enthält Verweise auf Gewalt und Selbstmord. Am 20. August 2010 stellten Mitarbeiter des Tauchshops in Vortex Spring, Florida, USA, fest, dass in den letzten zwei Tagen ein Pickup auf dem Parkplatz des Shops geblieben war. Es gehörte Ben McDaniel, einem Mann, der an dieser Stelle regelmäßig getaucht hatte. Zuletzt war er am Abend des 18. August von zwei dieser Angestellten bei einem Tauchgang in einer Höhle 18 Meter unter der Wasseroberfläche gesehen worden.

In an anomaly now known as Ben's Vortex, Ben McDaniel went underwater in 2010 for a night-time cave dive and never returned. Despite the extensive resources spent on finding him, no sign of him was every recovered, and instead... only mystery and loss were left in his wake. Sources: Atlas Obscura Tampa Bay Times Archive Boredom Therapy Wikipedia- Vortex Spring Wikipedia- Disappearance of Ben McDaniel

Ben McDaniel disappeared after being allowed into off-limits diving caves at Vortex Spring by employees at the site. Did the water claim him—or was he actually murdered?

Hey everyone, we’re taking this week off. Since it's January 13, we're re-releasing one of our absolute favorite episodes - the infamous episode 13. This episode covers the unexplained disappearance of cave diver Ben McDaniel and his family's search for answers. But, is that all it covers? It also includes one of the most infamous Sinisterhood stories of all time. After taking a walk down memory lane, you can head over to our Patreon for some bonus content like our minisodes, mixed bags, and Wheel segments where we spin an actual game show wheel to determine what we're going to talk about! We have lots of fun, new weekly content while we're on break so check it out! Thanks so much and keep it creepy. _Sunny Florida. Sand. Surf. Scuba Diving. It sounds like a paradise, but down below the clear waters of Vortex Spring lies a cave so deadly it's kept under lock and key. A diver goes missing. Is he just another tragic case of accidental death or is something more sinister to blame. _

Ben’s Vortex Investigative Documentary Film: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/bensvortex Jill and Robert discuss the renewed interest in the cold case of missing scuba diver Ben McDaniel. Was it an accident? A hoax? Or murder? Almost a decade after he entered Vortex Spring in Florida, there are still amateur sleuths and open source investigations looking into Ben’s disappearance on podcasts, YouTube videos and blogs. 

In Episode 94, Mario talks about another unsolved serial killer, the Volga Maniac who was active in the Volga and Ural regions of Russia in 2012-2013 and may be active again. Chloe covers a confounding missing person case, the disappearance of Ben McDaniel while underwater cave diving in Vortex Springs in 2010.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

August 18, 2010. Vortex Spring, Florida. Thirty year old Ben McDaniel went scuba diving at Vortex Spring. The spring features a cave that has been mapped to a length of over 1600 feet but is said to be longer than that. Ben should not have been in the cave as only divers with the necessary certification can acquire a key to get past the gate, but after he was discovered to be missing an employee admitted to letting him in. Ben did dive in with his equipment but never came out. At least, no one witnessed him leaving. His truck and some of his possessions remained in his truck that was parked in the lot nearby. Rescue attempts were made but as time went on, some began to doubt that Ben was in the cave. Did Ben fool everyone to start over somewhere else? In the two years prior, he had several substantial setbacks. Could he have taken his own life? Could there have been foul play? A real life mystery, Ben McDaniel's disappearance has everyone wondering, where did he really go?Sponsor:FabFitFun.com and use code WHY for $10 off your first seasonal box.

In August of 2010 Ben McDaniel entered the cave at Vortex Spring for a solo, night dive and was never seen again. Did he drown inside the cave? Was it suicide or a tragic accident? Could he have been the victim of foul play or did he stage his disappearance for a chance at a new life? Join Jasmine and Megan as they explore the possibilities of where Ben went. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: http://www.sidelinesleuths.com/sources

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The deadliest diving cave in Florida, locked with a rusted gate, has claimed many lives. So what makes one man's disappearance any different? A missing body. An abandoned life. Did the depths claim Ben McDaniel or did he fake his own death to start a new life? Or, perhaps, it was something even more sinister.

On August 18, 2010 Ben McDaniel enter an underwater cave in Vortex Spring and never came back out. At first, it seems like an accidental drowning, but could there be more to it? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: apexandabyss@gmail.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss https://www.zazzle.com/apexandabyss https://apexandabyss.threadless.com/ ---- Music: Jason Shaw - Running Water Ars Sonor - Efterdyningen Eva Schlegel - Waterfront ---- Special Thanks: Logos by Ski - @logosbyski

On August 18th 2010 Ben McDaniel dove into the cave in Vortex Spring in Ponce de Leon Florida. He was never seen again and after years of searching the cave no diver has ever found his body. Is his body in the cave... or somewhere else?