Podcast Episode

He Built an Island… Then Vanished at Sea | The D.P. Davis Mystery

Murder, Mysteries and Conspiracies with Glenn P Clinger III·Glenn Clinger·12 September 2026·19 min

About this episode

He built an island, made a fortune during Florida’s wild real-estate boom—and then vanished without a trace.In 1926, millionaire developer D.P. Davis, the visionary behind Tampa’s famous Davis Islands, boarded the luxury ocean liner Majestic bound for Europe. Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, Davis disappeared through an open porthole.His body was never recovered.Was it a tragic accident during rough seas? Did financial and personal pressures drive him to take his own life? Or could Davis have deliberately disappeared and started over somewhere else?Nearly 100 years later, the islands still bear his name—but what happened to the man who created them remains a mystery.🎙️ Murders, Mysteries, and Conspiracies Created and narrated by Glenn P. Clinger IIIAccident. Suicide. Or the perfect disappearance? You decide.