Episode 51: Murder at the South Pole: The Strange Case of Rodney Marks

Today we are zipping up our parkas and donning our snowshoes as we trek out to the South Pole and a remote observatory where an Australian Astrophysicist mysteriously dies leaving behind a suspicious doctor, a new fiancee, and three countries bickering over what happened and who is covering what up. Today on The Odder we are talking about Rodney Marks and the strange circumstances surrounding his death. Was it a murder? A suicide? An accident? Prepare yourself for some frigid detective work and Let’s go!

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Hello and welcome to The Odder Podcast. I’m your host Madison Paige and today we are zipping up our parkas and donning our snowshoes as we trek out to the South Pole and a remote observatory where an Australian Astrophysicist mysteriously dies leaving behind a suspicious doctor, a new fiancee, and three countries bickering over what happened and who is covering what up. Today on The Odder we are talking about Rodney Marks and the strange circumstances surrounding his death. Was it a murder? A suicide? An accident? Prepare yourself for some frigid detective work and Let’s go!
Hello my Odders, how is everyone doing today? Did we all have a pleasant time in Point Pleasant Virginia with our good friend the Mothman last episode? Did anybody happen to have any fresh sightings of him? If you really enjoyed it or if you didn’t, please leave a rating and review, they really do help! For the returning listeners, welcome back, for the new listeners, welcome welcome to The Odder podcast where we are a trail mix of all things unknown, unsolved, and just plain odd. If you have an idea for an episode you think would be fun, good news! I do listener requests so if you want your own personalized episode, you can send me an email at theodderpod@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you and know what you want to hear from me! We have a really interesting episode for you today. Honestly, it sounds like it came straight out of the books, like an Agatha Christie novel. But before we get too far into that, I thought we’d do something we haven’t done for a bit. That’s right, it’s time for an Oddee Update regarding some info from previous episodes
In Episode 3, we talked about 37 year old Anthony Robinson, otherwise known as the Shopping Cart Killer. Robinson left the bodies of his victims to be found in or near shopping carts placed in wooded areas. Robinson was arrested on November 23, 2021 and charged with first-degree murder. He has been implicated in the deaths of Tonita Smith, Stephanie Harrison, Cheyenne Brown, Sonya Champ and Allene “Beth” Redmon. Since the release of that episode, Robinson has also been associated with the death of a sixth woman named Skye Allen who was Robinson’s fiancee when she suddenly passed away in 2018 under alleged natural causes. Investigations have opened up into her cause of death in light of events. Currently Robinson is only facing charges for the deaths of Redmon and Smith and the first of his two trials is due to begin on September 23rd of this year. The families of his other victims continue to fight for the justice they deserve and to face their loved ones' killer in court.
In Episode 29, we talked about Herb Baumeister also known as the I-70 strangler. Herb was known for inviting his victims back to his home where he would strangle them, sometimes at a pool surrounded by mannequins, before burning and scattering their remains over his property at Fox Hollow Farms. His habits didn’t come to light until his wife filed for a divorce and reported an incident in which her son had found a skull on the property to the police. Over 10,000 human remains were found and police have been working tirelessly to try and identify as many of Herb’s victims as they could. In late 2022, a nationwide request for families of men who had gone missing in the Indianapolis area in the 80’s and 90’s to submit their DNA samples for testing went out. This method led first to the identification of Allen Livingston in 2023 and in January of 2024 another victim finally has his name back as police have identified Manuel Resendez. Resendez went missing in August of 1993. We can only wish the police more success as they continue investigating the remains and bringing closure to the families of the victims. Anyone who suspects their loved ones may have been one of Baumeister’s victims can contact the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office at (317) 770-4415 to provide a DNA sample for testing.
Finally, in Episode 18, we talked about books bound in human skin. In that episode we mentioned Dr. Ludovic Bouland who bound a book using the body of a woman who died from a stroke in a mental asylum. The book has been housed at Harvard University’s Houghton Library since 1934 but in March of 2024, Harvard has announced it will be removing the human skin from the binding of the book. The skin that was used to bind the book was taken without the woman's consent and has been a point of contention as the book has been available for check out without restriction and has often been used in hazing rituals on the campus. This decision comes following a 10 year protest from several sources and an open letter from Paul Needham, a prominent scholar of early modern books. “I requested they should have the human skin respectfully removed and given a decent burial," stated Needham. Anne-Marie Eze, an associate librarian at Houghton Library confirmed that the skin has been removed from the book binding and the school is in talks with officials about the most appropriate and respectful way to lay the remains to rest.
Well that's all for the Oddee Update. As more things come out or develop with various cases, I’ll come back from time to time with another one. In the meantime, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
Humans are an exceptionally hardy species. Since walking our happy asses over the land bridge as pangea pulled itself apart, we have made considerable efforts to push into and inhabit all corners of the earth. Even areas where we are not necessarily equipped to survive, we dig our feet in and find a way. Even in places as uninhabitable as the South Pole.
Prior to its discovery in 1820, nobody had ever even laid eyes on what became known as the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on earth. Antarctica has no native population of humans and never has housed any indigenous life. Aside from the penguins and seals who call this place a rest stop, however, humans have managed to invade. At least part time that is. 5,000 scientists and researchers live in Antarctica during the summer months which range from October to April. The south pole also gets a visit from 45,000 Antarctic tourists on expedition cruise ships. In the winter months when tourist trips stop, the number of inhabitants drops to only about 1,000 scientific staff.
So where do these scientists live? Thankfully, they can inhabit one of 66 scientific stations scattered across Antarctica, all of which serve as national research bases. These stations can support a workforce of varying degrees from 1,300 to as few as six. The majority of scientists and support staff living in Antarctica are contracted to stay for short term time frames of 3-6 months, although some will stay for as long as 15 months which will translate to two summers and one winter stint on the continent. At one point, researchers could stay in Antarctica for three summers and two winters; however , that's not common practice nowadays due to the strain on living in the isolation that Antarctica demands.
In order to get to and from scientific stations, travel must be done during summer, as the winter brings widespread sea ice, high winds and poor visibility, meaning leaving your post is easier said than done. In fact the winter can be so daunting, that half of the Antarctic scientific stations close down during this time. In addition to the scientists and researchers, Antarctic guides spend many months living in or near the south pole.
So what are all these scientists and researchers doing in the south pole? The work being done in Antarctica is actually wide and varied. Disciplines cover a wide range of topics such as astronomy, atmospheric sciences, biology, earth science, environmental science, geology, glaciology, marine biology, oceanography, and geophysics.
Now, you may have heard all these things I have described and think of the Antarctic as a researcher's paradise where you look through a telescope and then high five a penguin but the reality can be much much worse.
Researchers in Antarctica have to learn to adjust to extreme conditions. The average temperature hovers around 14 degrees Fahrenheit but can get as cold as -112. While it may have two seasons, summer and winter, these are not what you would expect. During the summer season, the sun never sets and in the winter, it never rises. Each of these time spans last for a total of 6 months. Meaning six months of constant day or constant night. There is no flora and food has to be either grown indoors or shipped in and stored. While there's no need to be concerned about polar bears, violence and death are not unheard of on Antarctica.
Accidents due to terrain and weather are always a possibility. In 1965, Three scientists were riding a Muskeg tractor across the tundra when the vehicle suddenly plunged into a crevasse, which is a deep crack in a glacier. The fall killed everyone on board. In 1980, Casey Jones, a cook at the Amundsen-Scott Station died while attempting to clear snow from a shaft in a fan room when the packed snow collapsed and crushed him. And while you may be safe from polar bears at the south pole, the wildlife that does inhabit the waters can turn on the people staying there. Take for instance, Kirsty Brown, a British biologist, who in 2003 was killed when she was attacked and drowned by a leopard seal while snorkeling in Antarctica. This is not the only recorded instances of leopard seal attacks in the South Pole with Thomas Orde-Lees, a member of the 1914–1917 trans-antarctic expedition being chased across sea ice by one after being separated from his party until the animal was shot and killed and another instance in 1985 when Scottish explorer Gareth Wood was attacked and bitten twice in the leg by a leopard seal before it attempted to drag him into the water. A companion of Woods saved his life by stamping on the animal's head until it released him. Today there are many safety protocols and specialized equipment used when the possibility of a leopard seal encounter is predicted.
Nature is not the only threat, as you also have to contend with your fellow researchers. In 1959, a scientist at Russia’s Vostok Station is claimed to have snapped following the loss of a chess game and murdered his opponent with an ax. While this story is unconfirmed, Chess was supposedly banned from Russian Antarctic bases after. In October of 2018, at the Bellingshausen Station, a russian researcher stabbed a coworker following an emotional breakdown. The victim survived the incident.
The drive behind these sudden acts of violence are often blamed on Antarctica herself. Scientists living there are forced to share cramped quarters with the same group of people for months at a time. Meaning your annoying coworker never goes away. Contact with the outside world is also extremely limited, and the ability to get out and see the outside is entirely dependent on the weather.
In fact, the isolation in Antarctica is so severe that space agencies conduct studies there in order to simulate what a long term space mission will be like. Researchers not only deal with social and natural difficulties but also boredom and claustrophobia which is enough to impact even the hardiest of scientists.
That said, you may think “well at least you know your attacker there. At least you know the threat”
But what if you don’t? What if something happened to you on a remote base with nobody in and nobody out and yet nobody knows who did it? What happens when the legal system surrounding you isn't clear and the doctors who are supposed to be helping you, vanish off the face of the earth?
What happens when you become an unsolved murder on the South Pole?
This brings us to the story of Rodney Marks and what happened to him at the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory in May of 2000.
Rodney David Marks was born on March 13th, 1968 in Geelong, Victoria in Australia. He would first attend the University of Melbourne before getting his PhD from The University of New South Wales and becoming an astrophysicist. Marks’ first stint in Antarctica happened when he wintered from 1997 to 1998 while working for the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica or CARA’s South Pole Infrared Explorer Project.
Side note, because this kept tripping me up so just so just so you know as we go forward: When you hear anyone mention Antarctica, they are talking about the South Pole, when you hear anyone mention the Arctic, they are talking about the North Pole. Ok? South Pole = Antarctica, North Pole = The Arctic.
The More You Know!
Anyway, Marks apparently loved his time spent as part of the project. In fact, Dr. Chris Martin, one of the researchers who worked with him during it stated that quote “Rodney liked it so much he wanted to go back again”.
And go back he did, Marks signed up for a 1999 to 2000 winter with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory working specifically on the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory which was a research project for the University of Chicago at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Now that's a lot of big words so let me break it down as best I can in layman. The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observator or AST/RO is a off-axis telescope used for the research into astronomy and aeronomy between the years of 1994 and 2005. It was used to carry out the first survey of the Southern Galactic Plane, high latitude clouds, and the Magellanic Clouds in the emission lines of neutral atomic carbon. It seems to have been mainly used to study clouds but also made some interesting observations about the state of gasses in the milky way.
Now I apologize if any of my listeners are the AST/RO’s #1 fan and I didn’t give it the proper justice but I am also a layman and I did my best.
Basically, Marks was working at this big telescope in antarctica.
His job specifically involved collecting data from the telescope and using it to improve viewing conditions at the south pole. As Antarctica is considered one of the best places on earth to study space, his job was seen as extremely important to help improve observations made by astronomers.
Marks enjoyed his work and he was well liked by his colleagues. His bohemian style and friendly personality made him well known around base. He was noted to have a dry wit which could sometimes rub others the wrong way but this was quickly smoothed over by his considerate nature and special ability to make amends in a meaningful way. He was noted to go out of his way to say or do something kind for someone struggling or having a hard time. He made friends on base, including the only other Australian Darryn Schnieder, and was lucky enough to be able to winter with his Fiancee Sonja Wolter who was a maintenance specialist at the station.
From what we can gather about Rodney Marks, he was an experienced scientist who functioned well socially and physically in the Antarctic environment which is what makes the events of May 2000 so startling and leaves so many unanswered questions to this day.
On May 11th, Marks became suddenly ill while walking between the remote observatory and the base. While some weirdness is to be expected when dealing with -80 degree temperatures and 24hr nights of the Antarctic winters, experienced Marks recognized that this was something outside of ordinary as the 32 year old was struggling to breathe. He then began to have difficulty seeing and became extremely fatigued. Hoping it was nothing some sleep couldn't solve, Marks headed to bed early but when he awoke at 5:30 am on the morning of May 12, 2000, his symptoms had instead gotten much much worse and Marks had begun to vomit up blood.
Marks went to the station doctor Robert Thompson to get some help. In fact, he would go to Thompson a total of three times over the following day as his symptoms continued to worsen. His eyes were so sensitive to light he had to wear sunglasses even though the sun hadn’t risen in several weeks. He reported pain and burning in his joints and stomach. The continued progression of the illness was putting him on edge and on his third visit Marks was so agitated that Thompson injected him with an antipsychotic in order to calm him down as he was on the verge of hyperventilating. The medication worked and Marks laid back and his breathing slowed. However, within moments, Marks went into cardiac arrest and after 45 minutes of attempted resuscitation, Thompson declared him dead at 6:45 PM.
Thompson told the rest of the base that Marks had died of unknown but natural causes which he attributed to a massive heart attack or a stroke. Thompson, however, was not able to perform autopsies so he alerted the National Science Foundation who runs the Amundsen-Scott Pole Station as the body would need to be removed to a separate continent in order for the exact cause to be determined.
They then ran into another problem. Marks died in May which is in the winter season of Antarctica. That means no planes in, no planes out. The crew of the Amundsen-Scott Pole Station was now trapped with the body of Rodney Marks for another 6 months before any agency would be able to retrieve it in October.
Realizing their predicament and wanting to pay some respect to their friend, those at the station spent their free time gathering oak scraps to cut and polish before forming them into a casket. They then placed the body of Marks inside and laid him in repose in the base's storage where the frigid temperatures would work as a natural refrigerator and preserve his remains until they could be retrieved.
The body of Rodney Marks remained in the base until October 30th when a plane was finally able to get through to collect the casket and transport his remains to Christchurch, New Zealand where forensic pathologist Dr. Martin Sage was able to perform an autopsy 6 months after Marks’ death.
It was at this point that Dr. Sage made a disturbing discovery. Rodney Marks had not died of a massive heart attack or a stroke. According to the autopsy, Marks had ingested approximately 150 milliliters of methanol which is the size of a full glass of wine. This was a grossly massive amount.
Methanol toxicity attacks the body quickly and is lethal in amounts as small as 15 milliliters. It is colorless and subtly sweet and works quickly when used as a poison. Victims can experience symptoms including a decreased level of consciousness, poor or no coordination, vomiting, abdominal pain, and a sweet smell on the breath. Blindness may occur after drinking as little as 10 mL and decreased vision could start as early as twelve hours after exposure.
It is used as a type of cleaning alcohol on scientific equipment which explains its presence on the base. It was freely available and not difficult to get ahold of and while the amount found in Marks system was extreme, it is not an amount that would have been noticeably absent from the facility.
The realization that Marks’ death was not natural left many questions. Did Marks’ consume the Methanol himself? Was it on purpose or an accident? Or was it more devious? Did someone slip it in his drink? With everyone isolated on a desolated landscape and nobody in and nobody out, would this be an easy to solve case? Did that mean that they were all still trapped with a murderer? Would there soon be another body?
The case caught media attention and was dubbed the “First South Pole Murder” as those that knew Marks well quickly brushed away the accusation that he would have taken his life. He enjoyed his work and did well in the environment of Antarctica. He had friends on base and even got to work alongside his fiancee. The likelihood that he would suddenly commit suicide seemed slim. They also pointed out his several trips to the doctor and confusion over his symptoms. If Marks had consumed the Methanol on purpose with the intention of killing himself, why would he have sought medical help for his symptoms?
This quickly left two options: either this was a horrible accident or someone had murdered Rodney Marks.
At the direction of The Christchurch coroner, Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Wormald or the New Zealand Police took on the case. Now you might be thinking, ok easy peasy, all the suspects are present and accounted for, all the evidence is still locked up and everything is nice and preserved in the Antarctic clutch of the Amundsen-Scott Pole Station. Wormald is free to go all Benoit Blanc on the case and find the suspect. But here’s where this story takes a step out into reality because you quickly run into the biggest blockade in finding the truth behind Rodney Marks’ death: Jurisdiction.
Rodney Marks was an Australian working for an American station within a territory of Antarctica that had been claimed by New Zealand with coworkers that hailed from all nationalities. It was safe to say that everyone wanted their piece of the pie or in some cases, to make sure nobody else got any.
To understand this, we have to go into a little bit of Antarctica Politics. Now remember when we started and I said that Antarctica was a virtual haven of researchers with a shit ton of stations and different scientific pursuits but Antartica has no native or indigenous population. That means that governing control has been managed by the signing of a treaty between 54 nations. However, operations are not handled equally. For example, American activities in Antarctica often operate in a territory known as the Ross Dependency which is actually a stretch of land claimed by New Zealand. The U.S Government does not recognize this claim or the applications of their laws to U.S citizens operating in the space as handed down from Operation Deep Freeze’s Christchurch base. New Zealand, however, has also not stepped in to stop the use of the U.S Marshals when prosecuting the crimes involving only Americans that occur within th eRoss Dependency. For the most part, it seems that everyone shoves shoulders and rolls eyes but leaves each other alone.
This was not the case for the Rodney Marks case.
So let's start by laying out a timeline.
Rodney Marks died in May of 2000.
His body remained at the Amundsen-Scott Station until October 2000 before a plane was able to remove him to Christchurch, New Zealand where an autopsy was performed by Dr. Martin Sage.
Dr. Sage determined Marks had died from Methanol Poisoning.
New Zealand took charge of the investigation and Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Wormald was assigned the case in the same year.
Wormald posited four possible causes of death
1. One: Marks drank the methanol accidentally
2. Two: Marks drank it recreationally to get high
3. Three: Marks drank it with the intention to die by suicide
4. Four: someone else spiked his drink with it
Both the United States and New Zealand agreed to the coroners inquest being held in New Zealand but this was about the last bit of cooperation the case would see. DSS Wormald was met with resistance at several parts of this case. Raytheon and the National Science Foundation who employed Marks were not cooperative. DSS Womald stated "We wanted the results of the internal investigation and to get in contact with people who were there to ask them some questions,". They apparently refused to not only tell him who was present at the Amundsen-Scott Station but also stated that no report of the personnel on base even existed. They also reportedly ignored his requests to share reports about the results of lab tests conducted on Marks room and work station before it was cleaned. Wormald stated that he felt they had not been fully honest or open in what they had handed over to the police.
The NSF, of course, denied the claims that it was uncooperative.
When Wormald was able to obtain details of the 49 other scientists on base, through his own persistence, he found many of them hesitant to speak to him. He had sent out a questionnaire to the scientist but the NSF insisted on vetting the questions first to assure that the “appropriate discretion” was exercised. They also included a note with Womalds questionnaire that participation is not mandatory. Of the 49 members present at Marks death, only 13 responded.
He stated "I suspect that there have been people who have thought twice about making contact with us on the basis of their future employment position". The U.S Department of Justice tried to intervene to obtain answers from the organizations but were denied jurisdiction.
Particular scrutiny was placed on Robert Thompson, the doctor who treated Marks during his final hours. According to The New Zealand Herald, some experts were critical of Thompsons’ treatment decisions. Wiliams Silva, a physician at a nearby Antarctic station, reviewed Thompson’s medical notes from that day and was particularly puzzled about his lack of use of the Ektachem blood analyzer. This machine would have detected the dangerous levels of methanol in Marks system and prompted Thompson to take the appropriate steps towards treatments. The Amundson-Scott station medical facility did have one but the lithium-ion battery had died some time before which meant that turning it off had reset its electronic memory. It was shut off on the day of Marks’s death so Thompson would have had to recalibrate it when he powered it back up. This process would have taken 8 to 10 hours.
Thompson rebutted Silva’s claims, stating he was too busy caring for Marks to use the Ektachem and that it was difficult to use and maintain. Silva refuted this, stating the machine was straightforward and if Thompson struggled with it he could have called the manufacturer's free technical support line although cell service is spotty on the north pole.
Thompson never responded to Silva’s accusations further. In fact, he never responded to anyones, accusations further. Thompson seemingly dropped off the face of the earth during the later stages of the investigation and could no longer be reached for comment. He has never been charged with any wrong doings and nobody knows where he is to this day.
With the lack of cooperation and leads, the investigation stalled.
And to this day no official verdict has been entered into the courts as to what officially happened to Rodney Marks. DSS Wormald stated “In my view, it is most likely MArks ingested the methanol unknowingly”
The theory that Marks would have died by suicide was quickly dismissed by all those involved. He enjoyed his work, he had nearly completed some important academic work, had no financial problems, and was working with his fiancee. He also quickly sough treatment for his illness which negated suspicions of suicidal intent.
The idea that he drank it recreationally was also on shaking legs but it was a more plausible theory. Marks suffered from Tourettes disorder and was known to self-medicate with alcohol. He was a noted heavy drinker but the base contained a large supply of alcohol and Wormald felt this did more to disprove the theory than support it as if Marks was an experienced binge-drinker and would have known the risk of drinking the methanol. Even if he was looking to get high, the minute his symptoms progressed the way they did, it would have been logical for him to have fessed up to the doctor in order to receive life saving treatment. This suggests he had no idea that the substance was in his body to begin with.
How exactly the methanol got into Mark's system if he didn’t consume it himself remains a mystery.
The investigation was adjourned indefinitely in 2006 and Marks’ father thanked New Zealand police who he said had faced an "arduous task of dealing with people that quite obviously don't want to deal with them".
The case was briefly received in January 2007 when it was splashed on the front page news in New zealand when documents obtained under the American Freedom of Information Act suggested “diplomatic heat” had hushed some aspects of the investigation.
September 2008 brough a written report resulting from a December 2006 inquest that stated that the coroner could find no evidence to support theories of a prank gone awry or any foul play or suicide.
The events that led up to the lethal poisoning of Rodney Marks remain a mystery to this day and his family have given up hope of ever finding answers. His father, Paul Marks, has stated “ I don't think we are going to try to find out any more in regards to how Rodney died. I'd see that as a fruitless exercise."
Rodney Marks was memorialized with a mountain. Mount Marks, a mountain in the Worcester Range, is named after him. A plaque was erected at the base, and the site of the South Pole in January 2001 is marked by a memorial to him
As of 2019, there is still no solid system in place for handling homicides that happen in the frozen continent. The general rule has come to be that jurisdiction falls to the home country of the person committing the crime and station where it took place. This works when an American kills an American on an American base. However, things get muddled when an American kills a Russian on an Australian base. See the issue?
The death of Rodney Marks is still considered the “first South Pole murder”. His loss is awful and the injustice his family faced with the lack of answers is a testament to what happens when too many hands get into the international pie. Rodney loved what he did and he was appreciated by all those he worked for. Maybe one day we will know the truth of what happened to him on that frozen morning in that Antarctic base.
Well, that’s all for this episode. So what do you think? What do you think happened to Rodney Marks? Do you think it was a government conspiracy? Which theory do you think is the most plausible? Let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and leave a review. The Odder Pod is also on TikTok. Come follow us there! Have a suggestion for a show? Send me an email at theodderpod@gmail.com with your request and whether you’d like me to mention your name, your alias, or nothing at all. Remember this is The Odder Side so give me something cool, creepy, or confusing to deep dive for you. If you liked the show, leave us a review! They really help! Sidenote: rewatched The Thing after doing this episode. It has nothing to do with this but it honestly made the whole experience creepier so highly recommend. The Odder Podcast posts every other Thursday. Thanks for listening and I’ll see you next time on The Odder side.

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