Disappearances Podcast
1) Ray Gricar
A respected DA on the brink of retirement goes missing in early April 2005. Police find his car, then his laptop, then his laptop’s hard drive, all months apart. But never a body. Was there foul play?...Show More
2) Introducing: Stolen Season 3
Violence. Retaliation. Disappearances. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles of remote terrain with just over 200 tribal police officers. This season on Stolen, Connie Walker’s investigation into t...Show More
3) Shaping Advocacy: Charley Ross, Amber Hagerman, and Adam Walsh
Sarah takes a look at three cases that changed the landscape of missing person investigations. Charley Ross disappeared from Germantown, Pennsylvania in June 1874. Amber Hagerman was abducted from a p...Show More
4) Frederick Valentich
20-year-old pilot Fred Valentich disappears during a flight over Australia’s Bass Strait in 1978 — in the midst of a radio transmission. Effectively narrating the moment of his disappearance, Fred say...Show More
5) Susan Walsh
In 1996, a doting mother and budding journalist named Susan Walsh left her home and never returned. Her career ambitions had taken her into some underground worlds filled with rich characters. Was any...Show More
6) Kristen Modafferi
When Kristen Modafferi disappeared in California just weeks after turning 18, her case exposed a gap in the system that her family’s been working to close ever since. If you have any information regar...Show More
7) Frank Matthews
Today, I want to introduce you to a man sometimes known as “Black Caesar” and who may very well be America’s first Black kingpin. His name is Frank Matthews, and after building one of the largest drug...Show More
8) The Sodder Children
Hi listeners! This week we’re sharing an episode from Sarah’s podcast Voices for Justice. We’ll be back next week with a new episode of Disappearances. At around 1:00 am on December 25, 1945, Jennie ...Show More
9) Morgan Nick
Hi listeners! This week we’re sharing an episode from Sarah’s podcast Voices for Justice. We’ll be back in two weeks with a new episode of Disappearances. On June 9, 1995, Colleen Nick was invited to...Show More
10) The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
In 1974, Patty Hearst is a college sophomore and heir to a media fortune. But by February, she's a kidnapping victim—abducted by a militant political group called the Symbionese Liberation Army. She'l...Show More