Disappearances

Disappearances

In 2020, after years spent searching for answers, Sarah Turney used social media to help bring justice to her sister Alissa’s nearly two decades-long disappearance. Now she’s teaming up with Parcast to explore the many reasons people disappear and the impact their absences can have on those left behind. Disappearances is a Spotify Original. Catch a new episode every Thursday, free on Spotify.

Episodes

Introducing: Stolen Season 3

April 26, 2024 • 29 mins
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 the cases of two missing women leads her on a search for justice in a place where people say you can get away with murder. To listen to the entire season, search for “Stolen” on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more abo...
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Shaping Advocacy: Charley Ross, Amber Hagerman, and Adam Walsh

October 19, 2023 • 46 mins
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 parking lot in Arlington, Texas in 1996. Adam Walsh went missing from a Sears department store in July 1981.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Frederick Valentich

October 12, 2023 • 34 mins
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 says he sees something flying over him at great speeds…something he believes is no ordinary aircraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Susan Walsh

October 5, 2023 • 32 mins
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 of it connected to her disappearance? Or did investigators draw connections that were never there? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Kristen Modafferi

September 28, 2023 • 33 mins
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 regarding Kristen’s case, please contact your local FBI field office or the Oakland Police Department at (510) 238-3775. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Frank Matthews

September 21, 2023 • 36 mins
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 empires the world has ever seen, he fled the law in 1973 — and has been a wanted fugitive ever since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Sodder Children

September 14, 2023 • 32 mins
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 Sodder woke up to smoke pouring into her bedroom. She woke up her husband, George, and they started evacuating the house of their nine children. By the time the fire took over the Sodder residence, only Jennie, George, and four of the...
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Morgan Nick

September 7, 2023 • 37 mins
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 attend a little league baseball game with a few friends in Alma, Arkansas. She took her 6-year-old daughter Morgan Nick with her. Near the end of the game, Morgan went to play with other children. She was only out of her mother’s sigh...
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The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst

August 31, 2023 • 40 mins
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'll remain with them for over a year. By the end of it all, America will wonder whether she was an unwilling hostage...or a loyal recruit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Joan Risch

August 24, 2023 • 32 mins
When a housewife disappeared from her suburban home in 1961, she left behind a mystery that's unresolved to this day. The bloody scene in her kitchen suggested murder — until investigators started digging into her history. Could Joan Risch have faked her own death? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nada Fronk

August 10, 2023 • 30 mins
Nada Fronk was a 24-year-old Indigenous woman who first ran away from home when she was 12. In a cruel twist of fate, it was only when she stopped running that her life was cut short.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Roanoke: How the ‘Lost Colony’ Became a Legend

August 3, 2023 • 38 mins
Something interesting happens when you start digging into Roanoke. Yes, you find fantastical conspiracy theories on the ultimate fate of the colonists who vanished 400 years ago. But you also learn that — at the time — virtually no one was bothered. It took centuries for Roanoke to hold the mysterious, semi-supernatural sway it has today. So what changed?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We’re Back!

August 3, 2023 • 10 secs
Break’s over, and we’re back with new episodes. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Cherita Thomas

July 27, 2023 • 41 mins
In 1980, 21-year-old Cherita Thomas disappears after the car she’s driving breaks down. Police suspect she becomes the victim of a racially motivated hate crime, but with no physical evidence, her case runs cold. Twenty years later, a cadaver dog finds bone fragments on a suspect’s property. Only, they don’t belong to Cherita. What happens next affects not only Cherita’s case, but dozens of cases across the country. This episode or...
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Aubrey Dameron and Anthonette Cayedito

July 20, 2023 • 41 mins
Indigenous women are murdered at a rate ten times higher than any other demographic, but the crimes against them are often ignored. Here are two heartbreaking cold cases that shed some insight into a crisis that’s lasted generations, and help explain why justice has been so (maddeningly) elusive. This episode originally aired December 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mary Day

July 13, 2023 • 33 mins
It was a case that defied expectation at every turn: In 1981, a 13-year-old girl vanished from her home in Seaside, California, after her step-father physically assaulted her. Her mother claimed for decades afterward that Mary ran away that night. Her siblings believed she was murdered. Uncovering the truth would mean putting the whole family — including Mary herself — under the microscope. This episode originally aired in November...
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Michael Rockefeller

July 6, 2023 • 46 mins
Officially, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller drowned off the coast of New Guinea in 1961 after his catamaran capsized. But when a Dutch missionary living with a local tribe starts hearing disturbing rumors, Michael’s disappearance gets a lot more unsettling. This episode originally aired in September 2021.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Summer Break

July 6, 2023 • 22 secs
Hi listeners, this month we’re taking a break and revisiting episodes from our archive. We’ll be back in August with new episodes. Thanks for listening!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Missing Heiress: Dorothy Arnold

June 29, 2023 • 33 mins
Dorothy Arnold was a young socialite and aspiring writer when she vanished off the streets of Manhattan in 1910. Hoping to avoid a scandal, her family handled her disappearance with discretion—but that didn’t stop their name from making headlines.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Terry Floyd

June 22, 2023 • 27 mins
An Australian cold case has stretched on since 1975, when a 12-year-old boy went missing along a stretch of highway.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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