Missing Persons
At any given time, there are 90,000 missing persons, and that's just in the U.S. This podcast explores some of these cases.
Episodes
Episode 125 The Sodder Children
In the early morning hours of Christmas day, 1945, the Sodder family of Fayetteville, West Virginia was asleep when suddenly, they were jolted awake by smoke. It quickly was evident that a fast moving fire had started, and time was running out for parents George and Jennie Sodder to make sure their nine children got out of the house...
Case Updates: Sabrina Kahler, Jason Landry, and Bobby Steele
In this update episode, we provide three important updates to cases that we previously covered on Missing Persons; those being Sabrina Kahler who we covered in episode 33, Jason Landry who we covered in episode 115, and Bobby Steele who we covered in episode 88.
Introducing Campus Killings Season 5 premiere; Episode 79 The case of Haley Anderson
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Introducing DNA ID Episode 205 The case of Eileen Zarlenga
Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter. Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news. The question of who stabbed the young mother over and over and left her body in a remote patch of woods in Mahoning ...
Episode 124 Travis Roberson
On February 28th, 2006, 23 year old Travis Roberson went out with friends to celebrate Mardi Gras in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The group of friends was in a bar when it seems Travis got uneasy about two men who had entered the bar, and he left alone to go wait in the vehicle the group had come together in. When his friends arrived back at...
Episode 123 Maereg Tesfaye Tafesse
Maereg Tesfaye Tafesse came to the Unites States in 2012 to further his education, attending college in Worcester, MA. While in the US, he became involved in helping the less fortunate. He often worked to help people find food and shelter, and Maereg's work led him to the west coast to California, and to the Seattle, Washington a...
Episode 122 Tanner Sharp
On April 4, 2010, twenty four year old Tanner Sharp left his sister Sommer's home in Elk Grove, CA where he had been staying and drove off in his Maroon 1994 Saturn. His family never saw him again. Tanner had told family he was heading back to Kansas where he was originally from, and that a friend had lined up a job for him. Tanner ...
In this episode, we present updates to two different cases that baffled investigators for years; the cases of Sandra Crispo and Paige Coffey. We covered Sandra's case way back in episode 1, and Paige's in episode 42.
Recently, both of their remains were discovered, and while part of the mysteries are solved, many questions remain, and the authorities a...
Episode 121 John Brent McGhee
On July 11, 2024, 42-year-old John Brent McGhee, who went by Brent, vanished in Leachville, Arkansas. He was last seen with a friend of his outside of a home that his wife was reportedly inside of with another man. She refused to let him inside and Brent apparently left before vanishing. The next day, Brent's wife went to a domestic violence shelter in Searcy, Arkansas, and then spent an additional 12 ...
Episode 120 Ana Barbosa
On May 6, 2024, 53 year old Ana Barbosa vanished. She was last known to be with her husband at his auto shop in the Oildale section of Bakersfield, CA. By his own admission, her husband admitted that they had argued at the shop, but then gave varying accounts top people of what happened to his wife. In one version, he called her an Uber. In another version, she walked away and claimed there would be footage ...
Case Update: Jill Kloppenburg
Recently, in episode 118 of Missing Persons, we explored the case of 47 year old Jill Kloppenburg who vanished under mysterious circumstances from Lowell, MA in January, 2022. Sadly, her remains have been found and someone has been charged in relation to her death. Listen to this quick update episode to find out what happened, and who police believe is responsible.
We are happy to announce that s...
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Episode 119 Audrey Herron
On August 29, 2002, 32 year old nurse, Audrey Herron, left her job at the hospital in Catskill, NY and vanished without a trace. Police searched extensively for any sign of Audrey or her vehicle, a 1994 Black, Jeep Grande Cherokee, New York license # X233UV. The first thought was that perhaps she had an accident or went off the road due to poor driving conditions, but there was no evidence to back th...
Episode 118 Jill Kloppenburg
In early January, 2025, 47 year old Jill Kloppenburg went missing from Lowell, MA, and has not been seen since. Jill had been battling addiction, and recent losses in her life compounded the issue. When she vanished, she was staying with someone temporarily, and some reports say that she was worried for her personal safety right before she vanished. Jill left behind some of her belongings, and ha...
Episode 117 January 2026 Case Updates
In our first installment of Missing Persons of 2026, we would like to provide some updates to past cases we have featured on the show.
These include updates to the following cases:
Deanna Merryfield from episode 105
Ian Rogers from episode 112
Avery Doherty episode 90
Marie Mueller episode 70
Jennifer and Adrianna Wix episode 82
Jennifer Kesse episode 84
Introducing: True Crime Garage
While Missing Persons hosts Mike and Jess are prepping new episodes of Missing Persons, they'd like to invite you to listen to a preview of the true crime podcast; True Crime Garage. It's hosted by Nic and the Captain who are good friends of Mike and Jess. True Crime Garage has been around for a decade and have been a staple in the true crime podcast genre. They have hundreds of episodes availab...
Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment
Below the Surface is a true crime podcast covering a variety of strange and bizarre cases with one common theme; a water connection.
The show features both solved and unsolved cases, some of which are well known, while others have received little attention.
In this special preview of episode 1, we expl...
Introducing: The Trail Went Cold; The Boys on the Tracks
August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives
head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical
examiner concludes they had fallen asleep after smoking marijuana and their deaths ...
Episode 116 Robert Gautsche
Robert Gautsche was a family man and successful corporate manager who had a lot going for him, but the pressures of his job caused him to spiral. He fell into addiction which cost him his career, marriage, and health. He was diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS); a debilitating disease that greatly affected his memory, and his prognosis was not good. Robert's brother Brad, who was Robert...
Introducing Of Hell: Texas True Crime
This is a preview of Of Hell: Texas True Crime, a narrative investigation into the darkest
crimes committed on Texas soil.From the creators of Gone Cold, each episode dives deep into cases where violence
leaves a permanent scar on the land and the people who call it home.
This clip features the haunting case of Nancy, a beloved mother taken from her home
and brutally tortured an...
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