Disappearances
Spotify Studios
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.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 51min
Madeleine McCann
A three-year-old girl was snatched during her family’s vacation to Portugal in 2007. Her disappearance launched a media frenzy that’s fueled years of questionable leads, false allegations, and devastating conspiracy theories. Will we ever know what happened to Madeleine McCann? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 21, 2022 • 47min
Richey Edwards
In 1995, the 27-year-old guitarist and songwriter for the Manic Street Preachers vanishes just before a scheduled press tour. Six months later, a lead investigator believes he likely died by suicide. Those closest to him aren’t so sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2022 • 39min
Jim Thompson
He was a spy, then a mogul, and now — a mystery. Jim Thompson vanished in 1967 after hiking into the Malaysian jungle, leaving everyone to wonder: Had his past come back to haunt him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 7, 2022 • 42min
Eloise von Wagner Bosquet
In the early 1930s, a woman claiming to be a French baroness arrives on a tiny island in the Galapagos. But by 1935, Eloise von Wagner Bosquet and three of the island’s other residents are dead or gone under mysterious circumstances. Only one woman is left to account for the disappearances. Can her story be trusted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2022 • 37min
Art & Margaret Williams
In 1970s Canada, Art Williams grows a drug empire by always staying one step ahead of the authorities. Then he disappears. Did he stage a plane crash to fake his death, and take his ex-wife Margaret with him? Or was she left behind, and caught in the crosshairs of his dangerous associates? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2022 • 44min
Kathleen Durst
When Kathie Durst vanishes in January 1982, her friends immediately suspect her millionaire husband, Robert Durst. But Robert evades police scrutiny, and Kathie’s case goes cold. It takes a false police tip, an HBO documentary, and nearly four decades to piece together what happened to the 29 year old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2022 • 40min
Helen Brach
A wealthy widow known as Chicago’s “Candy Lady” goes missing in the late 1970s — potentially in a scheme devised by the cruelest players of the city’s horse mafia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 10, 2022 • 41min
Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
The infant son of a world-famous aviator was kidnapped and held for ransom in 1932. The case makes headlines almost immediately, but months pass before the Lindberghs discover what happened to their boy. When they do, a law is introduced that impacts kidnapping cases for decades afterward — and not always for the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 3, 2022 • 40min
An Interview with Julie Murray
Following up from last week’s episode, Sarah welcomes Julie Murray onto the podcast for a conversation about her sister Maura – who she was before she disappeared, what their family has been through over the last two decades, and how plausible the most popular theories really are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 24, 2022 • 41min
Maura Murray
Eighteen years ago, 21-year-old Maura Murray crashed her car into a snowbank off a two-lane highway in New Hampshire. It takes just minutes from when she was last seen for her to disappear completely. But why was she on Route 112 at all that night? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
