Disappearances

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? Or did Ray Gricar want to disappear?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the spring of 1970, two American photojournalists go missing in the middle of a warzone. Despite multiple efforts to uncover their fate, including a failed rescue mission and a psychic reading, their whereabouts remain a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was almost 50 years ago when Michigan State junior Henry Baltimore was robbed at gunpoint at his apartment by an acquaintance. Weeks later, just before Henry was going to testify at the trial, he disappeared. So why, despite having an obvious suspect, do the East Lansing Police Department never seem to mount a real investigation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a summer day in 1975, conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader steps onto a sailboat and embarks on a trans-Atlantic voyage. He never reaches his intended destination. But did he suffer a maritime tragedy — or stage another art installation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Chicago 2007, the 23-year-old wife of a police officer goes missing. Her family immediately suspects foul play by her husband, Drew Peterson. But Drew is never convicted of a crime — at least, not in Stacy’s case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the late 1970s, a famous American chess prodigy disappeared during a record-breaking blizzard in New York City. Today we go into the mind and the mystery of Peter Winston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a single mother vanishes after a night out in L.A., the media runs wild with speculation, overshadowing the tragedy of her story with rumors and hearsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a Sunday afternoon in 1958 when Ken and Barbara Martin took a drive with their three daughters and never returned home. The facts point to a tragic accident. But they also point to the possibility of homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Megumi was a 13-year-old Japanese school kid when she disappeared — apparently, without a trace. But decades later, the leads finally started to roll in. They set the Yokota family on a path that intersected with the massive intricacies of nuclear politics and international espionage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices