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Disappearances

Disappearances

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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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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Disappearances episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Disappearances for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Disappearances episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Disappearances - Susan Walsh

Susan Walsh

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10/05/23 • 32 min

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?

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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.

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Disappearances - Jenna Van Gelderen

Jenna Van Gelderen

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04/27/23 • 30 min

In August 2017, she was asked to house-sit for her parents in Atlanta and to take care of their ailing cat. She did for a few days. But then suddenly, Jenna Van Gelderen was gone. After searching her apartment, her parents believed she was the victim of something sinister.

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Disappearances - Tyarra Williams

Tyarra Williams

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10/13/22 • 35 min

For 19-year-old Tyarra Williams, the Stoneybrook Apartments in Greensboro, North Carolina were truly home. It’s where her mother and brother lived, where her boyfriend lived, and where she finally felt a sense of independence living with her grandmother. But on the evening of January 7th, 2016, it was also the last place any of them would see Tyarra alive.

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Disappearances - Marita Verón

Marita Verón

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07/28/22 • 45 min

Marita Verón was a 23-year-old mother who disappeared in Argentina in 2002 while on her way to a hospital appointment. When police wouldn’t help, her parents investigated on their own. What they discovered was horrifying: Marita had been kidnapped by sex traffickers.

Marita’s mother set up a foundation in Marita’s honor to offer legal, developmental, and rehabilitation services to trafficking survivors. You can find more information on it here: fundacionmariadelosangeles.org

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Disappearances - Introducing: Disappearances with Sarah Turney
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08/31/21 • 1 min

You’ve seen the headlines: People here one day and gone the next. But no one just vanishes into thin air. The answers are out there... waiting to be found. Every Thursday, join Sarah Turney for an exploration into history’s most gripping missing persons cases. From prison breaks and child abductions to second chances and even murder, journey through the many reasons people disappear. Disappearances is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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Around 3pm on a February afternoon in 2017, Derrick German drove to a trailhead in Delphi, Indiana. He was there to pick up his 14-year-old daughter Libby and her best friend, Abby Williams, after their hike. But the girls never showed. This is a two-part episode from your host Sarah Turney’s other podcast, Voices for Justice. Listen to part 1 here, then find part 2 on Voices for Justice. We’ll be back with a new episode of Disappearances next week.

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Disappearances - Voices For Justice: The Springfield Three
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10/20/22 • 38 min

It’s the summer of 1992, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall have just graduated high school. They spend the night celebrating and make plans to go to a water park with a third friend the next day. But when tomorrow comes, Suzie and Stacy are nowhere to be found. And Suzie’s mother, Sherrill Levitt, is gone too. Foul play is suspected immediately. But despite no shortage of suspects — and thousands of tips — their disappearance remains unsolved. This is an episode from Sarah Turney’s other podcast, Voices for Justice. We’ll be back with new episodes of Disappearances in two weeks.

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Disappearances - The Sodder Children

The Sodder Children

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09/14/23 • 32 min

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 their children made it outside safely.

George and two of his sons frantically tried to get into the house to save the remaining children, but they couldn’t. When George went to fill up a bucket with water to start extinguishing the flames, the water was frozen, when he went to grab their ladder to get his children from the top story, the ladder was missing; when he went to drive his trucks to the second story window, neither would start despite having worked just the day before. And when they tried to call the fire department for help, no one responded for hours.

The only thing the family could do was watch as their burned to the ground.

Hours later, after the smoldering ashes were put out, a group of people began searching for the children’s remains, but nothing was found. Not a single bone was found in the ashes.

The fire was quickly ruled an accident, and investigators told the family the children’s bodies had burned up completely in the fire, leaving nothing of them behind, not even their bones.

But between the mishaps, while trying to put out the fire, threats made against the family before the fire, and the strange behavior of authorities throughout the investigation, Jennie and George Sodder refused to believe five of their children were killed in the home. They were convinced their children didn’t die in the fire, and they spent the rest of their lives trying to prove it.

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Disappearances - Frederick Valentich

Frederick Valentich

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10/12/23 • 34 min

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.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Disappearances have?

Disappearances currently has 116 episodes available.

What topics does Disappearances cover?

The podcast is about True Crime and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Disappearances?

The episode title 'Morgan Nick' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Disappearances?

The average episode length on Disappearances is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of Disappearances released?

Episodes of Disappearances are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Disappearances?

The first episode of Disappearances was released on Aug 31, 2021.

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