Locating the Lost

New Hampshire’s quiet towns and dense woods hide deep secrets—but a mother’s resolve refuses to let them stay buried. In this haunting episode of Locating the Lost, we sit down with Susan, the mother of Michael Andrew Jones, who vanished from the Nashua area without a trace. Breaking her silence, Susan joins us to lay bare the raw, unfiltered reality of a parent’s worst nightmare and the exhaustin...

Maine is known as Vacationland—a postcard of rocky coasts, sleepy towns, and pristine pines. But the moment the sun dips below the canopy, the landscape shifts into something far more unforgiving. In this special crossover episode of Locating the Lost, we step into the shadows with Christian Leathers, AKA Reverend Redbeard, the host of Acadia After Dark. Together, we are striking a match to the my...

When a loved one vanishes, the silence left behind is deafening. In this powerful episode of Locating the Lost, we dive deep into the heartbreaking and mysterious disappearance of Russell Burnett from Maine. To help us understand who Russell is beyond the missing person poster, we are joined by family friend and dedicated advocate, Nadine. She shares exclusive insights into the timeline of his dis...

On July 10, 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. vanished without a trace from the Timber Creek campground in Idaho. He was in the company of four adults—his parents, his great-grandfather, and a family friend. To this day, no physical evidence has ever been found. In this episode of Locating the Lost, we sit down with renowned statement analysis expert Jack Fox. Fox takes a closer look at the public...

On a cold March afternoon in 2023, 29-year-old Matthew McDonald was reportedly dropped off at the Howe Cemetery in Coal Center, PA. According to his girlfriend—the last person to see him—Matthew exited the car after an argument about a phone, and when she returned just ten minutes later, he had vanished into thin air. He left behind his own phone, his belongings, and a family that has been fightin...

How does a 16-year-old girl vanish into thin air and remain missing for nearly three decades? This week on Locating the Lost, we are reopening the chilling 1997 cold case of Brooke Elaine Hill. Brooke was last seen in Morgan County, Indiana, before being reported missing from Putnam County. For 30 years, her trail has been cold—no paper trail, no CODIS entry, and far too many unanswered questions....

In this deep-dive episode of Locating the Lost, we sit down with Kimberly Truitt, the aunt of Lillian Ann Marie Payne, to dissect one of the most haunting unsolved homicides in the Carolinas. In May 2020, Lillian stepped away from a Pilot gas station in Rock Hill and into a mystery that would end months later in the quiet woods of Chester County. Kimberly brings us into the heart of the heartbreak...

On a bitter November night in 1990, the West End of Portland was quiet—until the silence was shattered by a crime that remains frozen in time. Scott Sampson was only 26 years old when he was left to die on a cold sidewalk outside Pine Street Variety. For over 30 years, the details have been shrouded in official silence, but the grief of a family remains as sharp as the day it began. In this invest...

On a humid January day in 2018, 24-year-old Timothy Cullen sent a final text to his mother, Elaine: "I love you.". In that moment, he was just a young man with a bright future and a "Believe the Impossible" tattoo etched into his arm. But hours later, Timothy—a 6'5" gentle soul with high-functioning autism—vanished into thin air from his home in Largo, Florida. The mystery only deepened when his b...

What happens when a loved one walks out the door and simply never returns? On July 26, 2025, Mitchell Walters left his home in Kilgore, Texas, reportedly heading toward Tyler on foot. He hasn’t been seen or heard from since. In this powerful episode of Locating the Lost, we are joined by Mitchell’s sister, Tiffany Walters. Tiffany opens up about the "unbearable agony" of the last several months an...

In this episode of Locating the Lost, we speak with Jessica Brown, a mother fueled by a relentless love and a demand for justice for her daughter, Aidan Victoria Spear. On January 24, 2022, Aidan was just minutes away from a fresh start at a rehabilitation facility in Tacoma, Washington. A final text at 10:40 a.m. promised she was on her way—but she never arrived. Since that morning, her family ha...

On August 4, 1991, 19-year-old Tena Mashell Preast stepped out of her Lawton, Oklahoma home to speak with a mysterious visitor. She didn't take her purse, her keys, or even her shoes. In just 20 minutes, the vibrant young woman with a "heart of gold" vanished without a trace, leaving a family to spend the next 34 years fighting for the truth. In this deeply emotional episode of Locating the Lost,...

Imagine your son calls you, breathless and terrified, claiming he’s being hunted by "people in high places." You tell him to come home, but he never arrives. When the police find his car, his shoes, and his backpack scattered across the woods of Dartmouth, they discover something even more bizarre: Charlie Allen Jr. no longer exists. Just days before vanishing, he had legally changed his name to N...

On a spring morning in May 1977, 18-year-old Bernard "Bunny" Ross Jr. walked out of his family home in Fort Kent, Maine, and vanished into the vast wilderness of the North Woods. After a series of distressed events—including a brief truck theft that was later forgiven—Bunny's trail went cold on a remote dirt road near the Ashland-Portage town line. For nearly 50 years, the Ross family has lived in...

In October 1981, 27-year-old PhD student Charlotte Heimann stepped out of the Rochester Psychiatric Center for a brief errand and was never seen again. She left behind a four-year-old daughter and a haunting warning that someone was waiting for her at her apartment. Forty-five years later, the silence is finally breaking. In this special update episode, we welcome back Charlotte’s granddaughter, S...

On October 16, 1976, 34-year-old attorney Joseph Bichrest disappeared from the small town of Shirley, Maine, along with his blue and white Jeep. He was deeply in debt, facing investigations for theft and tax evasion, and had allegedly made suicidal threats. Was he a desperate man who simply fled the law, using a credit card in Philadelphia two days later to stage a vanishing act? Or, as persistent...

What if the key to solving Maine's largest missing child investigation is found not in forensic evidence, but in the words spoken by the people in the house? Join us as statement analysis expert Jack Fox, of "Never a Truer Word", dissects the public statements of the DiPietro family following 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds' disappearance in 2011. Jack isn't just reviewing the facts; he's translating t...

In 1977, 19-year-old Judith Anne "Judy" Brown walked out of a New York psychiatric facility and into a terrifying mystery. She wasn't just leaving; she was with Richard Riesenberg, a charismatic, manipulative patient who had already brutally murdered his own family years earlier. When authorities discovered Riesenberg's imminent transfer to a maximum-security prison, the alarm bells sounded. The p...

On a winter night in 1971, 13-year-old Kathy Gloddy walked her dog near her home in Franklin, New Hampshire. She never returned, but her dog did. Kathy Gloddy was beaten, strangled, and run over multiple times—a crime so brutal some investigators believe it couldn't have been the work of just one person. Her family believes this as well and points to multiple persons of interest who were known to...

A grieving family, a suspicious community, and a chilling disappearance. Stefanie Damron vanished after an argument, but her neighbors, Chris and Shelly Carson, know the story is more complicated. They watched the off-grid family struggle, as neighbors raised alarms to child protective services long before Stefanie disappeared. In this revealing conversation, the Carsons share their side of the st...

In this episode, we delve into the concerning case of Tyler D. Anderson and Sierra Frey from Maine, who are currently evading authorities while under investigation. Their story includes serious allegations of domestic abuse, child neglect, and child sexual abuse. After a brutal assault that required surgery for Frey, she initially sought help but later rejoined Anderson, abandoning her children an...

In this episode, we welcome Jack Fox, renowned statement analysis expert and host of the YouTube channel "Never a Truer Word". Jack delves into the powerful techniques of statement analysis, explaining how to uncover hidden meanings, inconsistencies, and potential deception in both spoken and written words. He provides us insight on statements made by the family of Stefanie Damron who went missing...

***We apologize for some issues with guest audio***Tela Amy Hart was reported missing on October 9, 2005, shortly after she left a friend's home on Lenfest Street in Presque Isle, Maine. Witnesses indicated that she headed toward the nearby Presque Isle Stream, and authorities speculated that she may have accidentally fallen into the water and drowned. The night of her disappearance was marked by...

Benjamin Shane Ridley vanished from Burien, Washington, on July 2, 1982, under circumstances that have left his family and authorities puzzled for decades. At the time of his disappearance, he was living with his family but had recently transitioned to a foster home in Burien. Just a day after moving in, he inexplicably disappeared without a trace, and despite extensive searches and investigations...

#coldcase #missingperson #truecrimecommunity Tonight, we are joined by members of TEAMSTEFANIE, Bobbi and Stacey as we revisit the case of Stefanie Damron who's been missing for over 300 days. Stefanie Damron, a 14-year-old girl from New Sweden, Maine, vanished on September 23, 2024, under troubling circumstances. She was last seen leaving her home after a disagreement with her sister, walking int...