Up and Vanished Weekly

It's March 9,1992 when 20-year-old Amy Hooper is found brutally murdered in her Columbus, Ohio apartment. Investigators gather evidence from the crime scene, including a symbolic medallion, as well as DNA evidence. Unable to match the DNA to a individual, police are left waiting for advancements in modern day forensic genealogy before they can identify a suspect. Tune in as Maggie takes you throug...

UAV Weekly was in attendance for CrimeCon 2025 and we wanted to share some of our conversations with fellow podcasters, experts, and influencers in true crime. On today's episode, UAV Weekly Producer Jon Street sits down with true crime content creator, Sherrilyn Dale. Sherrilyn focuses on victims and their families, and her Youtube channel has garnered over 30 million views. Recently, she dipped...

It's the late night hours in October, 1995, when a lone gunman storms into a Roanoke, Virginia home, shoots 21-year-old Eric "Nike" Jones in the chest, and flees. A witness at the home of calls police but cannot provide a helpful description of the suspect, and no physical evidence is collected from the scene. But days later, the same witness is shown a police lineup, and identifies 18-year-old Mi...

It's January 13, 1999, when 18-year-old honors student Hae Min Lee disappears after leaving school. Weeks later, her remains are located in the woods of a nearby park. After receiving anonymous tips, police focus in on the ex-boyfriend of Lee, fellow student Adnan Syed. Shortly after, he is charged and convicted of murder and given a life sentence. Years later, the hit podcast "Serial" would re-ex...

It's April, 2020, when PFC Vanessa Guillen goes missing while working inside an armory at Fort Hood. Friends and family of Vanessa mobilize immediately, but investigators are slow to pinpoint her final movements around the base. After new witnesses come forward weeks later authorities are finally able to locate the missing remains of Vanessa Guillen. After the main suspect in the case dies by suic...

It's a summer morning in 1912 when the family of Josiah Moore is found brutally murdered inside of their Villisca, Iowa home. Along with six slain family members are the bodies of two young guests of the Moores. The crime makes front page news, but after an exhaustive investigation and multiple suspects charged, the identity of The Villisca Axe Murderer remains a mystery. Tune in as Maggie walks y...

It's February 4, 2017, when 33-year-old Joanna Clark and her 15-year-old daughter Shariece disappear from their Baltimore, Maryland neighborhood. After being alerted by friends and family, police discover that while mother and daughter weren't together that day, they had vanished just hours apart. Tune in as Maggie is joined by host of "Affirmative Murder" and Baltimore native, Alvin Williams, and...

It's May, 2016, when 29-year-old nurse and mother of three, Bianca Carrasco, vanishes after walking away from her San Antonio home one evening. During the investigation police learn of recent tension in Bianca's marriage, but her husband denies involvement and is never listed as a suspect. Family and friends rally together in hopes of finding their loved one, but years later are still left wonderi...

On today's episode we wanted to share more from CrimeCon 2025, where UAV Weekly producer Jon Street caught up with Annie Elise, creator of the Youtube channel "10 to Life" and host of the podcast "Serialously." Annie left a career in fashion to become one of the leading voices in true crime, with over 1.5 million subscribers and content covering a variety of cases. Jon and Annie sat down in Denver...

It's March, 2017, when the body of beloved surgeon, Dr. Eric Garcia, is found inside his home in Ketchikan, Alaska. While police initially suspect suicide, a closer look leads to a much darker truth. Tune in as Maggie is joined by 20/20 correspondent and host of "Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska," Chris Connelly, and the pair discuss Chris' on the ground investigation into the murder of Dr. Eric Ga...

It's June, 2021, when 24-year-old geologist Daniel Robinson vanishes after leaving a work site in the Arizona desert. Weeks later, a local rancher discovers Daniel's badly wrecked jeep located in a ravine on the rancher's property. Close to the scene of the wreck police discover Daniel's phone and other personal effects. However, there is no sign of Daniel himself. Tune in as Maggie walks you thro...

UAV Weekly was in attendance for CrimeCon 2025 and we wanted to share some of our conversations with fellow podcasters, experts, and influencers in true crime. On today's episode, UAV Weekly Producer Jon Street sits down with Pathologists' Assistant, author, and host of "Mother Knows Death," Nicole Angemi. Tune in as the two discuss Nicole's experiences in the world of pathology, including a behin...

It's July, 2021, when 40-year-old midtown Atlanta resident, Katie Janness, and her dog are found dead in Piedmont Park, an epicenter for social activity and one of the largest green spaces in the city. Faulty security cameras in the park, plus a lack of physical evidence leaves police with little to go on, and the chilling nature of the crime scene leaves the community on edge, as residents begin...

It's January, 2013, when 21-year-old college student Elisa Lam disappears after checking into LA's infamous Cecil Hotel. Elisa's family and police launch a search, but it isn't until weeks later that a hotel worker finds the body of Elisa Lam inside one of the Cecil Hotel's main water tanks. Police focus in on the sole piece of evidence, eerie security camera footage of Elisa from inside one of th...

It's November, 1975, when woodcutter Travis Walton vanishes into thin air while working in an Arizona forest. His shaken-up crewmates tell a story of an otherworldly craft appearing moments before Travis disappeared. Five days later Travis would re-appear with a story hard for many to believe. Tune in as Maggie and Payne dive into Travis' story, with Payne describing his one-on-one interview with...

It's September, 2016, when American adventurer Justin Alexander goes missing during a trek through the Himalaya mountains of northern India. Friends and family descend on the area and begin a search, and local police launch their investigation, focusing in on a local holy man last seen accompanying Justin on the trail. Tune in as Maggie sits down host of "Status: Untraced," Liam Luxon, and the two...

It's Saturday, October 21, 1978, when pilot Frederick Valentich disappears while flying off the coast of southern Australia. Unusual radio transmissions between Frederick and the control tower tell the story of a pilot in distress. Frederick reports seeing a strange looking aircraft that he cannot identify. The transmissions then suddenly cease. Tune in as Maggie lays out Frederick's mysterious di...

Tune in as Maggie is joined by Payne Lindsey and the two give you a behind the scenes look at Payne's investigation into the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit for the Up and Vanished television show on Oxygen. If you have tips about a case you want to share email us at cases@tenderfoot.tv, DM us on Instagram @uavweekly , or give us a call at 770-545-6411. For early access and ad-free listening, su...

When 27 year old reporter Jodi Huisentruit didn’t show up for her daily morning news segment on Tuesday, June 27, 1995, her colleagues banded together to produce the show in her absence. But as the morning rolled on, concerns began to grow that she may be in danger. Authorities were soon tasked with figuring out whether an unusual call to the news station that morning and Jodi’s scattered belongin...

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It's the early morning hours of July, 2005, when the lifeless body of 19-year-old US soldier LaVena Johnson is discovered on base in Balad, Iraq. After an initial investigation her death is ruled a suicide, but for the family of LaVena Johnson something was not adding up. Visible wounds to LaVena's body, along with a chaotic crime scene leaves them to wonder - "what happened to their daughter?" Li...

Throughout the year we have highlighted multiple cases involving some of the most notorious serial killers in recent memory: Zodiac, Wayne Williams, Joel Rifkin, Freeway Phantom, and most recently, LISK. On this week's episode Maggie is joined by board-certified forensic psychologist and author, Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon. Dr. Smalldon has extensive experience evaluating murderers and has consulted on h...

It's December, 2010, when police discover the body of a young murdered woman in marshland off Ocean Parkway, Long Island. Over the following months, a total of eleven bodies are found in the area. It becomes clear to investigators that they have a serial killer on their hands. In time all of the victims are identified - except for one. With little evidence to aid in idenification, police dub the b...

It's February, 1983, when 31-year-old Reeves Johnson goes missing from Kittery, Maine. As authorities begin to investigate, they learn of a string of strange activity occuring after Reeves is last scene, including random purchases made with his checkbook, and unknown figures showing up in and around Reeves' property. With few witnesses and little evidence, Reeves' tightknit family is left to wonde...

It's April, 2006, when 27-year-old medical student Brian Shaffer fails to show up for a flight to Miami, leaving his girlfriend alone at the airport gate. Brian's family quickly alert police, who learn Brian was last seen at a local bar two days earlier, but had not been heard from since. As the investigation continues, police are left with more questions than answers. Was Brian the victim of foul...