Dying to be Found

On July 9, 1973, 16-year old Paul Getty made plans to hang out with friends at a local pizzeria. During the early morning hours of July 10, 1973, Paul began making his way back to his apartment when a car pulled up alongside him. A man asked if he was Paul Getty, and when he said yes, Paul was pulled into the car and knocked out with chloroform. What Paul didn't know is that his kidnappers had a p...

On August 30, 1991, Dawn Elaine Sanchez was living at the Four Seasons Motor Lodge on the 4300 block of El Camino Real in Los Altos, CA. On this particular day, Dawn drove off in a tan and brown 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix, along with her boyfriend, Bernardo Bass and another acquaintance. She was never seen or heard from again. Dawn was reported missing 2 months later, but. by then it was too late. Po...

On May 19, 1977, free spirited Colleen Stan set off to hitchhike from Eugene, OR to Northern California to attend a friend's birthday party. Hitchhiking was not uncommon back then, and Colleen always took great care to gauge whoever stopped to offer her a ride. So when Cameron and Janice stopped alongside the road, Colleen talked with them for a moment, looked around, and noticed a baby in the bac...

In June 1979, a young white male's remains were discovered in greater San Francisco, CA with multiple shotgun wounds leading to his death. This victim was given the name John Doe #89 for the next 36 years. But here's the twist. It's not often that cases like this cross the path of an serial killer, where a victim can be identified by opening up old files from one of the most evil men alive. Enter...

In March 1966, 17-year-old Danny Goldman was kidnapped from his home in the middle of the night. Danny and his family were first bound, then ordered to provide a large sum of ransom money by the midnight bandit. When Danny's parents could not meet their demands, the kidnapper ripped Danny from his parent's home, where he was never seen again. Fast forward 5 decades later, where Danny's childhood f...

In 1981, Baby Holly was abandoned by a mystery group of women, claiming her parents had joined a cult. It took authorities 40 years to discover her true identity. Special thanks to Social Detective podcast for agreeing to be a part of this collab! Be sure to check out all of their episodes and on social media. If you have information on missing or exploited children in your area, visit www.missing...

NOTE : This episode originally aired on Dying to be Found: The DASH podcast on May 31, 2023. We are working hard to transition all DASH episodes back into our Thursday lineup. Thanks for your patience! On February 19, 2008, 9-year-old Shannon Matthews departed from an after-school event, when she headed out in the opposite direction of her hom When she did not return home by evening, Shannon's mot...

Paul Joseph Fronczak was born on April 27, 1964 but was kidnapped from Michael Reece Hospital in Chicago, IL when he was just 2 days old. In March, 1966, a male toddler was abandoned outside a department store in New Jersey, and this child was quickly linked to Baby Paul, who disappeared two years earlier. He was immediately reunited with his parents, but growing up, Paul never really felt like he...

On December 26, 1980, Sandra DeFelice was discovered deceased in her own bed around 9:30 PM. Earlier that day, Sandra's roommate had a visitor who asked to crash on the girl's couch for the day, but was denied. The roommate had escorted this person out of the house on her way to work, and thought nothing more about it. Fast forward to February 2021 where police closed in on Sandra's murderer after...

Between August and November in 1888, an ominous figure swept the streets of East London, preying upon women who were down on their luck. It was during this time that an unidentified man - or woman - stalked the streets in the early morning hours, looking for their next unsuspecting victim. Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddies, and Mary Kelly were all positively identifie...

On May 24, 1989, 19-year-old Lori Auker left for work at her job at a local pet store inside a shopping mall. As she was walking through the parking lot, an ATM surveillance camera captured her leaning into a vehicle to talk with an unidentified person. Shortly after, Lori the ATM video camera captured the unidentified vehicle tearing away and Lori was never seen or heard from again. Lori's estran...

NOTE : This episode originally aired on the Dying to be Found The DASH podcast on April 5, 2023. We are working hard to transition The DASH over to this platform. Thanks for your patience! SUMMARY : On August 28, 1984, 18-year old Elisabeth was asked to help her dad, Josef, with a chore. Military tensions were high and Josef had just built a bunker, but needed help hanging doors. Elisabeth obliged...

On May 30, 2015, 38-year-old Karen Bosta made plans to go out with her friend. She had two options: Go to an Elizabeth City just north of Perquimins County, NC, or go to Edenton, NC just south. She chose Edenton, a sleepy sea-side community with good restaurants and a quiet atmosphere. Karen ran errands around town, but after leaving a local grocery store, she was never seen or heard from again. T...

Throughout the early decades of the 20th century, a young woman by the name of Amelia Earhart set out to do the impossible. The Wright Brothers had opened up the world to aviation, and Amelia was the one to push herself to the limits, breaking records to establish what we know as air travel today. Amelia spent the better part of her adult life traveling around the globe, documenting the effects of...

During the early morning hours of April 16, 2007, shots rang out on the Virginia Tech campus located in Blacksburg, Virginia. All went quiet for around two hours, until something just as sinister occurred across campus. Seung-Hui Cho, an underclassman who suffered from mental health issues, had just committed a series of murders at West Ambler Johnston Hal Dormitory before making his way to Norris...

Around 9 pm on February 4th, 1974, Patty Hearst received unexpected visitors at her door. When she went to answer, several men and a woman burst inside. The intruders proceeded to beat up Patty’s fiancé and grabbed Patty, tied her up, blindfolded her, and led her off only to be thrown into the trunk of their car before speeding off. For the next 57 days, Patty Hearst endured brutal treatment of he...

On October 22, 2003, newlyweds Gabe and Tina Watson signed up for a diving excursion in the Coral Sea, located off the coast of Australia. Tina was a novice diver who qualified for the trip after 11 dives, while Gabe was an expert rescue diver with 55 dives under his belt. The couple prepped their gear and planned their decent, then made their way down to the shipwrecked SS Yongala, a 350=foot shi...

We've got good news and bad news. The bad news? Deb's got laryngitis.. The good news? You get a sneak peak on what's going on at Dying to be Found The DASH podcast! Check out this bonus episode, then head on over to see what Deb is up to when she's not hanging with her family members. Here's what you'll listen to today: Have you ever seen that show “The first 48?” The premise is in the title, whic...

Catherine “Kate” Lawler was born in Killanne, Ireland, into a very poor family. She learned to steal at a very early age, and eventually served time in prison as early as age 15. After accumulating numerous arrests throughout her early life Kate eventually left for Liverpool, England, where she began working for Julia Martha Thomas as a maid. Unfortunately, the two women did not see eye to eye muc...

On August 28, 2003, 46-year-old Brian Wells walked into a PNC bank in Erie, PA, walked up to a teller, grabbed a lollipop, and demanded $250,000 in cash. Just 15 minutes after robbing them bank, Brian was apprehended by state troopers. Upon his arrest, police realized Brian was armed with a collar bomb. Twenty minutes after his arrest, the bomb went off, killing Brian instantly. Authorities spent...

Russell and Shirley Dermond were married for 64 years and were quite active in their Eatonton, GA community. Russell golfed, Shirley played bridge, and they both enjoyed attending neighbourhood parties. In fact, on May 3, 2014, they both had plans to attend a Kentucky Derby event but never showed up, which did not go unnoticed. By May 6th, concerned neighbours when to check up on the Dermond coupl...

Do you want to build a snowman? We've all seen this popular movie, but you have no idea on how this story connects with the famous Disney movie, "Frozen."In 1959, nine mountaineers in the heart of Russia took a trek out into the wilderness, But as fate would have it, none of them would return alive. Multiple theories are in place here, from extraterrestrials to espionage. Join Deb and Beth was we...

On June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin made a daring escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island, the most secure maximum security prison of its time. For over a year, these three men worked tirelessly to prepare for their great escape, all while going undetected by prison guards in their secret workspace. To this day, Frank, John and Clarence are still "dying to be found" b...

In 2014, Ruja Ignatova, an Oxford University law grad, founded a digital currency company called OneCoin. According to Ignatova, OneCoin would "kill" BitCoin, an already established cryptocurrency competitor. Ignatova built her empire through Pyramid and Ponzi schemes, and successfully convinced 1 million investors to back the business. But all good things come to an end, and by March 2017, US Fed...

On January 15, 1947, a young mother was out for a walk with her 3-year-old daughter when she came upon a gruesome scene. Up ahead, she saw what she thought was a mannequin, but as she approached, the scene became much more grim. This witness had just discovered the lifeless body of 22-year old Elizabeth Short, a woman who had gone missing the day before as she was on her way to meet her sister, El...