I Think Not!

Tanya Rider and her husband Tom work hard. They both have two jobs and often go DAYS without seeing each other. When Tanya's boss calls Tom to say that Tanya has miss two consecutive days of work, Tom immediately panics as he realizes that he too has not seen or heard from Tanya in two days. And get ready to rage-drink (TM) when you find out how long it takes the police to accept the missing perso...

On July 22nd, 2001, 28-year-old Niqui McCown vanished. It was just three weeks before her wedding. She'd been doing laundry at a local laundromat. She told her mother that some men were hassling her, but insisted she could handle it. When she never came home, her family tried to report her missing, but it would be YEARS before they had any solid clues as to what happened. ALSO, WE CAN'T WAIT TO IN...

30 year old high school teacher Tara Grinstead vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia on October 22, 2005. The circumstances were strange:  a latex glove was found in her yard, a business card from a local cop was wedged in her door. She was a young woman beloved by the town and who lived in close knit community, but nobody saw anything? WHERE. THE HELL. IS TARA? Hey, DBs!  A message from the f...

17 year old Brittanee had asked her parents if she could go to Myrtle beach with friends for spring break. Her parents said no, but she sneaked away and went anyway. On the night of April 25, 2009, she was walking from one hotel to another while texting her boyfriend back home. They had been in constant contact since Brittanee had been in Myrtle Beach. And then suddenly the texts from Brittanee st...

Scoop Daniel was a pillar of the community in Breckenridge, Colorado. HE WAS ALSO A TOTAL DIRT BAG AND WE HATE HIM, but we digress. When he vanished from his office without a trace, the entire town, the local AND NATIONAL FBI, as well as a search and rescue team are on the hunt for him. You guys, they really wanted to find this guy. BUT GUESS WHAT? NOTHING IN HIS LIFE WAS AS IT SEEMED! WHO'S SHOCK...

EVERYONE BE COOL!! THE NARRATOR / ANNOUNCER IS HERE!! Christopher Walker chats with us about all things Disappeared!!! And then at the 15:22 mark, we're going to need you to PULL OVER because Ellyn answers the door at her apartment and Christopher narrates the whole thing like it's an episode of Disappeared. And you are not going to survive it!  You can find Christopher on Twitter @VoiceOfWalker a...

On July 6, 2002, Bison and Serena set sail from Tahiti on Bison's catamaran. Joining them was Bison's brother, Miles.  Bison and Serena had been in regular communication with family and friends via satellite phone, but suddenly, all communication stopped. After weeks of silence, Miles appeared back in the United States. He claimed to have no idea where Bison and Serena were. But his story didn't a...

John Spira, a beloved musician from Chicago, was last seen on February 23rd 2007 at 7pm by his business partner. According to the man, Spira was sitting alone at his desk. Earlier that day, he and his wife had met with a lawyer to discuss finalizing their divorce. So when he vanished without a trace, fingers were pointed at both the wife and the business partner. But then, police indicated that th...

In August of 1999, Rosemary Christensen vanished from the Belleair, Florida condo she shared with her husband Robert. The disappearance was first reported to police by Rosemary's co-workers when Rosemary failed to show up for a work party. Immediately, Robert was a suspect--he had a violent past and relationship with Rosemary had been on the rocks. But he was forthcoming with police and seemed to...

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was dubbed "The Most Hated Woman in America." She was a staunch Atheist and had been involved in the Supreme Court cast that removed prayer from American public schools. When she and her son and grand daughter vanished from their Austin home in September of 1995, not only did the authorities not go looking for her, but by all accounts, most people were glad they were gone. Bu...

On September 28, 2008, Michelle McMullen packed up her 6-year-old son and drove 18 hours from Louisiana to Pennsylvania to drop him off with a friend. Without stopping to rest, she got back on the road that same night. When her car is found abandoned a few days later, her family fears it was an abduction. But clues emerge that she may have disappeared on purpose. WHERE. THE HELL. IS MICHELLE? FAM:...

August 24th, 2004: 31 year old Billy Smolinski tells a neighbor that he's headed out of town for 3 days. And he is never seen again. Billy has an extremely close relationship with his family and friends, who immediately know that something is wrong--he would never vanish on purpose or intentionally cut off ties with the people he loves. And then his car mysteriously returns to his driveway, but no...

It was a pleasure and honor to get to interview Julie Murray, Maura Murray's older sister. In this interview Patrick and Julie break down the "Disappeared" episode, go over some startling revelations, and Julie tells all about what was left out. Oh, and we get to the bottom of why Maura was drinking white Russians. We go IN on that mysterious phone call, the possible Maura sighting in New Hampshir...

The disappearance of Maura Murray is one of the most baffling—and certainly the most famous—missing persons case of our time. The details are at once specific and maddeningly confusing: On the afternoon of February 9, 2004 the 21-year old college student got in her car and drove north to New Hampshire. She didn’t tell anyone what her plans were or where she was headed. At 7:27 PM, Faith Westman, a...

This one truly haunts Patrick's nightmares. Honestly. WHERE. THE HELL. IS HE? 18 Year old Lee Cutler was last seen on October 20, 2007. He spent the night before at a friend's house and was dropped off at his home at 10 am that morning. He was scheduled to work at a clothing store at the local mall at noon. But he never showed up. A  day later, his car was found about 200 miles away. A makeshift c...

Michele “Shelli” Whitaker was last seen alive on August 16, 2002 in Spartanburg, South Carolina at a Truck Stops of America off I-85. She was dropped off by a man she’d met the day before…or was she? Though she had a difficult relationship wither her family, they never stopped looking for her. All the while, the police suspect a local man, Jonathan Vick—a suspect in two other disappearances—might...

On October 20, 2001, Amy St. Laurent brought her new friend Eric, who was visiting from out of town, to a pool hall in the Old Port section of Portland, Maine. The two finished the night at the nearby Pavillion dance club where they were to meet up with two men they’d met earlier in the evening. When Amy didn’t show up for work the next day, her family and friends were immediately concerned. Where...

Paige Birgfeld was a mother of three who was adored by children and by her close knit group of friends. Recently divorced from her second husband--the father of her three kids--she was working multiple jobs to make ends meet while raising the kids on her own. Paige's last known contact was a cell phone call to her first husband around 9pm on June 28th 2007. And then she vanished without a trace. A...

23 year old Brandi Wells was last seen in Longview, Texas on August 3rd, 2006 when she headed out to a nightclub alone. It's known that she arrived at the club around 10:30 pm and left shortly after midnight. Five days later, her abandoned car was found on the highway with the driver door left hanging open. There was no sign of a struggle. And so we ask, WHERE. THE HELL. IS SHE?  If you have any i...

Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Well Hello There! And welcome to Obsessed With: Disappeared, a true crime / comedy podcast recappin...