Lost Girls

In September of 2019, Cheyenne Stannard vanished from Huntsville, Arkansas, under circumstances that raised far more questions than answers. Known for her consistent communication with family, Cheyenne's sudden silence was immediately alarming. The story offered by those closest to her didn’t add up—claims of her leaving on foot, heading to far-off states with no transportation or resources, d...

Tonight’s episode of Lost Girls takes us back to 1955 Los Angeles and the mysterious disappearance of wealthy socialite Evelyn Throsby Scott. What began as an ordinary afternoon outing with her husband would become one of the earliest and most groundbreaking no-body murder cases in American history. In this episode, we trace the red flags, the conflicting stories, the disturbing physical evidence,...

In this episode of Lost Girls , hosts LaDonna Humphrey and Amy Smith take listeners back to New York City in 1976 — into the subway tunnels of lower Manhattan and the Bronx — where a 14-year-old girl vanished just five stops from home. Cesilia Peña was a shy, responsible student who followed the rules. She wore her school uniform. She took the same train every day. And on October 6, she never made...

Today on Lost Girls , we’re talking about Angel Rose Avery , a woman who disappeared from Kennett, Missouri, and whose case has remained largely untouched by time, attention, or answers. Angel was thirty-five years old when she was last seen on September 1, 2018. She didn’t leave behind a public trail of clues or a well-documented timeline. There were no headlines that followed her disappearance,...

On today’s episode of The Lost Girls , we’re talking about Julie May Hill , a young woman whose disappearance in the summer of 1980 left behind a scene so unsettling it still raises questions more than four decades later. Julie was just twenty-one years old when she vanished from her apartment in Duluth, Minnesota. She didn’t pack a bag. She didn’t leave a note. Her purse and belongings were still...

On this episode of The Lost Girls Podcast , we’re telling the story of a woman who seems to have slipped quietly out of sight—leaving behind questions that were never answered and a family still searching decades later. Her name was Delores Marie Whiteman , known to those who loved her as Lolly . Delores was a Native woman born on the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan. She was 4...

On August 17, 2018, the Anchorage Police Department opened a case that would ultimately expose one of the most disturbing crimes in Alaska’s recent history. It began with a Crime Stoppers tip that was impossible to dismiss. A woman named Alicia Youngblood contacted police with a chilling claim: a man she knew had confessed to murdering a woman in Anchorage — and had shown her a video of the killin...

We are sharing something deeply important — and we want to give full credit to the journalist who made this possible. This episode features Alicia’s first full interview with the Anchorage Police Department , originally published by investigative writer Amber Batts on November 7, 2025 . The recording is an unedited, two-hour interview in which Alicia sat down with APD, turned over her phone, and t...

This episode of Lost Girls is different. So important, in fact, that we did not record an introduction. We did not add commentary. We did not interrupt. We are sharing the work done by Amber Batts on the Harm Done Podcast. The Alaskan killer, Brian Steven Smith, a white South African-born man, is a chilling clear illustration of systemic failures within the Anchorage Police Department (APD) and th...

This episode of Lost Girls is different. So important, in fact, that we did not record an introduction. We did not add commentary. We did not interrupt. We are letting the evidence speak for itself. On October 18, 2019, Anchorage Police Detectives Brendan Lee and David Cordie interrogated Ian Calhoun about his relationship with Brian Steven Smith—the now-convicted serial killer responsible for the...

On today’s episode of The Lost Girls , with Amy Smith and LaDonna Humphrey , we’re telling the story of Michelle Louise Harley . Michelle was just 22 years old when she vanished from Broward County, Florida , in the summer of 1989 . A nurse. A young mother. A woman who never missed a call to check on her medically fragile son—until the day she left work to have lunch with an unidentified man and n...

In this episode, Amy Smith and LaDonna Humphrey investigate the 2007 disappearance of 46-year-old Roxanne Lacson, a Native Hawaiian, Chinese, and Filipino woman who vanished in Honolulu under circumstances that remain painfully unclear. Roxanne was last seen on the morning of August 27, 2007, when her daughter dropped her off at her boyfriend’s home in Makakilo. Although she was homeless at the ti...

In this episode, Amy Smith and LaDonna Humphrey explore the 2017 disappearance of Eva Gwendolyn “Gwen” Allen, a 67-year-old woman who vanished from Lithonia, Georgia under deeply concerning circumstances. Gwen, who lived in a group home and required continuous care due to bipolar disorder, was last seen around 1:30 a.m. on July 4th, 2017. Despite her medical needs, her eyeglasses left behind, and...

Hailey vanished in late November 2024 — somewhere between certainty and speculation, between a Chevon station in Kelso and the miles of quiet Washington road that stretch into nowhere. She was last reportedly seen in South Kelso and at the Lexington Chevron. After that, nothing. No confirmed sightings. No arrests. No trail that hasn’t dissolved into uncertainty. In this episode, we look closely at...

It has now been six heartbreaking weeks since 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner vanished from her foster home in Orlando on October 14 — and for those who love her, every passing day feels heavier than the one before. Wynter was living with a foster family at the time she disappeared, and her family insists this does not feel like a voluntary runaway case. Her father, Dusty Wagoner , says something about...

In this special episode of Lost Girls , we step away from a single case to confront a nationwide tragedy: the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives — known as MMIWR. It’s a crisis rooted in history, perpetuated by silence, and fueled by systemic failure. Across the U.S., Native women go missing or are murdered at rates exponentially higher than other groups. On some reser...

On September 18, 2019, Cheyenne Stannard vanished from Huntsville, Arkansas, under circumstances that raised far more questions than answers. Known for her consistent communication with family, Cheyenne's sudden silence was immediately alarming. The story offered by those closest to her didn’t add up—claims of her leaving on foot, heading to far-off states with no transportation or resources,...

She told her family she was coming home. She packed her bags. And then— April Beth Pitzer vanished . In this episode, we dive into the haunting disappearance of April, a 30-year-old mother of two who went missing from Newberry Springs, California in 2004. She was supposed to be boarding a bus back to Arkansas… but she never made it. Rumors of drug activity. A history of cooperation with law enforc...

Taylor Barksdale's life was stolen in Madison County. Her murder was brutal. Her case is unsolved. And her killer is still out there. This is The Lost Girls . And this is Taylor Barksdale’s story.

In this haunting episode, Amy Smith and LaDonna Humphrey revisit the unsolved disappearance of 25-year-old Darla Harper , who vanished from her apartment in Gravel Ridge, Arkansas, on March 4, 1986 . When Darla failed to show up for work the next morning, a coworker discovered her three-year-old daughter alone in the apartment — with blood on the door and Darla gone . What followed was a decades-l...

On July 25, 1985, sisters Rozlin Rochelle Abell (18) and Fawn Marlene Abell (15) left their home in Bethany, Oklahoma , to look for jobs. They never came back. The girls were last seen hitchhiking near 59th and Rockwell , a habit they were known for—but this time, something went terribly wrong. Nearly four decades later, their family still waits for answers. Their Social Security numbers have neve...

In this haunting episode of The Lost Girls, hosts Amy Smith and LaDonna Humphrey take listeners deep into the heart of small-town Arkansas, where safety is supposed to be a way of life — yet three young women have vanished without a trace. Madelin Tomlin (Hope, AR – 2015), Mercedes Toliver (Prescott, AR – 2016), and Destinee Bruce (Hope, AR – 2025) are names that echo through the quiet streets of...

The Lost Girls Podcast is taking a short break! We’re currently on vacation as we prepare to send our kids back to school and take some much-needed time to rest, refresh, and reflect. This break also allows us to thoughtfully respond to the hundreds of messages we’ve received from families asking us to share their loved one’s story. We’ll be back at the end of August with a brand new season—one fi...

Patricia disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico at 3:00 p.m. on June 17, 1969. She left her home in the 800 block of San Pedro Drive southeast to sell raffle tickets for the Elks Club. She returned home briefly to pick up her coin purse which she'd forgotten, then left again, and never returned. She was last seen by a neighborhood girl who waved to her on the street.

On this episode of Lost Girls , we’re stepping back to 1986—to a quiet neighborhood in Reseda, California—where a nineteen‑year‑old named Joyce Irene Walcott vanished in the middle of an ordinary day. Joyce, who friends affectionately called Sneezie , had survived a devastating car accident that left her with scars and a reconstructed neck, a testament to her resilience. She was bright, determined...