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Gone in a Blink
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There are an estimated 8 billion people in the world. In the US alone, approximately 2,300 people go missing every day. While some walk away of their own accord, others vanish under circumstances far more sinister. Gone in a Blink is an investigative true crime podcast that dives headfirst into the world's most mysterious missing person cases. Every Thursday, host Heather combines meticulous research, timeline analysis, and deep-dive storytelling that explores just how fast a person can be Gone in a Blink. Celebrating three years of independent audio storytelling, Heather delivers high-suspense, victim centered narratives that keep a highly engaged community of true crime enthusiasts on the edge of their seats. For business inquiries, host-read sponsorships, or media requests, please contact [email protected] <p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'
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The Disappearance of Arelie Garcia
When Arelie Garcia disappeared from her apartment in Salinas, California on September 22, 2022, her empty red Honda Accord on Highway 1 became the primary clue. With personal items left behind and no sign of a struggle, authorities and family continue searching for answers. In this episode we...
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The Disappearance of Katelin Akens: A Stepfather's Secret
In December 2015, 19-year-old Katelin Akens traveled from her new home in Arizona back to Spotsylvania County, Virginia to celebrate the birth of her new nephew. Four days later, she was scheduled to board a flight back home - but she never made it to the airport. Instead, a series of bizarre…
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The Disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit
On June 27, 1995, morning news anchor Jodi Huisentruit vanished from her apartment parking lot in Mason City, Iowa. Despite an immediate investigation, decades of searching, and intense media coverage, no one has ever been charged in her abduction. Today, we break down the case from the ground…
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The Disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito
In the early morning hours of April 6, 1986, nine-year-old Anthonette Cayedito vanished from her home in Gallup, New Mexico. Affectionately known as “Squirrel,” Anthonette was a deeply devoted fourth-grader who helped take care of her younger sisters. What started as a frantic morning search...
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The Disappearance of Eric Grady Smith: Left in the Wilderness
An experienced hunter walks into his own woods and completely vanishes. In late 2013, Eric Grady Smith was a well-respected coal mine supervisor and a dedicated family man living in Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Battling minor flu-like symptoms, he left his cell phone behind for what was meant to be a...
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The Disappearance of Jean Spangler
What really happened to Jean Spanger? In October 1949, the young Hollywood starlet went missing after walking out of her apartment for a supposed night shoot. No one on set had any record of her working. Then came the clues: a vandalized purse, a cryptic handwritten note, and whispers connecting...
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The Murder of Amy Mihaljevic
In October 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was lured from an Ohio shopping center by a mysterious caller who pretended to be a friend of the family. Her tragic death months later sparked a massive FBI investigation that remains active to this day. In this episode, we break down the suspects, the...
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The Disappearance of Tabitha Brewer, Nicholas Travis and Shirley McKeown
On a Spring night in 1998, teenagers Tabitha Brewer and Nicholas Travis stepped into a friend’s car and vanished into the Kansas City darkness. Four months later, a horrific discovery at a house on the East side of KC confirmed their families’ worst fears - but only half of the puzzle was found....
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The Murder of Jacob Wetterling
In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted in the town of St. Joseph, Minnesota. It became one of the most notorious child abductions in American history and for 27 years, a porch light stayed on as a beacon of hope for the missing boy. In this episode, we chronicle Jacob’s...
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The Disappearance of Sierra Lamar
Fifteen-year-old Sierra Lamar vanishes on her way to school in Morgan Hill, California. Investigators find her phone and purse discarded fields away. This episode retraces her final known steps on the morning of March 16, 2012. We explore the initial panic, the massive community volunteer…
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The Disappearance of Erica Lee Fraysure
In 1997, 17-year-old Erica Fraysure was working hard to save up for her first year of college. But a regular night out with friends in Brooksville, KY, ended in a muti-decade mystery when her unlocked car was found hidden by hay bales in a remote field. With her purse still inside but her keys...
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The Disappearance of Michael and Chucky Palmer
One family, two unfathomable tragedies. In 1999, 15-year-old Michael Palmer vanished into the early morning hours while biking home from a party in Wasilla, Alaska. Eleven years later, history would repeat itself in the worst way possible way when his 30-year-old brother, Chucky, disappeared…
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The Murder Pamela Butler
On a crisp October afternoon in 1999, 10-year-old Pamela Butler was rollerblading outside her home in Kansas City, Kansas. In a matter of seconds, a white pickup truck pulled up beside her and pulled her into the truck as her terrified sister watched. What followed was a desperate multi-state...
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The Disappearance of Leah Roberts
Nine days after Leah Roberts left North Carolina in 2000, her wrecked Jeep was found at the bottom of an embankment in Washington State. Inside were her money, ID, and passport - but Leah was completely gone. This episode explores her sudden cross-country journey, the baffling clues left at the...
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The Search for Alyssa Taylor
Alyssa Taylor wanted a quick getaway, so she joined a friend on a routine haul to North Carolina for his trucking company. A routine police interaction on the highway confirmed her presence in the vehicle just hours before a horrific, explosive crash on Interstate 85. This episode explores how a...
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Yuba County Five Disappearance
On February 24, 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California, attended a college basketball game and vanished into the night. Days later, their car was found perfectly operational, abandoned deep in the snowy mountains of Plumas National Forest - miles off their route home. Why did they head...
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The Disappearance of Michael Joseph Vaughan
On a late summer evening in Fruitland, Idaho, five-year-old - Michael Joseph Vaughan - affectionately nicknamed "Monkey" - vanished from his neighborhood without a trace. What began as a frantic search by family and neighbors quickly spiraled into one of the state's most intensive missing person...
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The Murder of Summer Shipp
When devoted mother and friend, Summer Shipp vanished from a Kansas City neighborhood while conducting door-to-door research in 2004, a community refused to give up hope. Three years later, a heartbreaking discovery exposed a brutal crime. This is the story of Summer Shipp, the hunt for her…
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The Disappearance of Heather Teague
A young woman is snatched from a Kentucky beach in broad daylight-witnessed only by a man looking through a telescope from an entirely different state. When prime suspect Marty Dill commits suicide days later, police consider the case essentially closed. But Heather's family believes the real...
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The Disappearance of Sara Anne Wood
In August 1993, 12-year-old Sara Anne Wood vanished while riding her bicycle home from vacation Bible school in Upstate New York. A massive hunt followed, but the breakthrough only came when another child escaped a kidnapping attempt five months later. Serial predator Lewis Lent confessed to…
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The Disappearance of Josh Guimond
On a chilly November night in 2002, 20-year-old Josh Guimond walked out of an on-campus poker party at St. John's University and vanished into the darkness. He left behind his car keys, glasses, and wallet, seemingly walking toward a future that would never arrive. Was it a tragic accident in the...
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The Disappearance of Cynthia Anderson
Cindy Anderson was a young legal secretary with a bright future - until she disappeared in broad daylight from her workplace. Despite an office buzzer, a locked door, and numerous witnesses seeing her that morning, she was gone by lunch, leaving only her purse, keys and the lingering scent of…
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The Murder of Rosie Tapia
In the early morning of August 13th, 1995, a nightmare became reality for the Tapia family in Salt Lake City. While they slept just feet away, someone removed a window screen and abducted 6 year old Rosie from her bedroom. Hours later, she was found in a nearby canal. Today, 30 years have passed...
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The Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse
Jennifer Kesse reported feeling uncomfortable around the workers renovating her apartment complex shortly before she went missing. Did a stranger turn into a stalker? With little to no forensic evidence found in her car, investigators are left with a massive missing piece: the transient...
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The Death of Joshua Maddux
How does a 6-foot-tall young man end up in a fetal position inside a chimney, only to have his death ruled an accident? Today we dive deep into the inconsistencies of the Joshua Maddux case. We examine the 'accidental' theory against the unsettling physical evidence: the breakfast bar dragged to...
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The Disappearance of Brian Shaffer
It was the start of spring break, but for Brian Shaffer's family, it was the start of a nightmare. After an evening of drinks, Brian became separated from his friends within a busy, secure entertainment complex. Surveillance footage captures him entering but never leaving. Join us as we walk...
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The Disappearance of Alexis Patterson
On a spring morning in 2002, seven-year-old Alexis Patterson walked toward Hi-Mount Elementary School, accompanied by her stepfather to the corner, just steps away from the entrance. She was seen by a crossing guard and classmates on the playground, yet she never made it to her first-grade...
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The Disappearance of Leanne Green
Seventeen-year-old Martha Leanne Green seemingly vanished into this air. Despite decades of searches, FBI involvement, and even a confession, her case remains one of Tennessee's most enduring mysteries. Was she taken by a stranger, or did she trust the wrong person? We break down the timeline of...
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The Disappearance of Maura Murray
On February 9, 2004, 21-year-old nursing student, Maura Murray left her UMass Amherst dorm and drove into the snowy White Mountains of New Hampshire. After a minor car accident on a desolate hairpin turn on Route 112, she vanished within minutes before arrived. Join us as we dissect the final...
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The Murders of Barry and Honey Sherman
On a cold December night in 2017, Canadian pharmaceutical mogul Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey were found strangled and staged in a macabre pose by their indoor pool. With no signs of forced entry and a massive $35 million reward still unclaimed, we explore what really happened…
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The Disappearance of Lauren Spierer
In the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, 20-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer walked out of a friend's apartment in downtown Bloomington and vanished without a trace. Despite being caught on multiple surveillance cameras earlier that night, the trail ends at the corner of 11th...
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The Disappearance of Barbara Bolick
On a clear July morning in 2007, 55-year-old Barbara Bolick set out to hike her favorite trail in Montana's Bitterroot Mountains. An experienced hiker carrying a .357 Magnum for protection, she was less than 30 feet away from her hiking partner when he turned away for just 45 seconds. When he...
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The Diane Downs Murders
In 1983, Diane Downs drove her blood-spattered car into an Oregon hospital, claiming a "bushy-haired stranger" shot her three children. What followed was a disturbing display of manipulation, as the superficial wound on her arm and her chillingly calm demeanor raised immediate red flags. We break...
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The Disappearance of Asha Degree
It's a story that has haunted a community for a quarter-century. A little girl, a loving home, and a terrifying, unexplained disappearance. Twenty-five years after 9-year-old Asha Degree vanished in the middle of the night, the case has exploded with new information. We dive into the recent…
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The Disappearance of Macin Smith
On September 1, 2015, 17-year-old Macin Smith walked out of his St. George, Utah home, presumably heading for the school bus. He never arrived at school, and he never came home. Left behind in his bedroom were the very things most teens can't live without: his cell phone, his laptop, and his...
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The Murder of Judy Smith
A routine business trip to Philadelphia turned into a nightmare when Judy Smith disappeared in 1997. When her body was discovered hundreds of miles away in the mountains of North Carolina, the mystery only grew: How did she get there, and who was responsible for the brutal stabbing that took her...
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The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland
Brianna Maitland's disappearance is more than a cold case. It is a story about the fragility of life, the unpredictability of fate, and the spirit of a family searching for answers. A young woman's routine evening, the drive to work, the gestures of independence, the ordinary interactions of a...
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The Disappearance of Jody Ledkins
Jody Ledkins was last seen walking northbound on Winchester Avenue at 14th Street the evening she disappeared. She left without money or extra clothes, seemingly just needing a ride home. This episode dives into the immediate aftermath of her phone call with her mother and subsequent fight her...
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The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
A stranded college student, a confused conversation in the dark, and one final, chilling exclamation before the phone call ends forever. The 2008 disappearance of Brandon Swanson remains one of Minnesota's most perplexing cold cases. What happened in those final moments on that desolate road?…
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The Disappearance of Cindy Song
When a young Penn State college student goes missing after a costume party on Halloween night, everyone on campus is in a state of panic. But police have very little to go on until a tip comes in from an eyewitness who may have seen a young girl, matching Cindy's description, get abducted. Was…
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The Murders of James Adamski and Sylvia Salinas
In this mini episode, we are discussing the Halloween murders of both James Adamski and Sylvia Salinas. A night that started out as a party with friends turns deadly when 18-year-old James Adamski heads out on foot from the bar where the party was held, never to be heard from again. Was he being...
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The Disappearance of Misty Copsey
An evening at the State Fair with her best friend, and a promise to her mother to find a safe ride home by the end of the night. That was the deal that Diana Smith made with her daughter. 13-year-old Misty Copsey was excited to finally gain some independence and spend the afternoon with her…
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The Springfield Three
On the evening of June 6th, the Kickapoo High School class of 1992 was getting ready to kick off their graduation ceremony. Suzanne (Suzie) Streeter and her best friend Stacey McCall, along with Suzie's mother Sherrill Levitt were in attendance. But what would start out as a joyous occasion…
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The Disappearance of Lina Sardar Khil
The playground should be every child's sanctuary - a place of laughter, freedom, and innocent joy. For three-year-old Lina Sardar Khil, it became the scene of an unthinkable tragedy when she vanished without a trace on December 20, 2021, from her apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas. Lina's...
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The Jamison Family Disappearance
A crisp autumn day in Oklahoma turns tragic when the Jamison family vanish without explanation, leaving behind $32,000 and their starving dog locked in their truck. What forces could lead a family of three to disappear in the remote Sandboi Mountains, only to be discovered as skeletal remains…
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The Death of Sean Daugherty
The peaceful suburb of Yorktown, Virginia became the backdrop for a harrowing mystery when 12-year-old Sean Daugherty was found hanging from a swing set in his family's backyard on April 14, 2022. What initially appeared as a tragic suicide quickly unraveled into something far more perplexing.…
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The Disappearance of Diane Augat
A desperate voice pleads from an answering machine: "Help, help, help, let me out!" For Mildred Young, this haunting recording of her daughter Diane would become the soundtrack to decades of anguish and unanswered questions. Diane Augat's story reveals how mental illness creates vulnerability…
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The Disappearance of Laureen Rahn
A 14-year-old girl vanishes into the night after someone methodically unscrews every hallway light bulb in her apartment building. Her purse, clothes, and money remain behind. For years afterward, her mother receives haunting silent phone calls at exactly 3:45am. Welcome to one of New Hampshire's...
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The Disappearance of Teresa Butler
On a chilling January evening in 2006, Teresa Butler, a devoted mother and beloved community member, vanished without a trace while putting her children to bed. After a regular family gathering, her husband left for work, unaware that this would lead to a heartbreaking investigation into her...
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The Disappearance of Jessica Hamby
What if a mother's desperate attempt to reclaim her life led her down a path of uncertainty and disappearance? Jessica Hamby, a mother of three, was on a mission to overcome her struggles with addiction by entering a detox program in Haleyville, Alabama. However, after an intense confrontation at...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
There are an estimated 8 billion people in the world. In the US alone, approximately 2,300 people go missing every day. While some walk away of their own accord, others vanish under circumstances far more sinister.
Gone in a Blink is an investigative true crime podcast that dives headfirst into the world's most mysterious missing person cases. Every Thursday, host Heather combines meticulous research, timeline analysis, and deep-dive storytelling that explores just how fast a person can be Gone in a Blink.
Celebrating three years of independent audio storytelling, Heather delivers high-suspense, victim centered narratives that keep a highly engaged community of true crime enthusiasts on the edge of their seats.
For business inquiries, host-read sponsorships, or media requests, please contact [email protected]
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