Kona Gallagher 11/28/21 Kona Gallagher 11/28/21

Merch Store is Open!

Hey everyone! We may be on a break, but we're still hard at work. We've launched our merch store on Teepublic.

You can find classic designs, as well as special ones that benefit NCMEC, Black and Missing Foundation, and The Trevor Project!

We'd also love to hear your merch ideas, and if you're artistic, you can make your own! All you have to do is sign up here and upload your design. Send us the link, and we'll put it in our merch store. Best of all, you'll get paid for every sale!

Thanks again for all of your support!

- Kona and Ethan

Kona Gallagher 11/24/21 Kona Gallagher 11/24/21

Johnny Gosch: Part 1

An entrepreneurial 12-year-old wanted to earn money to buy a dirt bike, so he started delivering newspapers. On Sunday, September 5, 1982, Johnny Gosch loaded up his red wagon with copies of the Des Moines Register and set off on his early-morning route. Johnny was usually accompanied by his father, but this morning, he only had his dog with him. The people on his route all knew Johnny and his family, so when they hadn’t gotten their Sunday paper, some customers started calling the Gosch home. Johnny’s father went out to find his son, but instead of the 12-year-old, he only found the red wagon and his dog. Now, nearly 40 years later, this case has bred multiple conspiracy theories going up to the top levels of U.S. government, and has left people still passionately debating what happened to Johnny Gosh.

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Johnny Gosch has been missing since September 5, 1982

Johnny Gosch was 12 when he went missing from Des Moines, IA

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Johnny Gosch with his yellow newspaper bag

John and Noreen Gosch

Eugene Martin was kidnapped on August 12, 1984

Noreen Gosch

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Brandi Summers & Tiffani Wise: Part 2

When his wife, Beverly Wise was murdered in their San Bernardino, California home in 1977 and their two oldest children were kidnapped, Claude Wise feared that he would never see them again. But two years later, in 1979, detectives told him that they believed his children were still alive. In fact, their investigation would reveal that the children had been hiding in plain sight: eating out in restaurants, and attending Sunday School. But despite multiple arrests, and the lengthiest and most expensive trial in San Bernardino’s history, Brandi Summers and Tiffany Wise’s whereabouts remain unknown, over 40 years later. Claude Wise and his youngest daughter Stacy are still searching, and they believe that there are many people who are still alive who hold the answers to this mystery.

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Kona Gallagher 11/10/21 Kona Gallagher 11/10/21

Brandi Summers & Tiffani Wise: Part 1

On the afternoon of March 30, 1977, a young mother is brutally stabbed to death while home with her three young children. Her two oldest children, Brandi Summers and Tiffani Wise were taken. Her youngest child, Stacy Wise, who was only eight months old at the time, was later found sitting alone in the hallway, completely unharmed. Over the course of the next three years, police would uncover what seemingly amounted to a criminal conspiracy, spanning across several states. But despite many witness accounts and even a highly publicized and lengthy trial, Tiffani and Brandi remain missing, over 40 years later.

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Brandi Summers and Tiffani Wise have been missing since March 30, 1977

Tiffani Wise was 2 when she went missing

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Tiffani Wise age progressed

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Flowchart of names

Brandi Summers was 5 when she went missing

Roy Summers at trial

Claude Wise as the verdict was being read

Kona Gallagher 11/8/21 Kona Gallagher 11/8/21

Unplug From The Darkness: Let’s Talk Depression

Unplug From the Darkness is a show about mental health hosted by Ethan. It is exclusively available to our subscribers on Patreon.

In the most recent episode of And Then They Were Gone, we covered the case of Timmothy Pitzen. In it, we talk a lot about the depression that his mother, Amy Frye-Pitzen, was suffering from. In this episode of Unplug From the Darkness, Kona and Ethan talk about post-partum depression and how, as a partner, you can support someone going through this.

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Kona Gallagher 11/3/21 Kona Gallagher 11/3/21

Timmothy Pitzen

A mom takes her six-year-old son out of school for a day at the zoo. It’s basically every kid’s dream. But Amy Fry-Pitzen failed to tell her husband about these plans, so he was confused when he went to pick his son, Timmothy up at the end of the school day, only to be told by the school secretary that he was gone. Amy was found shortly thereafter, but Timmothy remains missing, nearly 10 years later, leaving a shattered father living in limbo, waiting for his son to come home.

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Timmothy Pitzen has been missing since May 11, 2011

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Timmothy was taken by his mother, Amy Frye-Pitzen

The last known footage of Timmothy

Timmothy Pitzen age-progressed to 16

Timmothy's father, Jim Pitzen

Brian Rini claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen in 2019

Timmothy's bench

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Kona Gallagher 10/27/21 Kona Gallagher 10/27/21

Daniel Robinson

A young geologist goes to work, but once he gets there, he’s acting confused and leaves 15 minutes later. His co-workers are concerned, and when time passes and he doesn’t respond to his family’s calls and texts, they begin to worry as well. Did Daniel Robinson decide to disconnect and leave on his own, or, as his family suspects, did he fall victim to a darker fate? It’s been four months, and Daniel’s family is left with more questions than answers, and a desperate desire to find their missing loved one.

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Daniel Robinson has been missing from Buckeye, AZ since 6/23/21

Daniel Robinson was 24-years-old when he went missing

Daniel was from Charleston, SC

Daniel Robinson's Missing Poster

Daniel with his father, David

David Robinson II

Daniel's 2017 Jeep Renegade was found on 7/20/21

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Kelley Brannon

A couple starts off from Florida on a long road trip. But instead of making it to their ultimate destination together, the boyfriend returns alone to his mother’s home in his girlfriend’s car, and says he has no clue where she is. This isn’t the case you may be thinking of. This is the story of the 2020 disappearance of 36-year-old Kelley Brannon, from Live Oak, Florida, and the friends who are desperate for answers.

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Kelley Brannon went missing from Live Oak, FL on July 15, 2020

Kelley Brannon was 35 when she disappeared

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Kelley Brannon at the Occupy DC protests

Kelley is a musician, a writer, and an artist

Kelley Brannon's mugshot

Kelley Brannon's boyfriend, Eddie Emerson

Kelley and Eddie

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Kona Gallagher 10/6/21 Kona Gallagher 10/6/21

Sophie Long: Part 2

CW: Child sexual abuse

A couple is going through a nasty custody battle. And then they go viral for the worst reason imaginable. Their 9-year-old daughter, Sophie, alleges that she is being sexually abused while at her mother’s house. The case is investigated, but one year later, in July of 2021, Sophie’s dad, Michael, abducts her. He claims that he’s trying to save her, but Sophie’s mother claims that he’s the dangerous one. Now, in September of 2021, Michael is still on the run with Sophie, and people are left wondering, who’s telling the truth?

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Sophie Long has been missing from Seguin, TX since August 2021

Sophie Long is 11 years old and was last seen in Seguin, TX

Sophie Long's missing poster

Michael and Sophie after he abducted her

Sophie Long was abducted by her father, Michael Long

Sophie's mother, Kelly Long

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Kona Gallagher 9/29/21 Kona Gallagher 9/29/21

Sophie Long: Part 1

CW: Child sexual abuse

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Sophie Long has been missing since July 12, 2021

Sophie Long is 11 years old and was last seen in Seguin, TX

Sophie Long was abducted by her father, Michael Long

Michael Long and his wife, Krystal Chalmers

Sophie's mother, Kelly Long

Sophie's letter to her father

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Kona Gallagher 9/23/21 Kona Gallagher 9/23/21

Akia Eggleston

A woman goes missing under bizarre circumstances with a very clear suspect. Sound familiar? You probably haven't heard the story of Akia Eggleston, the 22-year-old black woman who went missing from Baltimore in 2017 when she was eight months pregnant. Despite a difficult pregnancy and suspicious circumstances surrounding her disappearance, Baltimore City Police suggested that she simply took off. But Akia didn't show up to her own baby shower, and her family knew something was horribly wrong. They have spent the last four years trying to get answers and justice for Akia Eggleston and her unborn child, and bring them both home.

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Akia Eggleston has been missing from Baltimore, MD since May 3, 2017

Akia Eggleston was 22 when she went missing. She was 8-months pregnant

Akia Eggleston and her daughter

Akia Eggleston's missing poster

CCTV footage of Akia Eggleston on the day she disappeared

Andre Michael Robinson, the father of Akia Eggleston's child

Akia Eggleston's step-father, Shawn Wilkinson

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Kona Gallagher 9/18/21 Kona Gallagher 9/18/21

Gabby Petito

Gabby Petito and her fiance, Bryan Laundrie, are young, attractive, and Instagram-ready. The engaged couple bought a van, redid the inside, and set off for a cross-country adventure where they embraced hiking, the land, and the simple life. The couple left on July 2, 2021, and were supposed to be gone for 4 months. But on September 1, Brian returned home to Florida alone. Now, Gabby has officially been reported missing, and Brian isn’t talking. Where is Gabby Petito?

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Gabrielle Petito was reported missing on September 11, 2021

Gabby Petito was 22 years old when she went missing on a cross-country trip

Gabby Petito's missing poster

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were engaged when they went on their cross-country trip

Gabby Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie

Bodycam footage of Gabby Petito on August 12

Bodycam footage of Brian Laundrie on August 12

Kylen Schulte and Crystal Beck were murdered near where Gabby and Brian were stopped by police.

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Kona Gallagher 9/9/21 Kona Gallagher 9/9/21

Deirdre Jacob

On July 28, 1998, 18-year-old Deirdre Jacob was back home from university and staying with her parents for the summer. She was preparing to begin her second year at St. Mary's University in London and needed to mail the deposit for her school accommodations. So Deirdre made the walk into town like she had done hundreds of times before. Having grown up in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, she was well-known by the residents, and many people saw her running her errands that day. They even saw her walk home around 3 pm. But right before she entered the front door of her childhood home, Deirdre Jacob seemingly vanished into thin air. Now, 23 years later, Gardai in Ireland are closer than ever to making an arrest and finally finding out whether Deirdre was the final victim of Ireland's Vanishing Triangle.

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Deirdre Jacob has been missing since July 28, 1998

Deirdre Jacob went missing from Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland

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A similar bag to the one Deirdre Jacob was carrying

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Surveillance footage from the day Deirdre Jacob went missing

Deirdre Jacob's parents

Larry Murphy

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Trudy Appleby

When Dennis Appleby came home during his lunch break and didn't see his 11-year-old daughter Trudy, he wasn't initially worried. It was the last days of summer and he assumed she was outside or over at a friend's house enjoying herself. But when he returned from work that evening and there was still no sign of Trudy, he knew something was wrong. Despite witnesses and even Dennis himself saying he knew who was responsible for his daughter's disappearance, Trudy Appleby's case has remained unsolved for the last 25 years. But that could all be changing soon, as police believe they are closer than ever to having the proof they need to put her abductors in prison.

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Trudy Appleby: Missing since August 21, 1996

Trudy Appleby was 11-years-old when she went missing from Moline, IL

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Trudy Appleby's age-progressed photo

Trudy's father, Dennis Appleby

Trudy's Mother, Brenda Eddleman Gordon

Trudy's best friend, Amber Dunlap

Amber's mom, Kelly Carlson

Dennis Appleby at his daughter's vigil

Ed Smith, a person of interest in Trudy Appleby's disappearance

David Whipple, a person of interest in Trudy Appleby's disappearance

Jamie Fisher, a person of interest in Trudy Appleby's disappearance

Trudy Appleby's billboard

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Kona Gallagher 8/11/21 Kona Gallagher 8/11/21

Bryce Laspisa: Part 2

When 19-year-old Bryce Laspisa broke up with his college girlfriend suddenly and told his parents that he had something he needed to talk to them about, they assumed that he was going through typical teenage problems. But when Bryce left his girlfriend’s house on the night of August 28th, Bryce didn’t go to his apartment. Instead he kept driving. And driving. What followed was over two days of aimless wandering that resulted in a car crash and Bryce never being seen again. Nearly 8 years later, his family, friends, and armchair detectives are still trying to figure out what happened to Bryce Laspisa.

This is part 2 of a 3-part series on Bryce Laspisa.

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FIND BRYCE LASPISA - Home

https://www.livingmgz.com/life/nowhere-to-be-found-what-happened-to-bryce-laspisa/24.html?br_t=sa

What Was Bryce Laspisa Desperate to Tell His Parents on the Day He Went Missing?

Bryce's route on Google Maps

https://www.reddit.com/user/theanonymoushooligan/

True Crime Society - The road to nowhere – Bryce Laspisa

Roommate Hoping for the Best after Sierra College Student Goes Missing

Search continues, 2 years after Central grad vanished

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Bryce Laspisa spent most of August 29 at this rest stop (Copy)

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Kona Gallagher 8/4/21 Kona Gallagher 8/4/21

Bryce Laspisa: Part 1

Most disappearances happen quickly. Someone is there one moment and gone the next. But when 19-year-old Bryce Laspisa disappeared from California in 2013, it was the culmination of three days of strange behavior, driving, and contact with his family and law enforcement. In part one of Bryce's story, we discuss the three day period that saw the college student unexpectedly break up with his girlfriend and start a 90-mile drive that ended up stretching over days and hundreds of miles. What led Bryce to drive past his apartment and continue down the interstate, and what kept him from going home, even though his parents were begging him to?

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Bryce David Laspisa: Missing since August 30, 2013

Bryce Laspisa was 19 when he went missing

Bryce's tattoo on his left arm

Bryce Laspisa's missing poster

Bryce Laspisa's age-progressed missing poster

Bryce, Karen and David Laspisa

Bryce Laspisa and his girlfriend, Kim

Bryce Laspisa spent most of August 29 at this rest stop

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Kona Gallagher 7/28/21 Kona Gallagher 7/28/21

Victor “J.R.” Shoemaker, Jr. (2021)

This is the first case we ever covered, and we've re-recorded the story for our one-year podcast anniversary. J.R. was only 5 when he went missing while playing with his older cousins on Short Mountain in West Virginia. It was a place he had spent many happy days before, but on May 1, 1994, something happened. Despite an immediate and extensive search effort, not a single trace of the boy was ever found. His older cousins swore that they had no idea what happened to J.R., but now, 27 years later, there are still more questions than answers in this case, and J.R.'s disappearance has ripped an entire family apart.

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CHILD'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL BAFFLES AUTHORITIES

A CHILD VANISHES, AND STILL, NO ANSWERS

Lost in a Forbidding Forest

Victor Dwight Shoemaker Jr has been missing for 20 years in unsolved mystery

Victor Dewight Shoemaker Jr. – The Charley Project

Kona Gallagher 7/21/21 Kona Gallagher 7/21/21

Dulce Maria Alavez: Part 2

On September 16, 2019, 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared from a park in Bridgeton, New Jersey. In 2020, right as the Covid-19 pandemic was about to grip the world, three mysterious letters related to Dulce showed up in Ohio. This led police down a rabbit hole and investigators were left wondering if the sender was involved in the little girl’s disappearance, or if it was all a cruel hoax. In Part 2 of our episode on Dulce Maria, we discuss the police investigation and how Bridgeton PD is trying to build bridges in their community with the goal of bringing Dulce Maria home.

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Dulce Maria Alavez: missing from Bridgeton, NJ

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Dulce Maria Alavez: Part 1

On September 16, 2019, 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez was playing in a park with her 3-year-old brother. It was a gorgeous day in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and the two children were enjoying ice cream. But in under 15 minutes, the idyllic day would turn into a parent's worst nightmare, when Manuel came running back to the car without his older sister. A search for Dulce Maria was immediately launched, and so was the criticism against her young mother, Noema. In this week's episode, we discuss the early days of the investigation and what Dulce Maria's family went through, even as the community rallied around the missing girl.

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Dulce Maria Alavez - Missing since September 16, 2019

Dulce Maria Alavez - Missing from Bridgeton, NJ

Dulce Marie Alavez on the day she went missing

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Possible witness in the Dulce Marie Alavez case

Noema Alavez Perez

Noema and her son, Manuel

Dulce Maria Alavez billboard

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Kona Gallagher 7/7/21 Kona Gallagher 7/7/21

Sage Smith: Part 2

When a black, transgender woman went missing from Charlottesville, Virginia in 2012, her family was appalled by the lack of a police investigation, despite having a solid person of interest. In Part 2 of our look at Sage Smith's disappearance, we talk about the investigative timeline, Erik McFadden, the main person of interest, as well as some other possible suspects. Sage Smith has received a fraction of the coverage as white women who went missing from the same area at the same time, but her story deserves to be told. Sage Smith has a family who loves her, and they deserve answers and accountability.