The Library Book Buried with David Hansen - Sealed for Years

Missing Persons Mysteries · Oct 13, 2026 · 17m

The Library Book Buried with David Hansen - Sealed for Years

A library book survived three Wisconsin winters sealed inside two Ziploc bags and returned from four feet underground almost perfect - a finding that tied directly to a man missing for 910 days. Why would a 22-year-old with no recorded interest in freshwater fish check out a field guide the last afternoon anyone saw him alive, and how did that same book end up buried where his remains were later found?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the afternoon David Hansen checked out a field guide at the Maple Street library…