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Gone in a Blink
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…
Episodes
- Gone in a Blink
The Murder of Shauna Howe
In late October 1992, the small town of Oil City, PA, was shattered when 11-year-old Shauna Howe vanished while walking home from a youth Halloween event. What…
- Gone in a Blink
The Murders of Jami and Mallory Evans
On a quiet night in October 2012, a 911 dispatcher in Parker County, Texas, received a call that would chill them to the bone. On the other end of the line was…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkYuba 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe 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…
Gone in a BlinkThe Disappearance of Layla Santanello
This episode delves into the tragic disappearance of Layla Santanello, a young mother battling addiction, and the complexities surrounding her case. Through a…
Gone in a BlinkThe Disappearance of Paige Renkoski
What if a routine day could suddenly twist into an unsolved mystery that would haunt a community for decades? Today, we unravel the baffling disappearance of…
Gone in a BlinkThe Disappearance of Angela Hammond
What if a chilling encounter on a quiet night could unravel the very fabric of a small town? Join us as we explore the haunting disappearance of Angela…
Gone in a BlinkThe Death of Elisa Lam
What led Elisa Lam to the eerie depths of a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel? This haunting question unravels a web of mystery, mental health struggles, and the…
Gone in a BlinkThe Disappearance of Karlie Guse'
What if a seemingly ordinary night could change everything? That's the haunting question we grapple with as we explore the disappearance of Karlie Guse', a…
Gone in a BlinkThe Disappearance of Na'Ziyah Harris
Could the heartbreaking disappearance of 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris have been prevented? This episode brings you into the distressing reality of a system that…
Gone in a BlinkThe Murder of Jessica Heeringa
What if the ordinary places you visit every day could harbor unimaginable evil? On this episode, we uncover the haunting disappearance of Jessica Heringa, a…
Gone in a BlinkThe Murder of Hailey Owens
What if you witnessed a terrible crime and couldn't stop it? Join us as we recount the excruciatingly tragic case of 10-year-old Hailey Owens, whose life was…