1983 | The Ann Gotlib Mystery

1983 | The Ann Gotlib Mystery

On the first day of summer break in 1983, 12-year-old Ann Gotlib rides her bike home through the parking lot of Bashford Manor Mall in Louisville, Kentuky, then vanishes.

Her bicycle is later found outside a department store.

But Ann is gone.

In the days that follow, witnesses report seeing a man dragging a young girl near a field and drainage ditch not far from the mall. Police release a composite sketch. Search teams comb through woods, creeks, and shoulder-high grass. And investigators begin chasing a case built almost entirely on fragments.

A goodbye in a parking lot.

A possible sighting inside the mall.

A mysterious phone call.

A hitchhiker story that briefly changes everything.

And decades later, a dead man publicly named by police as the prime suspect.

In this episode, Sara Reid retraces the disappearance of Ann Gotlib, a bright 12-year-old daughter of Soviet Jewish immigrants whose case became part of a national shift in how America responds to missing children.

But more than 40 years later, Ann has still never been found.

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1984 | The Day Eugene Martin Disappeared

1984 | The Day Eugene Martin Disappeared

On Sunday morning, August 12, 1984, thirteen-year-old Eugene Wade Martin left his home in Des Moines, Iowa, to deliver the Sunday paper. He was five days away from his fourteenth birthday. He was savi...

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1982 | The Vanishing of Jennifer Marteliz

1982 | The Vanishing of Jennifer Marteliz

Jennifer Marteliz was seven years old when she disappeared while walking home from school in Tampa, Florida, on November 15, 1982. She was only blocks from home. Witnesses later described seeing Jenni...

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BONUS EPISODE: Jason Chen Case Update: Motion for New Trial Denied

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On May 4, 2026, Jason Chen returned to Hamilton County Criminal Court in Chattanooga, Tennessee, asking for a new trial in the murder case of Jasmine Pace. Chen's defense argued that issues from the o...

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1981 | The Day Charlotte Kinsey & Cinda Pallett Disappeared

1981 | The Day Charlotte Kinsey & Cinda Pallett Disappeared

In September of 1981, the Oklahoma State Fair was in full swing; bright lights, crowded walkways, and the kind of place where parents felt safe letting their kids roam free. That's where 13-year-old f...

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1980 | The Disappearance of Laureen Rahn

1980 | The Disappearance of Laureen Rahn

In April 1980, fourteen-year-old Laureen Rahn vanished from her home in Manchester, New Hampshire. There were no signs of a struggle. No witnesses. No clear explanation for how a teenager could disapp...

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Introducing Mind Games

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We're excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you'd enjoy: Mind Games What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you? Or…. secretly hypnotize others into giving you anything you w...

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Introducing Valley of Shadows: The Devil's Punchbowl

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We're sharing a preview of Valley of Shadows, a new true crime podcast that digs into a nearly 30-year old secret buried in the California desert. On June 11, 1998, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy...

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