The Vanished Podcast15 Jan 2024

Lawrence "Larry" Goodman

In late December of 1978, 15-year-old Larry Goodman disappeared from Park Ridge, New Jersey. His mother left home that day to go shopping and asked Larry if he would like to go along with her, but he declined. When she arrived home, Larry was gone. His mother reported that he had left home wearing a red flannel shirt, jeans, a denim jacket, sneakers and had $30 in his pocket. Investigators spoke to the teen's friends, teachers, and parents, but no one knew where he may have gone. Larry was a good student, and there didn't appear to be anything in his life to run from. There were articles in the local paper detailing Larry's mysterious disappearance. The local police stated they had run down every lead and hoped to appeal to the public for information. Everyone was shocked when Larry reappeared 27 days later on his 16th birthday. Larry told his mother he had been hundreds of miles away in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The police closed the case now that he was home safe, but that wouldn't last long. Soon, Larry was gone again. Everyone assumed he had run away from home again and would return soon. This time, there were no articles in the newspaper about Larry Goodman. He never called or came home, and 45 years later, Larry's case remains unsolved.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Larry Goodman, please contact the Park Ridge Police Department at (201) 391-5401 or the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit at (609) 882-2000.

If you have a missing loved one that you would like to have featured on the show, please fill out our case submission form.

Listen to The Vanished on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-vanished-podcast/ now.

Follow The Vanished on social media at:

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(555)

Replay: Kevin Graves - There All Along

This episode originally aired on March 10, 2019.On July 1, 2018, 28-year-old Kevin Graves vanished while attending the Electric Forest Music Festival in Rothbury, Michigan. Kevin had traveled to the f...

18 Mai 1h 3min

Jeremiah Moneta

In mid-January 2025, 22-year-old Jeremiah Moneta disappeared from Ponca City, Oklahoma.Just months earlier, Jeremiah had moved from Kansas City, Missouri, hoping to be closer to his mother and sibling...

11 Mai 52min

Paul Elliott Part 2: Through the Window

In August of 2007, 50-year-old Paul Elliott disappeared from Alliance, Ohio. According to Paul’s brother-in-law, Phil, Paul left home on his bicycle.At first, Paul’s family believed he had likely gone...

4 Mai 1h 1min

Paul Elliott Part 1: Somewhere Between Alliance and Alaska

On a summer day in 2007, 50-year-old Paul Elliott left the duplex he shared with family in Alliance and rode away on his bicycle. According to his brother-in-law, Paul left after learning that police ...

27 Apr 58min

Replay: Trudy Appleby - The Arrest

This episode originally aired on June 22, 2020. Since that time, there have been significant updates in Trudy's case.On the morning of August 21, 1996, Dennis Appleby left his Moline, Illinois, home t...

20 Apr 45min

Andrew Dixon Part 4: What Followed Him

Over the past three weeks, we’ve followed Andrew Dixon’s story from the beginning, from the life he was trying to build, to the challenges he faced, to the fear and confusion that seemed to grow in th...

13 Apr 1h 5min

Andrew Dixon Part 3: Northbound

Over the past two weeks, you’ve heard the first two parts of Andrew Dixon’s story. In Part 1, we explored Andrew’s early life in Oklahoma and the complicated family history that followed him into adul...

6 Apr 57min

Andrew Dixon Part 2: Looking Over His Shoulder

Last week, you heard Part 1 of Andrew Dixon’s story. You learned about Andrew’s early life in Oklahoma and how, from the very beginning, his story was complicated. Over time, the patterns he was born ...

30 Mar 57min