113: Edge of Fourteen: The Disappearance of Ashley Summers

August 24th, 2004: 31 year old Billy Smolinski tells a neighbor that he's headed out of town for 3 days. And he is never seen again. Billy has an extremely close relationship with his family and friends, who immediately know that something is wrong--he would never vanish on purpose or intentionally cut off ties with the people he loves. And then his car mysteriously returns to his driveway, but no Billy. And most bizarrely of all, when his family puts up missing persons posters all over town, someone rips them down and defaces them in the middle of the night. WHERE. THE HELL. IS BILLY SMOLINSKI?  Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Jul 202053min

It was a pleasure and honor to get to interview Julie Murray, Maura Murray's older sister. In this interview Patrick and Julie break down the "Disappeared" episode, go over some startling revelations, and Julie tells all about what was left out. Oh, and we get to the bottom of why Maura was drinking white Russians. We go IN on that mysterious phone call, the possible Maura sighting in New Hampshire, and what Julie thinks happened. Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Jun 202030min

The disappearance of Maura Murray is one of the most baffling—and certainly the most famous—missing persons case of our time. The details are at once specific and maddeningly confusing: On the afternoon of February 9, 2004 the 21-year old college student got in her car and drove north to New Hampshire. She didn’t tell anyone what her plans were or where she was headed. At 7:27 PM, Faith Westman, a resident of Haverhill, NH called police and stated that there had been an accident near her home and that a car was stuck in a ditch.  The car was Maura’s. Another neighbor spoke to her to see if she needed help before he went home to call the police. And when the police showed up 10 minutes later, Maura was gone. Nobody has heard from her since. Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Jun 202056min

This one truly haunts Patrick's nightmares. Honestly. WHERE. THE HELL. IS HE? 18 Year old Lee Cutler was last seen on October 20, 2007. He spent the night before at a friend's house and was dropped off at his home at 10 am that morning. He was scheduled to work at a clothing store at the local mall at noon. But he never showed up. A  day later, his car was found about 200 miles away. A makeshift campsite was found in the woods close by. His family identified a few items found at the campsite as his, so they knew Lee had been there. Searchers also found a note to Lee's mother and his clothes and wallet on a rock near a close by river. His mother insists Lee wasn't suicidal, and local authorities concur that if Lee had gone into the woods to harm himself, they would have found him. SO WHERE IS LEE CUTLER? Is he out there somewhere living under the radar? Did he flee to a foreign country? Or is something more nefarious at play? Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Jun 202053min

Michele “Shelli” Whitaker was last seen alive on August 16, 2002 in Spartanburg, South Carolina at a Truck Stops of America off I-85. She was dropped off by a man she’d met the day before…or was she? Though she had a difficult relationship wither her family, they never stopped looking for her. All the while, the police suspect a local man, Jonathan Vick—a suspect in two other disappearances—might be responsible for Michelle’s disappearance. This one culminates in a truly shocking ending that left Patrick shrieking in his lady voice for days. Have something to say about the case? Want to hang out with other people who are just as obsessed with you? JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP! Click here! We'll be thrilled to have you! Or search Facebook for Obsessed With: Disappeared Podcast Discussion Group. Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Jun 202051min

On October 20, 2001, Amy St. Laurent brought her new friend Eric, who was visiting from out of town, to a pool hall in the Old Port section of Portland, Maine. The two finished the night at the nearby Pavillion dance club where they were to meet up with two men they’d met earlier in the evening. When Amy didn’t show up for work the next day, her family and friends were immediately concerned. Where was Amy? And where were the men who had been with her the night before? Have something to say about the case? Want to hang out with other people who are just as obsessed with you? JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP! Click here! We'll be thrilled to have you! Or search Facebook for Obsessed With: Disappeared Podcast Discussion Group. Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Jun 202054min

Paige Birgfeld was a mother of three who was adored by children and by her close knit group of friends. Recently divorced from her second husband--the father of her three kids--she was working multiple jobs to make ends meet while raising the kids on her own. Paige's last known contact was a cell phone call to her first husband around 9pm on June 28th 2007. And then she vanished without a trace. As police investigate her disappearance, they discover that Pagie had been working as an adult escort--which escelates their fears that she may have met with foul play. THIS ONE HAS A RESOLUTION, YOU GUYS! IN THE END WE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED! Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Mai 202050min

23 year old Brandi Wells was last seen in Longview, Texas on August 3rd, 2006 when she headed out to a nightclub alone. It's known that she arrived at the club around 10:30 pm and left shortly after midnight. Five days later, her abandoned car was found on the highway with the driver door left hanging open. There was no sign of a struggle. And so we ask, WHERE. THE HELL. IS SHE?  If you have any information on the disappearance of Brandi Wells, please call the Longview Police Department: 903-237-1199 Hey, DBs!  A message from the future here! Obsessed with: Disappeared transformed into I Think Not! after we finished recapping all the episodes of Disappeared - and our social media did, too! Follow us @ithinknotpod on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and check out our website at www.ithinknotpod.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Mai 202044min