In July of 2018, 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts went on a run in her small hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Something she’d done countless times before. But this time, she didn’t come home. What followed was a search unlike anything this town had ever seen. Neighbors combed the fields. Reporters camped out at the local diner. And as the weeks stretched on without answers, the questions only grew louder: How does someone vanish without a trace in a town this small? Who could have seen something and stayed silent?Today, we’re digging into the first chapter of Mollie’s story, a case that began as a missing persons search and grew into something bigger: an investigation that transformed a town and captured the attention of a nation.
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Truer Crime Season 3: Vanished. Vilified. Voiceless.
Vanished. Vilified. Voiceless.
This season on Truer Crime, every story has something in common: it’s not what it seems.
What starts as a disappearance, a tragedy, or a headline quickly reveals something deeper—about power, about prejudice, about who gets to be heard and who gets written off.
We’re digging into six gripping cases. Some you might recognize. Others you’ve never heard before. But every one of them will leave you questioning the stories we’re told and the stories we choose to believe.
Six months. Six cases. One show that digs deeper.
Truer Crime is available now. Listen for free on the iHeartRadio app, Spotify, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts.
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Bonus: He Goes And Gets People
The relationship between law enforcement and Native people is deeply impacted by generational trauma. We speak to Chief O'Rourke and former Deputy Trent James, to learn how the inherent distrust of law enforcement impacts MMIP investigations and how a Trauma Informed approach can rebuild trust and create safer communities.
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Bonus: Advocates & Survivors
Our team travels to Hoopa and Covelo to speak to Native women who are on the frontline in the fight against violence. They are using their voices to advocate, educate and support victims of violence and their families.
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Agency Road
A death bed confession leads investigators to Agency Road, a rural road that twists and turns into the woods. Will this tip lead to answers and, if not, what can we do to support the efforts to find Khadijah, Emmilee, Virgil, Andrea, Sumi, and other missing Indigenous people in this area?
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Six hundred thousand people are reported missing each year. Most are isolated events without a common thread. But in some instances, the victims are linked by one key detail…location.
From the creators of Up and Vanished, The Vanishing Point transports listeners to the last known location shared by multiple missing individuals, uncovering new details about their cases and the significance of the area.
In this six episode installment, we’ll take you to Hoopa, California, home of the Hoopa Valley tribe. Located in the Pacific Northwest, this area is known for its breathtaking landscapes but there’s more to it than just its natural beauty. It holds a haunting history of numerous unsolved missing person cases. Join host Celisia Stanton and the Up and Vanished team as we explore what makes this tribal land…a vanishing point.
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