THE BOY WHO WALKED INTO THE DARK : The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | Unsolved Dark Mysteries

He was supposed to be home by sunrise. Instead, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents from a gravel ditch, stranded miles from his hometown, promising to wave them down at a nearby bar. For 47 minutes they guided him over the phone through pitch-black fields—until, suddenly, Brandon screamed, “Oh, s**t,” and the line went dead. When his car was discovered the next morning, paramedics found it intact but empty, his phone gone, and no sign of Brandon. A massive search ensued across Minnesota’s backroads and riverbanks, fuelled by cell-tower pings and hounded by river currents and tall prairie grass. Weeks turned into years with no clue—no footprints, no body, no answers. Was it a tragic slip into the icy water of the Yellow Medicine River? Or something far darker? This episode unravels the full story of Brandon Swanson’s disappearance: the final phone call, the frantic search, the theories—both plausible and paranormal—and the family’s unending hope that the boy who walked into the night might one day be found.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESource Information:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swansonhttps://www.startribune.com/longtime-search-for-brandon-swanson/511570982/https://bringbrandonhome.org/https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/7900dmn.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/15/missing.student/https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/landmark-search-for-brandon-swanson-part-1/89-540545156https://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4921020&page=1https://www.startribune.com/search-for-brandon-swanson-continues/14127539/https://secure.dps.state.mn.us/CDT/Search.aspx?idx=65174https://www.postbulletin.com/news/state/search-continues-for-minnesota-student/article_8b3b70b4-b05f-5720-820b-2b47b0793f3c.htmlThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again next Thursday.Sarah & Rog xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See