Up and Vanished
Host Payne Lindsey heads to the edge of the arctic circle to investigate two mysterious disappearances from Nome, Alaska. Up and Vanished investigates mysterious cold case disappearances with each new season of the hit true crime franchise. Season 1: The case of missing South Georgia teacher, Tara Grinstead, led to two arrests. Season 2: The disappearance of Kristal Reisinger, a young mother who disappeared from a remote Colorado mountain town. Season 3: The North West Montana disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, an indigenous woman who went missing from the Blackfeet Nation Indian Reservation. Season 4: The case of missing Alaska Native, Florence Okpealuk and...
Episodes
Up and Vanished Weekly | MURDERED: Katie Janness
It's July, 2021, when 40-year-old midtown Atlanta resident, Katie Janness, and her dog are found dead in Piedmont Park, an epicenter for social activity and one of the largest green spaces in the city. Faulty security cameras in the park, p…
Up and Vanished Weekly | UNRESOLVED: Elisa Lam
It's January, 2013, when 21-year-old college student Elisa Lam disappears after checking into LA's infamous Cecil Hotel. Elisa's family and police launch a search, but it isn't until weeks later that a hotel worker finds the body of Elisa L…
Aubrey Sacco Case | Chapter 2: Blank Space
From Up and Vanished comes Status: Untraced — a 3-episode mini-series. Lies, rumors, and arrests—when the truth keeps shifting, all that remains are spaces waiting to be filled. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices …
Introducing Wisecrack
What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer: Wisecrack— a 6-part limited series where true crime and stand up comedy take center stage. Available now from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts. Check out this trai…
Aubrey Sacco Case | Chapter 1: Somewhere In the Clouds
From Up and Vanished comes Status: Untraced — a 3-episode mini-series. A trek that should have ended in days. Fifteen years later -- still no return. Her story begins here. Catch episode 2 and more by following the Status: Untraced feed. T…
What the Body Reveals
In this episode we go over Jessica's polygraph test results and analysis. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy …
Oregon Jon’s Polygraph Test
Polygraph tests aren’t proof — but they can reveal pressure points. In this episode, Oregon Jon agrees to take one. We walk through every question, every reaction, and what the results might mean. It’s not science. It’s not evidence. But it…
The Truth According To Jon
Oregon Jon in his own words, raw and unfiltered. This Sunday, May 18th at 8PM Eastern, we’re going live on Instagram @upandvanished for Jon’s real-time polygraph test with a professional examiner. Tune in on IG @upandvanished. No edits. No…
Payne Finds Jon... again
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Finding Jon Again | New Episode Tomorrow
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The Midnight Sun: Emergency Broadcast
We were supposed to release the final episode today. Joseph’s case. Florence’s case. It was all ready—until everything changed. In the last 24 hours, Oregon Jon—Florence’s last known contact—called us. After over a year of silence, he talke…
Payne Lindsey’s New TV Series — Watch Now on FOX & Hulu
Payne Lindsey’s new TV series is here. America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons is a bold new spinoff of the legendary crime show—and Payne is on the ground investigating real-life disappearances across the country. Episode 1 is streaming no…
Truck Forensics
Joseph’s truck might be the last physical link to his disappearance. Nearly 10 years later, it’s finally being examined—for blood, for hair, for the truth. What we found could change everything. To learn more about listener data and our pr…
Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas: Still Missing
Two names. Two disappearances. In this episode, Payne returns to Nome to retrace the final steps of Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas; two cases separated by years, but connected by silence. What happened under the midnight sun? To lea…
Ashley Loring Heavyrunner: Payne Tells All
After Ashley’s story aired, the tip line lit up. Some calls were static. Others felt too real to ignore—a video sent to her sister, a sighting near Two Medicine, a bunkhouse with a vanished ranch hand. In this update, Payne follows the lead…
Ashley Loring Heavyrunner - Episode 1 (Revisited)
Years after Ashley Loring Heavyrunner vanished from the Blackfeet Reservation, answers remain painfully elusive. Payne revisits Browning, Montana, retracing Ashley's final days, confronting unsettling rumors, and exposing a community's pain…
Kristal Reisinger: Part 4 - Fried Rice
Years after Kristal Reisinger vanished from Crestone, Colorado, new leads reignite the case. A prison inmate steps forward with claims of knowing the truth, and for the first time, Payne Lindsey teams up with the Colorado Bureau of Investig…
Kristal Reisinger: Part 3 - Dead Men Still Talk
Two of the most notorious figures in Kristal Reisinger’s disappearance—Dready Brian and Catfish John—are dead. But their deaths don’t close the case; they open new doors. Payne Lindsey unearths chilling messages from beyond the grave, revea…
Kristal Reisinger: Part 2 - The Men Who Knew Too Much
As Payne continues his deep dive into Kristal Reisinger’s disappearance, two names keep surfacing—Dready Bryan and Catfish John. This episode unravels the disturbing connections between them, exposing a tangled web of deception, fear, and s…
Kristal Reisinger: Part 1 - Payne Faces Catfish
For years, the search for Kristal Reisinger has been tangled in contradictions, whispers, and dead ends. But now, something is shifting. In this episode, Payne Lindsey confronts one of the most infamous figures in the case—Catfish John. As …
The Kristal Reisinger Case - Episode 1 (Revisited)
Years after Kristal Reisinger’s disappearance, the mystery has only deepened. In this special re-narrated recap, Payne Lindsey takes a fresh look at the key events, the strange characters, and the haunting questions that still linger. With …
Payne Tells All: The Tara Grinstead Case
Payne Lindsey revisits the case that started it all—the disappearance of Tara Grinstead. He reflects on the early days of Up and Vanished, how the podcast reignited a cold case, and the shocking arrests that followed. Payne also re-examines…
The Tara Grinstead Case - Episode 1 (Revisited)
Every Up and Vanished case reopens today… leading up to all-new episodes of In the Midnight Sun.How did we get here? What did we miss? And what still doesn’t add up?Before we step into the Midnight Sun, we have to go back to where it all be…
VANISHED: Jodi Huisentruit
Introducing Up and Vanished Weekly— Join Payne Lindsey and host Maggie Freleng (“Wrongful Conviction”) in this new weekly series as they unpack mysterious missing persons cases, unsolved murders, wrongful convictions, and more. Payne and Ma…
Up and Vanished | Episode 1 | Re-Narrated
Every Up and Vanished case reopens today… leading up to all-new episodes of In the Midnight Sun.How did we get here? What did we miss? And what still doesn’t add up?Before we step into the Midnight Sun, we have to go back to where it all be…
"Up and Vanished Weekly" is here!
Your weekly dose of true crime cases with Payne Lindsey and Maggie Freleng. Search "Up and Vanished Weekly" in your podcast app to follow the show, or click here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://w…
Official Announcement: Up and Vanished Weekly
Premiering January 29th, Payne Lindsey brings you something brand new from the world of Up and Vanished. Listen in as Payne and investigative journalist Maggie Feeling take a fresh look at unsolved disappearances, murders, and wrongful conv…
Bind. Torture. Kill. - ‘Monster’ Returns
‘Monster: BTK’, the newest installment in the ‘Monster’ franchise, reveals the true story of the Wichita, Kansas serial killer who murdered at least 10 people between 1974 and 1991. Known by the moniker, BTK – Bind Torture Kill, his notorie…
17 | Bad Blood
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16 | The Woman in Florida
What really happened that Saturday night?Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…
Q&A 9.26.24
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15 | Jake's Interview
He speaks...Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com…
Update: Airline Security Breach
Alaska Airlines we need your help. Episode 15 coming this Thursday 9/19 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastch…
14 | The Alibi
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13 | To Risk, We Must
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn …
Case Evidence 09.03.24
Join our Discord: https://lnk.to/upandvanishedIn this exclusive bonus Payne’s producers releases the raw interview of Christine, originally recorded by the Balderas family’s private investigator Andy Klamser. To learn more about listener d…
12 | The Roommate
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11 | Who Do You Think They Were?
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanishedBack in Atlanta after one of many trips to Nome, Payne gathers tape from two previous private investigators, the alaska state troopers, as well as calls made to the Finding Joseph hotline in…
10 | Mile 44
Payne dives further into the interview tapes Andy Klamser gave to him and finds out as much as he can about Joseph's co-workers, their relationships, his phone messages, and further dives into how one of the last people to have seen Joseph …
9 | Where The Kings Might Be
The second chapter of Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun returns, in this continuation of the series Lindsey returns his focus back to the last frontier. Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas both went missing from the small coastal town …