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Vanished

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Frequency: 1 episode/40d. Total Eps: 53

“The past is filled with incredible mysteries; the clues to solving them all around; hidden in plain sight. But these stories begin with some of the most famous vanishings in history." Join attorney Jennifer Taylor and investigator Chris Williamson as they re-open some of the biggest disappearance cases in all of history. Chasing clues, witnesses and new information Jennifer and Chris will take you on the ride of a lifetime and uncover new evidence in some of the biggest historical cold cases ever; some of which the world won't be ready to believe. "Vanished" is a ChrisEvan Films production, and part of the Straight Up Strange podcast network.

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🇺🇸 USA - history
15/10/2024
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14/10/2024
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13/10/2024
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S3 Ep12: Vanished: Jesse James "Print the Legend"

Season 3 · Episode 12

Sunday, August 4, 2024 • Duration 03:54:55

You know what’s really wild? I recorded the intro for this episode six times - and not because I kept flubbing the wording. But because that’s how many times this case has changed directions on us since we started our investigation. In the short time we’ve been working on this case, I’ve learned facts, heard some amazing stories, which you’ll all get to hear soon, and continually been in awe of just how misunderstood this man has become.

Jesse James was a lot of things. Much more than an outlaw, as you’ll hear later. Tonight, we’re joined by a world class guest list from all over the James case to help us dissect his story, one of the most incredible stories we’ve ever heard. If Vanished ever had a campfire episode, tonight would be it.

As you’ll soon discover, Jesse James was a lot of things. In fact, Jesse James, was a lot of people. Thomas Howard. John D. Howard. William Campbell. And even a self proclaimed Englishman named Charles Lawson. You’ll also learn that Jesse was so good at staging vanishing acts and assuming identities that he’d be able to live full on lives with everyone around him never suspecting a thing. Tonight we’re gonna do two things. One, we’re gonna tear down a legend, and second, we’re going to ask you to answer a single question, really. Did Jesse James stage one final vanishing act? One that enabled him to live another 70 years?

Exit Jesse James. Enter J. Frank Dalton.

Welcome back to Vanished This is our conclusion on the outlaw Jesse James.

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Opening Theme "Tattoos & Bad Booze" by Caleb Morris Feat. Dane
Bryan Shibley Appears Courtesy of Clay County, Missouri and the Jesse James Farm
Mark Lee Gardner Appears Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
Daniel Duke Appears Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
Bill Markley Appears Courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield
Kellen Cutsforth Appears Courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield
With a special cameo appearance by Bill Jacobson as J. Frank Dalton.

SHOW NOTES & FURTHER READING

Jesse James @ Wikipedia
Old West Showdown: Two Authors Wrangle over the Truth about the Mythic Old West by Bill Markley & Kellen Cutsforth @ Amazon
Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape by Mark Lee Gardner @ Amazon
Jesse James and the Lost Templar Treasure: Secret Diaries, Coded Maps, and the Knights of the Golden Circle by Daniel Duke @ Amazon
The Mysterious Life and Faked Death of Jesse James: Based on Family Records, Forensic Evidence, and His Personal Journals by Daniel Duke & Teresa F. Duke @ Amazon
Victorio's Peak Treasure @ Unsolved Mysteries
Otterville Train Robbery by James Gang Recalled - Boonville Advertiser December 15th 1939
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S3 Ep11: Vanished: Jesse James "St. Joseph, Missouri April 3rd 1882"

Season 3 · Episode 11

Sunday, July 14, 2024 • Duration 01:19:31

Some of the stories we cover for this show take a toll. You get into something, and you think it’s for a little while, and you end up being swallowed by your fascination and taken down rabbit holes you never thought you’d be in. Over the years, we’ve received a ton of requests for us to cover one story in particular. Ever since we took that pit stop in 1865 to visit the story of John Wilkes Booth, the fever has been burning. Our next story is a monster with so many twists and turns, that theory and fact seem to have become transparent. What a fun place to begin.

It's important to us to convey the history of our subjects in a way that allows our audience a deeper understanding of their historical significance. Perhaps no other case will convey that better than our next subject. We’re about to explore the life, legacy, infamy and history of perhaps the biggest outlaw in all of history.

This is the story of what happened (or didn’t) on April 3rd, 1882 in St. Joseph, Missouri and how a figure clouded in polarization could become even more polarizing after his death, when in 1951, another man arrives on the scene in Granbury Texas, far from where he made his name, claiming to be the real Jesse James. What happens when theory casts a shadow on history?

He’s known by many names. Icon. Outlaw. Legend. Robinhood. Murderer. But who was Jesse James, really? And could his story have lasted far longer than history officially records?

Oh, and one more thing. If Jesse James was ever in Granbury, maybe he ran into a certain other figure that we’ve discussed extensively on this show. You’d be surprised at what you uncover when you follow the evidence, wherever it leads.

Welcome back to Vanished and our multi part series on the outlaw Jesse James.

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S3 Ep2: Vanished: Judge Crater "Judge Crater, Call Your Office"

Season 3 · Episode 2

Friday, October 7, 2022 • Duration 01:56:21

Disappearances are always hard to understand.

Most of the time, we’re looking for someone that was taken from us against their will. Sometimes, they’re a mystery that we can’t explain. Every once in a while though, the disappearance is voluntary, and maybe that’s what we’re dealing with here.

Was Judge Joe Crater murdered? Or did he stage an elaborate exit leaving his wife, friends, and colleagues scratching their heads in frustration? On the night of August the 6th 1930, Crater stepped out of a well-known steak house and into a cab on the streets of New York never to be seen again. Or, maybe not.

In part two of our series, we’ll dig deeper into those questions, and we’ll try to make sense of the timeline leading up to August the 6th. Season 3 continues as we welcome you back to Vanished: Judge Crater.

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Jennifer Taylor on Twitter
Chris Williamson on Twitter
Music by Dane Gerous Schmidt
Opening Theme Lost by Tony Ann

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by Stephen J. Riegel

S3 Ep1: Vanished: Judge Crater "The Missingest Man in New York"

Season 3 · Episode 1

Monday, September 19, 2022 • Duration 38:14

August 25th, 1930, was the first day of the New York Supreme Court's fall term. But its newest judge didn't show up for court. Justice Joseph Crater's lifelong ambition was to be a judge. By all accounts, he was ecstatic at his recent appointment to the bench by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. But his seat on the bench this day was inexplicably empty. In fact, no one had seen justice crater in 19 days, when he cleaned out his office, cashed a couple of checks for a fairly large sum of money, had dinner with a friend then got into a taxi, never to be seen again.

He left behind a frantic wife, a veritable harem of mistresses, and a brewing political scandal, but no solid evidence as to where he might have gone, or what might have happened to him. Could justice Crater have been the victim of the political machine, blackmail, or his own hubris? Was this the work of organized crime or a random act of violence? Or did he simply walk away of his own volition and start a new life in Chicago, California, or Canada?

Season 3 has arrived.

Welcome to Vanished: Judge Crater.

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Music by Dane Gerous Schmidt
Opening Theme by Tony Ann

S2 Ep14: Vanished: Henry Every "All Hail the Pirate King"

Season 2 · Episode 14

Thursday, March 24, 2022 • Duration 02:21:37

When we were last together, we spoke of DB Cooper, and the only unsolved case of air piracy in US history. Tonight, we take piracy to a whole new level.
In the late 1600’s, in just a two year period, a single man would lead a mutiny aboard a ship named Charles the second, become the captain elect of that ship, and go on to have the most successful pirate career of anyone that ever lived. Like Cooper, he has no beginning. In fact, modern day scholars can’t even agree on when he was born.
After the most successful raid of his short career, this man would vanish into thin air, leading to the first worldwide manhunt and a trial that would have an absolutely shocking ending. You really gotta hand it to those pirates boy. They don’t stand on ceremony, especially Henry Every. No this guy disappears into the vast oceans with a treasure that today could be worth north of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Legend says that Every became so successful that he lived out his days in a legendary pirate city on Madagascar where the streets were paved in gold, and the riches were so vast, he need never be concerned with money again.
Others, tell a different story.
One thing’s for certain. No one ever found him. Maybe more importantly, no one ever found the treasure.
The end of season 2 is upon us.
Finally, it’s time to set sail. This is Vanished: Henry Every.

[Stay till the end of the show for a very special treat from Technofunkboy]

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S2 Ep13: Vanished: DB Cooper "Trial by Jury"

Season 2 · Episode 13

Thursday, November 25, 2021 • Duration 02:20:54

If you made it this far, you’re probably in till it’s over and I commend you. We’ve covered a lot of ground so far in a very short time. And now in our final segment together, we take it all the way. But before we all enter the courtroom together, we have a few more stops to make and a few more experts would like to weigh in. The story of DB Cooper is a complex one taking twists and turns at every possible opportunity. And it’s about to get crazier. As I ramped up my investigation into this case and into the possibility that we may have found our guy, some new information made its way forward as it always seems to do in these cases. If you know me, you know that no matter what happens, I’m always about forwarding the progress. And tonight we do just that. From the skies above Portland to the shores of Tena Bar, we wind down our series with new evidence that strengthens the case for Braden and a bombshell call to arms that could have continuing effects on this case for years to come. Let’s get back into it. The conclusion of our investigation into DB Cooper begins now.

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Jennifer Taylor on Twitter
Chris Williamson on Twitter
Smith & Vinson Law Firm Official Website
Jennifer Taylor Attorney Profile @ Smith & Vinson's Official Website
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S2 Ep12: Vanished: DB Cooper "A Dark Horse"

Season 2 · Episode 12

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 • Duration 03:34:22

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome back to Vanished.

In part one of our series, alongside our guests, we discussed the mindset, the story, and the legend of DB Cooper. We also discussed the science being worked on the two largest pieces of physical evidence that we have in this case. And I know what you’re thinking. That’s all great, but who was DB Cooper? And what about all these suspects? In part two, we continue our journey into the vortex with series advisor and returning guest Darren Schaefer as we discuss some of the standout suspects in this 50-year-old cold case.

We’ll also hear from newcomers and giants in this investigation. Lastly, I’ll introduce you to an investigator that has been quietly working on a suspect that he believes has been hiding in plain sight. A suspect with a background that you won’t be able to believe.
Let’s go to work. This is part two of Vanished: DB Cooper.

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Vanished Facebook Discussion Group
Jennifer Taylor on Twitter
Chris Williamson on Twitter
Smith & Vinson Law Firm Official Website
Jennifer Taylor Attorney Profile @ Smith & Vinson's Official Website
Smith & Vinson on Twitter

S2 Ep11: Vanished: DB Cooper " November 24th, 1971"

Season 2 · Episode 11

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 • Duration 01:25:58

Welcome back. Anniversaires are fun. And if you’ve followed this show you know that we kind of make a big deal of those around here. January 5th, 1939; after vanishing over the pacific ocean alongside her navigator Fred Noonan, icon Amelia Earhart is declared dead in Absentia. August 31st, 1888, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was discovered at 3:40 AM in Whitechapel...officially beginning Jack the Ripper’s “Autumn of Terror”. April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth leading to a nationwide manhunt just after the end of the Civil War.
Remembrance of those dates is important because they tell stories. Stories that have been expanded upon and investigated thoroughly to this day. And that brings us to tonight. Not too many people can become historically associated with a verb. But our next subject can. 50 years ago tonight, a still unidentified man skyjacked a commercial airliner, demanded a $200 thousand dollar ransom (a little over 1.3 million today), and jumped out of that airliner into the darkness never to be seen again. He has no ending and no beginning. He existed for only a few short hours, and in that time, he committed the perfect crime. His name is only an alias, but it’s become the most famous alias in all of aviation history.
Tonight, we have a first for this show as we release our entire series on one very special anniversary. 50 years ago, an unassuming man jumps into history. He’s become a ghost. But now, perhaps finally, we’ll have a name to go with that ghost.
Oh, you thought we were done? We’re just getting started.
Welcome back to Vanished. And part one of our three-part series for DB Cooper.

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S2 Ep10: Vanished: John Wilkes Booth "Epilogue"

Season 2 · Episode 10

Saturday, February 27, 2021 • Duration 01:23:35

And now we’ve reached the end. In part 4 I mentioned that we’ve covered this case, in essence, two times. The John Wilkes Booth story represents, for me, a very big struggle for the show because we had to change the structure midway through research, and just before we were set to launch an entire season based on the case you just heard. And now, it’s reflection time.

As we exit our journey into 1865 and John Wilkes Booth I found it only fitting to end with the first round table discussion we’ve ever done on this show. And it features the creators and writers of the hit podcast "1865" Erik Archilla and Steven Walters along with myself and Jen and a returning Dave Taylor as we discuss our coverage of this case, the assassination of Lincoln, the radicalization of John Wilkes Booth, and how the events of 1865 service as a striking parallel to what we’re all living through right now, in modern times.

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Jennifer Taylor on Twitter
Chris Williamson on Twitter
Smith & Vinson Law Firm Official Website
Jennifer Taylor Attorney Profile @ Smith & Vinson's Official Website
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S2 Ep9: Vanished: John Wilkes Booth "Trial by Jury"

Season 2 · Episode 9

Sunday, February 21, 2021 • Duration 04:04:59

It's easy to make extraordinary claims when they're unchallenged. But that's about to change. A few episodes back, I encouraged you to jump down this rabbit hole. And now, I'm here to help you climb back out. Welcome to the fourth episode of our series on John Wilkes Booth.

Trial by Jury.

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Our Website
Vanished on Twitter
Vanished on Instagram
Vanished on Facebook
Vanished Facebook Discussion Group
Jennifer Taylor on Twitter
Chris Williamson on Twitter
Smith & Vinson Law Firm Official Website
Jennifer Taylor Attorney Profile @ Smith & Vinson's Official Website
Smith & Vinson on Twitter
Music by Dane Gerous Schmidt
"Satisfied" performed by Amber Farndon
Album Art Illustration courtesy of Desdymona
Vanished is a ChrisEvan Films Production
Vanished is part of the Straight Up Strange Podcast Network
Vanished stars Jennifer Taylor and Chris Williamson with a special appearance by as John Wilkes Booth

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