The Small Towns Where People Keep Disappearing

9 True Stories with Insane Twists

9 true stories with insane twists, spanning more than a hundred and seventy years and seven countries. Real cases from the public record, where one strange detail flips the whole story on its head. A man clears his name using footage from a Curb Your Enthusiasm shoot. DNA from Europe's most wanted suspect turns up at dozens of crime scenes and belongs to no one. A forgotten man with no name changes the course of history without ever knowing it. And a stranger walks into a family's home and convinces them he is their missing son. Stream my new album SAWISKERA: https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album [https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt [https://www.instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt] X: https://www.x.com/YT_Chills [https://www.x.com/YT_Chills] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chills [https://www.tiktok.com/@chills] Podcast: https://chillspodcast.com/ [https://chillspodcast.com/] Nine true stories, each one built on a twist you do not see coming. Every name, every date, and every detail comes from the public record. Some of these cases are famous. Some are barely known. All of them turn on a single moment where the truth was hiding in plain sight. Across nine cases and more than a century of real events, this podcast episode covers a wrongful arrest undone by a TV shoot, a forensic mistake that fooled three countries for sixteen years, a secret hidden in an attic for the better part of a decade, a daring deception built around one forgotten man, a newborn who vanished during a house fire, a spy hunt aimed at the wrong man, a monster that terrified Victorian London, a betrayal hidden inside one family, and an imposter who fooled an entire town. Cases covered in this episode: 9. Delimar Vera, the newborn who vanished in a house fire | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1997 8. The Phantom of Heilbronn, the DNA that belonged to no one | Germany, Austria, and France | 1993 to 2009 7. Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich, the man in the attic | Los Angeles, California | 1922 6. Operation Mincemeat, "the man who never was" | Huelva, Spain and London, England | 1943 5. Juan Catalan, the Curb Your Enthusiasm alibi | Los Angeles, California | 2003 4. Brian Kelley and Robert Hanssen, the mole hunt that targeted the wrong man | Washington, D.C. | 1990s to 2001 3. Spring-Heeled Jack | London, England | 1837 to 1904 2. Jennifer Pan | Markham, Ontario, Canada | 2010 1. Frederic Bourdin and Nicholas Barclay, "the imposter" | San Antonio, Texas and Spain | 1994 to 1997 Chapters: (00:00:00) Delimar Vera (00:08:25) The Phantom of Heilbronn (00:15:56) The Man in the Attic (00:24:24) Subscribe and Rate (00:24:44) Operation Mincemeat (00:32:29) Juan Catalan and the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Alibi (00:39:51) Brian Kelley and Robert Hanssen (00:49:17) Spring-Heeled Jack (00:56:34) Jennifer Pan (01:04:41) Frederic Bourdin, The Imposter (01:13:10) Outro Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtf4d8e00NbcJsYUWqcNFPXPNSOREydx5gtfdBFHOao/ [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtf4d8e00NbcJsYUWqcNFPXPNSOREydx5gtfdBFHOao/] Media sources include: Wikimedia Commons (Images May Be Modified for Video), Google Earth Studio, Google Maps, Pexels, Unsplash, Pixabay, Openverse Chills: The Scary List Podcast tells true scary stories, such as real unsolved mysteries, disturbing disappearances, and true cases from around the world. New episodes every week or two. Have a case you think we should cover? Drop it in the comments.

10 Most Mysterious Disappearances in California

California's most mysterious disappearances, from a 1949 Hollywood actress to a 2021 case that still has no answer. Stream my new album SAWISKERA: https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album [https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt [https://www.instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt] X: https://www.x.com/YT_Chills [https://www.x.com/YT_Chills] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chills [https://www.tiktok.com/@chills] Podcast: https://chillspodcast.com/ [https://chillspodcast.com/] Ten true scary stories. Real cases from across California, spanning more than seventy years of unsolved and disturbing events. These are not urban legends or campfire stories. Every name, every date, and every detail in this episode comes from the public record. Some of these scary stories have answers. Most do not. Some of the people involved were never found. Some of the questions raised were never answered. Some of the cases in this episode are still being actively investigated today. And several contain details that, once you know them, tend to stay with you. Across ten cases and more than seventy years of real events, this episode covers disappearances that were never explained, investigations that went cold, and moments where the truth was right there and still slipped away. Cases covered in this episode: 1. Heidi Planck | Los Angeles, California | 2021 2. Patrick McDermott | San Pedro, California | 2005 3. Crystal Tymich | Los Angeles, California | 1994 4. Kristen Modafferi | San Francisco, California | 1997 5. Amanda "Nikki" Campbell | Fairfield, California | 1991 6. Jean Spangler | Los Angeles, California | 1949 7. Kevin Andrew Collins | San Francisco, California | 1984 8. Ilene Misheloff | Dublin, California | 1989 9. Pearl Pinson | Vallejo, California | 2016 10. Humboldt County Five | Humboldt County, California | 1990s to 2014 Chapters: (0:00) Humboldt County Five (7:24) Pearl Pinson (12:35) Ilene Misheloff (16:55) Subscribe and Rate (17:15) Kevin Andrew Collins (25:10) Jean Spangler (33:38) Amanda "Nikki" Campbell (39:38) Kristen Modafferi (46:15) Chills' Music and Socials (46:38) Crystal Tymich (53:37) Patrick McDermott (1:00:48) Heidi Planck (1:09:13) Outro Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a2ol_264n4tHWvHXYSrPDmU-RCvIAXv0N6TrjNFEc7U/ [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a2ol_264n4tHWvHXYSrPDmU-RCvIAXv0N6TrjNFEc7U/] Media sources include: Wikimedia Commons (Images May Be Modified for Video), Google Earth Studio, Google Maps, Pexels, Unsplash, Soundstripe Music: "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] "Only The Wicked" Dresden, The Flamingo "Thunder On Temple Hill" Shimmer "Crystal Soul" Wayfair "Ripley" Falls Licensed via Soundstripe Chills: The Scary List Podcast tells true scary stories, such as real unsolved mysteries, disturbing disappearances, and true crime cases from around the world. New episodes every week or two. Have a case you think we should cover? Drop it in the comments.

13 Disturbing True Scary Stories

Sign up for Proton VPN [https://protonvpn.com/chills] - Protect your browsing, secure public WiFi, and keep your data private. I earn a commission if you sign up through this link, which helps support the podcast. Stream my new album SAWISKERA [https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt] X [https://www.x.com/YT_Chills] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@chills] Podcast [https://chillspodcast.com/] Thirteen true scary stories. Real cases from across the United States, Canada, and Australia, spanning over a century of unsolved and disturbing events. These are not urban legends or campfire stories. Every name, every date, and every detail in this episode comes from the public record. Some of these scary stories have answers. Most do not. Some of the people involved were never found. Some of the questions raised were never answered. Some of the cases in this episode are still being actively investigated today. And several contain details that, once you know them, tend to stay with you. Across thirteen cases and more than a hundred years of real events, this episode covers disappearances that were never explained, investigations that went cold, and moments where the truth was right there and still slipped away. Cases covered in this episode: 1. Barry and Honey Sherman | Toronto, Canada | 2017 2. Pleasant Ridge School | Pleasant Ridge, Ohio | 1904 3. Timothy Molnar | Wisconsin | 1984 4. Elizabeth Bain | Toronto, Canada | 1990 5. Ricky McCormick | St. Louis, Missouri | 1999 6. Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible | Welch, Oklahoma | 1999 7. Jason Landry | San Marcos, Texas | 2020 8. Jessica Zrinski | Sydney, Australia | 2022 9. The Springfield Three | Springfield, Missouri | 1992 10. Branson Perry | Skidmore, Missouri | 2001 11. Jayna Murray | Bethesda, Maryland | 2011 12. Angelica Bravo | Sacramento, California | 2024 13. John List | Westfield, New Jersey | 1971 Chapters: (00:00) John List (07:15) Angelica Bravo (14:31) Jayna Murray (19:52) Subscribe and Rate (20:12) Branson Perry (26:45) Springfield Three (33:13) Jessica Zrinski (38:20) Jason Landry (43:49) Proton VPN (44:41) Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible (54:24) Ricky McCormick (1:01:36) Elizabeth Bain (1:07:42) Chills Music and Socials (1:08:03) Timothy Michael Molnar (1:12:12) Pleasant Ridge School (1:20:10) Barry and Honey Sherman (1:35:48) Outro Sources [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19FfbPfuPhYzj-hwBm288Hzzp-rtScuEW1YhZF836eig/] Media sources include: Wikimedia Commons (Images May Be Modified for Video), Google Earth Studio, Google Maps, Pexels, Unsplash, Soundstripe Music: "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] "Only The Wicked" Dresden, The Flamingo "Thunder On Temple Hill" Shimmer "Crystal Soul" Wayfair "Ripley" Falls Licensed via Soundstripe Chills: The Scary List Podcast tells true scary stories, such as real unsolved mysteries, disturbing disappearances, and true crime cases from around the world. New episodes every week or two. Have a case you think we should cover? Drop it in the comments.

6 Disappearances Caught by CCTV

Sign up for Proton VPN using my link: https://protonvpn.com/chills [https://protonvpn.com/chills] • Protect your browsing, secure public WiFi, and keep your data private • I earn a commission if you sign up through this link, which helps support the podcast. • Stream my new album SAWISKERA: https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album [https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album] • Instagram: https://instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt [https://instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt] • X: https://x.com/YT_Chills [https://x.com/YT_Chills] • TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@chills [https://tiktok.com/@chills] • Podcast: https://chillspodcast.com/ [https://chillspodcast.com/] • In this episode we cover six real disappearances captured on CCTV footage, including a law student who vanished from Bristol England during a three hour gap no camera could explain, a British reality star whose final moments were caught on hotel security footage in Thailand, an American college student who disappeared from a Dominican Republic beach during spring break, a German tourist who survived eleven days lost alone in the Australian outback, two sisters whose final movements were captured on a bridge in Aberdeen Scotland, and an elderly woman taken from her own home while her doorbell camera was disconnected by a masked intruder. These are real missing persons cases involving surveillance footage, unsolved disappearances, and true crime investigations from the UK, Dominican Republic, Australia, Scotland, and the United States. Each case in this episode involves footage that either captured the final known moments of a missing person, or helped investigators piece together what happened. Some of these cases remain unsolved. All of them raise questions about how someone can vanish in a world full of cameras. Cases covered in this episode: 6. Jack O'Sullivan | Bristol, England | 2024 5. Sudiksha Konanki | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | 2025 4. Jordan Wright | Phuket, Thailand | 2026 3. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti | Aberdeen, Scotland | 2025 2. Carolina Wilga | Western Australia | 2025 1. Nancy Guthrie | Tucson, Arizona | 2026 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:27 Number 6: Jack O'Sullivan 05:08 Number 5: Sudiksha Konanki 09:58 Number 4: Jordan Wright 13:14 Number 3: Eliza and Henrietta Huszti 18:13 Number 2: Carolina Wilga 23:48 Number 1: Nancy Guthrie 30:45 Proton VPN 31:17 Outro Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19c-13g48WF1Q2Cn3olngDMAPNjtHyPNya24qDsDOzVE/ [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19c-13g48WF1Q2Cn3olngDMAPNjtHyPNya24qDsDOzVE/] Media sources include: Wikimedia Commons (Images May Be Modified for Video), Google Earth Studio, Google Maps, Pexels, Unsplash, Soundstripe Music: "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] "Only The Wicked" Dresden, The Flamingo "Thunder On Temple Hill" Shimmer "Crystal Soul" Wayfair "Ripley" Falls Licensed via Soundstripe Chills: The Scary List Podcast tells true scary stories, such as real unsolved mysteries, disturbing disappearances, and true crime cases from around the world. New episodes every week or two. Have a case you think we should cover? Drop it in the comments.

The Disturbing Mysteries of Alaska’s Wilderness

Sign up for Proton VPN using my link: https://protonvpn.com/chills [https://protonvpn.com/chills] • Protect your browsing, secure public WiFi, and keep your data private • I earn a commission if you sign up through this link, which helps support the podcast. • Stream my new album SAWISKERA: https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album [https://lnk.to/SAWISKERA-Album] • Instagram: https://instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt [https://instagram.com/dylan_is_chillin_yt] • X: https://x.com/YT_Chills [https://x.com/YT_Chills] • TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@chills [https://tiktok.com/@chills] • Podcast: https://chillspodcast.com/ [https://chillspodcast.com/] • Alaska is supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in America. Endless wilderness, untouched land, the kind of place people go to feel free. But if that’s true, why do so many people disappear there? And I’m not talking about a few cases. Tens of thousands of people have vanished in Alaska, many without a trace. Planes go missing and are never found. And the strangest part is how little anyone talks about it, the deeper you look into these cases, the more it starts to feel like something isn’t adding up. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:42 The Alaska Triangle 06:27 Michael LeMaitre 11:32 Hale Boggs & Nick Begich 17:37 Alaska Airplane Mysteries 21:37 Erin Gilbert 27:08 Coulthurst Family & Crew 35:33 Anchorage Unsolved Cases 42:02 Proton VPN 42:35 Outro Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJEAfOXhHNqDx8M3KB3n6Nk5MONqmNU_CoJHy7Um2VI/ [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJEAfOXhHNqDx8M3KB3n6Nk5MONqmNU_CoJHy7Um2VI/] Media sources include: Wikimedia Commons (Images May Be Modified for Video), Google Earth Studio, Google Maps, Pexels, Unsplash, Soundstripe Thumbnail image: LifeIsAdventure (https://www.youtube.com/@LifeIsAdventureChannel [https://www.youtube.com/@LifeIsAdventureChannel]) Source: "Bomber Glacier (Alaska)" Used with permission Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgFuXMHYuU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgFuXMHYuU] Mt. Marathon Footage: Art We There Yet? (https://www.youtube.com/@ArtWeThereYet [https://www.youtube.com/@ArtWeThereYet]) Source: "The Toughest 5K on Earth | Mt. Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska" Used with permission Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKAIxwPBUI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKAIxwPBUI] Music: "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]