Nineteen-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents for help after driving into a ditch on a quiet night in rural Minnesota. He believed he knew where he was. His parents believed they were close.

But they were wrong.

Brandon stayed on the phone as he walked through the darkness, until the call suddenly went silent. He was never found.

In this episode of A Little Bit Cursed, we explore an unsolved disappearance that feels unsettling not because of what happened, but because of how ordinary it all was.

And that's what makes this story feel cursed from the start.

Sources:

- Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA)

-NamUs

-Minnesota Star Tribune

-MPR News

-Associated Press

This episode was researched using publicly available reporting and official law enforcement sources. Any beliefs or theories discussed are clearly identified as such and are not presented as confirmed facts.