Can someone truly disappear? I mean one second you see a person you care

for and the next they're gone. As if they dissolved into air, and there is

not a thing anyone can do about it. Search parties are called, dogs are

brought in, but in the end, nothing is solved. There are hundreds of cases

of people disappearing in the country's national parks, and there is no

recorded list, nobody to turn to when a loved one is gone, and no closure.

Missing people cases make up a unique corner of the unknown world. Unlike

things like UFO's or Bigfoot, these are real people and we know they exist,

or at least existed. In fact, with all the missing people cases that aren't

directly tied the unknown realm it doesn't seem fair to call use the title

missing people.

The author David Paulides has done extensive research into a series of

indicators in his book series titled The Missing 411. We talk a lot of

those indicators in the episode, but an hour-long conversation can never

actually be representative of the time and strangeness that Paulides covers

over the course of multiple books. Paulides never really points guilt at

anything, he just lays out patterns. Some cases could be dismissed, but

others are truly bizarre.