In 1969, six-year-old Dennis Martin was on a hiking trip with his family and friends in the Great Smoky Mountains. One afternoon, he stepped away from his family for a few minutes...and was never seen again. In the two weeks that followed, the largest search ever conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park took place. Over 1,400 people searched for Dennis, covering a 50-mile radius, but they never found a trace of him. The search teams included members of the National Guard, and, somewhat strangely, a team of US Army Special Forces (Green Berets). A significant amount of military equipment was brought in to be used in the search, and even the President of the US himself (Nixon at the time) was said to be monitoring the situation...which is pretty unusual for a case of one person lost in the woods. 

So what happened to Dennis? And why was the US Government so interested in finding him? And what connection is there, if any, between Dennis and a strange man spotted by tourists a few miles away? Craig & Doug cover all this and more in this episode!

In 1954, in the small town of Bladenboro, NC, numerous animals were found crushed, decapitated, and sometimes drained of blood. These strange animal deaths were attributed to "the Beast." What was the Beast? Some say it looked like a large cat-like creature, some thought it was a bear or a mountain lion. Whatever it was, as many as 1,000 people embarked on a hunt for it in January of 1954, and at least three people claimed to have killed it. Still, to this day no one is really sure what it actually was. Did the Beast even really exist? Craig & Nick (yes, Nick's back!) talk about their theories.

Also, the brothers reveal their top 10 songs of fall!

In this bonus episode, Craig & Doug finish their discussion of alien abductions (which Nick didn't want to talk about!) with the Travis Walton abduction, which inspired a book and movie called "Fire In The Sky." In 1975, Walton and 6 other men encountered a glowing object in the woods. Walton moved closer to get a good look at it and was hit by a beam of light. His friends fled the scene, and when they returned later, Walton was gone. He later returned with a fantastic story of his experience onboard the alien craft. Was this abduction the real thing? Craig & Doug talk about their theories.

In 1976, four men went on a camping trip in the Allagash Wilderness of Maine, where they had an encounter with a strange bright light while night fishing on the lake. Twelve years later, two of the men began having disturbing nightmares in which they were being examined by inhuman beings in a strange place. All four men soon found they had repressed memories of an alien abduction. Were these men really abducted by aliens on that night? Was it a shared hallucination? Or did they come up with the story as a money-making scheme? Craig and Doug (yes, Nick is off again!) discuss the case and their theories. Also, find out the guys top 10 favorite places!

Nick is back! And in honor of the upcoming Labor Day weekend,  Nick, Craig, and Doug are taking a little break from the missing and unexplained and talking travel! The guys talk about their top 5 trips of all time. Find out which Messer became a karaoke star in Myrtle Beach, who had a run-in with the Secret Service in Washington, DC, and the one trip that made all three guys' lists. Also, stay tuned for a quick preview of the next episode!

UFOs. Close encounters. Beings from beyond our galaxy. Are they out there? Are we the only intelligent life in the entire universe? Today, Craig & Doug (filling in for Nick again!) have an off the cuff discussion about ALIENS and our thoughts on whether or not they could exist. Craig reveals his potentially alien-related experiences (including a UFO). Also, we count down our top 10 restaurants.

Doug fills in for Nick as our look at the disappearance of Zebb Quinn continues. Some time after Zebb disappeared, his car was found with some unusual contents. Craig & Doug discuss this development, as well as several more developments in the case...many of which came more than 15 years after Zebb's disappearance. Is the case closed? Well...not quite. We also talk about some theories as to what really happened that night in January 2000, based on what we now know. Also, find out Craig's top 10 (& Doug's top 6) foods!

Today, Doug the sound man joins the Messer Brothers as they look at the case of Zebb Quinn, who went missing in January of 2000 from Asheville, NC. Quinn and a friend/co-worker went out one night to look at a vehicle Quinn was thinking of purchasing. After a quick stop at a gas station, where the final images of Quinn were recorded on a store security camera, a strange sequence of events involving a page, a distressing phone call, and a minor vehicle accident took place. Quinn supposedly drove off into the night, never to be seen again. But what really happened that night? Also, Craig & Nick reveal their top 10 songs of the 1990s. (And Doug reveals his top 5!)

On Valentine's Day 1971, a nursing student and a student at NC State went on a date...and were never seen alive again. Their bodies would be found almost two weeks later in the woods where they had been tortured and killed. Nearly 50 years later, their killer has never been found and the case is still open. The Messer Brothers talk about the details of the case. And on a lighter note, Craig reveals his top 10 summer movies, while Nick reveals his top 4 (Nick didn't do his homework).

Today the Messers pay tribute to the legendary Charlie Daniels, who passed away July 6th, with their lists of his top 10 songs. Also, Craig discusses a legend from the Cherokee tribe...the Moon-eyed people.