Despite being setup for success with a loving family and prestigious career Jim Aune made a series of terrible decisions that would ruin everything. 
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The Complicated Life and Death of Jim Aune

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In 2000, 18 year old Zebb Quinn drove off into the night, never to be seen again. It would take 15 years to find out what happened to the young man.  *This episode was originally recorded a few months ago as a bonus episode for our Patreon members. As Sadie continues to resolve her medical issues we will be taking a brief break but plan to be back with new episodes very soon. Thank you for your love and support. We appreciate it so much!!*   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Recently Solved Murder of Zebb Quinn

Margaret McFaddin Harritt and Joel Polson had just started their adult lives and decided to go on an adventure together and hike the Appalachian Trail. On their second night on the trail they encountered a man who dragged them into a strange and life-altering nightmare. 
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The First Appalachian Trail Murder

After 6-year-old Haley Zega was found in the Ozark Mountains after being lost for 2.5 days she told her parents about a little girl that had kept her company while she was lost. When her friends and family started looking into who this little girl might be what they found was both deeply upsetting and surprising. 
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Part 2: The Murder of Innocence- the Church of God in Christ Through the Holy Spirit, Inc. Cult

When 6-year-old Haley Zega went missing in the Ozark Mountains authorities believed she might have been abducted but the truth of what happened to her was even harder to imagine.  
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Part 1: The Disappearance of Haley Zega

Sage Smith was a young, charismatic woman who was having fun and pursuing her dreams when she vanished off of the face of the earth. Despite disappearing in a crowded downtown area, and seeing people who knew her that night, Sage Smith was never seen again... and neither was her date from that night.  
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The Complicated Life and Death of Jim Aune

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