<p>In July 2020, 21-year-old Army Pvt. Richard Halliday vanished from Fort Bliss—and the Army said nothing for more than a month. When his family pressed for answers, they uncovered conflicting reports, missing details, and a silence that felt deliberate. Some say he walked away on his own. Others whisper he knew something he wasn’t supposed to. What we do know is this: a soldier disappeared from one of the largest military installations in the country, and the truth about what happened to him has never been made clear. The Richard Halliday case isn’t just a missing person story—it’s a haunting question of who to trust when the institution itself becomes part of the mystery.</p>

In July 2020, 21-year-old Army Pvt. Richard Halliday vanished from Fort Bliss—and the Army said nothing for more than a month. When his family pressed for answers, they uncovered conflicting reports, missing details, and a silence that felt deliberate. Some say he walked away on his own. Others whisper he knew something he wasn’t supposed to. What we do know is this: a soldier disappeared from one of the largest military installations in the country, and the truth about what happened to him has never been made clear. The Richard Halliday case isn’t just a missing person story—it’s a haunting question of who to trust when the institution itself becomes part of the mystery.

Vanished from Fort Bliss The Richard Halliday story when a young soldier disappears, and the Army’s silence speaks louder than the truth.

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Early on Wednesday. That’s when the stories nobody wants to tell start to unravel. When the headlines have gone quiet, but the evidence still screams. Every week, two investigative journalists dig past the official reports and tear into the cases that never found closure. Unsolved murders, vanishing cults, the fractured psychology behind true crime—if there’s a file stamped “inconclusive,” we’re the ones prying it open. But we don’t stop at crime scenes and courtrooms. We follow the trail into conspiracies, cryptids, and the paranormal—anywhere the facts twist into something darker. We gather what’s buried, piece together what’s missing, and hold up the uncomfortable truths that most would rather leave in the dark. On Early on Wednesday, you’ll find the psychological patterns behind the horror, the hidden details history tried to erase, and the connections that make your skin crawl. Because every mystery leaves a paper trail. And we intend to follow it—wherever it leads.

Early on Wednesday.

That’s when the stories nobody wants to tell start to unravel. When the headlines have gone quiet, but the evidence still screams.

Every week, two investigative journalists dig past the official reports and tear into the cases that never found closure. Unsolved murders, vanishing cults, the fractured psychology behind true crime—if there’s a file stamped “inconclusive,” we’re the ones prying it open.

But we don’t stop at crime scenes and courtrooms. We follow the trail into conspiracies, cryptids, and the paranormal—anywhere the facts twist into something darker. We gather what’s buried, piece together what’s missing, and hold up the uncomfortable truths that most would rather leave in the dark.

On Early on Wednesday, you’ll find the psychological patterns behind the horror, the hidden details history tried to erase, and the connections that make your skin crawl.

Because every mystery leaves a paper trail. And we intend to follow it—wherever it leads.

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Vanished from Fort Bliss The Richard Halliday story when a young soldier disappears, and the Army’s silence speaks louder than the truth.

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