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40: Vanished Without a Trace

March 19, 2026 • Shauna Taylor • Season 1 • Episode 40

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In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky, we explore some of history’s most unsettling disappearances—cases where people didn’t just go missing… they seemed to vanish.

From children who disappeared in broad daylight, to pilots lost mid-sentence, to historical figures who stepped out of reality itself—these stories challenge what we think we understand about time, space, and human experience.

Some of these cases may have explanations.
Others… feel like they slipped through something we can’t quite see.

📚 Sources & Further Reading

Case-Specific Sources

Disappearance of the Beaumont children
https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/cold-case-investigation/beaumont-children
Frederick Valentich disappearance
https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/valentich
Benjamin Bathurst disappearance
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Benjamin-Bathurst/
Owen Parfitt disappearance
https://www.historicmysteries.com/owen-parfitt/

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