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SEQUESTERED Podcast

SEQUESTERED Podcast

Road Trip Studios 46 episodes Latest May 26, 2026

SEQUESTERED is a cinematic true crime podcast hosted by Sara Reid that reconstructs real cases through immersive sound design and a victim-centered lens. Season 4 focuses on missing persons cases from the 1980s, combining narrative storytelling with investigative structure. Each episode walks listeners through the final known moments, the investigation, and the unanswered questions. With over 3 million plays and a #1 ranking on Apple Podcasts, the show delivers a highly engaged audience drawn to thoughtful, story-driven true crime.

Episodes

1984 | The Day Eugene Martin Disappeared May 26, 2026 38:49 On Sunday morning, August 12, 1984, thirteen-year-old Eugene Wade Martin left his home in Des Moines, Iowa, to deliver the Sunday paper. He was five days away from his fourteenth birthday. He was saving money for the fair and a bicycle. But somewhere along the way, Eugene's paper route stopped. His newspapers were found. But Eugene was gone. Less than two years earlier, another Des Moines Register
1983 | The Ann Gotlib Mystery May 19, 2026 34:47 On the first day of summer break in 1983, 12-year-old Ann Gotlib rides her bike home through the parking lot of Bashford Manor Mall in Louisville, Kentuky, then vanishes. Her bicycle is later found outside a department store. But Ann is gone. In the days that follow, witnesses report seeing a man dragging a young girl near a field and drainage ditch not far from the mall. Police release a composit
1982 | The Vanishing of Jennifer Marteliz May 12, 2026 23:36 Jennifer Marteliz was seven years old when she disappeared while walking home from school in Tampa, Florida, on November 15, 1982. She was only blocks from home. Witnesses later described seeing Jennifer upset near a crossing guard and possibly near a rust-colored car shortly before she vanished. What should have been an ordinary walk home became one of Florida's most haunting unsolved child disap
BONUS EPISODE: Jason Chen Case Update: Motion for New Trial Denied May 5, 2026 05:19 On May 4, 2026, Jason Chen returned to Hamilton County Criminal Court in Chattanooga, Tennessee, asking for a new trial in the murder case of Jasmine Pace. Chen's defense argued that issues from the original trial warranted another chance to make his case, including questions about evidence, the search of Chen's apartment, and the presence of Jasmine's family members in the courtroom. Judge Boyd P
1981 | The Day Charlotte Kinsey & Cinda Pallett Disappeared May 5, 2026 25:31 In September of 1981, the Oklahoma State Fair was in full swing; bright lights, crowded walkways, and the kind of place where parents felt safe letting their kids roam free. That's where 13-year-old friends Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett were last seen. After being offered what seemed like a harmless job unloading stuffed animals, the girls left the fairgrounds with a man they didn't know. The
1980 | The Disappearance of Laureen Rahn Apr 28, 2026 25:50 In April 1980, fourteen-year-old Laureen Rahn vanished from her home in Manchester, New Hampshire. There were no signs of a struggle. No witnesses. No clear explanation for how a teenager could disappear from a third-floor apartment in the middle of the night. In the hours that followed, investigators were left with only a handful of details - a friend asleep inside, an open back door, and a timel
Introducing Mind Games Feb 10, 2026 17:41 We're excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you'd enjoy: Mind Games What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you? Or…. secretly hypnotize others into giving you anything you want? That's the promise of NLP. Mind Games is an investigation into the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology that has quietly shaped industri
Introducing Valley of Shadows: The Devil's Punchbowl Jan 19, 2026 47:34 We're sharing a preview of Valley of Shadows, a new true crime podcast that digs into a nearly 30-year old secret buried in the California desert. On June 11, 1998, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Aujay set out for a run in California's Devil's Punchbowl park, and never came back. Aujay has yet to be found. The Sheriff's Department rules Aujay's disappearance a suicide, but friends, family
The Shenandoah Park Murders | BONUS Episode Dec 1, 2025 14:19 In this bonus episode, Sara and Andrea return to the story of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans to reflect on the questions that still remain — the ones that linger long after the DNA match and the headlines. Drawing from listener messages, they revisit the cyclist attack that first brought Darrell David Rice to investigators' attention, the terrain surrounding Julie and Lollie's hidden campsite, t
The Shenandoah Park Murders | Episode 5: The DNA Speaks Nov 10, 2025 28:59 Nearly three decades after the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, a new team inside the FBI's Richmond field office reopened the Shenandoah case. This time, the science had changed. With funding from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), old evidence was retested using technology that hadn't existed in 1996. What they found would break the silence of the case, and finally name the ma
The Shenandoah Park Murders | Episode 4: The Case Unravels Nov 3, 2025 23:50 Six years after the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against Darrell David Rice - the man they believed was responsible for the killings in Shenandoah National Park. It was a landmark case, to be prosecuted under new federal hate-crime laws, and for a moment it seemed justice was finally within reach. But as the trial approached, t
The Shenandoah Park Murders | Episode 3: The Pattern Begins Oct 27, 2025 20:34 One year after the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, a cyclist named Yvonne Malbasha was attacked on Skyline Drive inside Shenandoah National Park. Her escape set off a chain of events that would expose a pattern of rage and violence that would lead investigators straight to Darrell David Rice, a 29 year old from Maryland whose hatred toward women and the LGBTQ+ community would soon bec

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