VANISHED: Lauren Spierer

When 20 year old Indiana University student, Lauren Spierer, left a friend's home on foot in the early morning hours of Friday, June 3, 2011, it was assumed she made it safely to her nearby apartment. But the following day Lauren’s boyfriend received a call from her phone. The voice of a stranger stated the phone had been left at a nearby bar the night before. When it was determined that no one had heard from Lauren in some time, authorities attempted to retrace the events of the previous night. Listen in as Maggie is joined by “Rattled & Shook’s” Meredith Stedman and Payne Lindsey as they seek to piece together the puzzle and discuss a new theory surrounding Lauren’s disappearance.

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From the creators of the acclaimed investigative series Up and Vanished comes a new weekly podcast that offers a fresh look at some of the most puzzling cases in crime. Prepare to unpack mysteries around missing persons, unsolved murders, and wrongful convictions. Join Up and Vanished creator Payne Lindsey and host Maggie Freleng (Wrongful Conviction, Unjust & Unsolved, Murder in Alliance) on their hunt for answers. With the help of others in the true crime community they reveal why cases are rarely as straightforward as they seem. From the team at TenderfootTV, this is Up and Vanished Weekly.

• No. of episodes: 28
• Latest episode: 2025-07-16
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