123: Alice's brother went missing

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Content warning – this episode includes discussion of self-harm, addiction, and suicide. Have you ever had to deal with the problem of someone you know, like a family member or a friend, who’s gone missing? There’s this weird mixture of emotions, like frustration, because you just don’t know where this person is. And it’s also scary, because you don’t know what happened. My mom got a little taste of what that’s like years ago. And the person that was missing was me. I was 5 years old, and it was my very first day of school. You can hear my mom talking about what happened, in the opening moments of this episode. But not all missing person stories are resolved quickly or easily. The story you’re about to hear is from Alice, and it’s about the time when her brother, Jake, disappeared. Their whole family was worried, and they reported Jake to the police as a missing person. But eventually even the police gave up looking for Jake, and Alice knew it was up to her and the rest of the family to find him. Full show notes for this episode: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/123 Western States Aerial Search: https://wsasearch.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WesternStatesAerialSearch This episode is sponsored by Uncommon Goods – your secret source for unique gifts! Get 15% off your first gift at UncommonGoods.com/WHAT. This episode is also sponsored by the Jordan Harbinger Show podcast – conversations with amazing people! Search for the Jordan Harbinger Show on any app including Spotify And check out the podcast titled Some of My Best Friends Are – critical conversations about race in America. Just search for Some of My Best Friends Are, wherever you get podcasts. Get the full transcript for this episode and ALL previous episodes in a single digital download: WhatWasThatLike.com/transcripts Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	Content Warning.
0:08.8	This episode includes discussion of self-harm, addiction, and suicide.
0:17.7	Have you ever had to deal with the problem of someone you know, like a family member or
0:23.1	a friend who's gone missing?
0:30.8	There's this weird mixture of emotions, like frustration, because you just don't know
0:36.2	where this person is, and it's also scary because you don't know what happened.
0:43.5	My mom got a little taste of what that's like years ago, and the person that was missing
0:49.2	was me.
0:51.8	I was five years old, and it was my very first day of school.
0:56.8	Personally, I don't remember that this happened, but my mom does.
1:03.7	So it was your first day of school going to kindergarten.
1:07.3	You were about five, and we knew what time the bus was going to bring you back.
1:13.4	We knew they were going to let the bus driver would let you off in front of our house,
1:18.4	and so we were waiting.
1:20.5	Camera in hand to get your picture coming off the bus, we were so excited.
1:25.7	And the bus came down the road, and of course we were at the end of the driveway waiting,
1:31.6	and the bus driver said, your little boy is not on my bus.
1:37.8	So when the bus driver says, sorry, I don't know where your kid is, but I don't have him.
1:43.3	How does a parent even react to that?
1:46.4	We were shocked because you should have been on that bus.
1:50.4	You had never ridden a school bus before because you were five, it's your first day of school.
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