a distracting disappearance. I'm Rebecca Leib, I'm Jason Horton, and this is Ghost Town.

A spiring actor, Tammy Lynn Leepert, had just finished her fourth day of filming the iconic 1983 film,

Scarface. Not long after that, Tammy Lynn Leepert vanished. 1983 looked like a promising year for

model and actress Tammy Lynn Leepert. She was only 17 years old at the time, but already by then,

she'd won over 280 beauty pageants, started her professional modeling career, and had broken

into the film industry. Her first big break happened just the year before when she had a role in

the teen exploitation movie Spring Break. Tammy's mother would describe her as, quote, woke up with a

smile on her face and went to bed with a smile on her face, end quote. These may look like the

words of a loving parent, but Tammy's mother was also something else. Linda Curtis was Tammy's

agent and the one who worked tirelessly to help her daughter succeed, and she also was the main force

behind the busy schedule that was Tammy's life. She would run Tammy from pageants to rehearsals

to casting sessions, but things at home weren't always picture perfect. When Tammy was seven,

her parents divorced, and she would move out with Linda to set up her own home where they can

continue Tammy's busy schedule. And it was during this period that Tammy gained a sibling. She already

had a sister, but it was during this time that she got a brother as well. Wing Flanagan was 11 years

old when he moved in with Tammy and Linda. He was also one of Linda's clients, and it didn't take

them long to start acting like siblings. And it was in this patchwork family that the children grew up.

Wing remembers how Tammy would kiss him on the cheek, whenever she was on her way out, and he hated

it. She would leave a patch of lipstick on his cheek, and he would get embarrassed. But over time,

he grew to love it, and wore it as a badge of honor. And he was proud again when Tammy went to

Florida to play her role in spring break, but he, just like the rest of the family, noticed a huge

shift in Tammy's behavior when she came back. After filming had finished up, Tammy went on her

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