331: She Went for a Jog and Never Came Home | The Case of Mollie Tibbetts
Serialously with Annie Elise
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On July 18, 2018, 20-year-old Molly Tibbitts went on a jog in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. |
| 0:05.6 | This 20-year-old missing University of Iowa student who was last seen on July 18th. |
| 0:10.6 | This newly obtained video shows Molly Tibbitts having fun and laughing, showing no signs that anything was unusual the day before she went missing from her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. |
| 0:20.4 | When the University of Iowa student didn't show up for her summer job at a local daycare the next day, |
| 0:24.6 | family members and coworkers knew something was wrong. |
| 0:27.6 | It has been four days since Molly Tibbitts disappeared. |
| 0:30.6 | Despite search efforts over the last few days, there is still no sign of that missing woman. |
| 0:35.6 | Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly. You know, On the evening of July 18, 2018, 20-year-old Molly Tibbets laced up her running shoes, and she set out for a jog in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. |
| 1:12.2 | Now, this was nothing unusual. It was part of her daily routine, something that she did almost |
| 1:16.8 | every night. But this time, Molly never came home. Now, what started as a local missing persons report |
| 1:24.1 | quickly turned into this national media storm, a college student, just gone |
| 1:29.4 | without a trace, in this very quiet, very tight-knit community. This investigation would lead |
| 1:35.5 | to a shocking arrest, an emotional courtroom battle, and a case that still raises very |
| 1:41.7 | unsettling questions. Because even with a conviction, many people are still asking what really happened to Molly Tibbets. |
| 1:51.5 | Hey, true crime BFF. It's me, Annie, Elise, and we are back with an all new episode of Serialously. |
| 1:57.9 | Now, we have got a lot to unpack today. This is one of the crazier episodes that we've |
| 2:03.1 | ever covered with a twist at the end that not even I saw coming. So we are going to jump right in. |
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