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Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

59: Sydney Loofe (Part 1)

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

True Crime, Personal Journals, History, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

When 24-year-old Sydney Loofe met her online date "Audrey" in November 2017, she thought she had met the woman of her dreams. In actuality, this encounter was really just a way of ensnaring Sydney in a trap set by a depraved man and his accomplice.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome listener, I'm glad you're here.

0:05.7

Take a seat next to the fire.

0:34.2

In the last decade, online

1:04.2

dating has become increasingly mainstream.

1:07.4

According to the website's statistics, it is anticipated that 50 million Americans

1:11.7

will use online dating services in 2022.

1:15.7

While some succeed in finding love on dating apps, those less fortunate encounter an

1:20.2

unrelenting nightmare.

1:22.9

When 24-year-old Sydney Loove met her online date, Audrey, in November 2017, she thought

1:30.4

she had met the woman of her dreams.

1:32.9

In actuality, this encounter was really just a way of ensnaring Sydney in a trap set by

1:38.8

a depraved man and is accomplished.

1:42.8

This case reveals that a seat that can be working on the other side of the screen.

1:47.6

With all the twists and turns, it plays out like a bizarre film.

1:51.7

But this case also conveys a sobering truth.

1:56.3

When it comes to online dating, no one is safe.

2:02.8

Sydney Loove was known by all who knew her as a kindhearted and generous person.

2:08.6

Born on August 21, 1993, in rural Arcadia, Nebraska, she was the middle child of George

2:16.9

and Suzy Loove.

2:19.2

Her older brother Levi and younger sister Mackenzie had a close-knit bond with her from an early

2:24.2

age.

2:25.8

When Sydney was in second grade, the family moved to Neelyne, Nebraska, a small town in

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