662 // Ludger Belanger w/ Jordan Sillars

Missing

Crawlspace Media

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

3.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with journalist Jordan Sillars of Blood Trails about the mysterious disappearance of Ludger Belanger from Washington, Maine on November 25th, 1975. For more info on Ludger: https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/investigation-traffic/major-crime-units/unsolved/missing-persons/belanger-ludger. Follow the official FB page for Ludger: https://www.facebook.com/p/Justice-For-Ludger-Belanger-100064721737936/. Check out Blood Trails: https://www.themeateater.com/listen/blood-trails. Follow Blood Trails on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4_K5Yu3T9pgFXpFzQDiCsf. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The main investigator gets a call and the person's like, your suspect just blew up his house and he was inside of it. And he's like, what? I'm In today's new episode of missing, we speak with journalist Jordan Sillers from the podcast Blood Trails about the mysterious disappearance of Luger Belanger from Washington, Maine on November 25, 1975.
0:58.5	Lance, would you make of this conversation?
1:00.7	Well, I'm really glad that we had Jordan on to talk about this because it's one of those
1:03.8	disappearances that we've heard about, and we have seen other outlets covering Luger's story.
1:14.5	And having Jordan on to discuss it, knowing the amount of research that he puts into all of the mysterious disappearances and mysterious stories
1:19.2	that he talks about on the show, it was really great. It was really great to have someone of
1:23.0	his caliber to give us this story because we know that it's coming from a really, really reliable source.
1:29.3	Yeah, and this is a really fascinating disappearance with some sort of jaw-dropping elements, I will say.
1:36.5	So definitely check out Jordan's podcast, Blood Trails, and that's from the Meat Eater Network.
1:42.1	And there's a link in the show notes to listen and follow them.
1:46.1	And let us know what you think of this conversation on YouTube and Spotify.
1:50.1	And this is a mystery that's been going on for more than 50 years at this point.
1:53.5	But if anyone does have any information on the disappearance of Luzer-Belanger,
1:58.8	they are instructed to contact the main state police
2:00.9	major crimes unit. That's 207-6247-7143, or you can call toll-free at 1-800-452-4-664.
2:12.0	And please follow us on social media at Missing CSM. We're going to break quick here for commercial,
2:16.9	and we'll be right back with Jordan Sillers, Jordan, how are you today? I'm doing well. Yeah, good to be here.
2:54.5	Thanks for, thanks for having me. Yeah, absolutely. We love having fellow podcasters on who cover cases with such
3:01.6	detailed accuracy and who follow cases with the passion that you seem to follow cases and report on cases.
3:09.5	So huge fans of your work.
3:11.2	Thank you so much for joining us.
3:12.4	Can you introduce yourself to the audience, anyone who might not know who you are?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Crawlspace Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Crawlspace Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.