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Bad Romance: No Trace (Revisited)

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.87.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A young waitress falls in love - but vanishes after an affair is uncovered. (Originally aired 1/30/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Deborah Roberts.

0:01.3

We're taking a few weeks off from new podcast programming on Wednesdays while we work on a new interesting series to share with you.

0:09.3

So in the meantime, we're bringing back some of our installments from our classic series, Bad Romance.

0:15.3

Here's this week's episode.

0:17.2

Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow.

0:19.8

Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.

0:39.9

More parents are choosing EE broadband, the UK's fastest growing broadband provider.

0:44.9

To verify I see EE.cote UK slash claims.

0:47.6

Hey there, 2020 listeners, this is Deborah Roberts, co-anchor of 2020.

0:51.8

We've got a new spinoff series we think you're going to want to hear,

0:55.5

so we're making it available for you right here on our podcast. It's called Bad Romance. Have a listen.

1:04.8

Am I ever going to live?

1:10.0

Am I ever? She works in a bar. He was the maintenance man.

1:23.8

Their affair is sudden, intense, but there are three people in this relationship.

1:28.8

And late one night, one of them disappears, and there's no trace.

1:34.4

Am I ever going to love, going to love again?

1:38.9

Am I ever going to love, going to love again?

1:51.0

The swamps of Oree County, South Carolina are like a black hole

1:58.0

Peace tree boat landing is a dark, desolate place.

2:07.6

There is no reason for a car to be there abandoned in the middle of the night. In these swamps, anything can happen.

2:11.6

Anything can disappear, even a body.

2:20.4

Only a few miles from the dark swamps are these pristine beaches and the bustling boardwalks

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