Brandon Swanson /// Missing /// Part 3

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4.7 • 35.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In May 2008, 19-year-old college student Brandon Swanson vanished without a trace after a late-night drive through rural Minnesota. In True Crime Garage Episode 332, Nic and the Captain dive deep into one of the most haunting and perplexing missing person cases in modern true crime history.

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0:00.0	The Welcome to True Crime Garage, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, thanks for listening.
0:45.8	I'm your host, Nick, and with me, of course, as always, from behind the glass is the man steering the ship.
0:51.9	He is the captain, and together we would like to point out that only a total psychotic would listen to this show at two times the speed.
1:00.7	Welcome to the show captain.
1:01.9	Thank you.
1:02.1	Thank you.
1:02.3	Thank you.
1:02.6	It's good to be seen.
1:03.3	It's good to see you.
1:04.2	Thanks for listening.
1:05.1	And thanks for telling a friend.
1:17.0	This week we are drinking Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser, an American logger and an American classic,
1:23.4	the one-time King of Beers, garage grade, three bottle caps out of five.
1:25.5	And this week, our fridge is full.
1:32.1	Thank you to all of you out there, but specifically, first up, thanks to Laura P. in Washington.
1:35.9	And a big shout to Emily and Osage, Minnesota.
1:40.0	Next up, we have Brian in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
1:43.2	And in Birmingham, Alabama, we have Andrea.
1:44.3	She is mate. And next up, we have our friend Randy in Federal Way, we have Andrea. Cheers, mate.
1:56.3	And next up, we have our friend Randy in Federal Way, Washington, and last but certainly not least, we have a long-distance cheers way out to Lauren in Port Talbot Wales.
1:59.5	Thank you to everybody for helping us out with this week's show.
2:01.9	If you want to contribute to future shows go to truecrime garage.com and click on the donate button if you'd like to check out our
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