Brandon Swanson
And Then They Were Gone
Little Monster Productions
4.6 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On the night of May 13, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson was driving home from a party after finishing his first year of college. Just after midnight, he called his parents. He’d driven into a ditch, he said. He wasn’t hurt—just frustrated, and he needed a ride.
What followed was a 47-minute phone call—nearly an hour of confusion and missed turns. Brandon’s parents tried desperately to find him in the dark, rural backroads of southwestern Minnesota, but then the call went silent, and Brandon Swanson hasn’t been seen since.
Over the years, many theories have emerged about what happened to Brandon, but none have led to the teenager who was just trying to get home.
If you have any information about the disappearance of Brandon Swanson, please contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 507-694-1664 or the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension at 877-996-6222. You can remain anonymous.
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| 0:00.0 | Darkcast Network. Welcome to the dark side of podcasting. |
| 0:08.1 | On the night of May 3, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson was driving home from a party after finishing his first year of college. |
| 0:16.5 | Just after midnight, he called his parents. He'd driven into a ditch, he said. He wasn't hurt, |
| 0:22.6 | just frustrated, and he needed a ride. What followed was a 47-minute phone call, nearly an hour |
| 0:29.3 | of confusion and missed turns. Brandon's parents tried desperately to find him in the dark, |
| 0:35.5 | rural backroads of southwestern Minnesota, but then |
| 0:39.3 | the call went silent, and Brandon Swanson hasn't been seen since. Over the years, many theories have |
| 0:46.6 | emerged about what happened to Brandon, but none have led to the teenager who was just trying to get |
| 0:52.8 | home. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing. |
| 0:57.3 | I want to tell you the stories of those who never came home. |
| 1:00.0 | Today, I want to tell you the story of Brandon Swanson. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Conan Gallagher. |
| 1:05.1 | And I'm Ethan Flick. |
| 1:06.3 | And this is, and then they were gone. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah. and then they were gone. Welcome back, everyone. Welcome back, everyone. |
| 1:48.0 | Welcome back. |
| 1:48.7 | Thank you for joining me once again. |
| 1:50.4 | I'm Kona. |
| 1:51.2 | And I'm Ethan. |
| 1:52.1 | And we're the husband and wife team behind this podcast. |
| 1:54.8 | Each week, I tell you the story of an unsolved missing person's case. |
| 1:58.8 | Ethan doesn't know anything about the case going into the episode |
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