Case Update: Carolyn Riggins Part 1

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Last fall, we brought you the story of 69-year-old Carolyn Riggins. In July of 2020, after a successful night at her favorite bingo hall just a few miles from her Fort Worth, Texas home, Carolyn had disappeared. Just weeks before we originally aired her story, Carolyn’s remains were found inside the backseat of her car in a deeply wooded, remote part of far north Texas. This area was a place so rural, that it is almost completely inaccessible without detailed knowledge of the area. The discovery of Carolyn’s vehicle and body under such mysterious and unexplained circumstances troubled Carolyn’s family, especially with some of the rumors that swirled around the community from the time she disappeared and even after she was found. This week, we will explore some of the stranger aspects that have developed since we first aired Carolyn’s story nearly a year ago.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:07.0	We first aired Carolyn's story on November 9, 2020. To refresh your memory, we'll be
0:21.2	airing the original episode with an update at the end. If you remember this story well,
0:26.8	you can fast forward to around the one hour and 12 minute mark. That's where the update
0:31.5	begins.
1:31.5	On July 11, 2020, 69-year-old Carolyn Riggins left her apartment in Fort Worth, Texas.
2:01.0	She was headed to her favorite bingo hall down the street. She played bingo that night,
2:06.7	and other players reported that Carolyn won several hundred dollars. Carolyn then went to a nearby
2:13.5	convenience store, made a few small purchases, and left. Several hours later, not long after midnight,
2:20.7	her license plate was caught on camera, headed north toward Oklahoma. Carolyn hasn't been seen
2:27.4	since she was spotted at the convenience store, and it's unknown if she was the person driving
2:33.1	the car when it was recorded on surveillance footage. I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode
2:39.6	255 of the Vanished Carolyn Riggins Story.
3:10.6	I'm Candace Dillon, host of the podcast Killer Psychie, and in our newest season,
3:15.3	we dissect the thoughts and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.
3:19.5	Follow Killer Psychie on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts, or you can listen early
3:25.5	and add free by joining Wondery Plus on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.
3:30.4	Carolyn Riggins Life was never ordinary. She was the oldest of eight children, and took to
3:40.4	looking after her younger siblings while she was a child herself. As we researched this story
3:46.4	and spoke with Carolyn's loved ones, we learned that she was nothing short of extraordinary,
3:52.4	and the life she led influenced others around her to go after their dreams. The first person we
3:58.8	spoke to about Carolyn is Kimberly. Carolyn's younger sister. She shared with us who her sister is,
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