Corey Bryant
The Vanished Podcast
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🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On December 19, 2025, 31-year-old Corey Bryant disappeared from the Bemidji, Minnesota area. In the weeks leading up to his disappearance, Corey’s life had become increasingly unstable. Loved ones noticed that he seemed withdrawn and fearful of the people around him. Corey reportedly hinted that things had become “weird” where he was staying and suggested he no longer felt safe there.
Concern escalated in January 2026 when Corey failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing. As family members began comparing notes, they realized no one had spoken to him in weeks. Then they learned that several people connected to Corey had allegedly told others that he was dead.
At the same time, reports surfaced that Corey may have been seen in late January, but those claims quickly became muddled. The witness later backed away from what they had initially reported, leaving Corey’s family to wonder whether it was an innocent mistake or something more intentional.
The last known communication investigators have been able to establish from Corey was on the night he disappeared, when he spoke with a friend by phone. During that call, Corey reportedly said that he was afraid of the people around him. He ended the call after saying he would call back. No one ever heard from Corey again.
Nearly two months later, Corey’s black Kia was discovered abandoned on a trail, with his phone found inside the locked vehicle. For Corey’s loved ones, the circumstances surrounding his disappearance have only become more unsettling with time. The stories are inconsistent, the timeline is difficult to untangle, and Corey’s family is still searching for the truth.
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| 0:00.0 | We haven't heard from a moment that's not Corey, regardless the situation or what he's doing. |
| 0:14.3 | He called his mom or his grandma almost daily to check in and make sure that they're doing okay. |
| 0:20.7 | We're trying to figure this stuff out step by step, but we don't know what almost daily to check in and make sure that they're doing okay. |
| 0:23.9 | We're trying to figure this stuff out step by step, |
| 0:25.7 | but we don't know what the hell we're doing, |
| 0:28.1 | and we're getting us straighted. |
| 0:30.3 | We just want to answer where he's at. |
| 0:33.8 | I don't really feel like he hit it or put it there. |
| 0:37.1 | It seems odd to me because they said it was down this trail, |
| 0:37.9 | so it's middle, winter, it's cold out. Of course, I've speculated every single possibility because I don't |
| 0:43.4 | know anything. So I'm going to think of every single possibility. 31-year-old Corey Bryant |
| 0:49.8 | disappeared from the Bemidji, Minnesota area on December 19 19, 2025. By the end of that year, |
| 0:57.0 | Corey's life appeared to be growing increasingly complicated. Family members had noticed that he had |
| 1:02.0 | become more withdrawn and appeared fearful of some of the people around him. Corey reportedly made |
| 1:07.9 | statements that things had become weird where he was staying and suggested that he no longer felt safe there. |
| 1:14.0 | Concern escalated in January of 26, after Corey failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing. |
| 1:20.6 | Loved ones began comparing notes and realized that no one had spoken to him in weeks. |
| 1:25.4 | While trying to piece together his movements, Corey's family learned |
| 1:28.8 | that several people connected to him had told others that Corey was dead. At the same time, |
| 1:33.8 | reports began surfacing that Corey may have been seen in late January, but those claims quickly |
| 1:38.8 | became muddled. The last known communication investigators have been able to establish from |
| 1:43.6 | Corey was on the night of December 19, 2025, when he spoke with a friend over the phone. |
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