Did a Blogger Help Solve a Missing Persons Case? | Death Valley Germans

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In 1996, a group of German tourists arrived in the United States for what was supposed to be a fun vacation. When they did not return home by their scheduled date, family members alerted authorities and a search began. While the remains of one individual were found in the desert, the locations of the others remain a mystery. Today, we look at the strange case of the Death Valley Germans. Visit our Twitter (twitter.com/RedWebPod) to see the images and links we mention. Link to the interactive Google map by u/highramblings: (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1lbwNzfGD0a0vSiKz6ikws7ASNr-r8eJE&ll=35.838356840450324%2C-116.87990485000003&z=11) Link to the other map referenced: https://i.redd.it/gwle2o1tdjp01.png If you'd like to listen to past episodes we discuss, they are: Area 51 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wbE7NNB3AcyDc6uSZQ3vT?si=f23628aaa1194e99) and Yuba County Five (Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nLmqjMgma1qdT4P9sQgHA?si=0ef6a6b071714561 and Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IBJrF4iwo3QptcwqW6tkJ?si=14fae366f3c5422e). Sponsored by Honey (go to http://joinhoney.com/redweb to get Honey for free), and Shady Rays (go to http://shadyrays.com and use code REDWEB for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1996, a group of German tourists arrived in the United States for what was supposed to
0:11.8	be a fun vacation.
0:13.5	When they did not return home by their scheduled date, family members alerted authorities and
0:18.0	a search began.
0:19.5	While the remains of one individual were found deep in the desert, the location of the
0:23.4	others remained a mystery.
0:25.1	Today, we look at the strange case of the death Valley Germans.
0:29.2	This is Red Web.
0:36.2	Well, hello there, Task Force, and welcome back to another episode of Red Web, the show
0:42.8	all about bringing those mysteries and the unsolved straight to you every week we digest.
0:48.6	The fearful thoughts and topics of this world and give them right to your supple eardrums.
0:53.6	I am your resident mystery enthusiast breaking this case down fact by fact Trevor Collins
0:58.2	and joining me hearing this case reacting for the very first time Alfredo Diaz.
1:03.1	I think the intriguing thing is that we have a body as morbid as it sounds, a body that
1:10.1	was discovered.
1:12.9	So I'm very curious to hear about the condition of the body, along with additional details.
1:19.9	Yeah.
1:20.9	The unfortunate reality that the hook of this episode kind of like shocked me into is just
1:27.6	hearing about all the like just abductions that happened with around the world or even
1:34.5	here in Austin, Texas.
1:36.5	Oh, yeah, man.
1:37.5	It's like talking about like six street.
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