Episode 259: Randy Stewart Doran: Puzzle On A Postcard

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Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Randy Stewart Doran was a 22 year old from Sacramento County, CA. He was a former Marine and loved to write songs. In the Spring of 1978, Randy moved to New Orleans to start a new life. Once he got there, Randy sent a message to his family that he was okay. He was never seen again . . . or was he?Underground Mysteries:https://undergroundmysteries.com/2017/10/15/randystewartdoran/Charley Project:https://charleyproject.org/case/randy-stewart-doranNAMUS:https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/76852?navUnfound website:https://theunfoundpodcast.com/2021/07/15/randy-stewart-doran-questions-from-a-postcard-ep-253/If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Randy Doran, please contact the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office at (916) 874-5115.Unfound supports accounts on Podomatic, iTunes, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Deezer, and YouTube.--speaking of YouTube, on Wednesday nights at 9pm ET, please join us for the Unfound Live Show. All of you can talk with me and I can answer your questions.--Contribute to Unfound at Patreon.com/unfounpodcast.--You can also contribute at Paypal: paypal.me/unfoundpodcast--I also need to give a shout out to all the people who have monetarily contributed usingSuperChat during the Live Show on Wednesday nights.--thank you for watching and thank you for donating.--the email address: [email protected]:--The books at Amazon.com in both ebook and print form.--do not forget the reviews.--shirts at unfound-podcast.myshopify.com--or you can track down my assistant Heather in the Facebook Group.--playing cards at makeplayingcards.com/sell/unfoundpodcast--the website: the unfoundpodcast.com--And please mention Unfound at all true crime websites and forums. Thank you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Randy Stewart Durran was a 22-year-old from Sacramento County, California.
0:06.0	He was a former Marine and a loved to write songs.
0:10.0	In the spring of 1978, Randy moved to New Orleans to start a new life.
0:17.0	Once he got there, Randy sent a message to his family that he was okay.
0:22.0	He was never seen again.
0:27.0	Or was he?
0:30.0	I'm a dancer.
0:32.0	And this is unfound.
0:57.0	It's often said these days that nobody ever writes letters anymore.
1:09.0	Nobody gets out a piece of paper, gets a pen, sits down at a table,
1:15.0	and fills the empty spaces with words, front and back.
1:22.0	Then sends the message off, knowing that it will take maybe a week or longer for the receiver to get it.
1:29.0	In the 21st century, it's become too much work, despite letters being the accepted long distance type of communication for like 500 years.
1:41.0	I suppose before that, civilizations had stone tablets and parchment and vellum.
1:49.0	With this big change in the last 20 years, my perception is corresponding with people has become less personal.
1:57.0	Yes, easier, simpler, quicker, but I'm not sure everything is now better.
2:07.0	Well, with the disappearance of Randy Durand, he wanted a change so he moved across the United States,
2:14.0	and Randy even sent a written message saying he was okay.
2:19.0	In fact, he may have even sent two of them.
2:23.0	Then nobody heard from him, and we're left to decipher a puzzle on a postcard.
2:32.0	And now a summary of the case, this is brought to you by my friend Megan Lines' website, CharlieProject.org.
2:42.0	Randy Durand had a troubled childhood.
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