Episode 504: Zachary Vidal: The Worst Role

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Zachary Vidal was a 27 year old from Pottsville, PA. He was a father and close to his family. On October 22, 2022, Zachary was going about his usual routine of walking the streets of Pottsville. Zachary was caught on video at a 7-11 at 4pm. He was never seen again. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/487991583399531 NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/99266?nav MAP ANALYSIS: https://youtu.be/-XBA6q_vKJo Article: https://fox56.com/news/local/family-pursues-answers-a-year-after-zachary-vidals-unresolved-disappearance If you have any information concerning the disappearance of Zachary Vidal, please contact the Pottsville Police Department at (570) 622-1234. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4bh2ppqACeF7BdKw_93eA/join --Unfound plays on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Instagram, Twitter, Podbean, Deezer, Google Play and many other podcast platforms. --on Monday nights at 9pm ET, please join us on the Unfound Podcast Channel for the Unfound Live Show. All of you can talk with me and I can answer your questions. --Contribute to Unfound at Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast. You can also contribute at Paypal: paypal.me/unfoundpodcast --email address: unfoundpodcast@gmail.com --the website: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Zachary Vidal was a 27-year-old from Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
0:06.0	He was a father and close to his family.
0:10.0	On October 22nd, 2022,
0:13.8	Zachary was going about his usual routine of walking the streets of Pottsville.
0:19.6	Zachary was caught on video at a 7-Eleven at 4 p.m.
0:25.3	He was never seen again.
0:30.9	I'm Ed Dunsell, and this is unfound.
0:36.8	Music this is unfound.
0:49.5	Are you familiar with the saying,
0:52.5	be the star of your own life?
0:57.6	What this idea seems to mean is your life is a movie,
1:02.9	you are the protagonist, you are the hero, you control your destiny,
1:06.4	it's a mindset, an attitude.
1:10.0	But in fact, with today's technology,
1:13.2	the average person can literally be a star on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram,
1:19.0	wherever.
1:20.5	Yet no one should ever want to be in the quote-unquote movies
1:24.6	we review on Unfound.
1:32.3	Brian Schaefer, Roshan Francis, Brandy Wells,
1:41.9	Kyle Fleischman, Betty Topfer, Michaela Bally. They are all video stars. They are all still missing.
1:56.0	Well, with Zachary Vidal, he was seen on video, and we continue to learn that for disappearances, being the star is the worst role.
2:00.0	And now a summary of the case.
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