meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Unfound

Episode 508: Brittany Nichole Shank: A Tough Call

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Brittany Nichole Shank was a 23 year old from Sturgis, MI. She was a mother who was going back to school. On the night of November 30, 2018, after a car accident, Brittany knocked on a local’s door, asking for help. She then walked away. She was never seen again.Facebook:https://charleyproject.org/case/brittany-nichole-shankNAMUS:https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/56494?navMap Video:https://youtu.be/lfoKqenyOn8Website:https://theunfoundpodcast.com/brittany-nichole-shank-a-tough-call/If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Brittany Shank, please contact the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office at (269) 467-9045.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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Brittany Nicole Shank was a 23-year-old from Sturgis, Michigan.

0:06.1

She was a mother who was going back to school.

0:09.6

On the night of November 30, 2018, after a car accident,

0:15.8

Brittany knocked on a local's door asking for help.

0:19.7

She then walked away.

0:22.4

She was never seen again.

0:27.7

I'm Ed Denzel, and this is unfound.

0:33.1

Music As I've pointed out many times, and I think I was the first, video evidence for the most part is very overrated for disappearances well with this

0:58.1

episode i'm about to add something else to the heap the use of phones seriously here is just a

1:07.6

short and incomplete list of unfound disappearances of people who were within minutes of going missing,

1:16.6

used their phones or someone else's, but still their cases are unresolved.

1:23.3

Kevin Newn, Shane Fell, Deborah Bowman, Sue Swaddell, T.J. Murray, Jason Landry, Jonathan Estes, J.

1:36.6

Jody Hoosentrute. On and on and on. The list is long, trust me. And even recently, with the disappearance of Leo Wagner,

1:47.2

a witness dialed 911, but he is still missing. Well, with Brittany Shank, we're in a situation

1:55.8

very much like Leo's. A good Samaritan did the right thing in calling 911, yet Brittany still went missing.

2:05.6

What happened? Yep, it's a tough call. And now a summary of the case.

2:15.1

Brittany Shank was an outgoing girl who had many siblings.

2:19.0

Her parents got divorced when she was very young, but Brittany managed to have relationships

2:25.2

with both of them despite the split.

2:28.9

Things were going smoothly, with Brittany going to school in her teens.

2:33.7

But then the problems started. The use of

2:37.2

marijuana progressed to harder substances. Brittany ended up having children with men who had the same

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ed Dentzel, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ed Dentzel and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.