Episode 513: Benjamin Ridley: When Adults Fail

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Benjamin Ridley was a 15 year old from Burien, WA. He had two sisters and step-siblings but had a troubled home life. On July 2, 1982, the day after being placed in a foster home, Benjamin ran away. He was never seen again. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579832357321 Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/benjamin-shane-ridley NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/40492?nav Website: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/benjamin-ridley-when-adults-fail/ If you have any information concerning the disappearance of Benjamin Ridley, please contact the King County Sheriff's Office at (206) 296-4155. 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	Benjamin Ridley was a 15-year-old from Bury in Washington.
0:05.2	He had two sisters and step-siblings that had a troubled home life.
0:12.1	On July 2nd, 1982, the day after being placed in a foster home, Benjamin ran away.
0:21.3	He was never seen again.
0:26.2	I'm Ed Denzel,
0:28.5	and this is unfound.
0:31.4	I'm Ed Dunstall. Even though I've kind of sort of like avoided covering too many child
0:50.4	disappearances over the past nine years for the reasons I've gone over many times.
0:56.4	In fact, Unfound has featured more than I realized.
1:01.2	Using the new database that is almost ready for public consumption,
1:06.1	we've looked at 27 disappearances of children under the age of 16.
1:12.7	Yes, that many.
1:14.2	That's 7%.
1:15.5	Like I said, more than I expected.
1:20.1	However, really, there are only four that could be like the one unfound is featuring today.
1:27.2	Leanne Hosberg, New York City, 1999.
1:32.0	Patricia Taylor, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1981.
1:37.9	Jennifer Perry, Marathon, Florida, 1993.
1:43.4	Lucas Degerness, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, 2007.
1:51.2	That's it.
1:52.3	The other 23, at least the way they are viewed right now, are different.
1:56.9	But, hey, as facts change, theories change.
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