Episode 541: Eric Franks Revisited

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Eric Lee Franks was a 38 year old from Saginaw, MI. He loved children and communicating with his friends on social media. On March 21st, 2011, according to the mother of Eric's biological daughter, she saw him drive away from her house. However, no one noticed he was missing for six months. He was never seen again. #StayHome #WithMe #alonetogether CONSULTING:missingpersonsconsulting.com TheUnfoundPodcast.com - blog: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/2020/04/07/eric-lee-franks-the-one-who-got-away-ep-25/ Find Eric Lee Franks Facebook Page: (missing poster from here) https://www.facebook.com/FindEricFranks/ Charley Project Page: (pictures from here) http://charleyproject.org/case/eric-lee-franks NAMUS Database Page: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/17348/4If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Eric Franks, please contact the Michigan State Police at (989) 495-5555. 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/ Images subject to fair use allowance. Images also acquired from CharleyProject.org, directly from the clients of Unfound Podcast or created by Unfound. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #TrueCrime #MissingPersons

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0:00.0	Before this episode begins, I want to let you know about something new I've started.
0:05.7	After nearly 10 years hosting unfound and studying more than 400 disappearances,
0:12.3	I'm now offering private consultations for people dealing with missing persons cases.
0:19.3	These consultations are designed for families, journalists, private investigators, and yes, law enforcement,
0:28.6	anyone working on a disappearance who wants an experienced outside perspective.
0:35.2	During the session, we can review timelines, discuss possible explanations,
0:41.3	and talk about practical next steps. If you're interested, you can find all the details and schedule
0:51.6	a session at missing persons consulting.com.
0:58.0	And now we revisit the still unsolved disappearance of Eric Franks.
1:03.7	I remind to all of you that his car was found intact and running in the summer of 2020.
1:13.1	Eric Lee Franks was a 38-year-old from Saginaw, Michigan.
1:17.4	He loved children and communicating with his friends on social media.
1:21.5	On March 21st, 2011, according to the mother of Eric's biological daughter, she saw him drive away from her home and he never returned.
1:30.3	Yet no one noticed Eric was missing for six months. He was never seen again.
1:36.3	I'm Ed Denzel, and this is unfound. Have you ever heard the saying youth is wasting on the young?
2:13.7	It's a simplified version of a statement George Bernard Shaw made back in the early 1930s.
2:19.3	You can look that up.
2:21.5	What essentially it means is it takes us getting old to finally realize how good we had it when we were young.
2:28.5	Now, I'm not sure when this starts to occur to older people.
2:32.1	Probably goes on a person-by-person basis in fact I'm sure
2:35.5	there are some 30-year-olds who feel old out there but we know what the effects are guys going
2:42.8	out and buying corvettes getting toupee's if they're losing their hair people losing weight
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