Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas: Still Missing

Up and Vanished

Tenderfoot TV

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Two names. Two disappearances. In this episode, Payne returns to Nome to retrace the final steps of Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas; two cases separated by years, but connected by silence. What happened under the midnight sun? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.9	Up and Vanished in the Midnight Sun is released every Thursday and brought to you absolutely free. But for ad-free listening and exclusive bonuses, subscribe to Tenderfoot
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1:13.6	Up and vanished in the Midnight Sun is intended for mature audiences and may include
1:18.5	topics that can be upsetting, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, rape and murder.
1:24.2	The names of survivors have been changed for anonymity purposes. Testimony shared by guests
1:28.6	of the show is their own and does not reflect the views of Tenderfoot TV or Odyssey. Thank you so much for
1:34.3	listening. Welcome back to Up and Vantage season four in the Midnight Sun. It's time to finish what I started.
1:46.0	This is the first time I've ever covered two cases in the same season.
1:51.0	Florence Akpialik and Joseph Baldaris.
1:54.0	Two names, two mysteries, and one central place.
1:59.0	No Maleska. I know it's been a while, and I want to be honest with you.
2:03.6	The break we took wasn't because this story faded.
2:06.6	It's because new stories came roaring back to life.
2:09.6	Cases from earlier seasons that couldn't wait any longer.
2:13.6	Real updates, real consequences,
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