From Orlando: The Vanishing of Bryan Vladek Hasel
The Fall Line: True Crime
The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Bryan Vladek Hasel disappeared near the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida on November 6, 2021. The 22-year-old former Marine was last seen on body camera footage leaving Foxtail Coffee after a trespass warning. Adopted from Russia, Vladek Hasel showed signs of mental health struggles before vanishing. This missing adult case highlights investigation challenges when no foul play is suspected.: Orlando missing persons cold case.
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The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers.
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| 0:29.6 | This is the first episode in a two-part series and the second series in our latest season covering cold cases across the United States. |
| 0:36.7 | The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed |
| 0:38.5 | are solely the interviewee's own. If you're in need of mental health support, you can reach out |
| 0:42.6 | to the National Alliance on Mental Illness by calling their helpline at 800-950-6264, texting |
| 0:49.5 | NAMI to 62640, or emailing helpline at at NAMI.org in a crisis, call or text 988. |
| 1:05.7 | This is the fall line. |
| 1:09.4 | On November 6, 2021, 22-year-old Brian Vladic Castle walked into |
| 1:14.6 | Foxtail coffee on University Boulevard in Orlando. It was a place the young man visited often. |
| 1:20.4 | Vlad, who'd spent most of his life in central Florida, had recently returned to the state the |
| 1:24.7 | previous year, and had settled into a routine that included |
| 1:27.9 | frequent trips to the fox tail. It's a shop that's popular with UCF students, busy and full of |
| 1:33.8 | people around Vladick's age. The last few years had been a difficult period in Vladik's life. |
| 1:39.4 | He'd left the Marines under an honorable discharge after a lifetime of planning for a military |
| 1:43.9 | career, and he moved |
| 1:45.2 | cross-country to live with various family members and work in different fields, all while the COVID-19 |
| 1:50.3 | pandemic was at its peak. Back home in Florida, Vlad was still isolated. He seemed to be seeking |
| 1:56.0 | direction. His family told us that he'd gotten very interested in religion and the rejection of materialism |
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