It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.

For many, it's their biggest fear.

Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished.

A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases

in an effort to uncover the truth.

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She apparently developed from a very early age.

This drive to acquire material possessions.

Was she interested in acquiring these possessions through hard work?

Or did she have an eye out for a wealthy husband?

She was definitely keeping an eye out for a husband who would earn a good living.

Belle was a hard worker.

I mean, even when she became a homicidal maniac,

it was kind of hard work.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast,

Tenfold More Wicked, as well as the co-host of the new show,

Bairied Bones, both on exactly right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom.

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