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The Vanished Podcast

Holly Cantrell

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.515K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

40-year-old Holly Cantrell disappeared from McAlester, Oklahoma on January 20, 2017. That morning, she got her kids off to school and then left home for work. She was a physical therapy tech at McAlester Regional Health Center. Just a few minutes before noon, Holly clocked out for her lunch break. Holly never returned to work and she was never seen again. That evening, her husband became concerned when she hadn’t returned from her shift at the hospital and decided to take a ride over to see if he could find her. He found her truck parked at the hospital but no sign of Holly. Over the past 18 months, there have been many twists and turns in Holly’s case and two people close to Holly remain persons of interest. But what happened to Holly on January 20th, 2017 remains a mystery.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Holly Cantrell, please call the McAlester Police Department at (918) 423-1212.

2020 Update- On February 18, 2020, it was announced that the remains recovered in 2018 have been identified as Holly Cantrell.

To follow Holly's case on social media, please join Hope for Holly on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/HopeForHollyC/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:18.0

It shows her truck on video and then it shows she's like kind of walking towards her vehicle,

0:24.0

but then she takes the kind of beers off a little bit. She isn't going to his vehicle.

0:30.0

I think she was going to leave him and he wouldn't have it. I think he knew. I think he was watching her.

0:44.0

On the morning of January 20th, 2017, 40-year-old Holly Cantrell drove to the McAllister Regional Health Center in McAllister, Oklahoma,

0:53.0

where she worked as a physical therapy tech. Just a few minutes before noon, Holly clocked out for her lunch break.

0:59.0

Only Holly would never return and she was never seen again. That evening, her husband became concerned when she hadn't returned from her shift at the hospital,

1:08.0

so he decided to take a ride over to see if he could find her. Her truck was parked in the hospital parking lot, but there was no sign of Holly.

1:17.0

Over the past 18 months, there have been many twists and turns in Holly's case, and two people close to her remained persons of interest.

1:26.0

But what happened to Holly on January 20th, 2017, remains a mystery.

1:31.0

I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 135 of The Vanished. Holly Cantrell's story.

1:56.0

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape, and found me Rob Briden on my podcast.

2:17.0

In this series of Briden and I talk to, among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan, and Dame Harriet Walter.

2:27.0

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour, never longer. It's terrific conversation, reminiscent, sweat appropriate, and exchange of anecdotes.

2:38.0

So do join me, Rob Briden, wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad-free on Amazon Music, or by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

2:59.0

Growing up, Holly was raised by her grandmother. She had a very close relationship with her cousin Charlie. They were like sisters.

3:07.0

I spoke to Charlie for this episode, and she told me more about Holly.

3:12.0

She's always spent with my grandma growing up. She's always known her mom and her sisters and her brothers and all that.

3:21.0

I've went on in Holly just, she was a grandma's girl. We were all kind of a little jealous too, I guess, growing up, because she was always in the spotlight.

3:31.0

She didn't really realize it, I guess, but she was always loving.

3:36.0

I don't think there was ever a mean bone in her. I'm sure there was at times, you know, growing up.

3:42.0

She was always like a good-hearted person. She always wanted to help people. I remember when I was going to say she wasn't like the popular crowd.

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