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🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | Few things are more devastating than a loved one going missing. |
0:03.5 | On the vanished podcast from Wondery, host Marissa Jones tells stories of missing persons |
0:08.8 | that have gone overlooked by mainstream media. She gets the story from friends and family |
0:13.2 | of the missing person and frequently talks with law enforcement and others close to the case. |
0:18.0 | Marissa wants to help families find their vanished loved ones or give them a sense of peace. |
0:23.2 | Marissa is a friend of mine and I can tell you she is one of the most ethical, |
0:27.1 | caring and dedicated podcasters out there. As we say in the south, she does the Lord's work. |
0:31.8 | In a recent episode of The Vanished, Marissa looks into the disappearance of James Foster Chants. |
0:37.2 | The 48-year-old man from Texas went missing in March of 2021, last seen by his neighbors |
0:43.0 | cleaning up after a storm. Devastated and without any leads, James' family began searching for him, |
0:48.4 | but in their search, they began uncovering clues that James was not the man they thought he was. |
0:53.9 | And worse, that he may have disappeared on purpose. You're about to hear a preview of The Vanished. |
0:58.8 | While you're listening, follow The Vanished on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, |
1:02.8 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. |
1:08.7 | At the beginning of this year, James Foster Chants disappeared from grapevine Texas, |
1:14.3 | sometime in the 60 days between the end of January and the end of March. During that time, |
1:20.0 | Texas experienced a record-setting winter storm, leaving most of the state without power for days. |
1:26.8 | This seems to be a crucial point in James' disappearance, though we don't know the exact day he |
1:32.8 | disappeared, or even the exact month. His disappearance has some strange aspects and lots of unanswered |
1:39.6 | questions. But one thing that we do know is that he hasn't been seen in the last eight months. |
1:44.8 | This is a story that will leave you questioning how much you can really ever know someone. |
1:50.1 | Do people only show you the side of themselves that they want you to see? |
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