It's hard to imagine losing a loved one. A wife, a husband, a child. For many, it's their biggest

fear. From Wondery, The Vanished is a podcast that tells stories of often overlooked and unsolved

missing persons cases. Each episode hosts Marissa Jones dives deep into a new case sharing the

details of their mysterious disappearance from interviews with

family, friends, law enforcement, and even suspects in an effort to reveal the truth.

The Vanished has even aided in getting long overdue arrests through their in-depth interviews.

In a special two-part series, The Vanished dives into the mysterious case of Melissa Highsmith.

When Melissa was an infant desperate for child care, her mother put out an advertisement for a babysitter. Someone who called

themselves Ruth Johnson answered the ad and picked Melissa up from their apartment the next day.

Melissa was never to be seen again. What happened to Melissa?

Was Ruth Johnson a malicious kidnapper?

Or was she just a cover story for a much more sinister plot?

I'm about to play you a clip of Melissa's story on The Vanished.

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If this was your sister, what would you do?

Would you ever give up?

Would you want people to get involved in the story to share it? I've taken on a

different outlook on when I when I see things that people ask to share. I've started sharing them

because they are searching for something or someone or whatever. And this is what we're doing.

We're asking people to just

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