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 tell stories of often overlooked and unsolved

missing persons cases.

Each episode, host 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 childcare, 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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Download the Amazon Music app today.

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 see things that people ask to share. I've started

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