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.

Follow The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

This story contains adult content and language,

along with references to sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

What was happening with your mother that she just sort of buried this herself?

I can't speak for her, but she did say I just never thought about it again.

Maybe she was covering for herself too.

Maybe.

If your kids had a babysitter who was a serial killer,

you might think differently about it, right?

I certainly would.

Oh my god, I'd be terrified.

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.

...