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Locations Unknown

Missing on Mt. of the Holy Cross in Colorado: The Mysterious Disappearance of Michelle Vanek

Locations Unknown

Unknown Media Group

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A fitness enthusiast and mother of four, Michelle Vanek, 35, set out to conquer Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross in 2005. Straying onto the grueling Halo Ridge Route, Michelle faced fatigue, high-altitude sickness, and frigid temperatures.  After splitting from her hiking partner near the peak, she vanished without a trace.  Despite an exhaustive search involving hundreds of rescuers, only a boot was found—17 years later.  Did Michelle succumb to the mountain’s brutal elements, or does the Holy Cross Wilderness hold darker secrets? Tune in as we unravel the mystery surrounding her disappearance.

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0:00.0

Thousands of people had mysteriously vanished in America's wilderness.

0:13.0

Join us as we dive into the deep end of the unexplainable and try to piece together what happened.

0:20.0

You are listening to Locations Unknown. What's up, everybody.

0:40.3

What's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Locations Unknown.

0:59.4

I'm your co-host, Joe Erodden with me as always as a guy whose name Voldemort doesn't say,

1:04.5

Mike Van de Bogart.

1:06.1

Thank you, Joe, and thank you once again to all of our amazing listeners for tuning in just a few quick

1:13.0

updates here so first I would like to give a new Patreon shoutouts to Jen Smith,

1:19.3

Catherine Deloche and Mary Quinn thank you very much for supporting the show we couldn't

1:25.6

do this without all the loyal supporters that we have on

1:28.4

Patreon, YouTube memberships, Apple subscriptions,

1:33.4

Spreaker memberships.

1:35.0

We got a speaker member, I thought, right?

1:37.0

Two.

1:37.4

We had two.

1:37.9

Oh, right.

1:39.6

So, and maybe someday X.

1:42.0

So, thank you to everyone who supports the show.

1:45.7

I'd also like to give an episode suggestion shout out to Taylor Warnock.

1:49.9

I think this individual recommended the show a while way back,

1:54.8

and we're just getting around to it.

1:56.3

Yes.

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