Payne Tells All: The Tara Grinstead Case

Up and Vanished

Tenderfoot TV

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Payne Lindsey revisits the case that started it all—the disappearance of Tara Grinstead. He reflects on the early days of Up and Vanished, how the podcast reignited a cold case, and the shocking arrests that followed. Payne also re-examines key moments from the investigation, including Ryan Duke’s confession, the trial, and lingering questions that remain unanswered. As the recap series begins, new details emerge, setting the stage for the final episodes of In the Midnight Sun. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Tenderfoot TV podcast.
0:08.3	Up and vanished in the Midnight Sun is released every Friday and brought to you absolutely free.
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0:29.2	Up and vanished in the Midnight Sun is intended for mature audiences
0:33.1	and may include topics that can be upsetting, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence,
0:38.8	rape and murder. The names of survivors have been changed for anonymity purposes.
0:43.2	Testimony shared by guests of the show is their own and does not reflect the views of Tenderfoot TV or Odyssey.
0:49.1	Thank you so much for listening.
0:59.5	Since Up and Vanish first came out in 2016, it's grown into something I never could have imagined. When I started, I was just a guy with a microphone, diving into an unsolved
1:05.1	case, feeling like an absolute imposter in the world of investigative journalism. I wasn't a detective. I wasn't a lawyer.
1:13.5	I was just obsessed with finding the truth. And yet somehow this crazy idea caught fire.
1:20.2	It created pressure in communities, reopened old cases, and brought long-forgotten disappearances
1:26.7	back into the spotlight. What happened in
1:29.9	season one was lightning in a bottle, but it wasn't an accident. It was the result of pure pressure.
1:37.3	The podcast gave a voice to Tara Grinstead's loved ones. It turned whispers into conversations,
1:46.8	and conversations into headlines.
1:52.0	And before I knew it, I was standing right in the middle of something that was much bigger than me.
1:57.5	I remember the first anonymous tip I ever got. It was only three weeks into the podcast.
2:03.3	Someone told me Tara might be buried under a house in Oscella. It sounded insane,
2:09.3	but I thought, what the hell? And drove down there. I crawled under the house with a flashlight in one hand and my little podcast recorder and the other. The whole time I was thinking,
2:13.9	what am I doing? This is insane. What am I looking for here?
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