Re-Release: Logan Schiendelman

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired on June 16, 2021

19-year-old Logan Schiendelman went for a drive early one morning. When he returned home, he told his grandmother, Ginnie, that he had an epiphany about his life. Logan had been floundering for the past year, so Ginnie hoped this meant that he was turning a corner. He had been struggling with his mixed-race identity, and his freshman year at Washington State University had not gone as planned.

Now, he was back in his hometown of Tumwater, Washington, working odd jobs and trying to figure out what his next move was going to be. Ginnie told Logan that they’d discuss his epiphany when she got home from work that evening. But when she returned home, Logan wasn’t there. Over the next few days, a bizarre mystery unfolded, with an abandoned car, possible sightings, and unidentified men. Logan’s case has baffled the community, but there’s one thing his family is certain of: someone out there has answers.

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0:00.0	A young man is having a hard time. School isn't going well and neither is a social life.
0:07.4	Logan Shindleman had been a star football player in high school and was popular and well liked,
0:12.7	so this was a different experience for him. Although the idea of being adrift isn't exactly
0:19.2	unusual for someone the year after they graduate high school.
0:23.1	But on May 19th, 2016, Logan told his grandmother he had an epiphany about his life.
0:29.8	She knew Logan was trying to figure himself out and hoped that this would lead to a breakthrough
0:33.5	and him getting his life back on track. But instead, Logan left her home and never
0:39.5	returned. After some bizarre sightings the next day, it seemed to show that this case would
0:45.3	resolve itself quickly. But instead, Logan's family and the small town of Tumwater, Washington,
0:51.9	are still waiting for answers five years later.
0:55.6	When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing.
1:00.6	I want to tell the stories of those who never came home.
1:03.5	I want to tell you the story of Logan Schindleman.
1:07.0	I'm Kona Gallagher.
1:08.5	And I'm Ethan Flick.
1:09.6	And this is, and then they were gone. Welcome back, everyone Welcome back, everyone.
1:44.5	Welcome back.
1:45.4	Thank you for joining us here once again.
1:48.6	This is actually a case I've been wanting to cover for a while because I honestly can't believe it hasn't been solved.
1:57.0	I first heard of Logan Shindleman from an episode of Disappeared and my heart broke for this guy.
2:04.1	He's just one of those people who really seemed to have everything going for him until it all started to go wrong.
2:13.0	For those of you who follow us on social media, you'll see that I actually wrote, I worked
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