Re-Release: Trudy Appleby
And Then They Were Gone
Little Monster Productions
4.3 • 971 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This episode was originally released on September 1, 2021. We're re-releasing it this week so you can catch up before listening to our update episode.
When Dennis Appleby came home during his lunch break and didn't see his 11-year-old daughter Trudy, he wasn't initially worried. It was the last days of summer and he assumed she was outside or over at a friend's house enjoying herself. But when he returned from work that evening and there was still no sign of Trudy, he knew something was wrong. Despite witnesses and even Dennis himself saying he knew who was responsible for his daughter's disappearance, Trudy Appleby's case has remained unsolved for the last 25 years. But that could all be changing soon, as police believe they are closer than ever to having the proof they need to put her abductors in prison.
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather. |
| 0:25.8 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. |
| 0:36.5 | Never get into a car with a stranger. |
| 0:40.3 | That's something everyone's parent has told them at one point or another. |
| 0:47.7 | But when 11-year-old Trudy Appleby got into a car on the morning of August 21, 1996, |
| 0:49.6 | she wasn't with a stranger. |
| 0:53.8 | Trudy's family believes she was with someone she knew, someone with whom she felt safe. |
| 0:57.2 | But Trudy wasn't safe. |
| 0:59.5 | She was never seen again after that day. |
| 1:03.7 | The 25-year anniversary of Trudy's disappearance just passed, and police believe they know exactly who took Trudy Appleby. |
| 1:14.0 | Will this be the year the little girl finally gets justice? |
| 1:18.8 | When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing. |
| 1:23.6 | I want to tell the stories of those who never came home. |
| 1:26.6 | I want to tell you the story of Trudy Appleby. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm Conan Gallagher. |
| 1:30.8 | And I'm Ethan Flick. |
| 1:31.9 | And this is, and then they were gone. |
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