Replay: William Jamison Part 2 - The Cost of Doing Business
The Vanished Podcast
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
This episode originally aired on May 17, 2022. In the early morning hours of March 27, 1981, Bill Jamison vanished after a night out. He had spent time at a bar before stopping for a quick bite at a diner. The waitress remembered nothing unusual. Bill ordered his usual late-night meal, finished eating, and walked out into the cool March night. That was the last time anyone ever saw him.
Yesterday, you heard about the immediate search for Bill and how his family quickly realized law enforcement was not doing enough. They launched their own efforts, sometimes turning to unconventional methods like psychics. They pleaded with police for more action and spent years writing letters to anyone they thought could help. More than four decades later, his disappearance remains unsolved.
Today, we will explore what was happening at Bill’s workplace in the days leading up to his disappearance. His family has always wondered if what was unfolding there could hold the key to what happened to Bill.
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| 0:00.0 | I got dragged into the |
| 0:02.0 | I got dragged into the county sheriff's office. |
| 0:16.3 | They brought this profile thing in, |
| 0:19.5 | and they sort of questioned me and and he as much as accused me. |
| 0:23.5 | My impression is that Billy was, but I can't prove it. |
| 0:29.7 | I don't really know for sure, but he was, I think, involved with Ahern's union problems. |
| 0:38.3 | And the guy's name was Scotto, Anthony Scotto. |
| 0:41.3 | He went to prison. |
| 0:43.3 | But Billy could have been singled out as part of a distant object. |
| 0:50.3 | You know, maybe they tried to play ball that way. |
| 0:53.3 | But Billy disappeared. Not a trace, not a clue. |
| 0:58.7 | Bill Jamison disappeared in the early morning hours of March 27, 1981. You went missing after a night |
| 1:06.0 | out at a bar and stopping for a quick bite to eat at a diner. When Bill left the diner, it was a clear night in the |
| 1:12.5 | mid to low 40s. But something happened to Bill after he left that diner. The waitress who served |
| 1:18.8 | Bill didn't notice anything was wrong. He ordered the same thing that he always got during his late |
| 1:23.9 | night stops. Bill finished his meal, walked out into the night and disappeared forever. |
| 1:30.1 | Yesterday, we told you what is known about Bill's disappearance and what efforts were put forth |
| 1:35.0 | early on to find Bill. Bill's family didn't feel like they were getting enough help from law |
| 1:39.9 | enforcement. So they started their own search, sometimes using unconventional methods like |
| 1:45.1 | psychics. They met with law enforcement, begging them to do more. Over the years, family members |
| 1:50.9 | sent letters to just about anyone they thought might listen, or have resources that could |
| 1:55.4 | aid in their search efforts. Forty-one years later, Bill's disappearance remains just as much of a mystery as it was in 1981. |
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