Robert "Hoagy" Hoagland

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.3 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On July 28, 2013, 50-year-old Robert “Hoagy” Hoagland ate bagels with his son, mowed the lawn, bought a map and disappeared. Did the husband and father of 3 simply walk away from his life? Or did his disappearance have something to do with the two drug dealers he had recently confronted in an abandoned factory? Over seven years later, questions still swirl around the missing family man who took nothing with him, leaving behind a shattered family whose lives have been forever changed by his absence.For a complete list of our sources, along with photos and videos, please visit our website, And Then They Were Gone.Sources: Family Man Mysteriously Vanishes Wikipedia: Disappearance of Robert Hoagland Facebook: Help Us Find Hoagy Disappeared Blog: Robert Hoagland Man's disappearance still a riddle One year later, Newtown man's disappearance still troubles loved ones Cops probe report of missing Newtown man in Putnam Disappeared - Season 7 Episode 8 ''A Family Man'' Six months after Newtown man's disappearance, no clues Reddit: What is your theory about Robert Hoagland's disappearance?. Our Sponsors: * Check out Factor and use my code attwg50off for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com * Check out Greenlight and use my code greenlight.com/attwg for a great deal: https://greenlight.com * Check out Mood and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/attwg for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Ruggable and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://ruggable.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/attwg for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	On July 28th, 2013, 50-year-old Robert Hogi Hogland got up early to get bagels, stopped at the gas station, and had breakfast with his son Max, who was 23 at the time.
0:15.6	He then paid some bills, played a little online scrabble, and mowed the lawn.
0:20.4	So you can't really have a more quintessential
0:23.1	like dad Sunday than that. But Hogi was never seen after that day. And now nearly seven and a half
0:33.9	years later, the question remains, did this suburban Connecticut dad mow the lawn gasped up his wife's car and just decide to start a new life?
0:43.1	Or did his son Max and his drug use problems lead to a much darker fate for the family man?
0:51.1	When a person gives missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing.
0:55.9	I want to tell the stories of those who never came home.
0:58.6	I want to tell you the story of Robert Hobie Hoagland.
1:02.7	I'm Kona Gallagher.
1:03.9	And I'm Ethan Flick.
1:05.0	And this is, and then they were gone.
1:37.8	Yeah. gone. All right, so this one I want to get into, but it's a weird one, you know? And I come in to these usually having some sort of an opinion of as to what happened to the missing
1:46.3	person because, you know, I've been researching it or whatever. And this one, I'm really
1:50.8	curious to get your perspective on because, like, I don't know. I have no idea what happened
1:55.9	to this guy. Okay. Well, I'll do my best. Okay. Robert Hogi Hougland was born on June 9, 1963.
2:06.1	Hogi always dreamed of becoming a chef, and he actually met his wife, Lori, in culinary school.
2:12.9	The pair married and eventually had three sons, Chris, Max, and Sam.
2:18.3	Now, in the beginning, you know, the young family moved around a lot as the couple tried
2:22.2	to find jobs in their chosen industry.
2:25.0	Hokey worked at many restaurants over the years in varying capacities, but it doesn't sound
2:31.5	like his dreams of culinary greatness ever really materialized, you know,
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