S2 Ep29: Cross-Country Mystery: The Disappearance of Tara Calico

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.0 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tara Calico was a smart, accomplished and athletic college freshman who biked into the New Mexico desert one morning in 1988 and never came back. A year later, a peculiar photograph appeared in a parking lot over a thousand miles away in Florida. The search for Tara would enlist the help of investigators across an ocean only to eventually reveal corruption back home. Whatever happened to her resulted in a sprawling mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

This week's sponsors:

SkyLight Frames - To get $15 off your purchase of a SkyLight Frame go to SkylightFrame.com and enter code STRANGE at checkout.

Lumi Labs - To learn more about microdosing THC go to Microdose.com and use code STRANGE to get free shipping and 30% off your first order.

EveryPlate - Get your first box for just $1.49 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com/podcast and entering code strange149 at checkout.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Strangers Christmas has come early the obsessed network announced the dates for obsessed fest 2023
0:08.0	Join me and all your favorite true crime podcasters for a truly unforgettable weekend of panels meet and greets live shows
0:15.6	Q&As VIP hangouts and so much more October 20 through 22nd at the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas
0:23.1	Ask anyone who was at obsessed fest 2022 and they will tell you what an amazing and special weekend it was
0:29.0	For me meeting so many of you strangers literally made my entire year getting to look you all in the eye and spend time
0:36.1	Getting to know you was one of my career highlights
0:39.1	Seeing the impact the show and the other true crime shows you love have had on your lives was so moving
0:44.9	Plus not for nothing, but getting to hear you actually laugh live and person during my live show was a thrill
0:51.1	Get that special stranger in your life the gift they will scream over
0:55.1	Tickets for obsessed fest to go on sale Friday December 2nd, but you can book your hotel room now using the link on our website
1:03.4	Obsessedfest.com and follow the official obsessed fest Instagram account at obsessed fest can't wait to see you all there
1:16.8	We've all heard stories of women in perfect health going missing
1:21.4	Leaving nothing solid behind as a clue as to where or how they went each
1:27.7	Instance is as tragic as the last the families are left with nothing but heartache and questions that will likely never be answered
1:36.1	But for one family in particular as the years ticked on more questions unfolded as the mystery of their daughter's disappearance
1:44.3	Revealed horrible truths about their own town and humanity in general
1:49.0	Welcome to Strangen on explained with me Daisy Egan
1:53.2	I'm a writer in an actor who has never gone missing but hopes that her loved ones would strike a balance between searching for answers and
2:00.9	Maintaining their own physical and mental health if I ever did
2:04.8	This week will head to the land of enchantment where one family's quest to find their daughter turned into a decades-long mystery
2:11.9	With devastating consequences
2:22.5	Tarah Calico was born on February 20th
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.