Selects: The Disappearance of Lars Mittank

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, a young German man walked into an airport in Bulgaria with a flight booked, then suddenly ran out leaving all his posessions behind, never to be heard from again. This classic episode tells the story of Lars Mittank.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Hey, everybody.
0:06.0	Chuck here on a Saturday with a little mystery, true-crimey episode served up for you.
0:11.4	It's the disappearance of Lars Matank.
0:14.3	And I think it's Matank.
0:15.9	And if I'm not mistaken, Josh and I probably pronounce it all sorts of ways because that's
0:20.4	kind of what we do do much to the annoyance
0:22.5	of many of you. We're very sorry.
0:24.7	But I hope you enjoy it.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know,
0:33.3	a production of IHeart Radio.
0:40.6	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.6	I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Brian over there.
0:46.0	And there's Jerry, and this is stuff you should know.
0:49.0	It's another true life mystery edition.
0:54.5	A true life mystery?
0:56.5	Yeah.
0:57.5	Okay.
0:58.2	I don't want to say crime because I'm not 100% sure crime was involved.
1:03.2	I'm sure it still falls under the umbrella of true crime, but it's a mystery, a disappearance.
1:08.6	How about that?
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