Teens Terrifying Final Phone Call Before Disappearing - Brandon Swanson

Hot On The Case

Breanna Heim

True Crime

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Some disappearances are so baffling, they haunt you long after the story ends—and Brandon Swanson’s case is one of them. On a quiet spring night in 2008, 19-year-old Brandon called his parents for help after his car went off a rural road in Minnesota. He sounded calm. Confused, but not panicked. Then, mid-sentence, mid-step… he sceams out.. & then vanished. No trace. No answers. Just silence.

In this episode of Hot On The Case, we’re diving deep into one of the most chilling missing persons cases in recent history. How can someone disappear while on the phone with their father? Why did his last known location not match where he said he was? And what theories could finally explain what happened on that dark, desolate road?

Get ready for frustration, mystery, and a case that leaves behind far more questions than answers.

If you think you or someone you know has any information on the disappearance of Brandon Swanson Call the BCA Tipline at 1-877-996-6222 or Email the BCA at [email protected]

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0:00.0	Imagine being on the phone with your child. He's lost. It's the middle of the night and you're trying to find him.
0:07.0	But he's still calm. He's walking, talking you through where he is. And then suddenly, out of nowhere, he screams.
0:15.0	And then the line goes dead. No struggle. No cries for help. Just silence. 17 years ago, one teenager's night of carefree
0:25.4	fun quickly turned into one of the most bizarre and unexplainable missing persons cases
0:30.4	when 19-year-old Brandon Swanson vanished without a trace. Thank you for joining us for this week's investigation.
0:39.2	My name is Brianna and I'm hot on the case.
0:49.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:52.7	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:57.0	Tea break.
0:58.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
1:00.8	Sometimes it's not time for some tombollah, right?
1:03.7	It's enjoying lasagna time,
1:05.8	chilling with a book time,
1:07.3	or time to visit your nan time.
1:09.5	Go on, play some other time. your phone down tombollah open for fun
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1:46.4	slash setup. Before May 13th, 2008, Brandon Swanson seemed like your typical small town 19-year-old boy.
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