The Disappearance of Christopher Bird, Part Two

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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1984 - Windham, New Hampshire 25-year-old Chris Bird was missing. According to his friend, Richard Brunt, he was last seen at DQ Stables after the pair returned from a camping trip in July of 1984. Days later, Chris's car was found abandoned at a nearby mall. Chris was nowhere to be found. But Richard Brunt was hiding a violent past. Years earlier, he had been convicted of murdering his partner in Florida before relocating to New Hampshire, where he attempted to build a new life. As Chris's disappearance deepened, attention turned to the last person known to have seen him, and investigators soon began to question whether the same dangerous patterns that marked Richard Brunt’s past had followed him north. If you have any information on the disappearance of Chris Bird, please contact the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-3658 or email coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov. Episode sources and photos: ⁠https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/christopher-bird⁠-2 Support the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.murdershetold.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@murdershetoldpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@murdershetold⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/mstpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠murdershetold.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.4	When 25-year-old Chris Bird didn't return home after a camping trip in New Hampshire with a friend,
0:46.7	alarm bells began to ring.
0:53.2	Days later, his car was found abandoned at a nearby mall with flat tires, and Chris was nowhere to be found.
0:54.8	Then, a newspaper article exposed a troubling past connected with his friend,
1:00.1	turning concern into something far more unsettling,
1:03.5	and raising the possibility that Chris hadn't simply disappeared.
1:08.1	I'm Kristen Ceevey, and this is the disappearance of Christopher Bird on
1:13.2	murder she told. This is part two of Chris Bird's story.
1:33.8	If you haven't listened to Part 1, I suggest going back and starting with that one first.
1:43.3	Dick's life had taken on an entirely new character.
1:47.0	He had met and married a woman who I'll call Anna, and they had a child together in 1981.
1:53.0	And he was in this new context that Dick Brunt met Chris Byrd while working out at the Haverill YMCA.
2:00.0	Dick was 14 years older than Chris.
2:03.6	He had a master's degree. He was a teacher and a prominent figure at his church.
2:08.4	He probably seemed like someone who had everything together. But Dick seemed to struggle with his
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