The Disappearance of Kristin Smart

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Kristin Smart was a 19-year-old college student at California Polytechnic University when she disappeared in 1996. On May 25, 1996, Kristin attended an off-campus party with friends but never returned to her dorm. Despite extensive search efforts, Kristin's body was never found and her case went cold. That was until 2019 when Chris Lambert started a true crime documentary-style podcast about her murder. As he investigated Kristin's case, new witnesses came forward and new information was discovered. Join us as we discuss how a cold case was solved through independent investigative journalism. Support us! Want ad free listening? Patreon - https://patreon.com/crimesaladpodcast Sponsors! Magic Mind Go to https://www.magicmind.co/crimesalad and get up to 56% off your subscription for the next 10 days with code CRIMESALAD Dipsea Stories Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/CRIMESALAD. NextEvo Naturals Naturals. Go to NextEvo.com/podcast and use promo code CRIMESALAD to get 20% off your first order of $40 or more. Follow us! Merch - http://www.crimesaladpod.com/shop Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesaladpodcast Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/crimesalad Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/crimesaladpodcast RATE US - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-salad-podcast/id1457141569 Written and Researched by Stephanie Moore and Crime Salad Audio and Editing by: Emily Rawlings and Crime Salad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Crime Salad where we talk true crime.
0:09.8	I'm your host Ashley and with me always is my husband in Partner in Crime, Ricky.
0:16.9	The purpose of this podcast is to honor the victims through ethical storytelling in the
0:21.1	hopes of preventing future tragedies.
0:23.5	We want our stories to resonate and educate others in hopes that some of these similar
0:27.8	cases with identifiable patterns can be prevented.
0:34.3	Now, before we jump in, please let us warn you that this is a true crime podcast.
0:39.4	The details of this episode may be triggering to some listeners.
0:43.4	In our discretion advised.
1:03.5	In 1996, 19 year old Kristen Smart, a student at California Polytechnic State University
1:10.1	or Cal Poly as it's called by students and locals disappeared while walking back
1:16.2	to her dorm after attending an off-campus party.
1:20.1	Her case remained unsolved for decades until September of 2019.
1:26.3	That is when Chris Lampert, a California Central Coast native, started a true crime podcast
1:31.8	about Kristen's disappearance called Your Own Backyard.
1:35.9	He would often drive past the large local missing person billboard with Kristen's face
1:40.1	on it, which peaked his curiosity.
1:43.2	Almost immediately he found new witnesses with new leads in Kristen's case, and sometimes
1:47.4	witnesses came forward with old information too.
1:50.7	As he continued, it became clear that there was more than enough information early on in
1:55.8	this case to point authorities to a suspect.
2:01.4	According to Chris's investigative work, the police finally arrested Paul Flores, a former
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