The Disappearance of Ricky Lee Franks: 1985, Nashville

The Fall Line: True Crime

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True Crime, News

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On Friday, June 7th, 1985, Nashville's The Fan Fair, also known as "The Country Explosion" was days from its grand opening, and the city was flooded with strangers; the same afternoon, a man named Ricky Lee Franks would return to Nashville, his hometown, and see his family—briefly—before disappearing. Ricky Lee Franks had been living in a group home in Dickson, TN, and no one—not the cold-case detective now assigned to his case, or Ricky's eldest sister, Sylvia—is quite sure how Ricky made his way back to Nashville that Friday. They also don't know what happened afterward. . . though there have been leads that have taken investigators across state lines. This two-part series looks at Ricky's disappearance and Sylvia's near-40-year-quest to find her brother.

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0:00.0	For nine years, a dangerous man terrorized women, breaking into homes and raping his victims
0:05.8	before killing a brilliant young scientist in 1998.
0:09.3	The more the victims resisted, the more violent he became.
0:12.6	Then he suddenly stops, leaving police with a lot of clues and one unknown subject.
0:18.9	I'm Paul Wagner.
0:19.9	Join me for Unknown Subject.
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0:30.5	There's a good chance we never would have found any of these girls, but all that changed
0:37.3	after Shannon Gilbert disappeared.
0:39.7	When a sex worker vanishes in Long Island, authorities would launch a search that led
0:43.9	to the discovery of ten bodies along a desolate stretch of beach-side highway.
0:48.2	Lys, Cormong Island's serial killer, is the story of who these victims were and what
0:53.3	could have led to their untimely deaths.
0:56.0	For 17 months, my daughter Melissa was missing.
0:59.4	We had no idea where she was.
1:01.6	We didn't know if she was alive or dead.
1:04.3	Download Season 1 and 2 of Lys, Long Island's serial killer by MoPak Audio, wherever you
1:09.4	listen to podcasts.
1:12.9	This series includes references to sexual assault, violence, and outdated source language regarding
1:18.7	mental health.
1:20.0	Listener discretion is advised.
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