The Disturbing Real Crimes Behind 'Megan Is Missing'
Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim
5.0 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this week's investigation Hot On The Case dives into the chilling disappearance of two friends, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. Both girls vanished two months apart from each other which left the entire community terrified. As investigators begin uncovering the truth, they begin to discover dark secrets tied to a family with a disturbing history of violence spanning generations. The deeper this case goes, the more shocking the connections become, turning it into one of the most haunting true crime stories of the early 2000s. The horrifying details surrounding this case would later inspire the deeply disturbing film "Megan is Missing".
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| 0:00.0 | Just south of Portland, Oregon lies Oregon City, a historic city where families ended their journey on the Oregon Trail in the 1800s. |
| 0:10.6 | But back in 2002, Oregon City was completely shattered after a 12-year-old girl vanished on her way to the bus stop. |
| 0:20.4 | This is not a good sign.. This is not a good sign. |
| 0:22.6 | This is just not a good sign. |
| 0:24.6 | Her family, her community, her classmates were all terrified about what may have happened to her. |
| 0:33.6 | But then only two months later, one of her closest friends also disappeared while she was |
| 0:41.1 | on her way to the exact same bus stop. And we talked to all the officers and agents and I told |
| 0:48.3 | them, you know, that this morning you're going to be entering into a graveyard of little girls. |
| 0:55.4 | This is a case filled with unimaginable horror and evil, a family of killers that might just have |
| 1:04.2 | murder running through their veins. And a case so horrific, it went on to inspire one of the most disturbing horror movies that is currently going viral online. |
| 1:17.3 | This is the unsettling case of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. |
| 1:23.3 | My name is Brianna, and I'm hot on the case. |
| 1:33.3 | Thank you. My name is Brianna and I'm hot on the case. Ashley Pond was born on May 1, 1989 to her parents, Lori and David. |
| 1:38.2 | She also had three younger siblings. |
| 1:40.8 | Ashley had lots of friends. |
| 1:42.8 | She was very popular. |
| 1:46.6 | She was a seventh grade student at Gardner Middle School, and she was a very good student. She was a part of the swim team and also took |
| 1:52.4 | dance classes after school. But this young girl, only 12 years old, had already gone through so much |
| 1:59.0 | turmoil and trauma in her very young life. |
| 2:03.4 | When Ashley was around seven years old, her mother, Lori, and the man David, that she grew up |
| 2:09.4 | believing was her father, got a divorce. And it was during the divorce proceedings that it |
| 2:15.3 | was revealed that David was not Ashley's biological father. |
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