When a Penn State University senior disappears without a trace on Halloween night,

only one thing is clear.

She didn't vanish voluntarily.

A heartbreaking mystery leads to a tale of real-life monsters in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Music Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.

I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

As always, Cynne McCos, Scott. This is the revisited and enhanced edition of one of our early episodes,

which features the unsolved disappearance of Cindy Song. The original edition was recorded in 2020,

and we've revisited and re-recorded an episode on her case in

2025. As I'm sure those of you who've been listening since the early days of last seen alive have

noticed, our production and audio quality have improved significantly over the years.

Lately, we've been working on remaking our earlier episodes. When we originally recorded them,

we were doing the best we knew how at the time. However, our best wasn't the best, and we've learned a lot

since then. We want to honor those victims by telling their stories with the production quality

they deserve, so we've been completely remaking all of our early episodes, including this one.

A quick heads up, this episode

contains mention of the subject of sexual assault. We won't go into any graphic detail,

but still, please listen with care. Hun Jong-sung, who went by Cindy, was last seen alive

on Halloween night 2001 in State College, Pennsylvania. She was 21 years old at the time,

and although state college was where she lived, it was a long way from where she'd been born and

raised. She was originally from Seoul, South Korea, where she'd lived with her parents until age 15,

at which point she'd made a bold change. She'd had family who lived in the U.S., an aunt and an uncle,

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