What Really Happened to Holly Bobo?

Killer Instinct

Savannah Brymer & Studio71

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 2011, 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo vanished from her family’s home in rural Tennessee—sparking one of the most extensive missing persons investigations in state history. Years later, questions still linger. In this episode, we revisit the chilling timeline, the bizarre twists, and why the case may not be as closed as it seems. Get exclusive Killer Instinct content on my patreon : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/killerinstinct ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Gerard Schaefer joined the police force to serve and protect.
0:04.0	At least that's what he told everyone.
0:06.3	He wore the badge, filed the reports, and pulled over young women under the pretense of safety.
0:13.0	There was just one problem.
0:15.1	He wasn't there to protect them.
0:17.0	He was hunting them.
0:19.0	When the bodies started turning up, fiction and reality became impossible to separate.
0:25.4	Join me, Susan Davis, every week on unlawful acts.
0:30.2	As we dig into stories that look one way on the surface, but reveal something far more sinister underneath.
0:37.2	We're not just here to recount crimes,
0:40.0	we're here to understand them, one episode at a time.
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1:12.4	Hello everyone. What is up? Welcome back to another episode of Killer Instinct, you guys. Thank you so much for joining me here today. If you're new here, hi, my name is Savannah and I'm your host of Killer Instinct.
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