William "Arlin" Bynum

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On August 14, 2003, 40-year-old William "Arlin" Bynum was at a bar and grill in Big Spring, Texas. Big Spring is where Arlin was born, but he was a stranger, having lived his entire life outside of the small town. Arlin enjoyed the evening having drinks with friends. He was last seen walking toward his truck on the morning of August 15, shortly before the bar closed. After that, the trail ends. The next day, Arlin didn't show up for lunch with a relative, and from there, his family knew something was wrong. They found his truck still parked outside the restaurant, and the search began. Twenty years later, Arlin has never been seen or heard from again. The story of his disappearance spans the spectrum from questionable friends, to abandoned wells, to the possibility of cartel involvement. Today, there are many complicated factors that make solving the mystery of what happened to Arlin Bynum seem nearly impossible, but his loved ones aren't giving up.

If you have any information about Arlin's disappearance, please call the Big Spring Police Department at 432-264-2559 or the Texas Rangers Division Company "E" at 915-834-7664. Crimestoppers is offering a cash reward. To submit an anonymous tip, call 432-263-8477 (TIPS) or use P3tips.com and reference case #20303930.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can listen to the vanished ad free right now.
0:05.0	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or Apple Podcasts. I'm all over all the anger and hate I just want to know where my son's out so I can
0:25.9	bring him home. I'm getting older. I'm not well. I just want to make sure he's
0:31.1	at peace if I can before something happens to me but it doesn't look like
0:35.6	that's going to happen. Those people in Big Spring are just so tight-lipped and they have no
0:41.6	conscience, they have no feelings. They couldn't care less.
0:45.0	It must have been God's will for it to be this way, but he was my pride and joy.
0:51.0	I always was. I hope someone will have feelings or caring to give me some peace to find out where my
1:01.2	son that so put him to rest. I can't even go visit me because I have no idea where he's at.
1:10.0	On August 14th 2003, 40 year old William Arlen-Bynum was at a bar and grill in West Texas,
1:17.3	where he was born, but was a stranger having lived his entire life outside the small town of Big Spring.
1:23.8	He enjoyed the evening having drinks with friends, and was last seen on the morning of August
1:28.3	15th, walking toward his truck shortly before the bar closed at approximately 1.45 a.m.
1:34.8	After that the trail ends.
1:37.2	The next day Arland didn't show up for lunch with a relative and from there
1:41.5	his family knew that something was wrong. They found his truck
1:44.8	still parked outside the restaurant and the search began. But 20 years later
1:49.1	Arlen has never been seen or heard from again. The story of his disappearance spans from the spectrum
1:55.2	of questionable friends to abandon Wells and the possibility of cartel involvement. But is the
2:01.2	answer much more simple and closer to home.
2:04.0	I'm Marissa and from Wundery, this is episode 417 of the Vanished,
2:09.0	William Arlen Bynum's story. I'm Rob Bryden and welcome to my podcast Bryden and we are now in our third series. Among those still to come is Sir Michael Palin, the comedy duo Egg, and Robbie Williams.
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