WEBVTT - The Disappearances 

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin.

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<v Speaker 2>In the absence of fact, you fill in the blanks.

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<v Speaker 2>So when she disappeared, you know, the rumor mill, it

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<v Speaker 2>went crazy because we had nothing. Absolutely not a ski pole,

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<v Speaker 2>not a gum wrapper, not a boot print, absolutely nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>When someone goes missing, they leave behind so much. Questions. ambiguity,

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<v Speaker 1>even an uncertainty over whether they can be grieved. I

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<v Speaker 1>needed to know where he was. Like, this is my brother.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember screaming one night, like, you know, where is

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<v Speaker 1>my brother? Where is my brother?

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<v Speaker 3>She knew to leave pros, and I definitely feel like

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<v Speaker 3>we will still find them randomly, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes she comes to me in dreams, and there was

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<v Speaker 4>one where she like, was sitting with me. And I

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<v Speaker 4>just remember looking at her and saying, like, I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>going to stop until I find you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Lucy Sheriff, and this is Gone. In my last story,

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<v Speaker 3>I focused on just one person, Dia Abrams. But in

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<v Speaker 3>the years I spent reporting her case, I realized just

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<v Speaker 3>how nuanced things can be when someone disappears and how

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<v Speaker 3>many kinds of disappearances there are. This season on The Disappearances,

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<v Speaker 3>we're featuring all different kinds of stories of people who

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<v Speaker 3>have gone missing. Some were wrapped up in complicated circumstances.

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<v Speaker 3>The young woman was screaming, saying that a man had

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<v Speaker 3>kidnapped her and had been keeping her in his basement

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<v Speaker 3>for weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that if.

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<v Speaker 4>She didn't get away, he would have killed her that night.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a person who clearly experienced some terrible trauma

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<v Speaker 5>in their early life. and spent the rest of their

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<v Speaker 5>life trying somehow to come to grips with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Others seemingly vanished into thin air.

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<v Speaker 5>I remember the New York Times saying something like, it

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<v Speaker 5>was as if the city had swallowed her whole.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll speak to journalists, family members, and friends.

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<v Speaker 4>We were constantly told by people, like, she's this county's problem,

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<v Speaker 4>she's this office's problem. And I kept thinking, like, she's

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<v Speaker 4>not a problem, she's a person.

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<v Speaker 3>And... I'll speak to people who've devoted their lives to

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<v Speaker 3>provide enclosure.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, to have to tell the family that we

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<v Speaker 1>can't find them, that's by far the worst. At the

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<v Speaker 1>heart of all these stories, the vacuum that's left.

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<v Speaker 3>The people who are left to pick up the pieces

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<v Speaker 3>and find a way to move forward with their new normal,

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<v Speaker 3>which seems almost impossible when they're still.

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<v Speaker 1>Grasping for answers.

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<v Speaker 3>Gone, The Disappearances is coming November 16th from Pushkin Industries

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