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- 1 weeks ago24 min
18. Ryan Last & Eli Heacock: 45-Minute Sextortion
A sextortion scam can turn a single message into a countdown. In this episode, we follow the cases of Ryan Last and Elijah “Eli” Heacock—two teens targeted through online blackmail tactics designed to trigger panic, isolate victims, and demand money fast. We unpack how sextortion works, how AI-generated images are changing the threat, and what families can do in the first critical minutes to stop the spiral.
- 3 weeks ago28 min
17. Sydney Loofe: The Tinder Mask
Sydney Loofe vanishes in Lincoln, Nebraska after a night connected to Tinder. As the search intensifies, investigators focus on a digital lead known as “Audrey,” and a public video that helps shape the narrative before the timeline can be verified. This episode follows how online identity and manipulation can control a story... until the evidence pushes back.
- Apr 8, 202629 min
16. Laura Kowal: The Mysterious Disappearance
After Kelly Gowe receives a voicemail from a federal agent warning that her mother, Laura Kowal, may be tied to a fraud scam, Laura’s behavior shifts—and then she vanishes. This episode traces the romance-scam pipeline, the pressure tactics behind a fake investment platform, and the digital trail investigators follow as Kelly fights for answers.
- Mar 25, 202629 min
15. Ashley Wadsworth: When Love Turned into a Trap
Ashley Wadsworth meets Jack Sepple online and relocates from Vernon, British Columbia to Chelmsford, England to be with him—only for the relationship to shift from romance to control and isolation. This episode reconstructs the warning signs and the final escalation when the person she trusted most became the threat.
- Mar 11, 202629 min
14. Voices That Aren’t Real: AI Kidnapping Scams
A mother gets a call that sounds like her daughter crying for help. Then a man takes over and starts giving orders that send her racing toward a bank in Hillsborough. This episode breaks down how AI voice scams create panic, control decisions minute by minute, and what families can do to spot the tells and stop the spiral.
- Feb 25, 202635 min
13. Kacie Woody: The Origin of Grooming
In 2002, Kacie Woody is a 13-year-old in rural Arkansas using dial-up internet and instant messages on the family computer. A new online “friendship” becomes constant contact, then control. When she disappears, investigators trace chat logs, usernames, and travel records to a suspect moving through motel rooms, rentals, and a storage unit... revealing one of the early cases that defined what we now call grooming.
- Feb 12, 202628 min
12. Sydney Sutherland (Part 2): The App That Told the Truth
A dot on a map doesn’t panic, it just stops. In Part 2, investigators pull Life360 data and the case pivots: route, timestamp, coordinates. We follow the evidence from the field to the arrest, and how a digital timeline helped deliver justice.
- Feb 11, 202619 min
11. Sydney Sutherland (Part 1): The Road She Trusted
PART 1 OF 2 A quiet Arkansas backroad. A familiar running route. Then she disappeared. Part 1 rebuilds Sydney Sutherland’s last day step by step, and follows the first digital threads as the search tightens around someone hiding in plain sight.
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