The Vanished is a weekly podcast that focuses on the stories and circumstances of missing people, hosted by Marissa Jones.

So what I do is I go out and talk to people, I request case files from the police department… I go in and I try to research any avenue I can get to bring new information to the public.

Some of these people include Ebby Steppach,[25] David Gipson Smith,[26][27] Paige Johnson,[28][29] Marty Teague,[30][31] Holly Cantrell,[32][33] Savannah Spurlock,[34][35][36] Paul Miller,[37][38][39] Jacob Hilkin,[40][41][42][43] Eric Pracht,[44][45] Emily Noble,[46][47][48] Randy Cuddy,[49][50] Carolyn Riggin,[51][52] and Zachary Kennedy.

But the missing-persons series is an incredible service that allows listeners to submit their own stories, thus humanizing the worst moment in someone’s life.

Regardless, just because a person has a drug addiction or criminal record, it doesn’t mean their case is any less deserving in receiving media coverage.

Nearly all of the cases they’ve explored remain unsolved, but host Marissa Jones has a gift of taking you inside the hidden lives of missing persons.

For an example, check out the four-part series on the disappearance of Amos Mortier, where Jones lands exclusive interviews from family, friends, and law enforcement to piece together a case from 2004.

"[61] In September 2020, Denise Hamilton, writing for Alta, noted that The Vanished "provides a valuable public space where relatives and strangers alike can gather, mourn, rage, hypothesize, and hope.