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Season 2
Season one was fantastic! What happened with the audio in season 2? I have my car stereo up, and my phone up and I still can’t hear / understand some of the interviews, but I can sure hear the adds clearly!
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Great podcast - Less Catfish
I loved this podcast, but my least favorite was Season 2. Catfish is the most annoying person I have ever listened to and I would’ve like less of his interviews. His thoughts are like word art. Just words everywhere and nothing makes sense. But Payne does a good job with these stories and with narration!
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Well done
I appreciate the work, time and respectful approach taken. These are difficult stories to listen to for a number of reasons and are important to be shared. Great work.
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Abandons podcast format for S1
Shifts to TV documentary.
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Victim statements
Lmbo at these “victim statements” and how they portray her as this upstanding person. She may have been but didn’t want to talk about how she got around. This Anita Gattis is a JOKE. I can’t stop laughing at her 15 minutes of fame speech.
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Excellent Investigative Podcast
I stumbled across this Podcast while waiting for a new episode of my favorite Podcast. I started with season 1. I will be honest, at first I wasn’t sure if this was going to keep my attention, however after the second episode I was hooked. The episodes got better with each one. I ended up binging all of season one in two days. I noticed on one of the later seasons that there was an update on the trial. The update mentioned that they had covered a previous trial from the case, so of course I wanted to listen to that, but it wasn’t listed under season one. I found it by clicking on All Episodes. I have just started season two and I am so happy that Payne is covering this case.
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A very poor effort at providing information
This podcast should have been called "My personal journey and oh yeah, there is a crime in here, somewhere".
It seems every sentence started with "I'; every new fact is filtered through what the podcaster feels; and way too much misplaced self-congratulation is present.
A woman was murdered, and the perpetrator confessed. And the podcaster did what to make that happen? According to the podcaster, nothing happens without his involvement. That is just simply not true.
reviewed: Up and Vanished
This fell apart quickly
I was enjoying this podcast despite some of the corny elements like the flashback voice and the music, but then towards the end of the first season it was less of a podcast and more of just long, rambling, and repetitive phone call recordings. The final straw was the Brooke episode, the glaring lack of professionalism was really unsettling. And then the monologue in the next episode presumably trying to explain his passion and evolving connection to the case… it was just a bit gross and arrogant.
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Great, but the journal reading was humorous
“Tick tock oh the clock is painful, all sane and logical” is lyrics to a song and Bo wrote it in his journal. The psychologist trying to break down the meaning of “Bo”s words made me scream. He was just writing down song lyrics and you guys were trying to get in his mind. Too funny. Great job though, love the show
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Great
Great true crime podcast. The first season is definitely the peak, binged the entire thing playing House Flipper. The other seasons are good as well and I look forward to its return.
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Payne Lindsay is insufferable
Despite being an amateur and having zero education in journalism , Payne is very cocky about his work here it’s extremely off-putting. More often than not, he gets puzzled by legal matters that are very familiar to True Crime fans, and the listener has to wait for someone to explain to him what it means. And then once he’s learned it, he has the audacity to repeat what the other person just said to him, as if he’s teaching us something. Before deciding to dive into a world he has admittedly zero knowledge of or experience in, he should have at least familiarized himself with how jury trials work. Has no reason to be so cocky. This podcast was by far the most uninformative I’ve ever listened to.
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Never disappoints
I agree with grandma, Payne’s voice is so smooth and comforting. I’m not surprised so many people trust him with their stories
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Great show! Great Narrator!
This podcast is awesome, as well as the narrator. I think it’s pathetic the evil that exits in this world and people such as Payne try to bring out the truth while having to withstand the backlash of doing so. It takes a mighty fine journalist to persevere and succeed at such a difficult undertaking. Thank you Payne for your true dedication to this project in trying to uncover the truth behind this undeserving death.
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Good
Very interesting and entertaining. However, the amount and volume of background music is so annoying and distracting. Turn it down please. Other than that you do a great job and I can tell you put a lot of work in
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Good podcast but not the Unknown Season episodes
I love Payne’s narrating and love everything Phil Holloway. Tracy Sargent is a gem and would to hear anything with her in it. I also love Payne’s grandmom! I think he is doing a good thing bringing light to cold cases but I am however struggling with the episodes from Unknown Season, which are for tv. The music intro, over dramatic narrator, Payne’s voice is sped up in parts and this edgy way Payne gives his opinion about a suspect had me skipping to the end of episode 1 2 and 3. 4 (Jennifer Kesse) isn’t as bad. It just doesn’t sound like the Up and Vanished that I have grown to enjoy. I gave all 4 episodes a chance. In the first episode about Jodi Huisentruit I actually said out loud “Payne, Omgosh no” when he was basically antagonizing suspect John Vansice for a sound bite and then described him as angry. I will keep listening to the new seasons but not the tv episodes. I appreciate the investigations and empathy Payne shows to the families. We listeners feel compassion for them too.
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Amazing podcast!
So well written. It’s enticing and draws you into the story of these amazing people who were lost. Nail biting episodes that have me anxiously waiting to start the next!
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Love this podcast!
Just recently found this podcast and am a serious fan!
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Amazing
Truly one of the best podcasts out there. He is so honest and real about how he feels and he truly wants to help people. Payne is seriously such a good man & all his podcasts keep you wanting more!! 100% recommend to anyone!
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One of the best out there.
I have listened to many True Crime Pods and I have to say that Payne keeps me wanting more. Wanting more as in, “don’t stop now”. I listened from beginning to the subscription wall and I was never disappointed. I may agree or disagree with the way Payne asks or doesn’t ask something and that’s ok because it’s ME returning every episode. The only bad part of a great podcast like UAV is that you know about how many episodes are left and we can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel yet in solving the case, but thank goodness we are not at the end .. we have time .. he’ll get us there or at least get us thinking. I do not disrespect any of the cases and the people in them. I talk about how the story is given to us each episode. The difference is a good story and a bad story is the teller. This Pod is one of my all time favorites.
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Save yourself.
Save yourself - listen to something else. The caliber of both the journalism and production are low (the audio volume is all over the place and an abundance of empty air). The case of Tara Grinstead is interesting in itself but Payne’s attempt at true crime is over-dramatized, painfully scripted, and exhaustingly redundant. At least half of each episode is spent rehashing information previously covered almost exactly as it was previously covered. Several episodes should never have been included, they’re 100% a waste of air and time. It is unbelievable how dramatic Payne is, claiming to be shocked at one time that his dad called him (I’m not exaggerating). There are SO MANY unnecessary guests that provide long-winded speculations based on their limited involvement or lack of involvement with the case, on the limited details of the case or with the sole intention of propping up Payne’s ego. Payne “fanboys” himself constantly - I lost track of how many times he or “others” suggested that he’s owed credit for solving this crime. Worst of all, Payne is defensive of any criticism from others and accusatory of those unwilling to participate in his podcast.
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Up and Vanished is an investigative true crime podcast hosted by Atlanta filmmaker Payne Lindsey. In Season 1, Payne tackles his first cold case story, the unsolved disappearance of Georgia high school teacher and former pageant queen, Tara Grinstead. The 11-year-old case remains the largest case file in Georgia history and is still unfolding. Season 2 focuses on the disappearance of young mother Kristal Reisinger from a remote mountain town in Colorado. Up and Vanished aims to tell compelling, true stories and give these cases the exposure they deserve.
Up and Vanished is an investigative true crime podcast hosted by Atlanta filmmaker Payne Lindsey. In Season 1, Payne tackles his first cold case story, the unsolved disappearance of Georgia high school teacher and former pageant queen, Tara Grinstead. The 11-year-old case remains the largest case file in Georgia history and is still unfolding. Season 2 focuses on the disappearance of young mother Kristal Reisinger from a remote mountain town in Colorado. Up and Vanished aims to tell compelling, true stories and give these cases the exposure they deserve.