Up and Vanished

Tenderfoot TV

Host Payne Lindsey heads to the edge of the arctic circle to investigate two mysterious disappearances from Nome, Alaska. Up and Vanished investigates mysterious cold case disappearances with each new season of the hit true crime franchise. Season 1: The case of missing South Georgia teacher, Tara Grinstead, led to two arrests. Season 2: The disappearance of Kristal Reisinger, a young mother who disappeared from a remote Colorado mountain town. Season 3: The North West Montana disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, an indigenous woman who went missing from the Blackfeet Nation Indian Reservation. Season 4: The case of missing Alaska Native, Florence Okpealuk and missing 36-year-old Joseph Balderas. read less

Our Editor's Take

Atlanta filmmaker Payne Lindsey created the Up and Vanished podcast while he was looking for an idea for a documentary. His topic was one of Georgia’s most notorious missing persons cases, the 2005 disappearance of Tara Grinstead. But his investigation turned up far too much for one film to contain. A new true crime podcast sensation was born.

Lindsey delved into the Grinstead case for a year and a half. His investigation yielded a 24-episode first season in 2016. The show was a hit and reignited local interest in the story. Lindsey also released many live bonus episodes. The season ended by reporting the arrest of two men in connection with Grinstead's murder. Local authorities praised the investigative podcast for playing a key role in apprehending the men.

Each season of the podcast focuses on another long-unresolved missing person case. Lindsey looked beyond Georgia for these stories. Season two investigated a disappearance in Colorado. It, too, was a hit and led to the reopening of the case. The third season covered the disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner in Northwest Montana.

Up and Vanished is a fine example of podcasting that strives for answers and prioritizes the dignity of victims. It won a Webby Award in 2017. The following year, true crime network Oxygen adapted the podcast to TV. Up and Vanished is a accurately reported and empathetic series. It is a gem of the true crime genre.

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Season 2 : Trailer

Season 2 : Trailer

Coming August 20th. A new case, a new season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 4

Payne Lindsey returns to investigate. A New Season. A New Case

Payne Lindsey returns to investigate. A New Season. A New Case

Coming February 16th - Payne Lindsey returns to lead a new investigation into the disappearance of Alaska Native Florence Okpealuk, who vanished from the subarctic town of Nome in 2020. From Tenderfoot TV, new chapter begins, this is season 4... Up and Vanished: In the Midnight Sun'. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new chapter of Up and Vanished

A new chapter of Up and Vanished

Listen to the newest trailer for Up and Vanished Season 4. Subscribe to Payne’s new weekly podcast “Talking To Death” for exclusive behind the scenes content from the new season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 | No Place Like Nome

1 | No Place Like Nome

Often Nome, Alaska is claimed to be settled by gold miners, but Alaska Natives have been in the sub-arctic area for thousands of years. It is also unfortunately the site of a disproportionately high number of missing Indigenous and Native Alaskan women. When Up and Vanished host, Payne Lindsey, receives a tip from one of his producers about Florence Okpealuk, an Alaskan native who went missing in 2020, he is drawn to the mystery of her disappearance. As Payne begins his research, he finds an email from Okpeluk's family asking him to cover her case, and is compelled to continue. He will soon learn the difficulty of covering a case in the Land of the Midnight Sun as he begins his journey northward to Nome. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access starting on 2/23. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 | Man On West Beach

2 | Man On West Beach

Florence Okpealuk is not the first Alaska Native to go missing from Nome. Seventeen years prior, Sonya Ivanoff was reported missing by her roommates and was found murdered. The crime has forever left a mark on the relationship between the community and the local police department. Payne arrives in Nome and learns that not much has changed since Ivanoff's tragic end. He connects with journalist and Alaska Native, Alice Qannik Glenn, who shares how the story inspired her journalism and changed the way she viewed the world. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access starting on 2/23. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talking with locals in Nome, Payne begins to make some progress in finding out who one of the last people to have seen Florence alive is. New accounts of interactions with the miner living on West Beach have led to the uncovering of a man with a nickname that a lot of the town have heard about. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access starting on 2/23. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(Bonus) Payne Lindsey breaks down the case so far on Talking To Death

(Bonus) Payne Lindsey breaks down the case so far on Talking To Death

Join Payne Lindsey and the producers of Up and Vanished every week, as they break down the latest episode on his new weekly show Talking To Death. Listen to more episodes of Talking to Death here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 | Fact or Rumor?

4 | Fact or Rumor?

A tip received from a local Nomite sends Payne down the rabbit hole to uncover the sender of texts which claim to know exactly what happened to Florence Okpealuk in a tent on West Beach. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 | Finding Jon

5 | Finding Jon

Payne and his producers beginning planning the best way to get closer to Oregon Jon, with internet sleuthing they eventually discover a trail to go down uncovering hints at how to get close enough to talk to him. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 | Two Truths and a Lie

6 | Two Truths and a Lie

After messaging him from a fake Facebook account, Payne sets up to meet with the person he wants to talk with the most; Oregon Jon. Deciding to bring along a few of his producers, Payne sets up as many recording devices around the bar as he can in order to covertly capture the full encounter. Can Payne keep up the ruse or will Oregon Jon catch on? Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 | Let's Talk About This

7 | Let's Talk About This

Payne sits down with the producers of up and vanished for a round-table discusion about the lead up, planning, and eventual encounter with Oregon Jon in small bar in Ketchikan from episode 6. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 | Back To Nome

8 | Back To Nome

In this episode Payne continues contact with Oregon Jon, visits Alaska Department of Public Safety in Anchorage, heads back to Nome to speak with the Alaska State Troopers and begins looking further into the case of Joseph Balderas. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun

Inside Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun

”Inside Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun” takes listeners behind the scenes of this season of the podcast. Host Payne Lindsey sits down with Tenderfoot's Laura Benson to discuss the investigation into the disappearance of Alaska Native Florence Okpealuk. Payne reflects on some of the challenges of this season and his experiences on the ground in Nome, Alaska. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Up and Vanished officially returns on August 8th

Up and Vanished officially returns on August 8th

In the Midnight Sun returns with brand new episodes starting August 8th To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 | Where The Kings Might Be

9 | Where The Kings Might Be

The second chapter of Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun returns, in this continuation of the series Lindsey returns his focus back to the last frontier. Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas both went missing from the small coastal town of Nome, Alaska where Payne and his team attempt to continue on with or without the local law enforcement's blessing. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Payne dives further into the interview tapes Andy Klamser gave to him and finds out as much as he can about Joseph's co-workers, their relationships, his phone messages, and further dives into how one of the last people to have seen Joseph had to wipe their phone the day after Joseph went missing. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 | Who Do You Think They Were?

11 | Who Do You Think They Were?

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished Back in Atlanta after one of many trips to Nome, Payne gathers tape from two previous private investigators, the alaska state troopers, as well as calls made to the Finding Joseph hotline in order to get closer to completing the puzzle that these two cases have created. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 | The Roommate

12 | The Roommate

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished Tick tock, the clock is always watching. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access. {apple.co/upandvanished} To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Case Evidence 09.03.24

Case Evidence 09.03.24

Join our Discord: https://lnk.to/upandvanished In this exclusive bonus Payne’s producers releases the raw interview of Christine, originally recorded by the Balderas family’s private investigator Andy Klamser. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 | To Risk, We Must

13 | To Risk, We Must

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Truth exists, only lies are invented. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/upandvanished To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices