Jack Laurence

She doesn't show up to the court date.

Not only does she not show up.

She moves on the court date.

The irony of all of this is that before Chad would become a wanted fugitive being hunted by the FBI, he himself would be the hunter on the search for just exactly where his wife had disappeared to with their son.

Next time on Wanted...

Hope is a dangerous thing.

Hope can drive a man insane.

Now, if you're a movie buff, you'll probably recognize those words from the movie Shawshank Redemption, spoken by the character Red, a lifer who's seen too many men crushed by false hope.

For those who haven't seen it, firstly, watch it tonight and thank me later.

But essentially, it's the story of a man named Andy Dufresne, a man wrongfully convicted of a murder who ends up in prison, surrounded by men who've spent decades behind bars, men whose hopes of freedom have been dashed time and time again.

Failed appeals, denied parole, doors slammed in their faces over and over until hope itself becomes the enemy.

I've covered this topic extensively on my other podcast, One Minute Remaining, speaking with real-life prisoners who, like those characters, have spent decades fighting for their freedom.

And what they tell me again and again is that hope is exhausting.

You get your hopes up, you see the light at the end of the tunnel, and then that door shuts again and again, until hope stops being a comfort and starts being cruel.

After weeks in captivity with the very real possibility that his only way out was in a body bag, Sean Langan was dealing with that same double-edged sword.

Hope.

So at this stage, Sean and I had been talking for nearly three hours and we were deep into his story of captivity, the fear, the uncertainty, the psychological warfare.

And then Sean asked if we could step outside so he could have a cigarette and keep the conversation going.

I said, of course, though I was immediately worried about one thing.

No, we can do it outside.