Podcast Appearances
I'm a really nosy person, so that's how I got caught up in all this. I was like, this is crazy.
I'm a really nosy person, so that's how I got caught up in all this. I was like, this is crazy.
It was super intense. I mean, we'd stay up for hours late at night. During the day, I was always on my phone. We were always Googling something, looking up people online, reaching out to people.
It was super intense. I mean, we'd stay up for hours late at night. During the day, I was always on my phone. We were always Googling something, looking up people online, reaching out to people.
I probably spent 12, 14 hours on my phone or computer talking to people a day, cold calling strangers. We tried several times to break into her email. We asked her friend, Jim, who works in IT with Talena, if he knew her passwords, and he sent them to us, passwords that he knew that didn't end up working. We talked to the neighbors.
I probably spent 12, 14 hours on my phone or computer talking to people a day, cold calling strangers. We tried several times to break into her email. We asked her friend, Jim, who works in IT with Talena, if he knew her passwords, and he sent them to us, passwords that he knew that didn't end up working. We talked to the neighbors.
The guy across the street, I called him because he had a Ring camera, and we thought maybe, like, he's seen Talena leave. He said it was facing the wrong direction. He didn't see anything.
The guy across the street, I called him because he had a Ring camera, and we thought maybe, like, he's seen Talena leave. He said it was facing the wrong direction. He didn't see anything.
There was a lot of trolls. Somebody had posted that they saw Talena at a truck stop in Wyoming, just out of nowhere. Oh, wait, she's working at a truck stop in Wyoming at this diner. And so I think probably 40 people reached out to this woman. And she's like, hey, I'm joking. That's what I would do if I was going to disappear. And it was like, why would you post something like that?
There was a lot of trolls. Somebody had posted that they saw Talena at a truck stop in Wyoming, just out of nowhere. Oh, wait, she's working at a truck stop in Wyoming at this diner. And so I think probably 40 people reached out to this woman. And she's like, hey, I'm joking. That's what I would do if I was going to disappear. And it was like, why would you post something like that?
I think a lot of that came with being stuck inside too. Jess is a true believer in the power of the crowdsource. I watched Don't Fuck With Cats on Netflix, and those people literally stopped a serial killer. They did. The internet came together and was like, look at this room, let's draw out a map.
I think a lot of that came with being stuck inside too. Jess is a true believer in the power of the crowdsource. I watched Don't Fuck With Cats on Netflix, and those people literally stopped a serial killer. They did. The internet came together and was like, look at this room, let's draw out a map.
I really enjoy the picking apart why and the gathering information and the talking to people and sometimes being the person that knows more than the other guy.
I really enjoy the picking apart why and the gathering information and the talking to people and sometimes being the person that knows more than the other guy.
I think the whole world did that, didn't they? I mean, I think everybody reached out to anybody they could because we all felt so isolated. Any kind of connection you could make with somebody, you kind of held on tight to it because you couldn't see most of the people in your life unless they lived with you.
I think the whole world did that, didn't they? I mean, I think everybody reached out to anybody they could because we all felt so isolated. Any kind of connection you could make with somebody, you kind of held on tight to it because you couldn't see most of the people in your life unless they lived with you.
I was sitting on the side porch. I smoked at the time. I smoked cigarettes. So I didn't smoke in my house. I have children. So I stepped outside to smoke and I just called him. Did you feel nervous about doing that? No.
I was sitting on the side porch. I smoked at the time. I smoked cigarettes. So I didn't smoke in my house. I have children. So I stepped outside to smoke and I just called him. Did you feel nervous about doing that? No.
I'm very, I hate to say impulsive because that's not necessarily my entire personality, but a lot of stuff, if I want to do it, I just do it. I don't know. I'm very direct. It doesn't help me make friends. Nicole had told him that I was going to call. And so when I called, he said, oh, hey, darling, how are you? He had a very grandfatherly Southern drawl, just very approachable.
I'm very, I hate to say impulsive because that's not necessarily my entire personality, but a lot of stuff, if I want to do it, I just do it. I don't know. I'm very direct. It doesn't help me make friends. Nicole had told him that I was going to call. And so when I called, he said, oh, hey, darling, how are you? He had a very grandfatherly Southern drawl, just very approachable.