Melissa Jeltsen

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It's April 2020. The brand new coronavirus is upending life as we know it.

It's April 2020. The brand new coronavirus is upending life as we know it.

And this Facebook post by a woman in a small town in Oklahoma sends shockwaves through the internet.

And this Facebook post by a woman in a small town in Oklahoma sends shockwaves through the internet.

The woman is named Talena Zar, and after the post, she disappears. Has anybody seen Talena? Has anybody heard from Talena? There was nothing. Nothing. Some of her friends think maybe she lost the will to live. People can be consumed with grief at different times. Others aren't so sure. I kept just kind of asking everybody, anyone else think this is strange?

The woman is named Talena Zar, and after the post, she disappears. Has anybody seen Talena? Has anybody heard from Talena? There was nothing. Nothing. Some of her friends think maybe she lost the will to live. People can be consumed with grief at different times. Others aren't so sure. I kept just kind of asking everybody, anyone else think this is strange?

Pretty quickly, the internet brings together a ragtag group of women across the country, bored true crime obsessives looking for meaning in an upside down world.

Pretty quickly, the internet brings together a ragtag group of women across the country, bored true crime obsessives looking for meaning in an upside down world.

They soon become entangled in the lives of total strangers. I lied to a lot of people. A lot. and the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination. I was like, this is crazy. I'm Melissa Jeltsin. Join me on season three, What Happened to Talena Zar? For a story that upended a community. Middle towns have their skeletons. I mean, they're not without.

They soon become entangled in the lives of total strangers. I lied to a lot of people. A lot. and the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination. I was like, this is crazy. I'm Melissa Jeltsin. Join me on season three, What Happened to Talena Zar? For a story that upended a community. Middle towns have their skeletons. I mean, they're not without.

exposed secrets that could no longer stay hidden.

exposed secrets that could no longer stay hidden.

And revealed just how far some people might go to find the truth.

And revealed just how far some people might go to find the truth.

It's a story whose final chapter has yet to be written. Two trials in two different states are set to take place as this season unfolds. You're not going to solve it online. Nobody's going to find her on Facebook. Facebook. I just had to know, how did this happen? Listen to What Happened to Talena Zar on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's a story whose final chapter has yet to be written. Two trials in two different states are set to take place as this season unfolds. You're not going to solve it online. Nobody's going to find her on Facebook. Facebook. I just had to know, how did this happen? Listen to What Happened to Talena Zar on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.