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The Hand in the Window: 'Be On the Lookout'

19 Nov 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 23.338 Debra Roberts

This is Debra Roberts. I'm here with another weekly episode of our latest series from 2020 and ABC Audio, The Hand in the Window. Remember, you can get new episodes early if you follow The Hand in the Window for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or your favorite podcast app. Now, here's the episode.

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24.517 - 49.234 John Quinones

At 43, Stacey Stanley was a grandma with a punk rock look. She wore her hair short and spiky, and she often donned a studded leather choker necklace or a black and white bandana. Stacey had the music taste to match her look. Classic rock was her favorite, and she was not shy about performing it at karaoke.

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49.975 - 59.311 John Quinones

Her sister Gina Stanley says her go-to songs were Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird and Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N' Roses.

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59.872 - 65.982 Gina Stanley

Sweet Child of Mine, I actually had a video of her singing it. When we were kids, I was videotaping her singing that.

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66.417 - 81.341 John Quinones

Gina shared the video with ABC News. In this home video, a teenage Stacey with dark, very high volume hair holds a microphone and belts with confidence in her living room.

85.708 - 91.497 Unknown

It reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as a bright blue sky.

94.278 - 103.311 John Quinones

Stacy and her sister Gina were just 11 months apart in age. We grew up to be very close. What was Stacy like?

104.172 - 118.632 Gina Stanley

She was one of the most kindest people you would ever meet, do anything for anybody. Was like the major part of our family that brought everybody together, had made big dinners and stuff for holidays and stuff like that.

119.067 - 128.74 John Quinones

Gina told me Stacey was the glue that held the family together. She was very close with her two sons, Corey and Curtis.

Chapter 2: Who is Stacey Stanley and what makes her story compelling?

135.549 - 138.553 Corey Stanley

Very good mother. Couldn't ask for a better one. Curtis?

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139.334 - 152.567 Curtis Stanley

Always there for her kids, calling her consistently. You know, if she didn't pick up, she'd call you like a thousand times. Like, you'd put it on mute. And then your wife would get the calls. Like, your mom's calling. For what? To talk to you.

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158.47 - 187.448 John Quinones

Stacy lived in Greenwich, Ohio, about 20 minutes from Ashland. She didn't seem to have anything in common with Jane Doe, who was kidnapped in the town, or with Elizabeth Griffith, who had recently gone missing from Ashland. But on September 8th, 2016, Stacy Stanley drove into Ashland to run some errands, and she never returned home.

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189.25 - 226.965 John Quinones

From ABC Audio in 2020, I'm John Quinones, and this is The Hand in the Window. Episode 3, Be on the Lookout. Stacey Stanley headed to the Walmart in Ashland for topsoil and gardening supplies. While she was in town, she also got her nails done. When she stopped for gas on the way home, she realized she'd been driving on a flat tire. She called her sons for help.

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227.746 - 235.499 John Quinones

Curtis says she was frantic and annoyed. After all, she had just gotten a new tire.

236.36 - 244.509 Curtis Stanley

She called us a thousand times. So I picked up and I'm like, what's up, mom? She said, oh, I got a flat tire. I said, okay, well, let me call you back and me and Corey will figure something out.

245.291 - 256.855 John Quinones

Curtis and Corey got in touch with a family friend who was in Ashland that evening, and they arranged for him to swing by the gas station to help with Stacy's tire.

257.29 - 278.522 Corey Stanley

And I called her back. I said, hey, we got somebody who's going to come down, help you change a tire. He'll be there shortly. And her whole demeanor changed. She was all happy, giggly, like her normal self. She was laughing on the phone. And I said, well, she's like, some nice guy stopped to help, but he don't have no tools. And then I told her to tell him to kick rocks.

278.642 - 280.665 Corey Stanley

We got somebody to come and help you.

Chapter 3: What events led to Stacey's disappearance in Ashland?

748.755 - 752.98 Unknown

Monday, January 19th at 7.30 p.m. Eastern on ESPN and the ESPN app.

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754.124 - 756.668 Corey Stanley

Tell Me Lies returns with an all-new season.

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756.988 - 758.65 John Quinones

I'm willing to forgive you after everything you've done.

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759.051 - 761.835 Unknown

Everything I've done? What about everything you've done?

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762.295 - 763.457 Corey Stanley

On January 13th.

763.817 - 767.623 Unknown

Every single time you try to make something better, you end up making it so much worse.

767.723 - 768.584 Corey Stanley

Every betrayal.

768.724 - 769.505 Unknown

Why are you doing this?

769.806 - 783.07 Corey Stanley

Has consequences. Because I want to hurt you, and I don't know how else to do it. Tell Me Lies. New season January 13th. Streaming on Hulu and for bundle subscribers on Disney+. Terms apply.

Chapter 4: How did Stacey's family respond to her sudden disappearance?

1732.669 - 1737.434 John Quinones

She kept asking Sean Gray to tell her where Elizabeth could be.

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1738.074 - 1738.935 Detective Kim Major

Can you take me to her?

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1740.788 - 1753.682 John Quinones

Detective Major kept assuring Gray that they really had not found Elizabeth Griffith, that they needed his help.

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1755.024 - 1761.511 Detective Kim Major

I'm looking for Elizabeth's body. Can you take me to it?

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1761.551 - 1762.132 Unknown

She's dead?

1762.732 - 1773.02 Detective Kim Major

I believe she is. Hey, listen to me. This is your moment.

1773.04 - 1773.881 Unknown

Is it my moment?

1774.302 - 1782.112 Detective Kim Major

I believe it is. My moment is when I die. Once I'm put in a cell, Keylock is my moment.

1786.437 - 1797.812 John Quinones

Detective Major had spent an hour with Sean Great, and he kept dangling information in front of her, as if they were playing a game of cat and mouse.

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