No Trace: The Disappearance of Sage Smith
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This is Crime House.
Sage Smith, a vulnerable trans girl, leaves home to meet a date. She's never seen again. With no forensic evidence, her case goes cold until the top person of interest goes missing too.
Then, on the 13th anniversary of Sage's disappearance, the police announce a major update. One that should have finally cracked the case open. So why are we still wondering what exactly happened to Sage Smith?
Hi guys, welcome back to Clues, where we sneak past the crime scene tape to explore the key evidence behind some of the most gripping true crime cases.
I'm Kaylin Moore. I'm going to be the one digging deeper into the timelines, the backstories, and the court files released on these cases.
And I'm your internet sleuth, Morgan Absher. I'm the one who's diving into the Reddit forums to talk about the lesser known details and pulling out the threads that just don't add up. And don't forget to share your thoughts on social. Want ad-free listening and early access? Subscribe to Crime House Plus on Apple Podcasts. And make sure to go back and listen to our previous episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Now, let's get into Sage Smith's case and the clues that defined it. This is a big one today. Yeah. This is a big one. It's going to open up a lot of conversation, I think, about, you know, the risk that the trans community is at, especially Black trans women. I know.
I know.
But before we get into it today, I just have a favor to ask of you guys. If you're into the romantic-y genre, can you please recommend some new books for me in the comments?
Because you're tearing through them. I see your Instagram stories and you're like, I finished five books. Court of Daisies and Dragons.
Oh, yeah. I went through all the fourth wing books in about five days. Loved fourth wing. I'm on the third book of ACOTAR and like I have a very intense personality when it comes to books. And once I get started, I can't stop. So I've read Akatar. I'm almost done with the third and that'll be in about a week.
And how many are in the whole series?
There's five that are out now, but apparently this third one kind of wraps up my main characters and then they kind of dive in from other people's perspectives or something. Oh, that's fun. I like when books do that. Yeah.
And by books, I mean Twilight when they did that. Midnight Sun. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. So I'm like, after I read Fourth Wing, I was in a pit of despair like no other because I'm like, Where do I go from here? It was so good. So if you have any other book recommendations, like reading is kind of my like brain break, especially after like researching stuff or.
Oh, totally.
Podcast. I'm like, I need a brain break. And so if you have any recs, please put them in the comments for me.
If I were to start with fourth wing or ACOTAR, which one do you think I should start with?
I would do fourth wing.
Oh, interesting. Okay. Okay. It's just so good. One day I'm going to dive into it. I think it's like intimidating to start with because they're so big and there's so many.
It goes so fast. And I've also like hacked it where I love the graphic audio versions, not the basic audio versions. The voices on that one are horrible. The graphic.
Yeah.
What does that mean?
I'll show you. Okay.
Like graphic? Always graphic.
Oh my goodness. I'm a mother now. No, I'm just kidding.
It's just so good. There's like sound effects, like dragon huffs and stuff. Okay.
fairy twinkles yeah that's fun I like that okay thank you for the recommendation it sets it in the mind more but okay let's let's get serious here yeah this is a big one we're gonna dive into and as a quick reminder anyone who's watching this on youtube you're gonna see some videos pictures that are gonna help you um visualize the case and if you're listening you can find the same pictures and videos on our socials that's at clues podcast on instagram
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–19:10
2
What happened the night 19-year-old Sage Smith disappeared in Charlottesville?
19:10–24:45
3
Who was Sage Smith and what was her life like before she went missing?
24:45–55:47
4
How did Sage and her roommates survive financially and meet dates online?
55:47–1:10:53