Kimberly Bailey
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Who was Rick Post and what was his background?
She accessed highly sensitive, confidential information and gave it to the KGB.
The hidden microphones were up near his shoulders. So when she leaned in to whisper that to him, it couldn't have been more loud and clear. This is Ranger 4.
It's August 21st, 1998 in San Diego, California. 16-year-old Ian Post is at the home he shares with his father, Rick, when the phone rings.
A secretary in my father's office called and said, hey, have you seen your father?
Ian tells her he hasn't seen his dad in 24 hours.
And so, obviously, I tried calling my father. I'm not getting any answer. So that started to worry me.
Ian is well aware that his father's work as a private investigator sometimes requires him to leave town at the last minute. But he also knows that Rick never leaves without telling him.
He would be making preparations that I was going to be with a possible family member or a friend, someone that we trusted, but that was never set up. Rick didn't tell his 16-year-old boy that he was going anyplace, took no clothes, took no medications with him. That's not a normal business trip. It's suspicious.
It's as if he just walked out the door and poof, vanished into thin air. Ian grows more concerned when he finds his father's vehicle out front.
Rick's car was parked in front of his house. and the keys to the car were left in the mailbox.
Ian reaches out to other family members and finds no one else has seen or heard from 52-year-old Rick Post in over 24 hours either. His family, his kids, were concerned because they hadn't heard a word from him, and that was not like him. It was a huge red flag.
I always knew where he was. I knew something bad had happened. We were doing everything that we could to figure out where he was.
Born September 2nd, 1945, Rick Post was a native Californian.
He was born and raised in San Diego. He entered the Army Intelligence back when he was 18. He scored the highest IQ test in the whole Western Seaboard of the Army. So they immediately put him into Army Intelligence.
Rick served during the Vietnam War and specialized in radio communications.
My father being in the Army at a young age, he was very well-traveled. This took him to places like Turkey, Germany, all over Europe.
By his late 20s, Rick was out of the Army and married. In 1971, his first son, Orion, is born. And 10 years later, in 1981, he has a second son, Ian.
We had a sailboat growing up. We spent a lot of time out in the ocean. That was something that brought him a lot of happiness.
What were the circumstances surrounding Rick Post's disappearance?
To support his growing family, Rick drew on his military background and opened a private investigation firm.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who was Rick Post and what was his background?
1:49–5:31
2
What was Rick Post's relationship with Kimberly Bailey?
5:31
3
What were the circumstances surrounding Rick Post's disappearance?
1:57–9:38
4
What did the investigation reveal about Kimberly Bailey's business and behavior?
9:38
5
How did investigators follow leads and what obstacles did they encounter?
8:23
6
What role did John Kruger play in the case?
8:00–9:20
7
What was the significance of the FBI's involvement and the mysterious phone call?
9:20–12:26
8
How did the investigation lead to international intrigue and espionage?
12:26–46:19