Our card this week is Robert "Bob" Christian, the 4 of Spades from Wisconsin. In the Fall of 1977, Bob was just weeks into his freshman year at UW-Madison. He was a math whiz with a knack for computers and a big heart. At 18-years-old, there was no telling how far he’d go.But no one ever expected to be asking the question… Where did he go? Yet here we are almost half a century later, with that burning question and just a string of bizarre clues that leads many to believe an infamous serial killer could be to blame for his disappearance.Today, Robert “Bob” Christian would be 65 years old. At the time of his disappearance, he was 5’10” and 210 pounds. He had brown eyes, shaggy brown hair, and wore eyeglasses. You can find his photo in the show notes. If you know anything about Bob's disappearance or movements around Wisconsin in September of 1977, please call Detective Tyler Pointon directly at 608-355-3205. You can also call the sheriff’s office’s non-emergency line at 800-377-1195. Or, if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can reach Sauk County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-TIP-SAUK.View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/robert-bob-christian Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuckFacebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllcTo support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org.The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. Instagram: @ashleyflowersTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieTwitter: @Ash_FlowersFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AFText Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
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Our card this week is Robert L. Christian, the Four of Spades from Wisconsin. In the fall of 1977, Robert, who went by Bob, was just weeks into his freshman year at UW-Madison. He was a math whiz with a knack for computers and a really big heart. And at 18 years old, there was no telling how far he'd go. But no one ever expected to be asking the question, where did he go?
Yet here we are, almost half a century later, with that burning question and just a string of bizarre clues that lead many to believe an infamous serial killer could be to blame for his disappearance. I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck.
On the evening of Friday, September 16th, 1977, 20-year-old Randy Griffith was at his mom's house in Baraboo, Wisconsin, waiting for his childhood friend, Bob Christian, to arrive. The pair had planned to spend the weekend together to kick off the start of deer bow hunting season.
Bob was going to come over at 6, eat dinner with the Griffiths, stay the night, and then the duo would head out with their bows early the next morning. But 6 o'clock came and went with no sign of Bob.
One thing is, Bob was always earlier or definitely on time, but he was never late. And when he didn't arrive by 6.30, we said, this ain't like him. And my mom called his mother and said that Bob hadn't arrived yet. And his mom said he didn't leave till about 5.15. Okay, so it's an hour from their house to where my mom's house is. So I'm thinking, okay, 6.15, it could be a few minutes late.
But, you know, and then they didn't arrive still at 9 o'clock.
That was Randy you just heard. With Bob now a full three hours late, Randy's mom called the Christians again. And this time around, Bob's parents weren't so quick to brush it off. Bob's youngest sister Amy was home when that second call came in, and she remembers that night vividly.
Right away, my mom started calling places to find out, was there any accidents reported, any of the hospitals? They checked with, you know, the different areas and nobody, there was no reports of an accident or anybody going into the hospital. I know that kind of went on the next day.
I can remember, you know, because he was 18, they had to wait 24 hours or something before they could even consider him missing. And that's why my Uncle Glenn came from Milwaukee the next day and we started looking because we're like, we know there's something wrong. This is not Bob. Bob is not somebody who is going to just take off without letting somebody know what's going on.
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