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Jul 2021
35m 3s

The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson

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On the night of May 14th, 2008, Brandon Swanson crashed his car on a rural Minnesota road. He called his parents for help, but when they came to the location he gave them, Brandon wasn’t there. Strangest of all, he was still on the line at the moment he vanished.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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