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Deputies and the FBI just spent two days digging around a buried structure in a field near Mendon. Sara Jo and I talk about what that search means, what it doesn’t, and why the tip behind it feels familiar. Then we open the diary. Eric Shank’s Google account recorded where a device was, every few seconds, for 48 days after Brittany Wallace Shank disappeared. I’ve walked every mile of it. A sheriff’s office at 1:00 in the morning, twice. A tire shop that keeps showing up after dark. A night in the fields on Fawn River Road where the record goes quiet for 40 minutes. A traffic stop on video that proves whose hand the phone was in. Two devices reporting at the same time, 16 miles apart. A command sent to Brittany’s phone on Christmas morning, and three words that came back. Yes, it’s at Mike’s. The file can’t tell us who was holding the phone. It can tell us where the phone went, when it stopped talking, and who was asking it questions. Then we close some loose ends: Laron, the story Skylar told us, a tip we chased to the end, and a phone number I still have.

On November 30th, 2018, Brittany Wallace Shank said she was almost to her grandma’s. She never made it. She was 23. A mother of four. Sturgis, Michigan. For years, her case sat still. Then, in 2023, people started sitting down in the other chairs. A lot of you have asked what happened after we brought what we found to law enforcement. Here’s the answer: we gave them everything we saved. All of it. In Part 1, you heard what they did with it — Ashley’s interview, and the questions that never got asked. Part 2 is the rest of the chairs. The husband — Eric, across the table from Detective Auton, answering the questions this case has been circling since day one. The drug dealer — the man who says he met Brittany exactly once, and the message thread that says more than he does. The boyfriend. And the third man in the apartment. Plus a phone call I recorded in 2022, a year before detectives caught up — so you can hear one man’s story twice, a year apart, and decide for yourself what changed. You’ll hear Brittany’s own voice in this episode. You’ll hear the minute her day stops. And you’ll hear me say the thing that should make everyone in St. Joseph County uncomfortable: Eight polygraphs, by the county’s own count. Seven years. No one has ever been charged. Somebody forwarded a video. Somebody knows the rest. Play the tape. Read the paper. Compare. Listener discretion advised. This episode contains descriptions of a missing person case and recorded law-enforcement interviews. Part 1 — “The Other Chairs, Part 1: The Fake Cry” — is available now. Start there. — — — IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING If you were in Sturgis in November 2018 — if you knew this circle, or heard something that winter you’ve been carrying — the line is open. Reach the show: [email protected] · (509) 866-6985 Prefer to go straight to law enforcement? St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, Centreville, Michigan: (269) 467-9045. Non-emergency dispatch: (269) 467-4195. https://stjosephcountymi.gov/government/courts-law-enforcement/sheriff-s-department/ You don’t have to be certain. You don’t have to accuse anybody. You just have to remember. — — — CREDITS & ATTRIBUTION Crime Junkie. Portions of this episode quote, with attribution, from Crime Junkie: “MISSING: Brittany Wallace Shank” (audiochuck) — hosted by Ashley Flowers with Brit Prawat, original reporting by Madison Cavalchire, released June 22, 2026. Hear the full episode: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-brittany-wallace-shank/ Records. Interview excerpts and documents referenced in this episode come from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office case file (CFS #18-053859), obtained by this show through records requests at our own expense. Interviews. The March 2022 phone interview with Justin Gayheart was recorded by this show as part of our original reporting on this case. Re-creations and recordings. Brittany’s written messages are read by a voice actor — her words, verbatim, not her voice. You will also hear Brittany’s actual voice once in this episode, from a recorded call. We will tell you which is which. Hide and Seek is written, reported, and hosted by James Baysinger. A Sasquatch Productions podcast.

The people who were physically closest to Brittany in her last week sat in interview rooms across five years. We have the tapes. We have the paper the detectives filed afterward. This episode runs on one process: play the tape, read the paper, compare. Part one is the best friend — Ashley. Two chairs, four and a half years apart, and the night nobody ever really asked her about. Brittany Wallace Shank has been missing since November 30, 2018 — Sturgis, Michigan. Nobody heard in this episode has ever been charged with anything connected to her disappearance. Part two — “The Other Chairs, Part 2: You Forwarded a Video” — is out now: the husband’s week of texts, and the interview that never asked about any of it. — — — IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING If you were in Sturgis in November 2018 — if you knew this circle, or heard something that winter you’ve been carrying — the line is open. Reach the show: [email protected] · (509) 866-6985 Prefer to go straight to law enforcement? St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, Centreville, Michigan: (269) 467-9045. Non-emergency dispatch: (269) 467-4195. https://stjosephcountymi.gov/government/courts-law-enforcement/sheriff-s-department/ You don’t have to be certain. You don’t have to accuse anybody. You just have to remember. — — — CREDITS & ATTRIBUTION Crime Junkie. Portions of this episode quote, with attribution, from Crime Junkie: “MISSING: Brittany Wallace Shank” (audiochuck) — hosted by Ashley Flowers with Brit Prawat, original reporting by Madison Cavalchire, released June 22, 2026. Hear the full episode: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-brittany-wallace-shank/ Records. Interview excerpts and documents referenced in this episode come from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office case file (CFS #18-053859), obtained by this show through records requests at our own expense. Re-creations. Brittany’s written messages are read by a voice actor. Her words, verbatim — not her voice. Hide and Seek is written, reported, and hosted by James Baysinger. A Sasquatch Productions podcast.

For seven years, the world has known one phone call from Brittany Wallace Shank's last day. There were more. On the afternoon of November 30, 2018 — hours before she vanished outside Sturgis, Michigan — Brittany spoke three times with a man calling from a Michigan prison. Those calls were recorded. Today, for the first time, you'll hear them: three calls, in order, on the clock, ending with the last conversation of her known life. And then you'll hear the other side of it. In a brand-new 2026 interview, the man on the other end of that line — Zachary — sits down with James, seven years later, to talk about what's on that tape: the message she said she couldn't say over the phone, the people she named, what he heard in her voice, and something he saw eight months after she disappeared that he's never been able to shake. New audio. A new interview. A newly released case file with details never discussed publicly. The Bonus Series starts now. ⚠️ This episode contains explicit language and mature subject matter. The views and opinions expressed by individuals heard in this episode are solely their own and do not reflect those of Hide and Seek. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law. 💛 SUPPORT HIDE AND SEEK Our investigation into Brittany's case is powered entirely by listeners. Join the Patreon community for early access, live Zoom events, and exclusive content — and help us keep fighting for the missing: ▶ https://patreon.com/hideandseekpodcast FOLLOW HIDE AND SEEK 🌐 Website: https://www.hideandseekpodcast.com 📸 Instagram: @hideandseekpodcast 👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hideandseekpodcast ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hideandseekpodcast FOLLOW JAMES BAYSINGER 📸 Instagram: @james_baysinger_podcast 👥 Facebook: James Baysinger Podcast If you have information about the disappearance of Brittany Wallace Shank, you can also contact the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department or submit a tip anonymously. Brittany went to do her laundry. She never came home. She deserves to be found — and we're not done fighting for her. #HideAndSeek #BrittanyShank #TheThreeCalls #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

For the first time, you'll hear Brittany Wallace Shank's own voice from the day she disappeared — and what the people closest to her said when they didn't think anyone was listening. This summer, Hide and Seek returns to Brittany's case with a bonus series built on what we never had the first time: newly obtained interviews — audio and video — and a case file that runs right up to today. Her final 911 call. What her husband answered, and what he wouldn't. A man who told police one story, and the truth another. What we were told. What we found out. The lies we uncovered. New here? Start with Season 3. It's the full story of Brittany's disappearance from Sturgis, Michigan — and it'll make everything coming this summer land, with no catching up required. And to everyone waiting on Season 5: it's still a full go. I'm actively working that case right now. The plan is Brittany's bonus series this summer, with Season 5 tentatively eyeing a late-2026 start. No firm date yet — but I'm not stepping away from it. If you want to put a little toward making it happen, there's a Season 5 production fund on Ko-fi. Want to go deeper? Patreon is home base — behind-the-scenes, and the video interviews are coming there too. Come go deeper with us, and help keep the search for Brittany alive. And if someone's come to mind while you've been listening — someone from back then, someone who knew her, someone who knows something — this is the episode to send them. Follow so you don't miss the drop:Catch up on Season 3: https://www.hideandseekpodcast.com/seasons/season-3Go deeper on Patreon (video interviews coming): https://www.patreon.com/hideandseekpodcastSupport the Season 5 production fund (Ko-fi): https://ko-fi.com/hideandseekpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hideandseekpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hideandseekpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hideandseek_podcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hideandseekpodcastFollow James: https://www.instagram.com/james_baysinger_podcast

Seven years after Brittany Wallace Shank vanished in St Joseph County, Michigan, we return to where her story began. This bonus episode takes you inside Brittany’s seven year memorial. A gathering shaped by love, grief, and a refusal to let her name fade. You will hear from family, community members, and Sheriff Spence as they come together during a winter storm that could not stop people from showing up for Brittany. This is not a recap of the case.This is about what Brittany left behind.The bonds she created.The community that still stands.And the quiet hope that refuses to die. This is Hide and Seek.And this is Brittany’s legacy. If this episode means something to you, the conversation continues after it ends. Subscribe today to our Lifer tier, members join us to listen to listen to the episode together in a private Zoom with James and Sara Jo. Stay for a private conversation after. We'll talk through what you just heard, share context we cannot fit into the episode, and give real updates during the off season. If you are already a supporter, upgrading to Lifer is how you get into that room.

Nearly seven years have passed since Brittany Shank disappeared into the night on Fawn River Road. In this bonus episode, we revisit Brittany’s 911 call for help, her father Greg Wallace’s fight to keep her story alive, and the new sheriff’s promise to bring answers. On November 30th, 2025, the community will gather for a memorial event to honor Brittany’s life and renew the call for justice. You can find details on Facebook Search events for, "Brittany Wallace Memorial: Holding on to Hope". Investigations like this take time, resources, and persistence. If you’d like to support Hide and Seek and help us continue digging into Brittany’s case and others like it, consider joining our Patreon community: patreon.com/c/hideandseekpodcast. Your support makes this work possible.

Former federal prosecutor Tad DiBiase breaks down the evidence. Sara Jo returns for an unfiltered roundtable. And I close the season with one final message.. for Shane, and for the one still hiding the truth.

Beneath the surface, something breaks. This is Part 1 of the finale. (Press Play)

Not all lies are spoken. Some get buried. This week, James follows a lead back to the last place anyone wants to look. The timelines aren’t lining up. The money’s still unaccounted for. And the one thing no one thought would be questioned... might need to be ripped open.

Two polygraphs. Two promises of truth. But when the tests ended, the real deception began. One passed. One failed. Neither told the full story. In this explosive chapter, James confronts Howard Wheeler with proof his airtight alibi was a fabrication, and catches it all unfolding in real time. Meanwhile, Rachel Barton’s collapse after her failed test triggers something no one saw coming: a new timeline. A new last sighting. A new crack wide enough to change everything. This isn’t about who fooled the machine. It’s about who kept lying after the mask fell off. And this time, the cracks are too big to ignore.

In Part 2 of Recap Episode 3, Chloe joins James to tackle your biggest questions about the Apple Health data featured in two of the latest episodes. You had a lot to say — and even more to ask. Together, they revisit key movements, clarify confusing moments, and dig deeper into what the data might really be telling us. Thank you listeners, for your texts, calls, comments, and theories. Keep them coming (509) 866 6985. #FindRider912

You called, texted, and commented — and now it’s time to respond. In this first half of Recap Episode 3, James dives into your questions, clears up confusion, and sets the record straight on a few key moments from the last several episodes. From theories to timelines, nothing’s off-limits. Part 2 drops soon — but for now, let’s unpack what’s been keeping you all talking.

In episode XX we hear more from Danner; his thoughts on the voicemail, his take on Rachael seeing Shane on the morning of the 9th, and his where his perspective is at today. Does he still feel suicide is what happened to his Dad on March 9, 2023? Or does he feel differently now that he's heard episodes play out? Tune in as Danner and James delve into these topics and finalize the timeline for March 8-9.

In episode XIX, we follow Shane's final known movements—captured minute by minute through digital footprints. From a seemingly quiet morning to mysterious short-distance pings, an unexplained phone call, and one last piece of recorded information at 10:37a, this data-driven deep dive brings us closer to understanding Shane’s last steps before he vanished. These are the last known traces of Shane Barton. Want to dig deeper into this episode? A visual timeline of Shane’s final movements will be available shortly after release on our free tier of Patreon. Just head to patreon.com/hideandseekpodcast and join at no cost to get access. 🕵️‍♂️ Continue the conversation: ➡️ Join the Official Hide and Seek™ Discussion Group on Facebook ➡️ Follow James Baysinger Podcast on Facebook ➡️ Follow the Hide and Seek™ Facebook page for news and updates Your support and engagement help keep these cases alive. Thank you for being part of the Hide and Seek™ community.