In de Californische bergen ligt een dorpje genaamd Idyllwild. Daar leefde Dia Abrams op een uitgestrekte ranch. Ze was een blonde, welgestelde weduwe van in de zestig, omringd door een paar goede vriendinnen, een trouwe verloofde en twee volwassen kinderen met wie de band stroef was. Wanneer Dia in 2020 plots verdwijnt, zonder haar auto, telefoon of geliefde hondje mee te nemen, wordt het snel duidelijk dat er iets grondig mis is. In de meeslepende podcast Where’s Dia vertelt de Britse journaliste Lucy Sherriff onder meer het verhaal van Dia’s zoon, verloofde en beste vriendin, maar al snel blijkt dat hun verhalen niet kloppen.
In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle. Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel. Where’s Dia? is hosted by Lucy Sherriff and co-produced by Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts. It was originally developed with Truly*Adventurous.
Here’s episode 3 from Valley of Shadows, a new Pushkin true crime podcast that examines how the search for a missing deputy uncovered the Mojave’s meth epidemic, the outlaw bikers supplying it, and the corrupt police force covering it up.
At the time of Jon Aujay’s disappearance, California is under siege by a meth epidemic and the Antelope Valley is the epicenter. So when investigators receive tips that Aujay was killed after stumbling upon a meth lab, it seems like a theory worth looking into. But LASD detectives are quick to dismiss the leads. Questioning why the cops are so dismissive, Betsy and Hayley discover there was one cop, Homicide Detective Larry Brandenburg, who bucked the company line and refused to let the Aujay trail go cold.
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