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He Was About to Expose Everything. Then He Vanished.

24 Sep 2026 · 58 min

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In April 2005, Pennsylvania District Attorney Ray Gricar drove to an antique store in Lewisburg and vanished. His Mini Cooper was found abandoned near the Susquehanna River, his laptop later recovered without its hard drive. Twenty years on, theories range from suicide to foul play connected to the Sandusky case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10 · History · English

Decoding The Unknown explores history's deepest mysteries to see if we can draw any conclusions about what actually happened. Russian hikers killed by a yeti? Aircraft lost to sea monsters? Probably not, so let's try and figure out what really happened. New episodes every Friday. Also on YouTube!

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