When someone goes missing, the world doesn’t stop. But for the people who love them—it does.

The calls slow down. The coverage fades. Leads dry up. And the families are left waiting, wondering, carrying the weight of questions that no one seems willing to answer.

That’s where Hide and Seek begins.

This podcast isn’t just about stories—it’s about people. Real people. People who vanished, and the families still fighting to bring them home.

Each season, investigative journalist James Baysinger focuses on a single unsolved disappearance. He doesn’t just report. He shows up. He knocks on doors. He searches the woods. He walks the timeline and listens—carefully—to the people still holding on to the truth.

Hide and Seek is built from the ground up—combining digital forensics, health data, phone records, interviews, property files, and physical evidence. James and his team have recovered cell phones, laptops, and hard drives. They’ve worked with trained cadaver dogs. They've organized search efforts involving over a hundred people. They've scanned beneath concrete. They've dug—literally and figuratively—when no one else would.

But what matters most isn't the technology or the tactics. It’s the heart behind it. The willingness to stay when others walk away. To ask hard questions when the silence grows loud. To carry a case forward with care, not spectacle.

This isn’t about being first. It’s about being there.

From Nancy Moyer to Logan Schiendelman, Brittany Wallace to Shane Barton, Hide and Seek stays close to the story—until the truth gets louder than the lies. Every episode is raw, immersive, and grounded in respect. We focus on who the missing person was, not just how they vanished. And we work closely with the families to make sure the story is told the right way—with accuracy, with empathy, and with purpose.

Because the goal isn’t closure. The goal is truth.

And the truth doesn’t find itself.