The Vanished Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Really, the best podcast in true crime period. The depth that Marissa brings to each person you can’t help but care about them and want to help.

This show is deeply researched and almost always has a close relative on to share the story of who this person was. It is the opposite of sensational and always focuses on the vanished themselves.

I love that if a case calls for it they will spend two even three or four episodes on making sure that we get all the information anyone might need.

If you haven’t tried this podcast, I highly recommend you do. You will not be sorry. Marissa herself, the quality of the sound engineering, and the focus on the victims make this a must listen show, best in class.

Vanished has continued to excel and be true to their mission of helping find out why and how people went missing. Marissa and the staff perform extensive first hand research and leave no stone unturned. Anyone giving this less than 5 stars must be a perpetrator in one of her stories because allowing victims and family to talk without pushback is all that is required. She isn’t a prosecutor or law enforcement. Her neutral narrative provides the utmost integrity to this show. Keep up the hard work.

I love true crime and this is the best podcast out there. I have such a difficult time, listening to poorly done broadcasts and hosts that make a lot of jokes and side conversation during shows about the missing. I find it disrespectful to the family of the missing. This is done very well and so professionally. She is so compassionate and always has her facts straight. I think I have listened to every Vanished episode! Thank you for being an advocate for the missing.

I can’t believe people take issue with the “editing” in other reviews. The interviews with the families is what sets this podcast above other true crime podcasts in my opinion. Marissa is an excellent interviewer/orator and this is my favorite true crime podcast by far!

I used to like this show, but it needs better editing. The sound quality in the interviews is terrible and the host lets the families ramble on and espouse urban legends and conspiracy theories without pushback. Or the guests just malign people without evidence. I doubt the good this show does outweighs the exploitative harms.