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Missing 411-Western United States & Canada Unexplained Disappearances of North Americans that have never been solved

David Paulides

Missing-411 is the first comprehensive book about people who have disappeared in the wilds of North America. It’s understood that people routinely get lost, some want to disappear but this story is about the unusual. Nobody has ever studied the archives for similarities, traits and geographical clus...

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The hosts highlighted the book series as a thoughtful investigation into unexplained disappearances in national parks, noting that the author identified recurring patterns across thousands of cases and even produced a documentary. They mentioned it as a potential source for future episodes and praised its depth, indicating it was well‑regarded among the contributors.

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Episode: CLASSIC: What about the other pyramids?

It was mentioned that the book series and a short documentary were released and that it might be a good topic for a future podcast episode.

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Staying on the topic of disappearances, have you guys looked into the thousands of cases of National Park disappearances?...most notable David Paulides in his book series. He also recently released a short documentary about it that would make for an interesting topic to play.

As well as the documentary that is now available. So yes, as as my colleague here said, stay tuned.

Episode: CLASSIC: Missing in National Parks

The Missing 411 series of books was mentioned, and it was noted that the author had investigated disappearances in national parks and sought to find a common thread between cases.

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David Paulides...he actually wrote a series of books about these disappearances, the Missing 411 series about different regions and different situations.

...he never says these people were clearly killed by Yeti.

...at some point when Mr. Paulides kind of got on this route of wow, there seemed to be a lot of people that go missing in national parks...a park ranger asked him to look into it...

...and he seemed to hit a couple of brick walls...trying to explain what happens to all these people...is there some kind of common thread that links them together...

...whatever these causes may be, Paulides does not specifically trace it to one thing yet...

Episode: CLASSIC: Missing in National Parks

The Missing 411 series of books was mentioned as being written by David Paulides, and explored the topic of disappearances in national parks across different regions.

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And he actually wrote a series of books about these disappearances the missing 411 series about different regions and different situations one is western US and Canada there's another one on the eastern United States one on North America and beyond then there is one called the devils in the details as well

Yeah and he's also written quite a few books about the cryptid known as Bigfoot

So at some point when Mr. Paulides kind of got on this route of wow there seemed to be a lot of people that go missing in national parks

Yes when when he tried to get more information as we mentioned earlier from the national park system through a freedom of information act requests he seemed to be stone walled a bit

At this point this author is continuing their investigation into the possible causes of of these disappearances

Episode: Listener Mail: A Suspected Serial Killer on I-80,...

It was mentioned as a book that discussed clusters of disappearances in the Nevada Triangle, possibly related to a serial killer.

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It also figures into the Nevada Triangle phenomena and clusters of disappearances talked about in a couple of books by a former officer, David Politis, author of Missing 411.

Episode: Listener Mail: A Suspected Serial Killer on I-80,...

It was mentioned as a book by a former officer that discussed clusters of disappearances in the Nevada Triangle phenomena.

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It also figures into the Nevada Triangle phenomena and clusters of disappearances talked about in a couple of books by a former officer, David Politis, author of Missing 411.

Episode: CLASSIC: Missing 411 with David Paulides

It was discussed as a book series that was later made into a documentary, focusing on disappearances within national parks, with a specific profile of common traits of the missing people.

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He wrote a book called Missing 411 that was made into a documentary. Really thoughtful, interesting guy.

And we had a great chat with him back in 2017. And spoiler, this is a little bit of homework, fellow conspiracy realists, because I think we might have David back on in the future.

which began as a book series? Is that correct? Correct.

So if you, if you by chance read five missing persons cases, you're probably going to find five sets of circumstances that are totally different without a lot of commonality. Now you read 5,000 missing persons cases and soon you're going to see that specific points start to jump out at you. And certain commonalities keep replicating themselves time after time.

And when those children are found, there's no evidence of any animal attack, any human attack. They're just found there deceased. Many times at autopsy, they can't even determine the cause of death, which is unusual.

Episode: CLASSIC: What about the other pyramids?

It is a book series and documentary about missing persons in national parks, and was mentioned as a possible topic for a future podcast episode.

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Staying on the topic of disappearances, have you guys looked into the thousands of cases of National Park disappearances?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, say that Anthony most notable David Pilates in his book series.

He also recently released a short documentary about it that would make for an interesting topic to play.

As well as the documentary that is now available.

Episode: CLASSIC: Missing in National Parks

It was mentioned as a series of books about disappearances in different regions and situations in national parks. The author was said to have also written books about Bigfoot.

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and he actually wrote a series of books about these disappearances the missing 411 series about different regions and different situations one is western US and Canada there's another one on the eastern United States one on North America and beyond then there is one called the devils in the details as well and he's also written quite a few books about the cryptid known as Bigfoot

Episode: Listener Mail: A Suspected Serial Killer on I-80,...

It was mentioned in the context of the Nevada Triangle phenomena and clusters of disappearances in a specific part of Nevada. The book was mentioned as a source for information about disappearances.

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It also figures into the Nevada Triangle phenomena and clusters of disappearances talked about in a couple of books by a former officer, David Politis, author of Missing 411.

Unexplained Encounters

The hosts referenced the book series after becoming interested in missing‑person cases in national parks, using it to frame their own unsettling stories about disappearances and drownings in shallow water. They noted that the series highlighted common traits among mysterious vanishings, which they felt mirrored their personal experiences.

Episode: 421 | "Something in Adirondack Park Tried to TAKE...

The speaker mentioned becoming interested in missing persons cases in national and state parks, particularly after reading David Paulides' book series 'Missing 411'.

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To be honest I think there is something in the forests of America And I think it Or they Are taking people

Episode: 251 | TERRIFYING Lost in the Woods, Closing Shift,...

The speaker was terrified that their experience was similar to the disappearances described in the Missing 411 books, particularly those involving people found drowned in shallow water. They felt that this was the goal of the creature that attacked them: to take them to shallow water and leave them there for people to forever wonder about their fate.

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I'm sure many of you have heard of Missing 411, a book series that explore disappearances throughout the country, mysterious disappearances that don't seem to add up. Even so, many of these disappearances have traits in common.

For example, many people who disappeared under weird circumstances were later found drowned in shallow water. I can't help but feel that was the end goal of this thing.

It was to take me by surprise to end my life in that shallow water and to leave me there for people to wonder until the end of time what happened to me but to never know the truth.

Going West: True Crime

David Paulides wrote a book series called Missing 411, which he used to focus on eerie and unexplainable disappearances, particularly from within national parks. This book series includes Christopher's story.

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And in addition to the pieces that he authored about Bigfoot, David wrote a book series called Missing 411, which focused on eerie, unexplainable disappearances, particularly from within national park...

— Episode: Christopher Thompkins // 372

Episode: Christopher Thompkins // 372

David Paulides wrote a book series called Missing 411, which he used to focus on eerie and unexplainable disappearances, particularly from within national parks. This book series includes Christopher's story.

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And in addition to the pieces that he authored about Bigfoot, David wrote a book series called Missing 411, which focused on eerie, unexplainable disappearances, particularly from within national parks, which was thought to attribute to a Bigfoot character.

This book series includes Christopher's story.

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