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57:16
Published: Sat May 21 2022
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In 1978, five friends set out for home from a basketball game. The next day, their car was discovered in a lonely mountain road. The next spring, their bodies began to turn up. What happened that night remains a mystery to this day. Explore what we know with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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00:00 - 03:04 (03:04)
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Personal Finance
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Covering practical topics like buying vs. renting, saving money at the grocery store, maximizing your income potential, and ways to battle money anxiety.

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The Yuba County Five left their homes in California to go watch a basketball game but never made it back.
03:04 - 09:03 (05:58)
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True Crime
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The Yuba County Five left their homes in California to go watch a basketball game but never made it back. Their disappearance continues to be one of the most baffling and tragic cases in the annals of American criminal investigations.

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The Yuba County Five, a group of young men with intellectual disabilities, vanished in February 1978 after attending a basketball game in California.
09:03 - 12:35 (03:31)
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Yuba County Five
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The Yuba County Five, a group of young men with intellectual disabilities, vanished in February 1978 after attending a basketball game in California. Their abandoned car was found 70 miles away from the game in the opposite direction of their homes, with one window rolled down and their belongings inside, sparking a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

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Two friends discuss personal finance struggles and the recent discovery of a car found underwater with no damage, leading to speculation on how it got there.
12:35 - 18:54 (06:18)
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Personal Finance
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Two friends discuss personal finance struggles and the recent discovery of a car found underwater with no damage, leading to speculation on how it got there.

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When a man named Kenny Veach went missing in the Nevada desert, he had no idea what he was getting himself into.
18:54 - 23:30 (04:36)
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Kenny Veach
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When a man named Kenny Veach went missing in the Nevada desert, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. The bizarre events that would follow are still shrouded in mystery today.

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The lead investigator, Lance Ayers, was obsessed with trying to solve the disappearance of the Yuba County Five.
23:30 - 27:33 (04:02)
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Yuba County Five
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The lead investigator, Lance Ayers, was obsessed with trying to solve the disappearance of the Yuba County Five. Thanks to his efforts, the remains of the other four boys were found a day after Ted Weir's body was discovered in a trailer.

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After experiencing a heart attack and walking eight miles to a lodge called the Mountain House, a man discovers that five guys went missing the same night on the same road in the same mountain.
27:33 - 36:31 (08:58)
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Mysterious Disappearance
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After experiencing a heart attack and walking eight miles to a lodge called the Mountain House, a man discovers that five guys went missing the same night on the same road in the same mountain. The man's stop to get a drink was probably the last stop of a group of missing friends.

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The conversation discusses the possibility of the hiker changing his footwear from platform shoes to leather shoes on the Appalachian Trail and how it could have contributed to his death.
36:31 - 40:37 (04:06)
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Appalachian Trail
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The conversation discusses the possibility of the hiker changing his footwear from platform shoes to leather shoes on the Appalachian Trail and how it could have contributed to his death.

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The case of five men who disappeared in Northern California in 1978, known as the Yuba County Five, remains a mystery to this day.
40:37 - 48:37 (07:59)
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Yuba County Five
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The case of five men who disappeared in Northern California in 1978, known as the Yuba County Five, remains a mystery to this day. Despite extensive searches, only one of the men’s bodies was found and the circumstances of their disappearance and deaths remain unclear.

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A group of friends with a seemingly envy-inducing life died tragically on a hiking trip due to a series of unfortunate events.
48:37 - 54:04 (05:27)
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Tragic Death
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A group of friends with a seemingly envy-inducing life died tragically on a hiking trip due to a series of unfortunate events. They were not dressed appropriately for the weather and it is unclear how they died so quickly.

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Dental dams can greatly reduce the risk of spreading or contracting an STI from sex between people with vaginas, and can be made by cutting off the end of a condom and slicing it in half.
54:04 - 57:07 (03:03)
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Sexual Health
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Dental dams can greatly reduce the risk of spreading or contracting an STI from sex between people with vaginas, and can be made by cutting off the end of a condom and slicing it in half.

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