In February 1984, an 11-year-old boy was abducted from his Baton Rouge home by a trusted family friend. To authorities, it seemed that the pair had vanished without a trace. A week later, a phone call provided a vital clue to the boy’s whereabouts. No one could have predicted the extraordinary circumstances that would lead one father to exact his own brand of vigilante justice. This episode covers the case of the abduction of Jody Plauché. Listen to the episode now. Available wherever you get podcasts.

As the 19th of February 1979 approached, the loyal disciples of the Ant Hill Kids cult anxiously awaited the end of the world. From their remote commune in Eastern Québec, their messiah, Roch Thériault or Moses, as he called himself, preached of fire and brimstone, and that he alone could provide salvation from the coming apocalypse.

Only it wasn’t salvation he offered his followers, but cruelty and systematic dehumanisation. As each year passed, he became more and more unhinged and inflicted unbelievable violence on those around him. This is the story of the Ant Hill Kids Cult. Listen to the episode now. Available wherever you get podcasts.

In August 2012, a Dublin woman drove to an isolated cemetery, parked her car, and seemingly vanished. Based on her complicated history, authorities at first believed that her disappearance may have been intentional. Soon, mounting evidence led investigators to conclude that foul play had been involved, and as they closed in on their suspect, uncovered a web of lies and deceit. This is the story of Elaine O’Hara. Listen to the episode now. Available wherever you get podcasts.

In February 1986, a 26-year-old nurse was abducted from the street by a sadistic gang, prowling for a victim. What unfolded was one of the most infamous criminal cases in Australian law that is forever etched into the psyche of the Australian public. This episode tells the story of Anita Cobby. Listen to the episode now. Available wherever you get podcasts.

In November 1970, a woman accompanied by her young child accidentally stumbled into the wrong building, setting off an unprecedented chain of events. What followed was the discovery of one of the worst cases of neglect and abuse in living history. This episode covers the case of Genie Wiley. Listen to the episode now. Available wherever you get podcasts.

In the 1920s, Indiana was at the centre of a KKK revival. The 1925 abduction and murder of Madge Oberholtzer set in motion a series of events that would cripple their growth forever.
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On a freezing morning in 1973, a teenage boy was abducted by a serial sex offender and kept chained in a subterranean box buried in the woods. Police and his family searched frantically for him, but it was as if he had vanished into thin air. Unbeknownst to those investigating his disappearance, the boy was in fact alive and being forced to endure the unthinkable to survive his violent captor. This is the story of Paul Martin Andrews, the ‘boy in the box’.
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In 1978, a 15-year-old girl was hitchhiking through California when she was abducted by a violent and sadistic offender. Taken to a desolate canyon, she was attacked, maimed and discarded in a concrete culvert, left to slowly bleed out and die. But she was far from dead. This is the harrowing survival story of Mary Vincent.
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An 11-year-old girl is abducted in broad daylight, metres from her front door and in full view of multiple witnesses. Her abductor is not working alone. This is the story of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, captive individuals were bought, sold and displayed in human zoos. This episode looks at the dark history of human zoos and specifically, the story of Sarah Baartman.

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Stephanie Slater was abducted and held for ransom by Michael Sams. Bound, gagged and handcuffed in a makeshift coffin, Stephanie survived the unimaginable. But she was not his first victim.

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In 1968, an extraordinary case unfolded in Atlanta, Georgia, involving the kidnapping for ransom of a wealthy property development heiress. The kidnap had been planned right down to the very last detail. The victim, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was taken to a rural pine forest and placed in a pre-made fiberglass coffin. She was then buried alive. Her abductor was not working alone and would lead police on a convoluted game of cat and mouse, as Barbara’s time and air supply were rapidly dwindling.

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An anonymous letter alerts authorities to a peculiar case. An accusation that a wealthy family have imprisoned their only daughter for decades. This is the story of Blanche Monnier.

In March 1999, a brutal triple murder rocked the Sierra Nevada foothills in California. It would take another gruesome death for authorities to refocus their attention on the actual perpetrator, Cary Stayner.

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In March 1980, Steven Stayner & Timmy White presented at Ukiah police station. They could scarcely imagine that not one, but two missing boys would solve their own abductions. Available wherever you get podcasts.

Propensity: A True Crime Anthology Podcast is a scripted narrative true crime podcast hosted and produced by Rorie Jane McCormack. Each season curates a series true crime cases related to a single theme. The theme of Season 1 is Captivity and explores cases of human captivity in various settings, such as child abduction, familial confinement, and human exhibits