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The Best Episodes of Disappeared

Every episode of Disappeared ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Disappeared!

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Disappeared is a gripping series that focuses on missing person cases. Each hour delves into one story, tracing the time immediately before the individual vanished for critical clues about the disappearance.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Disappeared Season 2 Episode 4 - No Exit
    8.6/10(43 votes)

    #1 - No Exit

    S2:E4

    33-year-old Tanya Rider goes missing after her overnight shift at a grocery store in Bellevue, Wash. When her husband Tom contacts 911, emergency officials refuse to file a missing persons report because they think Rider may have left on her own. Tom must battle to get authorities to start a proper investigation, and when they finally do, detectives suspect he's involved.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 3 - Murky Waters
    8.5/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Murky Waters

    S3:E3

    16-year-old Molly Bish arrives at her lifeguard job one morning and minutes later vanishes. The disappearance has police thinking that Molly drowned, but her mother's intuition leads to an investigation of a suspicious man in a white vehicle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 16 - Heavy Metal Mystery
    8.5/10(35 votes)

    #3 - Heavy Metal Mystery

    S3:E16

    Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington promises to meet her father the morning after attending a Metallica concert, but she never shows up. Her panicked parents learn that Morgan left her friends during the concert and never came back. Witnesses paint a strange picture of her behavior outside the concert venue: she was erratic, belligerent, incoherent, and in the company of three young men. Even more bewildering are multiple reports of Harrington hitchhiking late at night on a dark road. Weeks and months go by without solid leads until forensics link Morgan’s disappearance to a violent crime in another city three hours away.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 11 - A Mother's Mission
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #4 - A Mother's Mission

    S3:E11

    Rebellious 18-year-old Samantha Bonnell vanishes during a night out with friends. Her mother begins a harrowing search with no help from police. When Bonnell’s suitcase turns up miles from where she was last seen her mother hopes it isn't too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Disappeared Season 9 Episode 3 - Navajo Nightmare
    8.4/10(41 votes)

    #5 - Navajo Nightmare

    S9:E3

    Pepita Redhair, a 27-year-old Navajo woman, goes missing after her mother drops her off at her boyfriend’s house in Albuquerque, N.M.; the family takes matters into their own hands to find her, even enlisting the help of a medicine man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Disappeared Season 1 Episode 6 - Favourite Son
    8.3/10(48 votes)

    #6 - Favourite Son

    S1:E6

    The investigation into Billy Smolinski's disappearance after he discovered his girlfriend had cheated on him. Detectives try to find out if she is behind the mystery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Disappeared Season 2 Episode 1 - The Secret Journey
    8.3/10(39 votes)

    #7 - The Secret Journey

    S2:E1

    Known for her quick smile and lightning speed on the soccer field, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel from Rochester, N.Y., slipped off to spring break vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., without the consent or knowledge of her parents. On April 25, 2009, the night before she was supposed to come home, Drexel disappears. Video surveillance shows Drexel exiting a friend's hotel and her last known communication is a text to her boyfriend. But when police track her cell phone to an isolated rural area known for alligators and swamps, her family fears the worst.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Disappeared Season 2 Episode 10 - Paradise Lost
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #8 - Paradise Lost

    S2:E10

    While shopping for land in Oklahoma, Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison and their six-year-old daughter Madyson vanish. Mystified investigators uncover a series of disconnected leads pointing to drugs, family dysfunction, and even supernatural beliefs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 10 - The Springfield Three
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    #9 - The Springfield Three

    S3:E10

    When Sherill Levitt, her daughter Suzie Streeter and friend Stacy McCall vanish from a house one night, the town of Springfield is left reeling. A violent criminal in the area says he knows where the women are buried, which only stirs up more questions than answers.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Disappeared Season 5 Episode 14 - Birds of Prey
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Birds of Prey

    S5:E14

    When an exotic bird ranch in Loxahatchee, Florida is abandoned, leaving uncertain the fate of 700 valuable birds, a bizarre mystery unfolds. The search for the missing owners, 31 year-old Moses Lall and his 36 year-old Aunt Lila begins.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 1 - Mystery at the Border
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #11 - Mystery at the Border

    S3:E1

    The McStay family disappears from their San Diego home without a trace. There are no signs of foul play and no indication that they were running from anything. Could the McStays have intentionally walked away, or did something more sinister occur?

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Disappeared Season 3 Episode 17 - Game Over
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Game Over

    S3:E17

    Charlie Allen Jr. is excited for his future as a doctor and aspiring tennis professional. But he sends his family into a panic when he reports to his sister that people are after him. His parents try desperately to reach their son, but all attempts are futile. A few days later, police discover Allen’s backpack in a yard, his car abandoned in a campus parking lot, a link to a local break-in, and receive reports that he was seen running shirtless and shoeless along a wooded road. Police find no sign of foul play, but also no sign of Allen. As the investigation probes further, some wonder if the threat to Allen came from someplace much closer to home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Disappeared Season 4 Episode 9 - The Wedding Ring
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #13 - The Wedding Ring

    S4:E9

    Tina McQuaig was a 27- year-old wife and mother. On the evening of March 15, 2000, after work at the hospital, she called her babysitter to say she’s stopping at the grocery store on her way home. That was the last anyone heard from McQuaig. When her car was found four days later, her keys and purse were gone, as if she parked and walked away. As authorities probe McQuaid’s life, they discovered secrets that stun her husband and family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Disappeared Season 4 Episode 11 - The Road Not Taken
    8.1/10(32 votes)

    #14 - The Road Not Taken

    S4:E11

    Nineteen-year-old Ginni Wood embarks on a 1500-mile spring break road trip from North Carolina to Texas to visit her best friend Kelly Gaskins. Wood speaks to her mother upon arrival, but then disappears along with Gaskins and her boyfriend Ervin Williams. Investigators soon realize that Ervin is wanted back in North Carolina on charges of assault and arson. The girls’ families wonder if Ervin is involved in their disappearance, or if he’s a victim himself. When police learn that the three kids may have crossed the border into Mexico, they question where to turn for answers.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Disappeared Season 5 Episode 15 - At the Crossroads
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #15 - At the Crossroads

    S5:E15

    On July 7, 2007, 18-year old Jarrod Johnston walks away from his grandmother's home in Mississippi. His Dad sees similarities between his own sister's disappearance 25-years earlier and his son's. It becomes hard to hold out hope his son will ever return.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Disappeared Season 9 Episode 1 - Vanished in the Night
    8.1/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Vanished in the Night

    S9:E1

    26 year old Kirsten Brueggeman was last seen in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 2, 2021. At 2:00 am she was seen walking through the YMCA parking lot on North Shortridge Road. Kirsten hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Disappeared Season 9 Episode 4 - The Long Drive Home
    8.1/10(32 votes)

    #17 - The Long Drive Home

    S9:E4

    Jason Landry disappears while driving home for the holiday break; PI and retired FBI agent Abel Pena does his own investigation and suspects Jason may have been the victim of foul play.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Disappeared Season 9 Episode 8 - New Mom Missing
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #18 - New Mom Missing

    S9:E8

    Successful lawyer and new mum Ciera Breland disappears after she and her husband visit his mother in Georgia. It emerges her perfect life isn’t what it seems.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Disappeared Season 4 Episode 3 - A Father's Quest
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #19 - A Father's Quest

    S4:E3

    Leah Peebles recently moved from her parents’ home in Texas to Albuquerque, NM, for a fresh start after years of struggling with drug addiction. Though she came from a supportive, tight-knit family, Leah had turned to drugs to cope after being molested as a toddler and raped as a teenager. Clean for the first time in years, Leah is eager to start her career as a hairstylist and get her life on track. But just a few weeks after arriving in Albuquerque, she steps out one night for a date and never returns. When the Peebles family feels the police are too slow to respond, Leah’s father decides to take matters into his own hands and hunt for her himself. He discovers Leah has fallen back into drugs and, worse yet, has turned to prostitution to support her habit. Rumors abound and the Peebles fear Leah has fallen victim to foul play. As he traverses Albuquerque’s underworld, seeing things he never thought he would, Mr. Peebles remains determined to search until he can bring her home.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Disappeared Season 5 Episode 3 - The Dutchman's Curse
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #20 - The Dutchman's Curse

    S5:E3

    35 year-old Jesse Capen vanishes on a camping trip in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. While law enforcement searches the vast wilderness, his family finds a huge secret on his computer. His disappearance may have to do with the legend he is chasing.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Disappeared Season 5 Episode 11 - A Diamond is Forever
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #21 - A Diamond is Forever

    S5:E11

    Bob Wykell is no ordinary 66 year old retiree. He loves flashy cars and makes good money restoring and selling classic vehicles. In February,1996 Bob tells friends he is about to close on his dream car. Then he drives off and is never seen again.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Disappeared Season 7 Episode 3 - Spirited Away
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    #22 - Spirited Away

    S7:E3

    Twenty-one-year-old Kortne Stouffer vanishes from her bed one night following a couple of scuffles with neighbors and friends. Investigators pursue various leads, but the young woman is nowhere to be found, and her family clings to an endless hope.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Disappeared Season 8 Episode 8 - Just Out of Sight
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #23 - Just Out of Sight

    S8:E8

    Military veteran Michael VanZandt disappears one night in Hermosa Beach, Calif.; police suspect a group of strangers may be involved, while VanZandt's loved ones are haunted by suspicions about his thrill seeking make-up.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Disappeared Season 8 Episode 13 - A Date with Danger
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #24 - A Date with Danger

    S8:E13

    Nancy Moyer isn’t home when her kids come back from visiting their dad. Police look into her background, and find a more complicated life than anyone knows. But when a random murder occurs nearby, the question becomes could the cases be connected?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Disappeared Season 10 Episode 4 - The Secrets of Bissonnet Street
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #25 - The Secrets of Bissonnet Street

    S10:E4

    On January 2, 2020, fifteen-year-old Kristen Galvan disappeared a month after she was rescued from a sex trafficking ring in Houston, Texas. As her mother desperately searches for her, she uncovers the dark and unforgiving world of human trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"No Exit" is the best rated episode of "Disappeared". It scored 8.6/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/25/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Murky Waters".