10 Americans Who VANISHED Then Came Back With TERRIFYING Stories | Where Had They Been?

They disappeared, and their families feared the worst. Then they came back. A thirteen-year-old who escaped a cabin after 88 days. A girl hidden in an upstairs bedroom for ten years, a short drive from home. A student who woke up 700 miles from a frozen lake, with no memory of 15 months. And a teacher who came back twice, and then vanished a third time. The ten cases, in order: Jayme Closs, taken from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, in 2018; Tanya Kach, who vanished from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1996; Kayla Unbehaun, taken from South Elgin, Illinois, in 2017 and found in Asheville in 2023; Steven Kubacki, who vanished on Lake Michigan in 1978; Elizabeth Shoaf, held in a bunker in Lugoff, South Carolina, in 2006; Jeff Ingram, who woke up in Denver with no memory in 2006; Katie Beers, held under a house on Long Island in 1992–93; Brenda Heist, who left Lititz, Pennsylvania, in 2002 and was declared dead; Kara Robinson, who escaped her kidnapper in South Carolina in 2002; and Hannah Upp, who disappeared in New York in 2008, Maryland in 2013 and St. Thomas in 2017. This is a sourced true-crime documentary. Facts come from court records, police and FBI statements, and the news reports listed below. People are described only through what is on the public record. Some scenes are illustrations. Real photos are official missing posters (FBI, NCMEC) and photos released by families and police. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Case 1: Jayme Closs (2018) 6:28 Case 2: Tanya Kach (1996) 10:41 Case 3: Kayla Unbehaun (2017) 14:49 Case 4: Steven Kubacki (1978) 19:47 Case 5: Elizabeth Shoaf (2006) 23:16 Case 6: Jeff Ingram (2006) 27:02 Case 7: Katie Beers (1992) 30:47 Case 8: Brenda Heist (2002) 34:56 Case 9: Kara Robinson (2002) 39:07 Case 10: Hannah Upp (2008) 44:22 What these ten stories leave us Sources: Jayme Closs: Barron County Sheriff's Office and FBI statements (2018–19); court records (plea and sentence 2019); CBS News, NBC26 and FOX reporting Tanya Kach: court records (plea 2007); AP and FOX News reporting; her memoir (2011) Kayla Unbehaun: South Elgin Police and NCMEC statements; Kane County court (plea 2025); CNN and Daily Herald reporting Steven Kubacki: 1978–79 newspaper reporting, as compiled by Ellen Killoran; his book "The Disappearance" (2025) Elizabeth Shoaf: Kershaw County Sheriff's Office statements; South Carolina court records (sentence 2007); AP reporting Jeff Ingram: Denver Police statements; Seattle Times, NPR and CBS News reporting (2006–2012) Katie Beers: Suffolk County Police and court records (plea 1994); her memoir "Buried Memories" (2013) Brenda Heist: Lititz Borough Police and Monroe County Sheriff's Office statements (2013); NBC News and CBS News reporting Kara Robinson: Lexington County Sheriff's Department statements; Oxygen reporting Hannah Upp: NYPD, Maryland police and Virgin Islands Police statements; The Source (St. Thomas) reporting Photo credits: FBI missing person poster (public domain); NCMEC poster; photos released by families and police during the searches; 1978 newspaper photo (Tom Renner). Photos were toned and cropped. Music and sound effects: CC0 (public domain) from Freesound. If you have information about Hannah Upp, contact the Virgin Islands Police Department or the FBI tip line (tips.fbi.gov). You can also search and report through NamUs (namus.nij.ojp.gov), or call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST for missing children. Subscribe for more real cases: every family that left the light on deserves the full story. #truecrime #missingpersons #foundalive