The Disappearance of Des

After 10 episodes of the podcast and 40 years of the family waiting for some answers, some long awaited news comes through.

A friend of Des' makes an official statement to police. Someone else also wants to help find answers for the family. We also introduce you to a new initiative that will shine a light on more of these missing persons stories.

In my hunt for answers about what happened to my Uncle Des we have turned up 2 new bits of information that police are now following up on.

We have had many emails with theories about what happened to my Uncle Des. Some of them have been wild and would never make the podcast, some we followed up but went nowhere and then others we believe needed further exploring… this theory is one of them.

As a family member any information we receive is helpful, whether it leads somewhere or not. It’s helpful to either shut down possible theories or sometimes give closure. A helpful witness says he saw Des at the Broome Rodeo two days after he disappear...

I didn’t ever think I would open up my laptop again and start writing another episode about Des, who disappeared 40 years ago. After we released episode 5 I was not hopeful anyone would come forward with new information. That was until Tuesday night th...

A mystery man comes forward with a sighting almost 35 years after Des disappeared. Who is he? Why did the family not know of this information? Could this be the missing piece of the puzzle to find out what happened to Des?

Find out why this missing persons case is important to our host and a vital piece of evidence is revealed that may shed light on this 40 year old cold case.

When all hope is lost and the family need answers they ask all sorts of questions. Was enough done to find Des? Could he have been taken by a UFO? Or is there something more sinister at play.

On Friday August 2nd 1979, Des woke up and went to work like every other day and disappeared forever. His family want answers! Police have questions. Somebody knows something!

Des was just a normal country boy growing up in the 70s in Australia, but then a series of incidents leads to his family never seeing him again.

On the morning of August 2nd 1979, Desmond Francis Carr went to work alone on a road in outback Western Australia. 40 years on and he has never been seen again.

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