Podcasts about cayce lynn mcdaniel

Behind The Scenes On Cayce's Season Tomorrow will be 26 years that Cayce Lynn McDaniel has been missing. You can now watch her story on YouTube!  

This week we discuss the missing person's case of Cayce Lynn McDaniel, followed by the murder of Vernon C. Miller who has quite the life story. Also what may now be dubbed "Hellacious Headlines" is in local territory for episode 15. 

began working on Searching For Ghosts in the fall of last year. I started by scouring the internet, trying to find anything I could on this case. As far as official reports, the information on the web was pretty much that initial story of how Cindy , , Cayce’s mother, found the house that night. There were a few stories done by WMCTV Channel 5 out of Memphis covering vigils that were held on the anniversary of Cayce’s disappearance, but that was pretty much it. Some of the sites that I found looked like they hadn’t been updated since 1996. Remember how the internet used to look? With the awful graphics and cheesy font? Yeah, this was my main source in the beginning in which to make a podcast.   Then I decided to reach out to The Milan-Mirror Exchange, Milan’s local newspaper. Back in 2005, I was a reporter for one of the papers owned by the same guy who owns the Mirror Exchange . So I had an in.   The editor of the paper, Victor Parkins, was very helpful. He gave me two names of people to contact that he felt sure would talk to me. He even let me use audio from a video interview done a few years back of Cayce’s best friend, Amber, who has been the main person to keep Cayce’s memory alive over the years. It’s her voice that you hear in the Searching For Ghosts teaser. She was one of the two names that he gave me.   I knew that I had a hard row to hoe ahead of me. I’m not from Milan. Strike One. I’m not an investigative journalist. Strike Two. I’m a musician. Strike Three.   So I tried reaching out to Amber through social media.  And I waited. I think she even deleted my friend request. So I contacted a friend of mine who had gone to high school with her. I asked him to reach out to Amber and grease the skids for me. And that’s what he did. He vouched for me and explained that the past two years of my life had been documented in Left Of Nashville, so if she wanted to know what I was about, there was basically an audio diary of mine online. I got Nothing.   This among other things caused me to shelve the project. I felt that if I couldn’t get Cayce’s best friend to talk, a friend who was with her the night she disappeared, then I had no shot of getting anyone in the family to talk. And with hardly any information about the case available to the public, I knew I didn’t have a podcast without friends and family.   But this case kept gnawing at me. I couldn’t let it go entirely. Especially after stumbling on a podcast by Payne Lindsey called ‘Up And Vanished.’ Lindsey is a filmmaker in Atlanta and his podcast is about the eleven year-old missing persons case of Tara Grinstead in Ocilla, Ga.    Like me, Lindsey wasn’t an investigative reporter. He wasn’t even a podcaster. And Ocilla, Ga is about half the size of Milan, Tn, so he was having even more trouble getting people to talk. But he went ahead with the podcast anyway. And just a few weeks ago, the GBI made two arrests in the cold case, no doubt, in large part due to Up and Vanished. I had no excuse at this point.   So i decided to go ahead and launch this thing. I put together the introductory episode and wrote a press release. I sent it out.  And within two hours, the daily paper  in Jackson Tn, The Jackson Sun, had it up on their website and the following day, it was on the front page of the paper, above the fold.    And THAT’S when Amber contacted me. She apologized for not responding earlier and explained to me why she had reservations. She then followed up with an offer to help in any way possible.    So this is Cayce Lynn McDaniel’s best friend and her first hand recollections of August 16th and 17th of 1996.   I’m Brandon Barnett. And this is Searching For Ghosts.   According to Amber, she remembers that it was initially  handled as a runaway case, which is understandable, especially since it involved a teenager. But Amber never believed that Cayce was a runaway.   The story of how Cayce’s mother found the house that night is attached to every news report that can be found about this case. It is THE STORY. And the thing that jumps out to almost everyone who hears it and the question that I have been asked the most since airing the teaser last fall is “Who waits ten hours to call someone?   I thought that there might be an explanation after Amber described the dynamics of their friendship. We’ll discuss this in more detail at the end of this episode.   So if Cayce did tell her mother she was spending the night at Amber’s, wouldn’t this more in line with a runaway situation than an abduction? Amber still doesn’t buy it.   I asked Amber if she could remember Cindy’s demeanor as they were riding around looking for Cayce.   Which leads us back to the story. You know, THE STORY.   While Cayce spending the night at Amber’s might explain Cindy’s calm demeanor the following day and possibly why she waited ten hours to call anyone, it still doesn’t mesh with the story of how the scene looked at the house.   There is even one news report where a relative states that Cayce’s favorite brand new pair of shoes were found in her room. There is no evidence that she left that house dressed to go out.     Searching For Ghosts Website     Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (Amazon)     Brandon Barnett-Man Who Tries (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Man Who Tries (Amazon)

In 1996, the internet was still in its infancy with an estimated 10 million users. The first flip phone was introduced with a price tag of a whopping $1,000. To give a little more perspective, this was three years before the Columbine Massacre and five years before 9/11. In the summer of 1996, we didn’t even know the name Jon Benet Ramsey. Her murder was still four month away. One could argue that we hadn’t yet lost our innocence.   I was twenty two years old at the the time. I remember seeing one of those huge “Have You Seen Me?” billboards on the by-pass in my hometown of Jackson, Tennessee. Jackson sits on Interstate 40 about halfway between Memphis and Nashville. The billboard was for a missing fourteen year old girl from Milan, Tennessee, a small town of 8,000 people that is located some twenty five miles north of Jackson.   In 1996, we weren’t as connected as we are today. There was no texting or social media. Sure, most residents of Milan would drive to Jackson to work, but most of my friends at the time had never even been to Milan…there was just no reason to go there. So, when the news broke of Cayce Lynn McDaniel’s disappearance, many of us in the largest city in West Tennessee outside of Memphis were left scratching our heads. What the hell was going on in this neighboring town that we had always heard mention of but knew very little about.   In the twenty years since, I’ve been to Milan countless times when i ran a delivery route. I’ve made friends there and have learned a lot about the town during this time.   Milan is unique in West Tennessee in the fact that it is romanticized by its residents, especially when it comes to its high school football team. It reminds me of something you would see in rural Texas. Think Friday Night Lights. When fall rolls around, the town becomes a sea of purple and white (the colors of the Milan Bulldogs. It is also a pastime for residents to bash every surrounding town (including Jackson) as inferior. Especially, other towns in Gibson County. Humboldt, Tn is referred to as Scumboldt by residents of Milan.   Back in the day, it wasn’t uncommon to hear Milan residents who worked in Jackson brag about how they wouldn’t be caught dead living in Jackson…the crime was just too bad there. It became a running joke with a lot of my friends about how we had been oblivious for so long that God’s utopian garden spot on Planet Earth was just twenty-five miles north of Jackson, Tn. Who knew?   While this hometown pride always rubbed many of us the wrong way back then, there is something endearing about it. There is a sense of community there that is lacking in a lot of the country. There is no need to convince people to shop local there. If a shop in Milan has what residents need, that’s where they'll get it.   So last December, seemingly every television network was airing specials on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey. Then I saw a small blurb about the case of Cayce Lynn McDaniel. I understand why the Ramsey case captivated the world, but I couldn’t help but feel anger over the lack of coverage of Cayce’s case. If it weren’t for a local news report, I wouldn’t have known that it has been twenty years. It just isn’t on the radar anymore.   I remember thinking, if Cayce was a blonde haired, blue eyed beauty pageant contestant from a well to do family, maybe she would be getting more attention on the 20th anniversary. I actually thought to myself, “Someone should do a podcast on this.” Well, sometimes if you want something done, you have to do it yourself.   That’s where I come in. I’m a singer-songwriter who left my career in 2013 to pursue music full-time. And two years ago, I started a documentary podcast called Left Of Nashville to chronicle all the struggles that come along with this.   I have written for some local papers over the years, but I don’t consider myself a journalist. But I am a storyteller. And after two years of podcasting, I fell in love with the medium.  So I decided to be the change I want to see.   in the next episode, we will begin at the beginning. August 16, 1996. This is the story of the disappearance of Cayce Lynn McDaniel. I’m Brandon Barnett. And this is Searching For Ghosts.   Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation   Milan Police Department   National Center For Missing And Exploited Children   Searching For Ghosts Facebook Page   Searching For Ghosts on Instagram     Featured Music:   Brandon Barnett: Behind The Scenes (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (Amazon)

Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (Amazon)       Milan, Tennessee is a town of about 8,000 people. It is located in the Western part of the state, about halfway between Memphis and Nashville. And It’s 25 miles north of where I grew up. In 1996, West Tennessee was shaken to its core, when fourteen year-old Cayce Lynn McDaniel disappeared from her home. She hasn’t been heard from since.   According to reports, Cayce’s mother came home to find the clothes her daughter had worn to a church social earlier in the night, laid out on the bed. There was a bowl of cookies and milk on the floor, illuminated by the glow of Cayce's television,  as the back door of the house stood wide open.   The first call by Cayce’s mother to find her daughter was made some ten hours later.   This year marks the twentieth anniversary of her mysterious disappearance, and while network television is airing special after special about another case from that year in Colorado, the disappearance of Cayce Lynn McDaniel, seems all but forgotten.   So this is a podcast about the disappearance of Cayce Lynn McDaniel. This is Searching For Ghosts.

From the creator of Left Of Nashville: Teaser from the upcoming podcast Searching For Ghosts: The Disappearance Of Cayce Lynn McDaniel. Milan, Tennessee is a town of about 8,000 people. It is located in the Western part of the state, about halfway between Memphis and Nashville. And It’s 25 miles north of where I grew up. In 1996, West Tennessee was shaken to its core, when fourteen year-old Cayce Lynn McDaniel disappeared from her home. She hasn’t been heard from since.   According to reports, Cayce’s mother came home to find the clothes her daughter had worn to a church social earlier in the night, laid out on the bed. There was a bowl of cookies and milk on the floor, illuminated by the glow of Cayce's television,  as the back door of the house stood wide open.   The first call by Cayce’s mother to find her daughter was made some ten hours later.   This year marks the twentieth anniversary of her mysterious disappearance, and while network television is airing special after special about another case from that year in Colorado, the disappearance of Cayce Lynn McDaniel, seems all but forgotten.     National Center For Missing and Exploited Children   WBBJ-TV 7 Twentieth Anniversary Report   Milan Mirror Exchange Interview With Amber Hansen (Cayce's Best Friend)   Milan Police Department: 731-686-3309