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I don't think anybody even knows what to think anymore. It's like everything you thought you knew about this case

probably isn't necessarily as relevant as you thought. For instance, like Barb Last being seen walking into the park.

To my knowledge, that's not the last time she was seen. You know, but that's the most widely shared story about her disappearance.

I know things were a lot different back then and people don't understand that just at day and age, you know.

My mom and Barb didn't get along real well. I know that, but teenagers usually don't get along with the parents. The whole good, real good most of the time.

But my mom had different ways about her. What is actually truth about different stuff?

Because she kept a lot of stuff secret. It just seemed like, I guess, what was in the past is in the past. I need to talk about it now.

I like to see her come back and I just like to put my arms around and tell her how much I loved her and that's true. I guess that's why I guess I'd rather have that whole tin in a body.

But on the flip side, like I said, I'd like to see something come to justice if that's the truth if they actually killed her.

In April of 1981, 15-year-old Barbara Cotton disappeared from Williston, North Dakota. Barbara was a bright young woman with plans for her future.

She was saving for her first apartment that she planned to rent when she turned 16 in the fall.

But Barb's dreams came to a screeching halt on the chilly spring evening when she vanished.

Peaceing together even the most basic clues today is difficult. Who lasts all Barb and at what time? And how can we even confirm these things now?

There are conflicting stories and big pieces of the puzzle missing. But now more than ever before, people are invested in finding out what happened to Barb Cotton.

I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is Episode 362 of The Vanished. Part 2 of Barbara Cotton's story.

Cover story from New York Magazine is back. I'm Hannah Rosen, host of Season 2. Seed money. This season.

He's the most articulate, he's the most savvy, he's the most, he's very cunning.

We have a story about a billionaire and X-Buy. Like he's very, very, it's why he destroys everybody.

Many, many women. It's almost like he's using all the women as a startup company.

This isn't an aberration that just happened, you know, a couple years ago. This is a pattern of behavior.

If I can't stop him, I don't think anybody will be able to stop him.

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