Patricia Jane Wagner
The Vanished Podcast
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4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On the night of October 20, 1972, 26-year-old Patricia Wagner left her Jersey City apartment for a coffee date with her new boyfriend, Dennis. Her mother, Marie, agreed to watch Patty's two young sons, Kenny and Michael, for a few hours. Before leaving, Patty's oldest son, Kenny, begged her not to go. He was overcome by a bad feeling about his mother going out that night, but he didn't know why. Patty reassured her young son that she would return later and headed out of her apartment for her date. That was the last known sighting of Patricia Wagner. Patty never came home, and her family never heard from her again. Although Patty's mother quickly jumped into action to report her daughter missing, Patty's case went ice cold. Decades later, a younger family member became determined to do what she could to find her long-lost cousin.
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| 0:00.0 | That is pretty much what everyone has talked about when they talk about Patty is her children were her world. |
| 0:19.0 | She was very hands-on, loved them more than life. The family was told they probably ran off together. They were two |
| 0:27.7 | lovers that wanted to be together and they ran away. They were adults. And that was it. There was nothing. No posters, |
| 0:35.6 | nothing in the newspaper. They did absolutely nothing to help the family. |
| 0:41.8 | He said he had that feeling in his stomach and he said, |
| 0:44.5 | mom, don't go. |
| 0:46.0 | She goes, let me tell you something. |
| 0:48.0 | Everything's going to be fine. |
| 0:49.0 | We are going tomorrow morning, first thing, |
| 0:52.0 | and have our sunny day starting with a McDonald's |
| 0:55.1 | breakfast and then she take the kids to the park. That's how they generally |
| 0:59.2 | started their day. He said he knew she was not going to come back. He was feeling very uneasy and for |
| 1:06.1 | reason she never came back. On the night of October 20th, 1972, 26 year old Patricia Wagner told her mother she was going on a date with |
| 1:16.0 | her boyfriend Dennis. |
| 1:17.6 | Marie agreed to watch Patty's two young sons, Kenny and Michael, so she could have a few |
| 1:22.2 | hours to herself. |
| 1:23.6 | Before Patty and Dennis left for the evening, |
| 1:26.1 | her oldest son Kenny begged her not to leave. |
| 1:28.7 | He felt a pit in his stomach at the thought of his mother leaving, |
| 1:31.9 | though he didn't understand why. |
| 1:34.0 | Patty reassured her young son that she would be back later and headed out of her Jersey City apartment for her date. |
| 1:40.0 | That was the last known sighting of Patricia Wagner. |
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