Roy Gregory Brooks Jr.: Roadside Story

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Roy Gregory Brooks Jr., Greg to those who knew him best, was a 21 year old from Casselberry, FL. He loved video games and taking care of his car. On January 18, 2000, he went to his movie theater job to pick up his paycheck. He then went to Winn Dixie, then a hamburger joint. After that? Nobody knows. Greg’s car was found two hours away. He was never seen again. Charley Project: http://charleyproject.org/case/roy-gregory-brooks-jr NAMUS: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/14515/10/ If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Greg Brooks, please contact the Casselberry Police Department at 407-262-7606 Unfound is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes, Podomatic, Stitcher, Podbean, and Spotify. --in particular, please join us on Wednesday nights at 9pm Eastern for the Unfound Facebook Live Video show which is hosted on the Unfound Podcast Page . . . NOT in the private group. Email: [email protected]. The website: Unfoundpodcast.com—please check out the secret Steven Koecher episode. The website at Trib Total Media: triblive.com/news/unfound Unfound has Patreon and PayPal accounts. --patreon.com/unfoundpodcast Unfound merchandise: Volume 1 and 2 on Amazon in both paperback and ebook form. --the playing cards—go to makeplayingcards.com/sell/unfoundpodcast --shirts for ALMOST ALL Unfound’s cases at unfound-podcast.myshopify.com --this includes the flagships t-shirt, The First Year Cases, that has a collage of everyone from Suzanne Lyall to Jennifer Wilkerson. Please check it out. And please mention Unfound on all true crime Facebook pages, and other websites and forums. Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Roy Gregory Brooks Jr., Greg to those who knew him best, was a 21 year old from Castleberry, Florida.
0:07.0	He loved video games and taking care of his car.
0:10.0	On January 18, 2000, he went to his movie theater job to pick up his paycheck.
0:16.2	He then went to Winn-Dixie, then a hamburger joint.
0:20.2	After that, nobody knows. Greg's car was found two hours away.
0:26.0	He was never seen again.
0:29.0	I'm at Denzel and this is unfound. I'm going to do.
0:43.0	So, you know. And, One of the most common genres of storytelling going way back into literary history is the
1:10.1	on the road tale we call it a road movie today. Two or more characters
1:15.7	starting in one destination working their way to another. The book and
1:20.2	starting in the 20th century of the film documents the hijinks, conflicts, and interesting people the protagonists meet along the way.
1:29.0	Some examples.
1:31.0	The books Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1:34.0	Around the World in 80 Days and of course on the road by Jack Curiac
1:40.0	The films The entire Bob Hope and Bing Crosby collection of Road 2 films
1:45.8	Plains Trains and Automobiles
1:48.0	Thelma and Louise
1:50.0	There's just something we like about this genre.
1:53.0	Maybe it's our love of travel and finding new and interesting places.
1:57.0	But what about what is passed along the way?
2:00.0	Specifically for all of us who go on our own road trips.
2:04.0	What about those broken down cars, trucks,
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