Episode Details

This episode details the unsolved disappearance of Lars Mittank, a German engineer who vanished in Bulgaria during the summer of 2014. After sustaining an ear injury in a scuffle, Mittank was forced to stay behind while his friends flew home, leading to a series of paranoid phone calls to his mother. The narrative explores famous CCTV footage from the Varna Airport showing him fleeing the terminal without his belongings and running into a sunflower field. Various theories are examined, ranging from criminal foul play and drug involvement to a drug-induced psychosis or a sudden mental health crisis. Despite numerous reported sightings across Europe and South America, his whereabouts remain a mystery more than a decade later. This source serves to humanize Mittank while analyzing the timeline of events that turned a routine vacation into a global true crime phenomenon.

This episode includes AI-generated content.