How did Payne Lindsey's Up and Vanished podcast help the Tara Grinstead case?

Payne Lindsey, who had a family connection to the area through his grandmother, started Up and Vanished as an outsider with no investigative training. Dateline's Andrea Canning and producer Brad Davis credit the podcast with creating community pressure that led witnesses, including Brooke Sheridan, and eventually Bo Dukes to come forward. Sheridan told the GBI the podcast was weighing on Dukes's mind.

• Many people close to Grinstead initially refused to talk to Lindsey until he built credibility.
• Brad Davis says Lindsey did not know about those witnesses at the time, but his questions stirred up the town.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Dateline NBC (2026-11-04). Read the whole episode summary →

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