I'm happy to learn that a 7th season is being produced due to viewer demand. I'm not sure if this show has ever been responsible for someone being found as Unsolved Mysteries used to claim back in its day, however, it certainly doesn't hurt to have another forum to get the word out to help find these missing people. I have been so taken with some of these cases that years later I will think about someone I saw on an episode and do a search to see if there is any updated news on the case. A person disappearing without a trace is disturbing and one can only imagine what the family members are going through as they search for answers. I have watched every episode of the show's 6 seasons and almost always, I am completely absorbed. Through interviews with family members and reenactments, we learn of the events that lead up to the person's disappearance. A champagne glass? This show profiles true life cases of people who have disappeared without a trace. And it's an unfairly negative one at that. I can't believe that there is just one other review for this terrific show. "Disappeared" honors victims it doesn't glorify crime. Blessings on every one of these folks still waiting, and on those whose worst fears have been realized. I often watch it and say prayers for the parents, the kid sister, the older brother, the bereaved wife or husband, still waiting for peace in the most awful of circumstances. All I know is that it has remained my "go-to" streaming crime series I don't feel like a voyeur watching it. The word "modest" comes to mind when I think of "Disappeared." I know nothing about the producers or history of the series. So many of the stories deal with young people trying to rebuild lives ruined by substance abuse, or plain abuse-but who choose to befriend or become lovers of partners whose danger is almost written on their faces. On the other hand, if I had teenage children, I would make "Disappeared" required viewing. I would not recommend that children younger than thirteen watch this show-especially in re-runs or on streaming online "channels." Two stories in particular concern missing children and are among the most disturbing I've ever seen. It is compassionate to those missing people-generally very young-whom the show freely admits never knew a level playing field in life. It plumbs the psychological background of any given missing person without being prurient or sensational. No matter what the outcome, "Disappeared" somehow has an unmatched sensitivity in approaching an awful subject. Fewer have been solved with the surprise reappearance of a person who consciously chose to disappear (and these stories are often as troubling, in their own way, as those of the poor souls whose fates we have to imagine). Tragically, a few have been solved with the discovery of remains. So many of these stories remain sincere mysteries. The narration likewise is not melodramatic the single-camera interviews have often brought me to tears, because parents, siblings, police officers look straight into the camera as if they're appealing to you-and they are. What little music there is conveys the melancholy and ominousness of the "disappeared's" loved ones' lives. Intrusive music in true crime shows often overwhelms, rivals, or trivializes stories of heartache and ongoing loss. Early seasons had minimal musical background. There are several reasons for its effectiveness. No other true crime show-maybe even including beloved Unsolved Mysteries- comes close. As another reviewer has said, this series is haunting and riveting. I didn't know what "binge-watching" meant at the time but learned fast. I discovered "Disappeared" in 2013 on Netflix.
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