Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 9, 2011
Set in Aruba and Fallbrook, CA. Beth Holloway shares her journey to find answers about her missing daughter Natalee and begins her quest to help families with loved ones who have vanished without a trace. The episode also introduces California family of four, the McStays, who all suddenly vanished without a trace.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 16, 2011
Set in Homosassa, FL and Ocilla, GA. Viewers meet the family of a 10-year-old girl who went missing from her Florida home and her father embarks on a journey to clear his family name and bring a killer to justice. Additionally, Beth visits the loved ones of a high school teacher and former beauty queen who vanished from her home late one night.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 23, 2011
Set in Curacao. Beth investigates a case where a young woman vanishes off the deck of a cruise ship. In their search for answers, her parents stumble across what appears to be an international sex slave operation.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 30, 2011
Set in Orlando and Welch, OK. Beth investigates a case in which a 24-year-old warned her father of a suspicious character and the worst is assumed when she goes missing and only her abandoned car is found. The episode also takes a look at a case in which authorities realize a tragic fire was no accident after two people are found murdered and two teenage girls involved go missing.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2011
Set in Philadelphia and Leesburg, FL. Beth looks into a case in which a young pregnant woman vanishes from the streets of Philadelphia and the City of Brotherly Love comes together to bring her captor to justice. The second case involves a toddler's abduction which galvanizes a community.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2011
Set in Belton, MO and Chicago. Beth talks to the family of a teen who left for school one day, never to return home. The mystery deepens when investigators learn a missing persons report was filed days before her actual disappearance. The series also follows the story of a young man who vanished without a trace while on a school trip to Chicago.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2011
Set in Philadelphia, West Des Moines, and Denver. Beth delves into three cold missing person's cases--a couple who vanished from the streets of downtown Philly, a teenage paperboy who became the first milk carton kid, and a little girl who loses her life but leaves behind a legacy of hope.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2011
Set in Charlotte, NC and Pensacola, FL. Beth examines the story of a recent college graduate who went missing after a night out with his friends; she also visits with a young woman who shares the harrowing story of the kidnapping she and her sister endured as children.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2011
Set in Omakalee, FL and San Louis Obispo, CA. Beth meets with one family desperately searching for their special needs child, and another family trying to find a daughter who disappeared more than 15 years ago.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2011
Set in McCleary, WA and Atlanta, GA. Beth helps search for a 10-year-old girl who vanished while walking home from a friend's house; later she meets a heroic mother whose tenacity helped bring her daughter's killer to justice.