Unraveling Secrets: Benjamin Hale on the Mysterious Disappearance That Haunts the Ozarks
If you’ve ever pondered the fine balance between truth, storytelling, and the human urge to forgive, then this conversation with Hale will resonate deeply. Buckle up for a journey through remembrance, mystery, and the enduring hope that even in darkness, stories might just light a way forward.
I’m not exactly sure what it is about true crime that is so alluring, why everyone becomes an armchair detective when a big case breaks into national news, but they do.
I read novelist Benjamin Hale’s forthcoming book, Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks (Harper; March, 2026), before it was publicly available, while the search for Today Show’s host, Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, went on. Like many, I was glued to the media combing for clues, developing my own theories.
