From the Vault - Lars Mittank

From the Vault - Lars Mittank

From Crime at Bedtime by Jack Laurence

May 31, 2026 · 21 min · Season 1 · Episode 177

About this episode

The episode explores the bizarre disappearance of Lars Mittank, a young man who vanished from Varna Airport in Bulgaria.

Hello legends, Jack here, host of Crime at Bedtime . I'm currently travelling to the US because my other show, One Minute Remaining , was lucky enough to be nominated for an award. I’ll be back very soon, but while I’m away, I’m diving into the vault to bring you some of my favourite and most terrifying Crime at Bedtime stories from the past three years. We’re going to kick off with quite possibly one of the most bizarre missing persons cases you’ll come across. A young man by the name of Larz Mitankov arrived at an airport one day and was seen on CCTV entering the terminal before, moments later, running back out of the airport and vanishing. At one stage, Larz became one of the most famous missing persons cases in the world as the story circulated across YouTube. Larz has never been found... This is his story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lars Joachim Mittank is a German man who disappeared on 8 July 2014, near Varna Airport in Varna, Bulgaria. Mittank was vacationing at the Golden Sands resort, where he was supposedly involved…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Laurence

Topics covered

  • missing persons
  • true crime
  • bizarre cases
  • Lars Mittank
  • disappearance
  • CCTV
  • vacation

Keywords

  • Lars Mittank
  • missing persons case
  • true crime
  • Varna Airport
  • bizarre disappearance
  • CCTV footage
  • Golden Sands

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Varna Airport, Bulgaria, Golden Sands

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