Episode 154: Lauren Spierer - Bloomington’s Coldest Mystery

Episode 154: Lauren Spierer - Bloomington’s Coldest Mystery

From The Dark Oak by Just Us Gals Productions

June 10, 2026 · 1h 8m · Episode 165

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Lauren Spierer, a college student, in Bloomington, Indiana.

Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore studying textiles merchandising at Indiana University, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana. The night before, she had been out drinking heavily with friends using a fake ID; after leaving Kilroy’s Sports Bar barefoot and without her phone or shoes around 2:27 a.m., she walked with Corey Rossman back to the Smallwood Plaza area, got into a brief altercation outside, then spent time in Rossman’s apartment (where his roommate Michael Beth tried to keep her safe) before moving to neighbor Jay Rosenbaum’s townhome. She was last confirmed seen by Rosenbaum around 4:30 a.m., walking alone and intoxicated along College Avenue toward her own apartment. Lauren had a rare heart condition called long QT syndrome that made her especially vulnerable to fatal arrhythmias when combined with alcohol or drugs (trace cocaine was later found in her room, and Rosenbaum reported she had also used cocaine and crushed Klonopin that night). Despite massive searches, landfill excavations, cadaver-dog alerts, and thousands of tips, no trace of her has ever been found; her boyfriend Jesse Wolff and the three friends were…

Topics covered

  • disappearance
  • true crime
  • cold case
  • investigation
  • alcohol
  • missing person

Keywords

  • Lauren Spierer
  • disappearance
  • Bloomington
  • Indiana University
  • cold case
  • true crime
  • investigation
  • alcohol
  • missing person

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indiana University

Places: Bloomington, Indiana

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