Missing from the Spotlight: More Than a Year Later, Where Is Zelig Williams?

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Broadway star Zelig Williams and the ongoing search by his family and friends.

Zelig Williams' star was shining bright on Broadway. On October 3, 2024, he left his mother's house in South Carolina, to run an errand and never returned. He was home visiting family, a break from the spotlight before returning to the stage in January 2025. That morning, he said goodbye to his mother, Kathy Williams, and less than 20 minutes later friends from New York called her to say they received an emergency alert from his phone that he had been in an accident. Kathy drove to the location, but no accident and no Zelig. His family and friends have been searching for him ever since. Have you seen Zelig Williams?

Topics covered

• missing persons
• Broadway
• family search
• emergency alerts
• true crime

Keywords

• Zelig Williams
• missing person
• Broadway
• Kathy Williams
• South Carolina
• emergency alert
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South Carolina

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