Trailer | Bear Brook Season 3: A Private Matter

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

Unfortunately, it is not illegal to not report your husband or your wife missing.

Jason Moon (0:08)

Was that a surprise to you?

SPEAKER_1 (0:09)

Yes, it was. Yes, it was.

Jason Moon (0:16)

A couple years ago, an elderly Christmas tree farmer in New Hampshire went missing. But for almost a year, his wife didn't tell anybody.

The police asked her, why didn't you report your own husband missing? They were not ready for the answers.

SPEAKER_3 (0:35)

He told me not to talk about it, which obviously now legally I have to. And what's the other thing? Oh, tie flies.

Like, phew.

SPEAKER_4 (0:48)

The whole thing is like just a bizarre mystery. It's like all these questions that the town has, the community has, are just like unanswered.

SPEAKER_5 (1:01)

Honey, let's take a walk up into the woods and get hit over the head with a shovel and buried.

SPEAKER_6 (1:08)

My initial thought was she killed him because that was what I always thought would happen. No way.

SPEAKER_3 (1:16)

No way. They have no idea how much we loved each other.

Jason Moon (1:29)

Coming soon from New Hampshire Public Radio and Bear Brook, A Private Matter, a five-part series about a mysterious disappearance and a search for answers that led me places I never imagined.

SPEAKER_7 (1:43)

In astrology, every one of us that are counselors are comically responsible for everything we say.

SPEAKER_8 (1:52)

She would tell me, don't use your mind, come from your heart center.

SPEAKER_9 (1:58)

I'm going to be speaking in medium terms, so try to bear with me.

SPEAKER_3 (2:05)

If you knew Jay as well as I do, he's private, he doesn't want everybody to know his business.

SPEAKER_1 (2:13)

Pat, I don't believe you.

SPEAKER_4 (2:22)

I kind of revert back to like that Bear Brook saying like, what if we were to just come across something?

SPEAKER_10 (2:27)

I know I will probably get more resources for a missing two-year-old search than a missing 72-year-old search.

SPEAKER_4 (2:36)

You know, and I wrote down, she said, you know, I found him.

Jason Moon (2:42)

A Private Matter, beginning October 21, 2026 Listen by following Bear Brook on your favorite podcasting app.

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