Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Wednesday, February 13, 2008 – Tonight’s Dana Pretzer Show To Be One Of The Hardest-Hitting Shows To Date

• Dana introduces tonight’s radio show guests: Art Wood, Mike McIntyre, Peter R. DeVries, and Beth Holloway.

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The Dana Pretzer Show on Scared Monkeys Radio – Listen LIVE Monday, October 15 at 9PM Eastern – Guests Include Beth Holloway Twitty and LaDonna Meredith

This week, Dana welcomes:

• Beth Holloway Twitty discussing her new book, Loving Natalee: A Mother’s Testament of Hope and Faith.
• Also joining us will be LaDonna Meredith with part 2 of a discussion of human trafficking and the Jessie Foster case.

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Programming Note: Beth Holloway will be on Scared Monkeys Radio Tonight with Dana Pretzer

BETH HOLLOWAY ON SCARED MONKEYS RADIO TONIGHT

A reminder to all … Beth Holloway will be on Scared Monkeys radio this evening on the Dana Pretzer show discussing her new book, Loving Natalee: A Mother’s Testament of Hope and Faith. Tired of hearing the same four questions asked by the MSM? Listen tonight and hear Beth Holloway discuss her book, her daughter Natalee’s disappearance and her faith that has got her through the terrible ordeal.

You also have the opportunity to ask questions. Leave questions in the comments that you would like to ask and we will try to get them answered.

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Scared Monkeys Welcomes Richard as Contributing Editor: Discussing his thoughts on Missing Persons

Scared Monkeys asked me to do some occasional articles on the general phenomenon of missing people, and on individual cases.  Needless to say, I’m honored and pleased to do so.  Being asked to do these articles does not imply endorsement of my thoughts on Natalee Holloway or any other missing person case.   I am no expert in this area and make no claim to be one.

Those people who have read my posts in the last two years know that I work with the family of Amy Bradley, missing in the Caribbean since March 1998.  I also do volunteer research for International Cruise Victims, which is dedicated to promoting safety on cruise ships and alerting the public to the difference between the benign image the cruise industry presents and the level of crime that actually exists.  And I have done similar Internet research for the International Safe Travels foundation as time has allowed.
 
This weekend the world is awaiting the revelation of the fate of Harry Potter and other characters in that series.  People are lined up to buy the last book; enterprising or unscrupulous individuals are competing to release the details of what happens; and the media are prepping us for a full-scale assault on bookstores by fans, money in hand, raging to know who lives and who dies.
 
I wonder how many of these people will give a thought to the plight of families in the “real” world who want to know the same thing about their loved ones?  Harry Potter is fiction; the agony of these families is not.
 
According to Crime Library , 2,300 Americans are reported missing each day.  I don’t know if that’s a running total or if it is the number of new cases.  This source also says that 150,000 Americans were reported missing in 1980; the latest figure is 900,000.  To some extent, the higher figure may indicate that more attention is being paid to these people.  But whatever the accurate number may be, multiply it by the grief that any family must feel and be daunted at the thought.
 
Anyway, exact numbers are not important; the despair of the families is.  These essays are not about me, but I want to share one experience.  I began my interest in this field when Chandra Levy went missing in 2001, a case that gripped the nation then and that remains unsolved.  Before that I had never thought much about missing people; it was something outside of my experience, and had never happened to anyone that I knew.

Susan Levy, shown in her Modesto home with a portrait of her daughter Channdra

As I became interested in Chandra’s case, it occurred to me that there must be other missing people as well.  So one Saturday morning I went to the office where I was working and did random Internet searches for missing people.  Within half an hour I had seen more than I ever wanted to; hundreds – hundreds! – of smiling photos were on file, each a life that had value, each a life that may or may not have been ended, each a life that now was shrouded in mystery.  The answers were out there, but I didn’t know them.

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Beth Holloway Twitty to Speak About Spiritual Journey at Samford University

Beth Twitty will speak at Samford University in Birmingham, AL Monday November 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Reid Chapel. Beth will talk about her spiritual journey from the disappearance of her daughter, Natalee Holloway, though the ordeal of dealing with Aruba and offer safe travel tips.

Beth Holloway Twitty, mother of disappeared Mountain Brook, Alabama, teenager Natalee Holloway, will speak at Samford on Monday November 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Reid Chapel. Twitty, who became the focus of intense international attention after the still-unexplained disappearance of her daughter from a school trip to Aruba in 2005, will speak about her spiritual journey through the ordeal and offer travel safety tips.

The event is free of charge and open to the public. For event information, direct email to esboggs@samford.edu.

Come to Samford University and listen to Natalee’s mom.