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Why he was hiding himself, why he disappeared, nobody knows.

At the northern edge of India, attracting thousands of tourists every year, is the Parvati Valley.

Many come for the beauty of the Himalayas, others to party.

But then there are some drawn in search of enlightenment.

And this place changes them.

There are stories from that part of the world where they'll say like,

oh, the person didn't come back because they didn't want to come back.

Just to create a story and a scene, he threw all his stuff along the river and then he just vanished.

The phenomenon, called India syndrome, could be chalked up to the valley's spiritual allure.

But something else is going on here.

There's a string of disappearances, many foreigners, and nearly all of the cases unsolved.

Bruno Musialik, a Polish national, is missing.

Odetta Houghton, 24, from Canberra.

Were mercilessly beaten to death.

Said he befriended a Baba.

Shortly after, Ian disappeared.

That valley is beautiful and enchanting, but it's very dangerous.

Nefarious things happen there.

I fell upon one of these cases of an American world traveler gone missing.

The circumstances of his disappearance were suspicious.

So I flew halfway around the world in search of answers.

And what I found, I could have never imagined.

You could read his posts about the guru.

He knew this guy was bad news.

The guy getting hung out of nowhere makes you go, there's something else.

You think he's like robbing them and then taking the stuff?

He's basically murdering them.

A new investigative podcast from the team behind Up and Vanished.

This is Status Untraced.

Coming April 17th on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.