Nicholas Barclay's Mystery
What happened to Nicholas Barclay after he disappeared?
4.7 (25)
36 mins
Explore the 1994 disappearance of thirteen-year-old Nicholas Barclay from Texas. Uncover how the case took an extraordinary turn when a French impostor later claimed to be the missing teenager.
Ep 1:
A Boy Vanishes, A Con Artist Rises
A troubled Texas teen disappears after a late-night walk home, while across the ocean a master impostor desperately searching for an escape stumbles onto his missing persons file.
Ep 2:
Building a Dead Boy's Skin
A French con artist mutilates and tattoos his own body to become a dead boy, fooling a grieving sister and an entire family desperate to believe.
Ep 3:
The System That Looked Away
As a private investigator spots the impossible clues everyone else missed, the FBI, courts, and schools all failed—until a confession from behind bars raises a darker question.
Ep 4:
The Verdict and the Vanished
The impostor's conviction brings no real closure as his deceptions multiply across Europe, while the true fate of Nicholas Barclay remains a haunting, unsolved mystery.
Discussions (5)
Anna
Level 7 · 2 hours agoBeverly clearly knew more
Jackson
Level 5 · 2 hours agoBourdain wanting love doesn't excuse what he did. Plenty of people grow up poor and rejected without destroying grieving families twice over.
Hudson
Level 7 · 2 hours agoBourdain wanted love sure but that doesn't excuse what he did to grieving families more than once
