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Dark Side of the Mountain // Episodes 882-883 /// True Crime Garage.

April 06, 2026 / 01:46

This episode covers the mysterious disappearances of Tom Young and Keith Reinhard from Silver Plume, Colorado, in the late 1980s. The discussion focuses on the circumstances surrounding their vanishings, the impact on the small community, and the eerie similarities between the two cases.

Tom Young, a 47-year-old man, disappeared in September 1987 while living in Silver Plume, a town with a population of fewer than 200 residents. His disappearance shocked the community, which was already grappling with the loss of a familiar face.

In August 1988, Keith Reinhard, approaching 50 years of age, retraced Young's steps to investigate the mystery but also vanished without a trace. The episode highlights the profound effects these events had on the close-knit town.

The hosts discuss the odds of two similar disappearances occurring in such a small town and the lasting grief felt by the residents. The narrative emphasizes the chilling nature of these cases and the unanswered questions that remain.

TLDR

Two men vanish from a small Colorado town under similar circumstances, leaving the community in shock.

Episode

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Two men, each possibly grappling with his own version of a midlife crisis, vanish 10 months apart from the same
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tiny town in the Colorado Rockies under eerily similar circumstances. The odds of this happening seem frankly
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astronomical. Yet, in September of 1987, a solitary 47-year-old man and his faithful dog vanished from the near
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ghost town of Silver Plume, Colorado, a once-booming silver hub a century earlier.
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Months later, in August of 1988, another man, staring down the barrel of 50 years of age,
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retraced the missing man's steps to investigate the mystery. He, too, disappeared.
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Naturally, both disappearances had a profound and lasting impact upon the close-knit community of fewer than 200
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residents. In a place where practically everyone knew one another, it isn't difficult to
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imagine the shock and grief that resulted when one of their own vanished without a trace or turned up dead.
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This is the true crime story of Tom Young, who went missing on the dark side of the mountain,
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and two, the story of Keith Reinhard, who may have vanished forever. This is True Crime Garage.
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Episode Highlights

  • Mysterious Disappearances in Silver Plume
    Two men vanished from a small Colorado town under eerily similar circumstances.
    “The odds of this happening seem frankly astronomical.”
    @ 00m 16s
    April 06, 2026
  • The Impact on a Close-Knit Community
    The disappearances left a profound and lasting impact on the residents of Silver Plume.
    “It isn't difficult to imagine the shock and grief.”
    @ 01m 06s
    April 06, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • The odds of this happening seem frankly astronomical.
    Dark Side of the Mountain // Episodes 882-883 /// True Crime Garage.
  • It isn't difficult to imagine the shock and grief.
    Dark Side of the Mountain // Episodes 882-883 /// True Crime Garage.
  • This is the true crime story of Tom Young.
    Dark Side of the Mountain // Episodes 882-883 /// True Crime Garage.

Key Moments

  • Midlife Crisis00:03
  • Vanishing Act00:07
  • Community Shock00:59
  • True Crime Story01:15