Sneha Anne Philip

Indie pods with a dark side.

When Ron Lieberman couldn't find his wife, 31-year-old Sneha Phillip, on September 11, 2001, he didn't think that her disappearance had anything to do with the terror attacks.

After all, he had been home the night before and she wasn't there.

But their apartment was just a seven-minute walk from the World Trade Center and Sneha was a doctor.

And

I'm Ethan.

And we're the husband and wife team behind this podcast.

Usually, I tell the story of an unsolved missing persons case that Ethan doesn't know anything about.

For years, Sneha's family battled New York City to have her name added to the list of victims.

Sneha Philip has been given two different dates of death, but no trace of her has ever been found.

Did she die on September 11th trying to save people, as her family contends, or were the attacks simply a coincidence that has kept her fate a mystery for the past 25 years? When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing.

I want to tell the stories of those who never came home.

Today, I want to tell you the story of Sneha Philip.

I'm Kona Gallagher.

And I'm Ethan Flick.

I mean, I don't know anything about this, shockingly.

That's hilarious.

So what what was it about this? Like, do you remember when you first heard the story of Sneha Philip and said, oh, that sounds like it could be a good, you know, a good story or a good at least something for you to investigate a little bit further before committing to it? Like, what was it about this story?

I mean, it's just it's such a fascinating story.

And these these stories are really interesting because they're They're difficult.