He Went to Write a Book...and Disappeared Forever

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In 1988, journalist and aspiring author Keith Reinhardt arrived in the quiet Colorado town of Silver Plume, searching for inspiration. What he found was a dark mystery—and what happened next shocked everyone. Just months after the remains of local bookstore owner Tom Young and his dog were found on a nearby mountain trail, Reinhardt vanished under nearly identical circumstances… while writing a book based on Young’s life.

In this episode of The Shelldrake Files, we explore one of the most unsettling unsolved disappearances in Colorado history—a real-life story of obsession, parallel lives, and an author whose final manuscript may have contained clues to his fate.