Murder 101 - Introducing: What Happened to Talina Zar

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

What Happened to Talina Zar unravels the chilling mystery of a woman who vanished during the COVID-19 lockdown, the internet sleuths who wouldn’t let it go, and the dark subcultures and betrayals they unearthed. Listen here or on the iHeartRadio app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everyone, I'm on day nine of this virus and I am pretty sure it has reached my lungs. It's April 2020. The brand new coronavirus is upending life as we know it. I made the decision at the onset that if it got bad enough, I would not go to the hospital. And this Facebook post, by a woman in a small town in Oklahoma, sends shockwaves through the internet. I didn't want to be talked out of this plan. After I post this, I am turning off my phone. I'll catch up with everyone on the other side.

The woman is named Talina Czar, and after the post, she disappears. Has anybody seen Talina? Has anybody heard from Talina's are. And after the post, she disappears. Has anybody seen Talina? Has anybody heard from Talina? There was nothing. Nothing. Some of her friends think maybe she lost the will to live. People can be consumed with grief at different times. Others aren't so sure.

I kept just kind of asking everybody. Anyone else think this is strange? Pretty quickly, the internet brings together a ragtag group of women across the country bored true crime obsessives, looking for meaning in an upside down world. You'll notice that about me. I don't lurk.

I'm out there. I'm an action kind of girl. It felt like I was living out one of my fantasy dreams of being a detective. They soon become entangled in the lives of total strangers. I lied to a lot of people, a lot. And the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.

I was like, this is crazy. I'm Melissa Jeltsin. Join me on season three, What Happened to Talina Czar? For a story that upended a community. Middle town have their skeleton. I mean, they're not without. Exposed secrets that could no longer stay hidden.

No one wanted to talk about anything. And revealed just how far some people might go to find the truth. He said, I've got my AR and if she comes outside. And I was like, you can't kill somebody. It's a story whose final chapter has yet to be written. Two trials in two different states are set to take place as the season unfolds. You're not going to solve it online. Nobody's going to find her on Facebook.

I just had to know, how did this happen? Listen to What Happened to Talina Czar on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.