Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (26)
Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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A gripping series delving into the unsolved cold cases of Hall County, Ga. Season two focuses on the case of Holly Fox Strickland, a young mother living in Oakwood who disappeared from her home on Feb. 3, 2014. Five days later, her body was found in her backyard. Her assailant has yet to be apprehended, leaving her family and the community searching for justice and closure. Catch up on Season 1: The debut season shines a spotlight on the tragic and mysterious case of Elaine Nix, an 18-year-old whose life was cut short almost 25 years ago. On Sept. 29, 1999, Elaine Nix's body was discovered in a wooded area near a Buford industrial park, nine days after she was last seen using a payphone off Candler Road. Despite extensive investigations, her killer remains at large, leaving her family and the community yearning for answers.

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S2E8 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 8: So Many Questions

Oct 10, 2025 36m

Holly’s case has switched hands between at least five investigators since her death in 2014. Lacking confidence that the case will be solved, her family has sought help through the Coleman-Baker Act…

S2E7 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 7: Whose DNA Is It?

Oct 03, 2025 25m

A pen found near Holly Strickland’s body and her necklace were submitted for DNA testing. After private investigators Jon and Alex Dalman got the results back, they believe it could give law…

S2E6 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 6: The Pen That Could Crack the Case

Sep 26, 2025 47m

Alex and Jon Dalman’s line of work focuses on finding people who don’t want to be found. Years after Holly’s death, the pair took on her case and talked to people who had never shared their…

S2E5 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 5: In the Line of Fire

Sep 19, 2025 41m

Days went by without anyone finding Holly Strickland. Her body was left open to the elements, making the investigation more difficult. Returning to Taken Too Soon for the second time, University of…

S2E4 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 4: Fresh Eyes on the Case

Sep 12, 2025 42m

The third investigator on Holly’s case, Ashley Gilleland, still thinks Holly’s homicide is solvable. To Holly’s family, Gilleland was the closest to getting justice. The Taken Too Soon team sits down…

S2E3 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 3: Idle Hands

Sep 05, 2025 31m

Sixty miles away from Oakwood, Ga., all Wilma Patterson could do was worry after the disappearance of her daughter, Holly Fox Strickland, in 2014. Her maternal intuition told her that Holly had to be…

S2E2 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 2: 'An Ever-Growing Distance Between Us'

Aug 29, 2025 44m

At 11 years old, Logan Fox had to grow up fast after his mother, Holly Strickland, died in February 2014. Unfortunately, losing Holly meant he would also lose contact with his sister, McKenna.  Logan…

S2E1 Holly Fox Strickland - Episode 1: In Your Own Backyard

Aug 22, 2025 31m

Holly Fox Strickland was found dead in her own backyard five days after she was last reported being seen. In the season premiere, the Taken Too Soon team gives an overview of Holly’s case and the…

S2 Trailer Season 2: The Holly Fox Strickland Story

Aug 14, 2025 1m Trailer

The Times presents the second season of "Taken Too Soon," a gripping podcast series delving into the unsolved cold cases of Hall County.Season two focuses on the tragic and mysterious case of Holly…

S1E8 Elaine Nix - Episode 8: Inherited Heartache

Oct 11, 2024 32m

Roughly 40 people gathered on Sunday, Sept. 29, at Memorial Park Cemetery to honor Elaine Nix, who was found dead 25 years ago in Buford. Jennifer Boyd, Elaine’s best friend, led family and friends…

S1E7 Elaine Nix - Episode 7: 'Please Forgive Me'

Oct 10, 2024 25m

More than seven years after Elaine was found dead, Jennifer Boyd received a mailed confession to the crime. Authorities dug into the letter as part of one of the weirder twists in Elaine’s case in…

S1E6 Elaine Nix - Episode 6: Westbound and Down

Sep 26, 2024 29m

Elements of the case have made friends and family suspicious of law enforcement since Elaine’s body was found over the line into Gwinnett County. With Zack’s Food Rack being a respite for truckers,…

S1E5 Elaine Nix - Episode 5: Cutlass on the Loose

Sep 20, 2024 30m

A witness told law enforcement about seeing an older model Cutlass with three men at Zack’s Food Rack around the time of Elaine’s disappearance. Nearly 25 years since that be-on-the-lookout post was…

S1E4 Elaine Nix - Episode 4: Undetermined

Sep 13, 2024 38m

The payphone that brought Elaine Nix to Zack's Food Rack is gone, but little else has changed at the Gainesville pit stop. The Taken Too Soon team travels through Elaine's last known whereabouts as…

S1E3 Elaine Nix - Episode 3: A Pager, A Payphone and Panic

Sep 06, 2024 49m

Elaine Nix wanted to rededicate her life to her faith after a sermon about forgiveness. But on Sept. 20, 1999, she went to a payphone to talk to her boyfriend and never came back. Retired…

S1E2 Elaine Nix - Episode 2: But Then There Was Billy

Aug 30, 2024 54m

Karaoke and cruising were the ways Elaine and her friends hung out in the pre-cellphone days. Four of her closest friends detailed how the 5-foot blonde teenager could hold her own, though she fell…

S1E1 Elaine Nix - Episode 1: ‘She Was a Pistol’

Aug 23, 2024 33m

Elaine Nix, 18, went to a payphone Sept. 20, 1999, at Zack’s Food Rack in Gainesville, Ga. to talk with her boyfriend. Nine days later, her body was found next to an industrial park in Gwinnett…

S1 Trailer Season 1: The Elaine Nix Story

Aug 09, 2024 0m Trailer

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