Hell and Gone: Mary "Bobo" Shinn

This episode of *Hell and Gone* investigates the 1978 disappearance of Mary "Bobo" Shin, a 25-year-old art instructor and real estate flipper from Magnolia, Arkansas. On July 20, 1978, Bobo was preparing to sell a renovated house she had purchased on East McNeil Street. After placing a classified ad, she received a call from a man claiming to want to swap his land on Highway 132 for her house. She agreed to pick him up at the Easy Mart across from the Pontiac dealership, where he said his car was being repaired. Bobo was last seen alive around 11:30 a.m., and her car was later found abandoned at Smitty’s Grocery with signs of off-road use, damage to the fender, and personal items inside—including her keys, purse, and a novel. Her address book, however, was missing. Despite a massive search involving local, state, and federal authorities, no body was ever found, and the case remains unsolved. The episode debunks long-standing myths—such as Bobo being a licensed real estate agent—and highlights inconsistencies in witness accounts, timeline discrepancies, and the possibility that the suspect may have been someone Bobo knew or had met before. The investigation has been ongoing for decades, with renewed interest from Sheriff Mike Lowe and the Shins’ private investigator, William Deere.