# Part 1 | Yuba County Five: Why Did They Abandon a Working Car?

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Podcast: [The FOX True Crime Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-true-crime-podcast-6059215)
Published: 2026-07-07T09:00:00+00:00
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What drove five dependable friends into a freezing forest? In 1978, the "Yuba County Five" vanished after a basketball game, abandoning their working car 75 miles off course in the remote Sierra Nevada mountains. Nearly five decades later, it remains one of America’s most chilling unsolved mysteries. Archival expert and author of Things Aren't Right, Tony Wright investigates who these men were, the harsh conditions they faced, and why their final steps completely defied logic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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