“Missing Presumed Dead” tells the fascinating and shocking stories of real disappearances—how the victims survived their experiences and were found or rescued. Each episode focuses on one unbelievable true crime story told through a combination of stylized, cinematically shot interviews with the missing person, their family and friends, and experts in abduction, surviving hostile environments and hostage negotiation, along with archive footage of news reports documenting the disappearance, home videos and photos, and stock footage recreating key moments. Each episode’s story plays out chronologically, as we hear two versions of events being described from the POV of the missing person as well as family, friends and experts.
