ELI5: Can someone explain to me what missing 411 is? Submitted by Sansexeee t3_zzz7ft on December 31, 2022 at 5:34 PM in explainlikeimfive [removed] 8 comments 0
shouldco t1_j2ehapp wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:43 PM #1,235,619 It looks like a series of self published books by the author David Paulides who also writes about Bigfoot. From what I can tell they are overblown stories of missing persons to make them sound more mysterious. 5
SurviveYourAdults t1_j2eihsi wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:51 PM #1,236,021 it's a Youtube channel and he has made a few movies and books using "Missing 411" as a series title. 1
LorenzoStomp t1_j2f2jby wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:08 PM #1,243,013 Replying to [deleted] (#1,235,748) This is it. Last century we would call 411 to find out if a store was nearby/open or get someone's home phone number. It was common slang to say, "Give me the 411" or "Here's the 411" when discussing a topic. 3
shouldco t1_j2ehapp wrote
It looks like a series of self published books by the author David Paulides who also writes about Bigfoot.
From what I can tell they are overblown stories of missing persons to make them sound more mysterious.