When 58-year-old Roger “Fred” Farmer told his family he was heading out for a hunting trip in late 2019, no one questioned it—he was an outdoorsman, a routine guy.

But weeks passed with only a few strange text messages from Fred, and his loved ones began to sense that something wasn’t right. He wasn’t returning calls. He missed the holidays. And those texts? They didn’t sound like him at all.

As Fred’s family pushed for answers, investigators began peeling back layers of a story that didn’t add up. From a suspicious shift in spending to surveillance footage that raised more questions than answers, each new detail led them deeper into a case that had started as a missing person—and felt like anything but.

In this episode of Crime Clueless, we unpack the slow unraveling of a mystery that would test family bonds, challenge detectives, and hinge on a discovery no one could have seen coming.

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If you havent yet, listen to part 1 first, then join us here for part 2 of 2.

A man crosses borders in fear.
Changes plans without warning.
Trusts no one.
And leaves behind a trail that still doesn’t make sense nearly thirty years later.

In Part Two of the Blair Adams case, we step into the questions that investigators have been trying to answer since 1996.
What do the forensic details actually tell us?
What theories have survived decades of scrutiny?
And is this a case of someone running from a real threat… or running from something no one else could see?

Because sometimes the most chilling mysteries aren’t just about who committed the crime —
They’re about what led someone directly into danger.

If you haven’t listened to Part One, go back and start there — this case unfolds in layers, and every detail matters.

And if you know anything about the death of Blair Adams — no matter how small it may seem — please contact:

Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit

• 865-215-2243
• coldcase@knoxsheriff.org

Because even decades later, someone may still be holding the piece that finally explains what happened.

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Blair Adams was a 31-year-old construction foreman from British Columbia. By all accounts, he was responsible, hardworking, and grounded. Until suddenly… he wasn’t.

In the summer of 1996, Blair began telling friends and family that someone was trying to kill him. He withdrew his savings. He emptied his safe deposit box. He packed cash, gold, and jewelry into a fanny pack. And then he ran — across borders, across time zones, across an entire continent — as if outrunning an invisible threat.

Days later, Blair has traveled over 2800 miles from homes, on a panicked journey, as far away, as he could get.

Was Blair truly being followed?
Did paranoia send him into the path of real danger?
Or did someone following him, catch up to him?

In this episode, we trace Blair’s frantic journey from Vancouver, Canada to Knoxville, Tennessee. We examine the timeline, evidence, unravel the strange behavior captured on surveillance footage, and explore the theories that have kept investigators — and armchair detectives — baffled for nearly three decades.

Because one question still remains:

Who was Blair Adams running from?

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