Ryan Haas
Ryan Haas

Ryan Haas

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Ryan Haas has been with Oregon Public Broadcasting since 2013. His work has won numerous awards, including two National Magazine Award nominations for the podcast "Bundyville." Prior to working at OPB, Haas worked at newspapers in Illinois, Florida, Oregon and the Caribbean.

Latest Stories

‘Hush’ Episode 4: Boogeyman

The Hush team looks at the ways police focused on two men in Sarah Zuber's life and how a true crime trope took police down the wrong path.


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‘Hush’ Episode 3: We all fam

As the investigation into Sarah Zuber's death stagnated, community members started to take interest in what went wrong. The involvement from a Facebook group would soon change Columbia County.


‘Hush’ Episode 2: Don’t speak ill of the dead

The tragic death of 18-year-old Sarah Zuber offers a chance to examine the cultural obsession with true crime media. Understanding the tropes of that genre may offer new insight into what happened.


‘The Evergreen’: What happened to Sarah Zuber?

In 2019, 18-year-old Sarah Zuber died 400 feet from her front door in rural Columbia County. To this day, no one — not the police, citizen sleuths, or the local media — has been able to figure out what happened to her.



‘Hush’ Episode 1: The last to see her alive

In March 2019, in the wooded hills above the rural river town of Rainier, Oregon, 18-year-old Sarah Zuber was found dead 400 feet from her front door. Six years later, her family still has no clue what happened to their daughter.



A green and black background with a partial image of Sarah Zuber's face behind the word "Hush" and "Season 2."

‘Hush’: Season 2 trailer

Season two of "Hush" covers the case of Sarah Zuber, who died 400 feet from her front door in 2019. Despite living in a small community, police have been unable to figure out what happened to her.



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