Unknown Passage

November 28, 1981. British two year old Katrice Lee vanishes from an army barracks in Germany, where her father is stationed. This year marks 40 years that the little girl has been missing, and her family believe she is still out there. Katrice Lee is a white female with brown curly hair. She had a distinct condition in her left eye that would have required corrective surgery. If you know the wher...

November, 2011. American Yvonne Baldelli, 41, disappears from her new home on a remote island of Panama. Her boyfriend claims she left him for another man and moved to Costa Rica. Yvonne's family soon become suspicious of his story. What happened to Yvonne Baldelli? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣ A...

Part 3 of the Unknown Passage series on Anthony Bourdain’s life.

Part 2 of the Unknown Passage series on Anthony Bourdain’s life.

Part 1 of the Unknown Passage series on Anthony Bourdain’s life.

August, 1974. American sailors Mac and Muff Graham disappear from their ketch anchored off a deserted atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. The ketch soon appears in Hawaii, repainted and renamed, despite maritime superstition. It also has new owners. What happened to Mac and Muff Graham? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free...

August, 2017. German in Australia, Tanja Ebert, 23, vanishes after her husband claims they had an argument. The mother of two lived on a remote outback property with her family, and left without taking any of her belongings with her. Four years on and many searches later, her husband remains the prime suspect in Tanja’s disappearance. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.c...

August 10, 2000. Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones, 23, is found raped and murdered in yet room in a small guesthouse in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Police in Thailand and Wales would spend the next 20 years investigating the case before its statute of limitations ran out, and the focus would fall on the other occupants of the guesthouse. Who killed Kirsty Jones? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | h...

April, 2018. Canadian traveller, Sebastian Woodroffe, 41, kills a spiritual leader in Peru, and in retaliation is murdered by angry villagers. Sebastian’s quest for answers would ultimately lead him to the the most remote jungles of Peru, and to his death. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣ Attribution...

May, 2019. South African John Bothma, 23, vanishes from the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, while teaching in Vietnam. Almost two months later, another South African teacher in Vietnam, Mushfiq Daniels, 28, also vanishes from the same busy city streets. Both of John and Mushfiq’s mothers have travelled to Vietnam to search for their sons to no avail. Have you seen John or Mushfiq? Theme music: ⁣ Unde...

August, 1991. Care packages sent by the family of Australian expat in India Odette Houghton, 24, are returned to sender. Odette was always in contact with her family and friends at home, and suddenly disappeared a year into living in the northernmost reaches of India, near the Himalayas. 2021 will mark 30 years since the bubbly and adventurous Australian backpacker vanished in India, and since the...

August, 1991. Care packages sent by the family of Australian expat in India Odette Houghton, 24, are returned to sender. Odette was always in contact with her family and friends at home, and suddenly disappeared a year into living in the northernmost reaches of India, near the Himalayas. 2021 will mark 30 years since the bubbly and adventurous Australian backpacker vanished in India, and since the...

March, 1989. Texas student Mark Kilroy, 21, vanishes from the streets of a Mexican border city he is visiting with friends on Spring Break. An unrelated police arrest would lead to a horrifying discovery on a ranch outside of Matamoros that would horrify the world, destroy the lives of Mark’s family and drive tourists away from the northern Mexican city. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley |...

March, 1989. Texas student Mark Kilroy, 21, vanishes from the streets of a Mexican border city he is visiting with friends on Spring Break. An unrelated police arrest would lead to a horrifying discovery on a ranch outside of Matamoros that would horrify the world, destroy the lives of Mark’s family and drive tourists away from the northern Mexican city. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley |...

September 24, 2002. Australian Dianne Brimble, 42, is found dead in a stranger’s room on board a cruise ship in the South Pacific. It wouldn’t be long before it became one of the biggest news stories in Australia, and eight men would become suspects in Dianne’s death. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣...

June, 1982. Welsh nanny working in Canada Christine Prince, 25, vanishes while walking home after a night out. Christine’s drowned body would be found. Almost 40 years on, the mystery of what happened to Christine would become entwined with other unsolved murders of women in the busy Canadian city. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by ht...

December, 2018. Turkish-born Canadian professor Ramazan Gençay, 57, disappears from a bar in the notorious Colombian city of Medellin. Weeks later, his body is found in a remote area outside the city. What happened to Ramo? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)⁣ h...

August, 1934. The body of an unidentified young woman is found off the side of a rural road in Australia, beaten, shot and set alight. She is wearing bohemian pyjamas, so the press nickname her “Pyjama Girl”. It would take 10 years for the identity of “Pyjama Girl” to be discovered. But many believe that this identification was an error and that she is still a Jane Doe. Who is “Pyjama Girl”? Theme...

On this bonus episode, guest Laura and I discuss some psychological disorders named after cities and why they are. Listen to Laura’s podcast The Serial Monogamist on major podcast platforms. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)⁣ https://creativecommons.org/licens...

Talking about British-born mother Caroline Crouch, 20, whose husband has now confessed that he was the one to kill her and the family dog in Greece. Rest easy, Caroline. Some further notes: Babis blamed Albanians only adding to further division. Caroline was 16 and Babis almost 30 when they got together, and 17 when she got married. She dropped out of university at his request and he moved her awa...

May, 1979. British nurse Helen Smith, 23, is found dead after a party at a colleagues home in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The notoriously strict kingdom sentences other guests for breaking Islamic law, and mark Helen’s death as an accident, but Helen’s father doesn’t accept the official narrative. Ron Smith would wage a decades-long fight in both Britain and Saudi Arabia to find the truth ab...

Mary Gregory. Hugh Nolan. Kieran Burke. Michal Krowczynski. David O’Sullivan. Five international tourists that disappeared of the nearly 80 million that visit the United States each year. Each received little media coverage and the details of their disappearances are scarce. Let’s take a look at these Irish, Polish and Canadian tourists missing in the USA. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley...

December, 2016. Japanese student, Narumi Kurosaki, 21, vanishes from her halls of residence in a small city in France, where she is studying. What happened to Narumi? Is her new boyfriend responsible for her disappearance? Her ex boyfriend in Japan? Or someone else? And did Narumi leave of her own accord, or did someone do something to Narumi? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://sou...

July 26, 2019. American tourists Finnegan Elder, 19, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 18, commit a murder while staying in the Italian capital, Rome. The killing shook the ancient city, and followers of the case were torn on what the punishment should be and what the truth was. This month, the young men returned to court for sentencing. This is the story of Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth. Them...

July 26, 2019. American tourists Finnegan Elder, 19, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 18, commit a murder while staying in the Italian capital, Rome. The killing shook the ancient city, and followers of the case were torn on what the punishment should be and what the truth was. This month, the young men returned to court for sentencing. This is the story of Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth. Them...