Unknown Passage

All episodes from 169 onwards are Patreon-only. I explain this on my last public episode. I will continue to update this feed and the website so that people know the Patreon is active. Episodes are uploaded into Patreon. Find all episodes 169 and beyond in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast People must join with their real name and relevant email.

Thank you for the listeners who listened for 3 years on public forums. It’s been wonderful to get to know you. The email will be shut down. See you on the Patreon, or not. Real names must be provided on the Patreon as has been the case since its inception. Screen names will blocked. The existing episodes will remain free to access. Again, thank you and all the best.

March, 1998. Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça, 11, vanishes from outside his home in northern Portugal. A decades-long investigation ensued which shone a spotlight on the darkest elements of humanity. Even after subsequent trials related to the boy and his last known movements were held, 25 years on, the fate of Rui Pedro remains unknown. Join the Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassa...

March, 1998. Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça, 11, vanishes from outside his home in northern Portugal. A decades-long investigation ensued which shone a spotlight on the darkest elements of humanity. Even after subsequent trials related to the boy and his last known movements were held, 25 years on, the fate of Rui Pedro remains unknown. Join the Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassa...

In lieu of a proper episode this week, I’m counting down my top 10 favourite European destinations for you as many of you are heading away for a European summer. Granted, there’s a whole lot left that I want to discover. Enjoy. Join the Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Visit the website: https://www.unknownpassagepodcast.com

December, 1992. Tongan-Australian Amelia Hausia, 18, vanishes in the nation’s capital of Canberra. Amelia has just graduated high school, and fought with her boyfriend the night before. 30 years on, there have been no sightings of Amelia since she left her home that morning, despite a number of early leads. If you have information on the disappearance of Amelia Hausia in Canberra in 1992, please c...

December 11, 2022. Aviemore, The Scottish Highlands. Argentinian Rodrigo Falcon disappears in the early hours of the morning, after leaving a nightclub in the village. The last confirmed CCTV footage of Rodrigo shows him walking in the opposite direction to home. For over five months, Rod’s family and friends have searched in vain for him, to no avail. If you have information on the disappearance...

Handcuff King. Showman. Escape artist. Magician. Movie maker. Provocateur. Author. Prison breaker. In his 52 years, Hungarian Harry Houdini was known as a lot of things. Today, he is renowned as one of the greatest performers who ever lived whose acts experts still struggle to replicate. But it’s the story behind the man himself, and his untimely death, that is the most interesting. This is the st...

October, 1983. Chetwynd, British Columbia. German tourists hitchhiking around Western Canada, Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke, accept a lift with someone who would go on to murder them on a lonely trail in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Almost 40 years and three trials later, the double murder remains unsolved. Anyone with information on the murders of Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke are...

Not sure what happened. It does ease up after a short amount of time, and only happens in some parts. Edit: I believe it’s my podcasting software as I’ve noticed it on other podcasts and it’s not in my files. One part repeats too. Have raised an IT ticket. Poll is also not showing despite being loaded and all previous polls. same issue as Spotify now runs my podcasting software…have advised them

August, 1993. Siberia, Russia. A group of seven Kazakh hikers, headed up by an expert leader, set off to climb the peaks of the Khamar Daban mountain range. Over a week later, one is found barely clinging to life, and the story she tells is a perplexing one full of horror. The mystery of what happened to the hikers on Khamar Daban still endures today. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | htt...

August, 1993. Siberia, Russia. A group of seven Kazakh hikers, headed up by an expert leader, set off to climb the peaks of the Khamar Daban mountain range. Over a week later, one is found barely clinging to life, and the story she tells is a perplexing one full of horror. The mystery of what happened to the hikers on Khamar Daban still endures today. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | htt...

Fariba Amani, a Canadian missing from a cruise of the Bahamas. Sylvester Butler Jr, an American missing from a South Pacific cruise. Kaylyn Sommer, an American missing from a music festival cruise to Mexico. John Halford, an Englishman missing from an Egyptian cruise. Four cruise ship passengers, all with unique experiences, and all missing while cruising in diverse parts of the world. This week o...

September, 2011. Singaporean-Chinese medical student Kouk Leong Jin, vanishes in the Greek capital of Athens while visiting for a conference. He left his hotel and hasn’t been seen since, and not a trace of what happened to Leong Jin has been uncovered in over a decade. Today, we will look at the disappearance of this promising young medical student, and what could have happened to him. Theme musi...

1965, Uruguay. An expert team of Mossad agents is dispatched to execute the man known during the Holocaust as “The Hangman of Riga”, Herbert Cukurs. Survivors of Latvia’s Nazi occupation attested to Cukurs brutality during the war, and his part in the murder of tens of thousands, but for twenty years, he remained a fugitive from justice in South America. Did the Mossad complete their mission? Them...

1965, Uruguay. An expert team of Mossad agents is dispatched to execute the man known during the Holocaust as “The Hangman of Riga”, Herbert Cukurs. Survivors of Latvia’s Nazi occupation attested to Cukurs brutality during the war, and his part in the murder of tens of thousands, but for twenty years, he remained a fugitive from justice in South America. Did the Mossad complete their mission? Them...

February, 1995. The 27 year old lyricist and guitarist of British alternative band The Manic Street Preachers, Richey Edwards, disappears on the eve of a major promotional tour of the United States. Richey’s final journey took him from London to his home town in Wales, and back into England near the border. The trail then goes cold. 28 years on, the mystery of what happened to Richey Edwards has e...

February, 1995. The 27 year old lyricist and guitarist of British alternative band The Manic Street Preachers, Richey Edwards, disappears on the eve of a major promotional tour of the United States. Richey’s final journey took him from London to his home town in Wales, and back into England near the border. The trail then goes cold. 28 years on, the mystery of what happened to Richey Edwards has e...

March, 1999. The tranquility of a gorilla trekking camp deep in the Ugandan Impenetrable Forest is shattered by a blitz attack that leaves many dead and dozens of tourists missing. 24 years on, there is still no justice for the victims of the Bwindi Massacre or their families, and many of its perpertrators escaped justice. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuck...

March, 1999. The tranquility of a gorilla trekking camp deep in the Ugandan Impenetrable Forest is shattered by a blitz attack that leaves many dead and dozens of tourists missing. 24 years on, there is still no justice for the victims of the Bwindi Massacre or their families, and many of its perpertrators escaped justice. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuck...

March 31st, 2002. Australian Janelle Patton, 29, is found brutally murdered off a picturesque road on the remote territory of Norfolk Island. The young woman had moved to the island for a fresh start, and build a life for herself that was soon cut short. The subsequent police investigation would soon uncover a complex web of relationships and an island full of suspects, and despite a conviction in...

March 31st, 2002. Australian Janelle Patton, 29, is found brutally murdered off a picturesque road on the remote territory of Norfolk Island. The young woman had moved to the island for a fresh start, and build a life for herself that was soon cut short. The subsequent police investigation would soon uncover a complex web of relationships and an island full of suspects, and despite a conviction in...

The Beautiful Beast. The Blond Angel of Hell. The Hyena of Auschwitz. The Bitch of Belsen. These are just a few of the nicknames given by concentration camp prisoners to Irma Grese, one of the most reviled figures in Holocaust history. By her early 20s, Grese was one of the most feared female Nazis, inflicting horror on her subjects in camps across Germany and Poland, including at the notorious Au...

The Beautiful Beast. The Blond Angel of Hell. The Hyena of Auschwitz. The Bitch of Belsen. These are just a few of the nicknames given by concentration camp prisoners to Irma Grese, one of the most reviled figures in Holocaust history. By her early 20s, Grese was one of the most feared female Nazis, inflicting horror on her subjects in camps across Germany and Poland, including at the notorious Au...

July, 2019. A young couple travelling through one of Canada’s most picturesque regions are found murdered on a deserted roadside. Days later, another murder victim is discovered 400km away. Police are reticent to link the crimes, but it soon becomes clear that a spree killer, or killers, may be on the run. A weeks-long manhunt ensues, that culminates with an ending that only raises more questions...