Unknown Passage

January, 1994. Italian backpacker Ylenia Carrisi, arrives into the American city of New Orleans. Within a week, Ylenia had vanished. Ylenia’s disappearance remains a mystery today. What happened to the young Italian writer who loved travelling and people? And is a compelling sighting enough to close the case? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music pro...

April, 2015. Irish nurse living in Glasgow, Karen Buckley, 24, disappears from the streets of the Scottish city after a night out with friends. Quick action and intense police work would mean Karen would be quickly located. Unfortunately, she had been murdered by a repeat offender that should not have been free on the streets of Glasgow. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundclou...

December, 2004. American Annette Mizener, 37, departs on a week-long Carnival cruise from Los Angeles to Mexico. Annette had won her place on the cruise in a competition, and felt that her recent bad times were improving. 30 miles off the coast of Mexico on the last night of the cruise, Annette vanished from the ship. What happened to Annette Mizener? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | htt...

June, 2017. Australian prisoner in Bali’s notorious Kerobokan Prison, Shaun Davidson, escapes the jail with three other inmates. Shaun would go on to taunt the authorities via Facebook, claiming to be in one country after another. Then Shaun went quiet. Where is Shaun Davidson? Let’s take a look at Shaun’s story and some other famous prison escapee letter writers. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott...

December 2, 2018. British backpacker Grace Millane, disappears on her 22nd birthday from the heart of New Zealand’s busiest city, Auckland. The police would quickly piece together what happened to Grace and who was responsible. Grace Millane’s murder made headlines across the world, and her death left a huge hole in a close family. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/...

June 2, 2011. 13 year old Thai teenager living in Melbourne, Bung Siriboon, vanishes while on her short suburban walk to school. Over 10 years on, Bung is still missing. A $1 million reward is on offer for information leading to the person that abducted Bung. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Bung Siriboon from Boronia, please contact Crime Stoppers Australia on 1800 333 0...

John Martin Scripps, commonly referred to as “The Tourist From Hell”, was an English spree killer with three confirmed victims across South East Asia in the 1995. Scripps could be responsible for many more murders across the world. This week on Unknown Passage, we look at the criminal career of a tourist killer few have heard of. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/sc...

May, 2018. South African Carla Van Eeden, 25, is found dead in her hotel room in a five star resort in the Bahamas. Carla’s death is quickly marked a suicide, but as the investigation unfolds, doubt is shed on this narrative. Was Carla murdered? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣ Attribution 4.0 Intern...

July, 2016. British journalist Max Spiers, 39, becomes ill and dies while staying with a friend in Warsaw, Poland. Max’s obsession with conspiracy theories has given way to endless conspiracy theories of their own in relation to his death. Was Max’s death due to natural causes? Or were sinister forces trying to silence Max for good? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com...

August, 2004. American tourist Merrian Carver, 40, disappears from a cruise ship bound for Canada. The cruise liner does not report her disappearance within days of setting sail from Seattle, and her family are blocked from getting answers at every turn. Did Merrian take the cruise to take her own life? Did she accidentally fall overboard? Or is something more sinister at play? Theme music: ⁣ Unde...

September, 1988. British wildlife photographer Julie Ward, 28, is brutally murdered on a popular Kenyan game reserve. 33 years on and despite decades of investigation by her father, the murder of Julie Ward remains unsolved. Was Julie’s murdered covered up by the highest people in power? Or were the right people put on trial and acquitted? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcl...

Gary Burns, missing from Turkey. Edward Cook and Kevin Ainley, missing from Spain. These are the stories of three men from Liverpool and surrounds who are missing abroad. Their families want and deserve answers. Do you have them? 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...

There are 2600 long-term missing people in Australia. Some of them are from foreign countries. These are the stories of two missing men last seen in Australia. 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/licenses/by/4.0/

October 23, 2019. The dead bodies of 39 Vietnamese immigrants are found in a lorry that arrives into Essex, England, from Europe. The deaths are soon tied to a sophisticated people smuggling enterprise who had completed the trip before. In January this year, the masterminds of this mass tragedy met their fate. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Music pr...

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...