Unknown Passage -A True Crime Travel Podcast

Unknown Passage Podcast

Welcome to Unknown Passage, a podcast telling the stories of those who have gone missing or have been murdered while travelling abroad.

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S1 · E245
Wednesday · 35 sec
Episode 245 [Part 1 & 2] Sharmini Anandavel - Sri Lankan Teenager Murdered In Canada In 1999
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇨🇦 June, 1999. 15 year old Sri Lankan living in Canada, Sharmini Anandavel left her family’s apartment in the northern suburbs of Toronto, for the first day of a new job just blocks away. She was excited to make some money for herself, but she never returned home. It soon became apparent the job Sharmini was offered was a fabrication. 27 years on the identity of who murdered Sharmini Anandavel remains unknown.
September 16 · 35 sec
#25 Rabbit Holes: The Unsolved Double Murder of Rose Burkert & Roger Atkison (USA)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie The Unsolved Murders of Julia Wallace & Ann Heron Entombed - The Caving Deaths of Floyd Collins & John Jones The Patanela The Mysterious Death of Judy Smith Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
S1 · E244
September 12 · 35 sec
Episode 244: Ophélie Bretnacher - French Student’s Death In Hungary In 2008
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇭🇺 December, 2008. French exchange Ophélie Bretnacher, 22, is at the tail end of her semester abroad in Budapest, Hungary. She leaves a holiday party at a popular bar, intending to walk home across the iconic Chain Bridge. But Ophélie never arrives home. Half an hour after she is last seen, her bag is found by passers by at the foot of one of the bridge's pillars. Almost 18 years later, her family is still asking - what happened to Ophélie?
S1 · E243
September 1 · 35 sec
Episode 243: The Murders of Ben and Catherine Mullany on Antigua in 2008
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇦🇬 July, 2008. Welsh newlyweds Ben and Catherine Mullany jet off for their two week honeymoon on the idyllic Caribbean island of Antigua. Their vacation is perfect, but on the final night they are both murdered in cold blood. The case of the newly married couple caused a diplomatic rift between the UK and Antigua, who were concerned that an unsolved case could pose a threat to the island's "very survival", as tourism is its backbone.
S1 · E224
August 15 · 35 sec
Episode 242 [Part 1 & 2]: Who Was Jennifer Fairgate / Fergate?
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇳🇴 May 31, 1995. A chic young woman checks into a high-end luxury hotel in the heart of the Norwegian capital, Oslo. She is foreign and alone, and her movements over the following few days remain a mystery. On June 3, she is found dead in her room. The ensuing investigation reveals that her entire life - including the name she provided - was a carefully constructed lie. More than 30 years later, the identity of Jennifer Fairgate, and what happened to her, remain a mystery.
August 9 · 35 sec
#24 Rabbit Holes: The Strange Case of Judy Smith (USA)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie The Unsolved Murders of Julia Wallace & Ann Heron Entombed - The Caving Deaths of Floyd Collins & John Jones The Patanela Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
S1 · E241
August 3 · 35 sec
Episode 241: Jie Zhao Li - Chinese Child Missing In Hawaii Since 1988
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇺🇸 February, 1988. Chinese-born 12 year old Jie Zhao Li vanishes while selling fundraising tickets near her home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jie and her family had only arrived on the island the year before, hoping for a better life. Despite extensive searches that spanned years, Jie has never been found, and what became of the little girl continues to be a mystery.
S1 · E240
July 24 · 35 sec
Episode 240: Jeffrey Hodgson - British Tourist’s Mysterious Death In Spain In 2001
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇪🇸 July, 2001. English tourist Jeffrey Hodgson, 38, arrives on the Spanish island of Ibiza with his parents for a summer holiday. Before the first day of their vacation was over, Jeffrey had vanished. The developmentally delayed man had 24/7 support requirements but he wasn’t seen again, until 15 months after his disappearance. 25 years later , the mystery of what happened to Jeff endures.
S1 · E239
July 15 · 35 sec
Episode 239: Maarten Dickhoff - Dutchman Missing In Belgium Since 2024
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇧🇪 January, 2024. On a damp winter day, Dutch man Maarten Dickhoff, 44, makes the almost three hour drive from his home in the Netherlands for a brief break on Belgium’s coast. Over the next 24 hours, he would make numerous trips back and forth across the same border, before finally leaving his car at a market town on the Belgian side and disappearing. Maarten has not been seen again and his tight-knit family have spent the last two and a half years searching for him.
July 6 · 35 sec
#23 Rabbit Holes: The Mystery Of The Patanela (Australia)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie The Unsolved Murders of Julia Wallace & Ann Heron Entombed - The Caving Deaths of Floyd Collins & John Jones Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
S1 · E238
June 21 · 35 sec
Episode 238 [Part 1&2]: Murder In Botswana - The Case of Mariette Bosch
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇧🇼 June, 1996. South African expat living in Botswana, Ria Wolmarans, is gunned down in her home in a safe neighbourhood of the African nation’s capital. Initially investigated as a botched robbery, attention soon turned to Ria’s best friend, fellow South African Mariette Bosch. Could someone kill the person who was a shoulder to cry on through the loss of their husband? And why? This is the history-making tale of Mariette Bosch.
S1 · E237
June 12 · 35 sec
Episode 237: Silja Trindler - Swiss Tourist Murdered In France In 2000
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇫🇷 August, 2000. 18 year old Swiss woman, Silja Trindler, is at the tail end of a summer beach camping vacation in southwestern France. The holiday had been marked by melancholy on Silja’s behalf, something that was also an issue at home. After increasingly paranoid behaviour, Silja stormed off and didn’t return to the campsite. Her body was found the following day, 2km from the site and partially hidden in the sand dunes that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the region’s lake. Silja had been murdered. Over 25 years on, the murder of Silja Trindler remains unsolved.
S1 · E236
June 3 · 35 sec
Episode 236: 225 Days: The Story of Eduardo and Jayne Valseca
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇲🇽 June, 2007. Eduardo and Jayne Valseca are living an idyllic life with their children on a sprawling ranch in Mexico’s central highlands. One morning, Mexican-born Eduardo is abducted by a heavily armed gang, who ask for $8 million dollars for his return. American Jayne is left alone in a strange land, negotiating for her husband’s life. This situation would break most people. But Jayne is no ordinary woman: This is a twisting tale that will leave you asking - how far would you go for love?
May 22 · 35 sec
#22 Rabbit Holes: Entombed - The Caving Deaths of Floyd Collins & John Jones (USA)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases and topics covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie The Unsolved Murders of Julia Wallace & Ann Heron Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
S1 · E235
May 10 · 35 sec
Episode 235 [Part 1 of 2]: Noelene & Yvana Bischoff & Food Poisoning Deaths Abroad
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇮🇩 January, 2014. Australian mother and daughter Noelene and Yvana Bischoff are enjoying a highly-anticipated summer holiday to Bali. For days, they take in some of the Indonesian island’s most beautiful and cultural sights. On the night of January 3 they eat dinner in their restaurant hotel. Within hours both the devoted single mother and her teenage daughter are dead. What caused their deaths was referred to by the coroner as “one in a million”.
S1 · E234
April 23 · 35 sec
Episode 234 [Part 1 & 2]: The Mysterious 1995 Death of Caroline Byrne - Sydney, Australia
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised. _______________ 🇦🇺 June 7, 1995. Sydney, Australia. Australian model and deportment coach Caroline Byrne, 24, leaps to her death at the city’s most notorious lookout point, leaving her family and friends devastated but confused. Caroline’s live-in boyfriend, English-born Gordon Wood, insists she was depressed. But his ever-evolving versions of events - and their connections to well known Sydney social personalities - put this case in the media. For over 30 years, the case of what truly happened to Caroline Byrne has remained undetermined, with twists and turns throughout. Gordon Wood maintains he is an innocent man, Caroline’s family and friends maintain he threw her to her death. This week on Unknown Passage, we go deep into the unsolved case of Caroline Byrne, where every detail, every statement and every minute matter.
April 15 · 35 sec
#21 Rabbit Holes [Part 2 of 2]: “Did The Husband Do It?” - The Murder of Ann Heron (UK)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
April 9 · 35 sec
#21 Rabbit Holes [Part 1 of 2]: “Did The Husband Do It?” - The Murder of Julia Wallace (UK)
🕳️ ‘Rabbit Holes’ - a monthly side series of Unknown Passage. Join the Patreon from $1 a month for access to main episodes as well as Rabbit Holes instalments. https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Cases covered so far on this varied side series… The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell Hill The Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed Objects The Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker Murders Karen Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna Adelson The Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martinez The Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell The Disappearance of Lenny Dirickson The Disappearance of Larry Griffin The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie Plus many more to come! Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previous podcast website (before I went private only Patreon) are unauthorised.
S1 · E233
March 12 · 35 sec
Episode 233 [Part 1-3]: Suzanne Jovin - The Yale Murder
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation, including the previously owned podcast website are unauthorised. _______________ 🇺🇸 December, 1998. Four days before her senior essay is due, Yale student Suzanne Jovin, 21, is found brutally murdered near the prestigious university campus. The bright and idealistic student’s last known movements could be key to solving this still-unsolved murder. But many mysteries remain. This week on Unknown Passage we take an in-depth look at the Yale murder cold case of Suzanne Jovin.
S1 · E232
March 5 · 35 sec
Episode 232: Francesca Matus & Drew DeVoursney - American & Canadian Murdered In Belize In 2017
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. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast Unknown Passage is only available via Patreon and official podcast platforms. Any websites claiming affiliation are unauthorised. _______________ 🇧🇿 April, 2017. Canadian property manager and seasonal expat in Belize, Francesca Matus, is found murdered in a sugar cane field, alongside her American lover, Drew DeVoursney. The ensuing investigation into the double murder is restricted by a local lack of resources and potential corruption. Almost nine years on, the murders of these two foreigners in one of Belize’s most serene locations remains unsolved.

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