On the night of July 11, 2005, Anneke van der Stap’s father was expecting his daughter home after she was visiting her friend across the country. But she never arrived. Phone records showed she made it to her home city of Den Hague… and then disappeared. The case went cold until one Ronald Pieper was arrested for another murder, and everything was blown wide open. But was justice served? 

Here’s the transcription and notes for the episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/anneke-van-der-stap.

On January 9, 1994, Christel Ambrosius was found murdered in her grandmother’s house. Afterward, four young men were arrested and two confessed and were convicted of the crime. The only problem… the DNA found at the crime scene matched none of them. In today’s episode, we go through what is known as the worst miscarriage of justice in the history of The Netherlands. 

Here is the transcription and notes for the episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/the-putten-murder.

Emily is taking us back in time this week to 1957 where a pretty badass prostitute (The Blonde Dolly AKA Suze Niemans AKA Inge AKA Sebilla van den Bergh) was kicking ass and taking names until she was found murdered in her apartment in Den Hague. The case was never solved, but her story needs to be told. 

Here are the notes and transcription for this episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/the-blonde-dolly.

Martina O’Brien and Arnold Viguurs were supposedly a happy couple living in Den Bosch. They were preparing for retirement, selling their house, and about to move to Ireland near Tina’s children and grandchildren. Their plane tickets were booked for November 9, 2015. But instead of a flight, an emergency call came that day instead. 

Here are the notes and transcription for this episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/martina-obrien.

In June of 2017, 14-year-old Savannah Dekker went missing in The Netherlands. When the body of a young girl was found a few kilometres away the next day, everyone held their breath. But it was not Savannah - it was 14-year-old Romy Nieuwburg. What was happening in this small community? Today’s episode shares a weird and coincidental story, and sparks an interesting debate.

Here’s the transcription for this episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/savannah-dekker-en-romy-nieuwburg.

Amanda Todd was just a normal kid before she encountered “him”. Where we left you in Part 1, we had just discovered that Amanda’s stalker was all the way over in The Netherlands - and Amanda wasn’t his only victim. In today’s episode, we dive into the investigation to find this creep, his lengthy legal battle that spanned continents, and a horrifying online community that has gotta be one of the scariest things we’ve ever learned. 

The transcription and notes can be found here: https://spookpod.com/blog/amanda-todd-part-2.

Amanda Todd was just a normal kid before she encountered “him”. In October of 2012, every person in Canada would come to know Amanda’s name after she took her own life and a video she posted to YouTube went viral. The video told the story of the living hell she had been going through for the past 4 years: sexual exploitation, cyberbullying, stalking… But at that point, no one even knew the half of it. Not even Amanda. This story spans from Canada all the way to The Netherlands and tells a horrifying tale of the dark side of the internet. Here is Part 1 of Amanda Todd’s story. 

The transcription and notes can be found here: https://spookpod.com/blog/amanda-todd-part-1.

April 30, 1999 was Queen’s Day in The Netherlands, the country’s biggest celebration of the year. After enjoying herself with friends, Marianne Vaatstra rode away on her bicycle… but she never made it home. What happened next was a media circus, political uproar in a small village, DNA breakthroughs, and a 13 year hunt to catch a killer hiding in plain sight. 

Here’s the transcription for this episode: https://spookpod.com/blog/the-murder-of-marianne-vaatstra.