Unknown Passage -A True Crime Travel Podcast

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.

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🚢 July, 2005. 26 year old American honeymooner George Smith IV boards a Mediterranean cruise with his new wife for 12 days of fun and relaxation in the sun. Before the week is out, George has vanished from the cruise, leaving only a large smear of blood and a lot of unanswered questions. Over 20 years on, the question remains - what happened to George?  

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.

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🇨🇦 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.

🕳️ ‘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.

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.

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🇭🇺 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?

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.

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🇦🇬 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.

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.

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🇳🇴 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.

🕳️ ‘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.

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.

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🇺🇸 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. 

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.

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🇪🇸 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. 

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.

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🇧🇪 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.