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 on Unknown Passage, we look at four distinct stories of missing cruise ship passengers who received little media attention at the time of their disappearances.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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 elevated him to cult status amongst true crime and alternative music fans alike. What happened to Richey?

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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 elevated him to cult status amongst true crime and alternative music fans alike. What happened to Richey?

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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.

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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.

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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 case, many question its legitimacy to this day. What is the truth of what happened to Janelle Patton?

Note: I misspoke at one stage and said 17 people on the island were residents. I meant 1700, which I say later.

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