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.

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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.

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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 333 000.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Steaming.

If you see “Paid” next to an episode on Spotify it is a tech glitch with anchor. I have raised a ticket but could be a day or so. In the meantime , you can listen to those eps free on any other platform. It just affects Spotify.

While I’m off, enjoy the entire backlog of podcasts again. Xx