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Welcome to Unknown Passage, a podcast telling the stories of those who have gone missing or been murdered while travelling abroad.
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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_______________🇳🇿 August, 2019. Australian surfer Sean McKinnon flies to New Zealand to meet up with his Canadian fiancée and to enjoy a holiday. While sleeping in their campervan, Sean and Bianca are attacked and Sean is shot in cold blood in front of the love of his love. Sean’s death forever impacted his family, friends and community, and his life was taken by someone who was the opposite of everything Sean was. This is the story of Sean McKinnon.
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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🕳️ ‘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 since its launch last year…The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell HillThe Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed ObjectsThe Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker MurdersKaren Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna AdelsonThe Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro MartinezThe Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell Plus many more to come!
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 ___________________🇦🇺 1990s, Australia. Two home invasions of elderly couples. One in Melbourne, one in Canberra. In each case, one was murdered and another barely escaped with their life. Two totally unrelated cases, that highlight the need for added security for our most vulnerable. While one is still a cold case, the other proves that even decades-old cases may have breakthroughs. On the final episode of Unknown Passage for 2025, we look at the murders of Douglas Phillpott and Irma Palasics.
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 (plus bonus series!) in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast ______________🇲🇾 December 7, 2017. Dutch-Malaysian model Ivana Smit, 18, is found dead on the 6th floor balcony of a Kuala Lumpur high-rise. She had fallen from the balcony of an apartment on the 20th floor. After being ruled misadventure for eight years, the investigation into the young woman’s untimely death has been reopened. Will her family finally have answers as to what actually happened to Ivana?
🕳️ Announcing ‘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 since its launch last year…The Murders of Carol Clay & Russell HillThe Alec Baldwin Trial The Easey Street Murders Violet Jessop & Arthur Priest The Delphi Verdict & Juries Cursed ObjectsThe Disappearance of Trevor Deely Ivan Milat & The Backpacker MurdersKaren Read The Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon Bali & Drug Smuggling The Abduction & Murder of Frauke Liebs The Idaho 4 Donna AdelsonThe Mary Morris Murders The Disappearance of Juan Pedro MartinezThe Unsolved Murder of Penny Bell Plus many more to come!
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 _____________🇹🇭 November, 2007. Japanese tourist Tomoko Kawashita, 27, visits Thailand for a solo vacation. She makes her way to an ancient historical park in the country’s north in time to experience a national cultural festival. There, in the tourist park, Tomoko was murdered. 18 years to the day I record this. Her killer remains unidentified, and Thailand has a 20 year statute of limitations on murder.
![Episode 225 [Part 1 & 2]: Rene Hasee & The Unsolved Cases of Portugal’s Algarve](https://s3.castbox.fm/d6/71/94/b7bab629270e20123813e8cb0221b0198c_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 225 [Part 1 & 2]: Rene Hasee & The Unsolved Cases of Portugal’s Algarve")
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 ______________🇵🇹 June, 1996. German six-year-old Rene Hasee disappears on a quiet beach in Portugal’s Algarve region while holidaying with his mother and stepfather. One minute he was walking in front of them, the next he was gone forever. Almost 11 years later, a British three-year-old would become the most famous name in the world, after also vanishing in the Western Algarve. Are the two cases connected? This week on Unknown Passage we look at a number of unsolved cases in the Algarve.
![Episode 224 [Parts 1 & 2]: Diana O’Brien - Canadian Model Murdered In China In 2008](https://s3.castbox.fm/3b/04/a7/d0f5eb70b4fc11a6002fde98dc50107053_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 224 [Parts 1 & 2]: Diana O’Brien - Canadian Model Murdered In China 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_________________🇨🇳 June, 2008. 22 year old Canadian model, Diana O’Brien, arrives in Shanghai to commence a three-month contract with a Chinese modelling agency. Within days she realises she wants to go home. Within 12 days of her arrival, she is violently murdered in the stairwell of her apartment. Diana’s case laid bare the dangers associated with modelling in many unregulated foreign markets, and she isn’t the only young woman to fall victim in China’s largest city.
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___________________🇬🇧 September, 2016. Scottish airman Corrie Mckeague, 23, disappears after an alcohol-fuelled night out in a quaint English market town. Despite considerable searches and media attention, the expectant father’s body has never been found. What became of Corrie Mckeague?
![Episode 222 [Part 1 & 2]: Percy Fawcett & The Search For The “Lost City of Z”](https://s3.castbox.fm/99/8d/f8/b3410cdb249e50f5251debffa1beffff8b_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 222 [Part 1 & 2]: Percy Fawcett & The Search For The “Lost City of Z”")
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______________🇧🇷 The wilds of the Brazilian Amazon. British explorer Percy Fawcett vanishes while on an expedition to find the “Lost City of Z”. Inspired by the story of El Dorado, Percy had made many trips to the Amazon, and felt he was close to finding what he called “Z” when he disappeared, along with his son and his son’s best friend. For exactly 100 years, the fate of Percy Fawcett has remained a mystery. Today, we dive into its origins, Percy’s life and whether or not he was close to discovering an ancient civilisation.
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__________________🚢 August, 1993. A lone man is found floating in a life raft in the North Sea. He claims the ship he worked on caught fire and he’s been floating for two days in the ocean. The transport ship, the Bärbel, is soon found, It is partially burnt out, but the interior is covered in blood. Soon the man’s story of a fire onboard changes, but he maintains he is a victim in what happened. What is the truth of what happened on the Bärbel?
![Episode 219 [Parts 1 & 2]: Paddy Moriarty - Irishman Missing In Australia Since 2017](https://s3.castbox.fm/02/b6/e7/64f61251b7b28aa476cc232db91e3a078d_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 219 [Parts 1 & 2]: Paddy Moriarty - Irishman Missing In Australia Since 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________________🇦🇺 December, 2017. 70 year old Irishman Paddy Moriarty lives a very routine life in one of Australia’s most remote and sparsely populated towns, Larrimah in the country’s Northern Territory. His days involve working before spending his afternoons on his perch at the local pub. His kelpie Kellie is never far away. That is, until Paddy and Kellie one night vanish from their home. It’s been almost eight years since Paddy Moriarty and his dog disappeared, presumed murdered, and his case remains open and unsolved. 11 residents. 11 suspects. Simmering town tensions and motives to murder abound in this Outback murder mystery.
![Episode 218 [Part 1 & 2]: Game Over: True Crime In International Sport](https://s3.castbox.fm/c3/1b/26/23a72a157ff98d8d273de52ada5f82b3e1_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 218 [Part 1 & 2]: Game Over: True Crime In International Sport")
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__________________🎾 Sport is meant to unite people - to inspire, to celebrate human achievement and to bring people together across the globe. But behind the glory and admiration, many athletes face a much darker reality. In this episode of Unknown Passage, we explore some of the most violent headlines that took place both on and off the field or the court, from stalking and home invasions to murder and missing persons.
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____________________🚢 Just before Christmas, 1988. An 82 foot freighter embarks Miami for the Caribbean island of Haiti. On board are nine people, including Haitian workers, a German captain and a young American journalism student. The boat never arrived at its destination and has never been seen again. Or has it? This week we untangle the mysterious disappearance of the “Freedon”.
![Episode 216 [Part 1-3]: The 79 AD Eruption of Mt Vesuvius](https://s3.castbox.fm/05/d8/0b/fb0faea54ebab7274ba5553f679ed3c32e_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 216 [Part 1-3]: The 79 AD Eruption of Mt Vesuvius")
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____________________🇮🇹 Summer or autumn, 79AD. At the height of the Roman Empire, more than 100,000 people live under the looming presence of Mount Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, and the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum are home to many of them. Their towering backdrop hadn’t erupted for hundreds of years, but she would soon unleash her fiery fury. Many of the people of these towns quickly met violent and disturbing ends, and to this day, their cities - and their stories - are still being unearthed.
![Episode 215 [Part 1 & 2]: Sarah Groves - British Backpacker Murdered In Kashmir In 2013](https://s3.castbox.fm/bb/2c/e4/b9a5c4dd35bb41e249aded81cf2e1d91d7_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 215 [Part 1 & 2]: Sarah Groves - British Backpacker Murdered In Kashmir In 2013")
All episodes from 169 onwards are Patreon-only. I explain this on my last public episode. I will continue to update this feed so that potential new Patrons know the Patreon is active. Listen to all episodes 169 and beyond - plus lots of additional content - in the Patreon feed. Join the Patreon community from $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/unknownpassagepodcast_________________🇮🇳 April, 2013. 24 year old British backpacker Sarah Groves travels to the politically unstable region of Kashmir while on a lengthy trip abroad. Sarah was brutally murdered while in a seemingly safe place, and 12 years on, her family’s battle for answers - and for justice - continues.
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_______________🇵🇱 March, 2018. Polish man living in Germany, Mateusz Kawecki, sets out on a long drive home from Hanover to witness the birth of his first child. But he never arrives. His family and girlfriend search for him to no avail, across two countries. Then months later, a discovery is made that cracks the case wide open, one that potentially leaves more questions than answers.
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______________🌎 Every year, millions of people leave their home countries to travel abroad for cut price plastic and cosmetic surgery. Many don’t make it home. On this week’s Unknown Passage, I look at four countries and deaths under the knife that have befallen medical tourists there.
![Episode 212 [Part 1 & 2]: Peter Bergmann - Ireland’s John Doe](https://s3.castbox.fm/13/a2/ef/ed55e0966009b0af0529f2ac8bc0b5fd13_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Episode 212 [Part 1 & 2]: Peter Bergmann - Ireland’s John Doe")
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___________________🇮🇪 June, 2009. A solitary figure steps off a bus in the peaceful Irish town of Sligo. He checks into a hotel. Over the next few days, he is sighted on CCTV across town. Then, he is found dead on a quiet local beach. When the Gardai attempt to identify the man, they realise that the man who signed into his accommodation as Peter Bergmann does not exist. He went to great lengths to ensure he was never identified. And to this day, he hasn’t been. This is the story of Peter Bergmann, Ireland’s John Doe.
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what happened to it is far from a mystery..cos why is it so hard to believe that it crashed somewhere in the vass expansion of the ocean? its crash site hasn't been found yet...u could call that a mystery, OR conclude that we have been incompetent in searching for it... now its pieces must be scattered all around the world
Caspian sea is not in Georgia its the black sea.
she prolly got swept away in the ocean.. i think that's the occoms razor in this case
welcome back. I am on episode #23.
Comfy podcast to listen to, meat and potatoes, low production value but if you need flashy theme songs and professional narrators you can go somewhere else. Subject to a few hot takes here and there but nothing too polarizing like a lot of hosts do. Overall will continue to listen.
hahahaha ur right bout ppl screaming on eg, tv in Indian subcontinent 😹
very good poddy, well narrated, surprised it hasn't more subscribers
loving this podcast ❤