The Last Trip

On the morning of September 21st, 2015, a young woman walked into a small roadside cafe in Northern California… and never walked back out.Asha Kreimer was 26 years old.  She was far from home, struggling, and in visible distress in the days before she vanished.  Hours earlier, she’d been released from a hospital.  Now, inside a quiet diner near the cliffs of Mendocino County, she stood up from the table, said she was going to the bathroom - and disappeared. She had no phone, no money, and no identification.  Her jacket would later be found near the edge of the coastline.  Asha herself was never seen again.What happened to Asha Kreimer?  And how does someone vanish from a cafe in broad daylight… without a trace?Listen as we dive into Northern California, the case of Asha Kreimer, and how to stay alive on vacation.Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.comWe're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcastFollow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcastTheme Music by Roger Allen DexterSources:https://www.facebook.com/missingashakreimer/https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6oj4th/asha_kreimer_went_to_the_bathroom_in_the_middle/https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/52729https://websleuths.com/threads/ca-asha-kreimer-26-point-arena-21-september-2015.300031/page-4#post-14696934https://theava.com/archives/74425#4https://kymkemp.com/2018/04/24/mother-of-missing-australian-woman-in-the-area-again-searching-for-her-daughter/https://kymkemp.com/2020/05/03/cold-case-mendocino-one-day-after-her-31st-birthday-a-long-look-at-the-odd-disappearance-of-asha-kreimer/

The Rainbow Gathering promises freedom.  A place where strangers become family, where the rules of the outside world fall away, and the road ahead feels endless.In the summer of 2018, 18 year old Amber Robinson followed that promise into the woods of Georgia.  She was young, curious, and chasing connection. At the gathering, she met a man. When the drums faded and the camp dispersed, the two left together - hitchhiking toward whatever came next.But Amber never made it home. Days later, her life would end violently in a stranger’s house hundred of miles away.  A journey meant for peace - became something far darker.Listen as we dive into the The Rainbow Family, the case of Amber Robinson, and how to stay alive on vacation.Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.comWe're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcastFollow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcastTheme Music by Roger Allen DexterSources:https://appellatepublic.kycourts.net/api/api/v1/publicaccessdocuments/c1c0623040842b357e82dfbf4052a54c94004ad802db8ddfc762139c68166d1d/downloadhttps://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/13/police-jacksonville-beach-man-killed-teen-he-met-at-counterculture-gathering/11533774007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113004d00----v113004d--30--b--30--&gca-ft=96&gca-ds=sophihttps://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/08/memorial-set-santa-rosa-teen-killed-after-attending-rainbow-gathering/933682002/https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/Amber-Robinson-decided-travel-rainbow-family-Joseph-Capstrawhttps://www.lewisfuneralhomes.net/obituaries/Amber-Robinson?obId=16909355https://www.wave3.com/story/38632821/brutal-beating-murder-suspect-i-think-i-found-god/https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/crime_and_courts/man-left-travelers-alone-arrived-home-to-discover-brutal-death/article_b7e4d9a3-1fb6-5586-8442-d5c9bb2166b2.htmlhttps://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/i-killed-her-woman-murdered-after-rainbow-family-gathering-identified/85-573507841https://moviedelic.com/amber-robinson/https://www.pnj.com/videos/news/crime/2018/08/13/murder-victims-family-friend-gives-message-love-memorial/973942002/

Terrence Woods Jr. was supposed to be on an adventure of a lifetime.He was a young filmmaker from Maryland, working his way up the industry ladder, hired to shoot a gold-mining reality series deep in the Idaho wilderness.  He’d texted his dad that he’d be home earlier than planned… that something had shifted and he couldn’t wait to get back.But on October 5th, 2018, as the crew wrapped for the day on the edge of the remote, razor-steep cliffs of the Penman mine… Terrence vanished.Witnesses say he suddenly dropped his radio, sprinted toward the tree line… and vanished into a violent, vertical landscape where even rescuers struggled to stand. Crews scoured the canyon. Helicopters swept the forest. Search dogs tracked. Nothing was found.  The production team insisted he simply bolted.  His family insisted something was very wrong.   And in the years since, the only thing we’ve found are questions.Listen as we dive into the Idaho, the case of Terrence Woods Jr, and how to stay alive on vacation.Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.comWe're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcastFollow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcastTheme Music by Roger Allen DexterSources:https://www.instagram.com/findterrencewoods/https://deadline.com/2020/08/terrence-woods-disappearance-gold-rush-discovery-raw-tv-investigation-1203008327/https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-terrence-woods-jr/https://abcnews.go.com/US/father-terrence-woods-jr-waiting-answers-years-sons/story?id=91056852https://www.reddit.com/r/mystery/comments/1peiu5i/the_disappearance_of_terrence_woods/https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/dateline-missing-in-america-podcast/dateline-missing-america-podcast-covers-october-2018-disappearance-ter-rcna163825https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/terrence-woods-took-off-down-mountain-remains-missinghttps://forensictales.com/terrence-woods-jr/https://charleyproject.org/case/terrence-shemel-woods-jrhttps://vocal.media/theSwamp/the-terrence-woods-story-an-untold-travesty-of-racial-justicehttps://blackandmissinginc.com/where-is-terrence-woods-jr-mans-family-continues-to-seek-answers-4-years-after-his-disappearance/https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/father-fighting-answers-october-2018-disappearance-son-terrence-woods-rcna121588https://www.koin.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/824893378/donations-sought-to-investigate-americas-most-wanted-missing-persons-case-terrence-woods-jr/

The people you meet on the road can become confidants, lifelines, or, in some cases,  the most dangerous variables of all.  Melissa Rodway has spent years listening to - and living - those stories.   She’s recorded more than 180 adventure travel podcast episodes, and sat across from travelers and survivors as they unpack experiences that were thrilling, disorienting, and sometimes deeply unsettling.  Her debut book, The People You Meet, follows her own backpacking journey through Southeast Asia - a search for connection that reveals how easily strangers can reshape our paths, blur boundaries, and pull us into narratives we never meant to enter.  Today, we’re talking about the thin line between connection and danger, the unpredictability of human encounters, and how travel can quietly set the stage for stories that feel less like adventure and more like a case file. Melissa Rodway IG: https://www.instagram.com/fly_travel_media Melissa Rodway Website: https://flyrodway.com/ Buy The People We Meet on Amazon:   https://a.co/d/1HVmiBq Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

America's national parks promise peace and beauty - but they also hold some of the country's darkest mysteries. In Murder on the Trail, bestselling author Michelle Kaminsky investigates disappearances, serial killers, and unsolved cases hidden beneath the redwoods, canyon walls, and mountain switchbacks we think of as safe. From the Yosemite Park Killer to Gary Michael Hilton and the vanlife tragedy of Gabby Petito, Michelle digs into why these wild spaces become hunting grounds, how isolation turns deadly, and why federal land can complicate justice. With a journalist's precision and a survivor's empathy, she reveals the thin line between wilderness and danger. In this episode, Michelle joins me to explore the beauty, the horror, and the truths buried deep in America's most iconic landscapes. Michelle Kaminsky IG: https://www.instagram.com/michkaminsky Michelle Kaminsky Website: https://www.michellekaminsky.com/ Buy Murder on the Trail on Amazon:   https://a.co/d/2zvbpeL Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter

On a grey February morning in 1995, one of rock’s most enigmatic voices stepped out of a London hotel room - and into one of music’s most enduring mysteries.  The Manic Street Preachers’ lyricist - Richey Edwards -  brilliant, fragile, and beloved -  left behind a life heavy with pressure and pain.   After his disappearance, his car was found near the Severn Bridge, a place weighted with symbolism and sorrow.  Richey himself was gone.  No sightings. No answers.  Just a trail that stops cold on the border between England and Wales. Listen as we dive into the Britpop Era of London, the case of Richey Edwards, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers-disappearance-missing-b2690286.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80er6r0pz3o https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/29/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-holy-bible-richey-edwards/ https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/withdrawn-traces-richey-edwards-day-of-disappearance https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/richey-edwards-disappearance https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/stairway-to-heaven/richey-edwards/ https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/01/30-years-ago-manic-street-preachers-richey-edwards-disappeared-without-a-trace-22351235/ https://scruffystorms.com/2018/02/01/richey-edwards-23-years-missing/ https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-evidence-emerges-suggest-richey-edwards-staged-disappearance-2438975 https://news.sky.com/story/richey-edwards-new-appeal-over-missing-manic-street-preachers-guitarist-11923464 https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/richey-edwards-disappearance-manic-street-preachers-b2686905.html

In September 2023, 32 year old Chelsea Grimm left California on a cross-country drive to attend a wedding.  She packed her camera gear, camping supplies - and her pet bearded dragon - and headed east to Connecticut.  But somewhere in northern Arizona, something began to unravel.  Days after starting her trip, a police officer found her parked near a cemetery.  Body camera footage captured her speaking calmly - but saying she was emotional from a photoshoot. Two days after that, her car was discovered deep in the Kaibab National Forest. Two flat tires, no phone, no wallet, no sleeping bag - and no sign of Chelsea or her bearded dragon. No footprints. No struggle. No answers. Listen as we dive into the Northern Arizona Desert, the case of Chelsea Grimm, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/chelsea-grimm/amp/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MissingPersons/comments/199h977/any_updates_on_chelsea_grimm/ https://redflag.org/project/delevan-dell-erba-amadon-dell-erba-and-genavein/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/missing/wheres-chelsea-grimm-california-woman-vanishes-while-on-road-trip-to-attend-wedding https://myfox8.com/news/california-woman-who-went-missing-during-road-trip-appeared-disoriented-at-hotel-witness-claims/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/3728726574033190 https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/greenwich-ct-chelsea-grimm-missing-arizona-19757775.php https://www.azfamily.com/2024/09/25/renewed-search-new-clues-2023-disappearance-chelsea-grimm/ https://azprivateinvestigator.com/chelsea-grimm https://www.williamsnews.com/news/regional/two-years-since-disappearance-chelsea-grimm-case-remains-a-mystery/article_b0adb1b0-5857-4653-985b-f845a7385800.html

On the night of November 5, 2024, Mackenzie Michalski was spotted dancing in a Budapest nightclub, carefree and alive. Hours later, that night ended in shattering silence.  A man she left the club with - met only hours before - would end her life. This is the story of Mackenzie Michalski - and the darkness she never saw coming. Listen as we dive into Budapest, the case of Mackenzie Michalski, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/International/american-tourist-mackenzie-michalski-missing-hungary-killed/story?id=115654592 https://rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com/?p=3259 https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/service-held-wny-killed-in-hungary/71-14e55bc8-6f22-48b0-9427-9841d624f3fd https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1ht0ftd/on_november_5th_2024_31yearold_kenize_michalski/ https://news.sky.com/story/mackenzie-michalski-irish-man-allegedly-admits-killing-us-nurse-at-budapest-flat-and-dumping-body-near-lake-say-police-13251900 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/09/mackenzie-michalski-portland-tourist-killed-hungary#:~:text=The%20suspect%2C%20whom%20police%20identified,and%20placing%20her%20body%20inside. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1188058235596116/ https://telex.hu/belfold/2024/11/07/eltunt-amerikai-no-31-eves-mackenzie-michalski https://24.hu/belfold/2024/11/07/mackenzie-elizabeth-michalski-eltunt-budapest-no-keresik-31-eves/ https://news.sky.com/story/mackenzie-michalski-irish-man-allegedly-admits-killing-us-nurse-at-budapest-flat-and-dumping-body-near-lake-say-police-13251900 https://24.hu/belfold/2024/11/07/mackenzie-elizabeth-michalski-eltunt-budapest-no-keresik-31-eves/ https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo/deeply-missed-fredonia-native-mackenzie-michalski-remembered-one-year-after-death-in-hungary https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/american-tourist-mackenzie-michalski-missing-hungary-killed/story https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/chautauqua-county/fredonia/western-new-york-community-gathers-to-honor-life-of-local-woman-killed-in-budapest/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/american-tourist-31-dismembered--34119153 https://dailynewshungary.com/irish-man-release-after-murder-american-woman/

This past summer I had the opportunity to join some amazing podcaster's for the Death Not Yet Series. This episode of Survivor || TERRI JENTZ || The Last Trip for Death Not Yet first aired on July 4th. This is a Podcaster’s Give Back collaboration. All podcasters have donated their time and research to help advocate for victims of domestic violence. And we are raising money to give back to non profits which are standing with survivors. To donate, please visit buymeacoffee.com/youshouldbehere. In 1977, Terri and her college roommate, Avra Goldman, biked across America in search of freedom, adventure, and a little time to figure life out. They were students, dreamers - two women finding their place in the world.  And then, one night in a quiet Oregon park, that journey turned into something unspeakable. A truck. A man with an axe. No motive. No warning. And somehow... Terri survived. This isn’t just a story of what happened that night. This is about what came after - the silence, the unanswered questions, the system that failed. And it’s about how Terri, years later, went back - not just to that campsite, but into the shadows of her own memory, determined to face the monster who tried to kill her. This is a Fire Eyes Media, LLC production www.fireeyesmedia.com Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/08/rowlands.jentz/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-30-bk-dolan30-story.html https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/24121534/ “Strange Piece of Paradise” by Terri Jentz https://moonmagazine.org/terri-jentz-my-journey-to-justice-2014-02-01/ https://www.crimevictimsunited.org/news/2006/jentz.htm https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2007/07/31/news/author-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/14728.html https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/profile/avra-goldman/

This past summer I had the opportunity to join some amazing podcaster's for the Death Not Yet Series. This episode of Survivor || COLLEEN STAN || The Last Trip for Death Not Yet first aired on July 4th. This is a Podcaster’s Give Back collaboration. All podcasters have donated their time and research to help advocate for victims of domestic violence. And we are raising money to give back to non profits which are standing with survivors. To donate, please visit buymeacoffee.com/youshouldbehere. In this episode, we’re traveling back to 1977 - to a quiet California highway where 20 year old Colleen Stan made a simple, trusting choice to hitch a ride. What followed was a seven-year ordeal so disturbing, it shocked investigators, psychologists, and the public alike. She was held captive in a coffin-like box. Controlled, isolated, manipulated.  But this isn’t just the story of what was done to her - it’s about what she did next. This is a Fire Eyes Media, LLC production www.fireeyesmedia.com Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box https://people.com/crime/girl-in-the-box-how-janice-hooker-helped-colleen-stan-escape/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/girl-in-the-box-colleen-stan https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/colleen-stan-kidnapping-told-in-snapped-notorious-girl-in-the-box https://www.cbsnews.com/news/exclusive-woman-imprisoned-in-coffin-for-7-years-has-special-message-for-jaycee-dugard/ https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/seven-years-of-torture-a-survivors-story/291-316456285 https://www.naijanews.com/buzz/people/colleen-stan-kidnapping-everything-you-need-to-know/ https://people.com/where-is-colleen-stan-now-girl-in-the-box-kidnapping-8648943 https://barrieshelter.com/how-to-stay-safe/ https://celebnowthen.com/what-is-colleen-stan-doing-now/ https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-brainwashing-and-torture-of-colleen-stan-a-kidnapping-survivor-ec6e2410503a https://medium.com/%40lisariggio1994/surviving-abduction-colleen-stan-9f9b5261d919 https://murderintheblack.com/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box.html

In November 2008, 30-year-old Ani Ashekian landed in Hong Kong—jet-lagged, excited, and ready for her next adventure. She sent a quick birthday text to her niece, withdrew cash from an ATM… and then vanished without a trace. No calls. No bank activity. No confirmed sightings.  Just a few seconds of CCTV showing Ani standing calmly in a crowded terminal—moments before she disappeared into a city of seven million people. Was she the victim of a robbery, a scam, or something far darker? Or did Ani choose to disappear on her own terms? Her journal, later discovered in Canada, hinted at secret plans—but also a growing undercurrent of fear. Listen as we dive into Hong Kong, the case of Ani Ashekian, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/54077259736/ https://truecrimediva.com/ani-ashekian/ https://websleuths.com/threads/china-ani-ashekian-31-hong-kong-11-nov-2008-canadian-tourist.104205/ https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065968/ani-ashekians-journal-offers-new-clues-after-four-years-silence https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadian-woman-feared-missing-in-china-1.714555 https://www.toronto.com/news/search-continues-for-missing-toronto-woman-in-hong-kong/article_8b549fea-1aa7-5482-b643-1d303e5ada6f.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151105180831/http://www.findani.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/18b64d1/where_is_ani_ashekian/ https://time.com/archive/6948538/u-s-crime-writer-tackles-a-real-hong-kong-cold-case/ https://windsorstar.com/news/sister-to-pick-up-search-in-china

In November 2018, a young man vanished into the gray sea night, stepping across the forbidden line that separated two worlds.  His name was John Allen Chau - twenty-six years old, an American with a quiet resolve, a missionary’s conviction burning in his chest. He sailed toward North Sentinel Island - a place sealed off from the modern world, where the Sentinelese have refused all contact for centuries. But he wasn’t a tourist. He saw himself as a messenger with a message no one else dared deliver. He carried in his pack a waterproof Bible, gifts, hopes, and a deep certainty that he would either be welcomed or die trying. What followed is part tragedy, part mystery. The fisherman who dropped him off  claimed they saw islanders dragging a body across the sand and a burial at dusk. But exactly what happened in the hours between his arrival and his death - no one knows. His body was never recovered. Was he a martyr? A fool? A man haunted by divine urgency? Or someone who crossed the ultimate boundary - between the known and the unknowable - and paid the price? Listen as we dive into North Sentinel Island, the case of John Allen Chau, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.instagram.com/johnachau/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/john-chau-christian-missionary-death-sentinelese https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46345231 https://allnations.international/john-chau https://www.alex-perry.com/the-last-days-of-john-allen-chau/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-john-allen-chau-diary-intl https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/john-chaus-death-roils-the-missionary-world https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747368557/the-story-behind-john-allen-chau-an-american-missionary-who-was-killed-while-wor https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/john-allen-chau-noble-savages/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-allen-chau https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/a-national-geographic-documentary-examines-the-life-and-death-of-john-allen-chau/article67807254.ece https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46336355 https://sojo.net/articles/john-allen-chau-was-product-missions-marketing-system https://abcnews.go.com/International/john-allen-chau-detailed-efforts-convert-islanders-christianity/story?id=59401238

In March 2020, 18 year old Eloi Rolland left his homestay on Auckland’s North Shore  just before dawn. He was a French exchange student - curious, soft-spoken,  and enchanted by New Zealand’s beauty. That morning he opened Google Maps and searched the word Piha. A remote black-sand beach known for its cliffs, its isolation… and its danger. He caught a bus, then a train. CCTV caught him walking alone as the city woke up. By 9:18am, his phone pinged one final time along Piha Road in Waitakere Ranges -  and then… nothing.No more messages. No more movement. No more Eloi.  Police scoured the bushland - dense, silent, and endless - but no trace of him was ever found. What happened in the misty hills outside Auckland? Did Eloi wander off the track? Fall off the cliffs?  Or was something - or someone - waiting for him there? Listen as we dive into New Zealand, the case of Eloi Rolland, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360759600/parents-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-take-search-south-island https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/124382819/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-friends-and-family-still-have-no-answers-a-year-on?_ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120283016/french-national-eloi-jean-rolland-18-missing-in-auckland https://www.police.govt.nz/missing-persons/listings/eloi-rolland https://www.facebook.com/MISSINGELOIJEANROLLAND/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120409689/french-teen-missing-from-auckland-had-troubled-state-of-mind https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120511116/sister-of-fit-smiley-french-teen-missing-in-auckland-desperate-for-answers https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120860887/chances-of-finding-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-alive-becoming-more-slim https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/family-of-french-teen-eloi-jean-rolland-missing-in-auckland-since-march-reveal-more/5GVRVY5ZNGMZMKKHJGV4YDB3R4/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300097890/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-family-say-theyve-lost-hope-six-months-after-disappearance https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300189370/the-missing-people-of-piha-25-years-six-cases-no-answers https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300201475/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-reportedly-sighted-13km-from-last-known-location https://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/4096164-20240621-disparition-eloi-rolland-nouvelle-zelande-va-declarer-mort-jeune-homme https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/malgre-labsence-de-corps-la-nouvelle-zelande-va-prononcer-le-deces-deloi-rolland-18-ans-disparu-en-2020-24-06-2024-W2572J4WSNHH7F4NG2S7VJ573M.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwbEs-Xku8Y

In 1975, a musician named Jim Sullivan got into his car and left Los Angeles behind. He was heading east, chasing a new beginning - or maybe running from something he couldn’t name. He was tall, handsome, magnetic - and his music carried that same restless energy.  Songs about highways, lost souls, and vanishing into the unknown. The kind of lyrics that feel like they’re trying to tell you something… if you’re really listening. Somewhere along that long stretch of desert road, Jim stopped - and from that moment on, no one knows what happened next. His story faded into rumor, mystery, and myth - tangled up in the same strange beauty that filled his songs. Today, we’re going to follow the same road Jim Sullivan took - the one that led him deep into the desert… and out of the world we know. Listen as we dive into New Mexico, the case of Jim Sullivan, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/arts/music/jim-sullivan.html https://archive.ph/20190215195820/https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2010/11/10/the-strange-tale-of-jim-sullivans-u-f-o/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/missing-ufo-singer-songwriter/ https://waxidermy.com/jim-sullivan-ufo/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/153yeuj/jim_sullivan_was_an_american_singersongwriter_and/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/searching-for-sullivan/ https://www.ripleys.com/stories/jim-sullivan https://floodmagazine.com/71829/mystery-and-history-the-strange-music-and-stranger-tale-of-jim-sullivan/ https://lightintheattic.net/products/jim-sullivan?srsltid=AfmBOor1gs0JjBwiuB7MVBI_bdkadqzkjsUnhjMldXJDv9D5AP5a0PJg https://therodeomag.com/2019/10/22/the-night-jim-sullivan-disappeared/ https://vocal.media/fyi/whatever-happened-to-musician-jim-sullivan

May 12, 2004 - a day that began like any other for the Devries family.  They were on vacation in Aruba, seeking a moment’s peace, maybe a bit of hope, after a great loss.  Fourteen year old Max, eager for an adventure, asked to go out on a jet ski with a man they recently befriended. By afternoon, that simple request would become the portal to a mystery no one has solved. The man returned - alone. Max did not. What’s astonishing is how quickly questions outpaced answers. The man’s story would shift - from jet ski trouble, to a tow gone wrong, to Max slipping away in the waves, to even claiming he was swimming for shore. Yet no one was ever charged. Max was declared “lost at sea”. What really happened to Max Devries on that Aruban ocean. Was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister?  Listen as we dive into Aruba, the case of Max DeVries, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/a-metro-detroit-teen-disappeared-in-aruba-in-2004-his-mom-is-still-fighting-for-answers https://maxtothemillions.com/ https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Never-Seen-Again/0FJCILZ3O8D0LOPN4JLLSENIO6 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1h4sw4i/what_really_happened_out_in_the_aruban_ocean_to/ https://www.shoresofstrength.org/featuredcases/maxdevries https://www.facebook.com/groups/62321359000/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qaC8f965qc https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/brighton-township/2024/03/12/docuseries-investigates-2004-disappearance-of-brighton-teen-in-aruba-max-devries/72941075007/ https://www.chipchick.com/2024/12/his-mom-saw-him-ride-off-on-a-jet-ski-in-aruba-with-an-older-man-and-then-he-vanished https://thecinemaholic.com/max-devries-found-or-missing-is-he-dead-or-alive/ https://thecinemaholic.com/max-devries-mom-sister/

It was April 1st, 1981, when Johnny Waterman, a 29 year old brilliant climber and haunted soul, set out from the Mountain House deep in the Ruth Glacier of Denali National Park.  His goal was the East Buttress of Denali, approached via the northwest fork of the Ruth - an audacious, almost impossible route in the winter. He carried remarkably little: a sled, snowshoes, not much food, and wands to mark his route. No tent, no sleeping bag. He told a fellow climber he believed he could manage with minimal gear. He was last seen somewhere around 11,000 feet - cutting a straight line through a labyrinth of crevasses and snow chutes.  Then…. He vanished. Listen as we dive into Alaska, the case of Johnny Waterman, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198233700/John-M-Waterman-1952-1981 https://youtu.be/zyIB180NitE?si=9I0i-IcWpFMI_Mx8 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shining-brightly-briefly-johnny-waterman-165023821.html https://explorersweb.com/shining-brightly-briefly-johnny-waterman-and-his-1978-solo-traverse-of-mount-hunter/ https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net/2025/06/04/the-strange-and-tragic-lives-and-deaths-of-guy-and-johnny-waterman/ https://sites.lafayette.edu/raicha/files/2010/08/Waterman.pdf https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13198201900/Climbing-Alone-Alaska-Mount-KcKinley http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2193010/The-Legendary-incredible-JOHNNY-WATERMAN https://uncovered.com/cases/john-waterman https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/natural-death/

Rebecca Middleton was just 17 years old - on the trip of a lifetime with her best friend - when a chance encounter shattered everything.  What should have been sun-drenched days of beaches and laughter turned into one of the most brutal and baffling murders the island had ever seen. But the horror of Rebecca’s death was only the beginning. What followed was a twisted path of botched investigations, lost evidence, and a justice system that seemed unwilling - or unable - to deliver the truth.  Nearly three decades later, the scars of that night still linger, raising questions about power, corruption, and the uneasy shadows that hide behind picture perfect beauty. Today, we’re stepping into the mystery of Bermuda’s most infamous unsolved crime - where innocence met violence and where justice slipped away into the tide. Listen as we dive into Bermuda, the case of Rebecca Middleton, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlHSR0klQtw https://www.thestar.com/news/world/rebecca-middleton-remembered-20-years-after-her-murder-in-bermuda/article_11bbafca-eca8-595a-a8b0-efb47b17ba76.html https://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160703/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton/ https://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20111228/middleton-family-still-waiting-for-european-court-appeal/ https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/F-Miller-v-Yan-Almanzar-et-al-2016-SC-Bda-20-App-4-March-2016.pdf https://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20171012/mundy-returns-to-jamaica/ https://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20180702/in-memory-of-rebecca/ https://halifax.citynews.ca/2016/06/29/a-timeline-on-rebecca-middleton-murdered-20-years-ago-in-bermuda/ https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/SC0705_D-Middleton-v-Director-of-Public-Prosecution-2007-SC-Bda-33-Civ-4th-May-2007.pdf https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bermuda-offers-small-compensation-for-canadian-teen-s-murder-1.609450 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4069554/ https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bermuda_Chief_Justice:_No_new_charges_in_Middleton_murder https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bermuda-authorities-take-another-look-at-middleton-murder/article20396213/

It was just before dawn on August 12th, 1992, when thirty-six year old Pamela June Ray pulled into a motel parking lot in Panama City Beach, Florida.  Her two young children were asleep in the backseat, unaware their lives were about to change forever. Pamela was seen speaking with a man near the motel pool. She locked the car, left her children inside, and walked away with him into the early morning darkness.  Minutes later, someone heard a scream. By the time the sun came up, Pamela was gone - and she has never been seen again. Who was the man she followed? What happened in those missing minutes? And why, more than three decades later, does her disappearance remain one of Florida’s most haunting mysteries? Listen as we dive into Florida, the case of Pamela June Ray, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Listen to this week's podcast recommendation, Weird True Crime https://weirdtruecrime.com/   Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Pamela_June_Ray https://charleyproject.org/case/pamela-june-ray https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/595dffl.html https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19920817&id=z5cFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DTMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477,5214613 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/403157651/ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/bGzESC34VMI https://web.archive.org/web/20150130180756/https://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/20-Year-Mystery-What-Happened-to-Pamela-Ray-165926136.html https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/pamela-ray-disapperance-still-a-mystery-25-years-later/ https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/2019/03/17/unsolved-bay-county-disappearance-of-pamela-ray/5691237007/ https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/pamela-june-ray-no-vacancy https://www.dailycomet.com/story/news/crime/2019/07/06/looking-for-answers-in-pamela-june-rays-1992-disappearance/4743936007/ https://www.newsherald.com/story/special/special-sections/2019/07/17/cold-case-search-for-body-unsuccessful-in-pcb-cold-case/4671252007/ https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/years-ago-this-week-georgia-mother-disappeared-her-children-slept/bHDWApPaVO3tfhZgA3xobO/ https://mysterydelver.com/not-checked-in/ https://websleuths.com/threads/fl-pamela-ray-36-panama-city-aug-1992.74266/ https://vocal.media/criminal/mother-vanishes-while-kids-sleep-in-the-car https://www.middletennesseemysteries.com/article/498/panama-city-florida-pamela-j-ray

He was a lawyer, an activist, a wild, larger-than-life figure who thrived in chaos. Then, one day in 1974, Oscar Zeta Acosta boarded a boat in Mexico—and vanished. No witnesses. No body. Just whispers of murder, political revenge, or a man bold enough to erase himself. Half a century later, the question still lingers: what really happened to Oscar Zeta Acosta? Listen as we dive into the Mazatlán, the case of Oscar Zeta Acosta, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube with full video: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-owes-to-oscar-acosta https://lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/brown-buffalo-and-chicano-movement-los-angeles https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-american-literature/appendix-biographies/F86930D98266E3F0192A417813106CD8 https://lataco.com/the-rise-and-fall-oscar-zeta-acosta https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-marginalization-of-oscar-zeta-acosta/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/oscar-zeta-acosta https://www.brownbuffalofilm.com/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qB3hkbAjy8SSQJvJUTw6m https://www.bluelight.org/community/threads/weirder-than-fiction-the-disappearance-of-oscar-zeta-acosta-a-k-a-dr-gonzo.904262/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-05-ca-56718-story.html https://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/oscar_zeta_acosta.html https://colorlines.com/article/watch-new-doc-explores-life-and-disappearance-oscar-zeta-acosta/

On the night of July 6th, 2019, in western Nebraska, a young father seemingly vanished into thin air.  He was Chance Englebert, a 25 year old welder, cowboy and newlywed - gone without a trace.  Earlier that day, Chance had been visiting his in-laws when a casual round of golf turned tense due to some remarks about his new job that angered him.  Upset, he told his wife he wanted to go back home to Wyoming.  When she didn’t agree to leave town - he got out of the car and walked away.  Alone. On foot. With a storm brewing overhead. Surveillance cameras later captured him walking through town, looking down at his phone, like someone reading a map. He sent a final text that didn’t sound like it came from him. And just like that, no one ever heard from him again. His disappearance ignited one of the most baffling manhunts in the region. Drones, cadaver dogs, hundreds of volunteers on the ground, on horseback, and ATVs,  across 2,400 acres.  Yet despite all the efforts - they’ve never found a single clue. There are no answers. Listen as we dive into the Nebraska, the case of Chance Englebert, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube with full video: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1dwwo1m/the_disappearance_of_25yearold_husband_and_new/ https://wyomingtruth.org/still-no-answers-for-family-of-missing-moorcroft-man-as-reward-expires/ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/30/new-leads-but-not-much-progress-finding-moorcroft-man-missing-for-5-years/ https://missingpersonscenter.org/missing-persons/chance-englebert/#google_vignette https://www.facebook.com/findchanceenglebert/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/lead-chance-englebert-disappearance-case/ https://charleyproject.org/case/chance-leslie-englebert https://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes/2019/10/28/episode-197-chance-englebert https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP59295 https://missingpeopleinamerica.org/former-rodeo-star-loving-husband-and-father-vanished https://disappearedblog.com/chance-englebert/ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/family-fears-worst-two-months-after-wyoming-man-chance-englebert-n1052206 https://medium.com/the-wicked-truth/newlywed-wife-asks-for-death-certificate-three-days-after-husband-disappears-7fa3e1a4955e https://www.knopnews2.com/2021/07/06/no-closer-two-years-later-search-chance-englebert/ https://wyomingtruth.org/arm-bone-recovered-in-nebraska-not-remains-of-missing-moorcroft-man/