Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Iceland, 2017: Birna Brjánsdóttir was only 20 years old, when a night out partying led to her scary disappearance. And despite almost her entire walk home being caught on CCTV, something still managed to happen, just off camera, just out of sight…In a matter of days, she became the centre of Iceland’s biggest ever manhunt. A country known to be one of the safest in the world, but tragically on the very night Birna Brjánsdóttir lost her life, that safety would slip - in a truly horrific way.This brutal, random act of violence forced Iceland to ask the question no one ever wanted to face: If women aren’t safe here… then where can they ever be safe?Resources:Women of Multicultural Ethnicity Network https://womeniniceland.is/en/we-are-w-o-m-e-n/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

England, 2021: Penny and David Jackson were your usual couple living out their retirement in the sleepy countryside town of Berrow, Somerset. That was until one night, when Penny suddenly snapped and murdered David after an argument over her choice to serve Bubble and Squeak to accompany their steak dinner…a choice David didn’t approve of.But as if her reason for attacking him wasn’t bizarre enough, a released 999 call and bodycam footage of her arrest would only add to the obscurity of this murder. Only, was this footage that's since gone viral really all that funny and bizarre, or were we watching a tired victim, openly and finally, snap?Resources:Love Respect https://loverespect.co.uk/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

Nevada, 2020:The body of a missing 16 year old teenage girl has just been found in the desert. Her name was Britney Ujlaky, and she was Spring Creek’s Rodeo Queen, a small-town, known for having little to no crime.But now, a police hunt was underway for Britney’s killer. A killer described as a mysterious cowboy that she’d met on snapchat…that was at least, according to her big bro-like bestie, Bryce Dickie. Who had seen with his own eyes, Britney jumping into the truck of this unknown cowboy the very same day she disappeared.Resources:The EQUUS Foundation https://equusfoundation.org/index.phphttps://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

Dublin, 2018: In the early hours, a half-dressed, disorientated woman in agony stepped out of a hotel room, into the hallway, and fled.The room she’d escaped from belonged to UFC fighter Conor McGregor. She’d gone back for an after-party, only, it hadn’t been a party at all. And hours after leaving, she’d be in an Ambulance, hospitalised with brutal injuries.And now, at the hands of McGregor and his millions of fans, she would re-live this night of horrors for 6 years. But unlike McGregor's previous opponents, this was a woman, a mother, and no matter what he threw at her, she KEPT getting back up. This is the trial of Nikita Hand vs Conor Mcgregor. Resources:The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre  - https://www.drcc.ie/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

Tokyo, 2016: One night, just as they were returning home from a long day, best friends Jiang Ge & Liu Xin suddenly found themselves being chased by Liu Xin’s stalker ex-boyfriend, Chen Shifeng.But only 1 of the 2 girls would make it into the flat, safely away from him, while the other would find herself locked outside, trapped. Afterwards, the surviving friend who’d made it safely inside was treated as China’s public enemy number 1. To the point she’d be forced into a tearful televised interrogation…but maybe though a victim herself, there were reasons for people’s anger. Maybe she and her words weren't all as they seemed…Resources:The Suzy Lamplugh Trust - https://www.suzylamplugh.orghttps://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

Los Angeles, 2005:A young Kesha has just been kicked out of Paris Hilton’s house party for throwing up in a shoe closet, only the events that would follow this, would change the trajectory of her life forever.That same night, her producer, Dr Luke walked Kesha back to his hotel room at the Mondrian Hotel, a quick walk from Paris’ house. But after arriving, Kesha would black out, her memory of the rest of the night wiped - only to awaken the next morning with a very bad, dark feeling…What followed was not only a decade-long fight to get to the bottom of what happened in that hotel room, but also a legal battle, to finally be released from the man who Kesha was convinced was her abuser.Resources:Revenge Porn Helpline UK - https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk/Revenge Porn Helpline US - https://cybercivilrights.org/ccri-safety-center/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

Florida, 2024: A 14-year-old boy took his own life after falling in love with an AI chatbot. He believed she was his girlfriend and the only person in the world who truly understood him. But she was never real. Now, his mother is suing Character.AI for wrongful death, claiming the bot didn’t just fail to stop him but actually encouraged him.As AI becomes our friend, our therapist, our partner… how do we protect the vulnerable? And how do we hold the people behind the code accountable?Resources:Centre for Humane Technology ⁠https://www.humanetech.com/⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources⁠Watch OUTLORE Podcast:⁠https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale⁠Follow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:⁠Instagram⁠⁠TikTok⁠

Melbourne, 2015: Noela Rukundo was caught up in a kidnapping plot while visiting Burundi for a funeral. But when she came face to face with her captors, she quickly realised this was no random abduction and the motive lay much closer to home…  Resources:InTouch - https://intouch.org.au/donate/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

South Africa, 2008: Eudy Simelane was a Football hero. One of the first openly gay players to ever play on the national team, born and raised in the township of Kwa-Thema. She was changing the game - quite literally. She was a vocal gay rights activist and dedicated hours to Aid work. But aged 31, her life was brutally and tragically taken from her. And what followed, was a long and hard fight for justice, in a legal system where gay people barely ever stood a chance. And in a world, where so-called “corrective-rape” is a national emergency.Resources:The Triangle Project - https://triangle.org.za/about-us/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

London, 2007: Audun Carlsen, a 29 year old man was found bleeding in the street having just fled a nearby flat. But the story he was about to tell would shock everyone. Because his capturer, the person he was fleeing from, was a HUGE celebrity.He’d just fled the home of 80’s British Pop Icon Boy George. Audun had been booked to model for George, who was trying his hand at photography. But suddenly the session took a strange turn and over the following months, George began acting erratic and paranoid towards Audun.And on their second shoot, everything would take a dark turn. Audun would go through a crime he’d struggle to recover from for the rest of his life. But when news broke of what happened to him, the media went wild. Audun was labelled an escort, rumours spread like wildfire and his medical diagnosis often came before reporters even said his name.Today we are sharing Audun Carlsen’s story, the victim of a crime so bad, his perpetrator would find himself behind bars for committing…Resources:Elton John Aids Foundation - https://www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

A note for listeners: I’ve had to be on voice rest this past week so instead I’m bringing you an older episode from our archives! I’ll be back next week with a brand new Outlore Episode! London, 1993: A man called Colin Ireland made it his New Year’s Resolution to murder as many gay men as possible, and as soon as he began, widespread fear across the capital’s gay community could be felt. He’d stake out at gay bars, waiting and scouting for his next victim…Then, desperate for fame and notoriety, Colin would call the police on himself, teasing them with his horrific crimes, leading them down a cryptic path of clues.Resources:Galop is a charity that supports LGBTQ+ people who have experienced abuse & violence - https://www.galop.org.uk/https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresourcesWatch OUTLORE Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNealeFollow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content:InstagramTikTok

The Transfemicide of Brianna Ghey England, 2023:  Brianna Ghey, a 16 year old school girl was lured out of her home and to a park, where she became the victim of a violent attack, planned by a girl who she thought was her friend. But this wasn’t the first time this friend tried to take Brianna’s life…  Her name was Scarlett Jenkinson and devastatingly, this time Scarlett’s plan worked. Brianna would not survive her injuries and tragically passed away at the scene. Scarlett had enlisted the help of Eddie Ratcliffe, an unpopular boy with a hateful streak. Together they’d devised an evil murder plot for Brianna. Their whatsapp messages revealed a horrifying web of evidence. Devised kill lists, dark web obsessions and uncensored, unforgivable homophobic and transphobic messages.  Then, to know when to begin their attack on Brianna, they used the code word ‘GAY’. But despite all this, Brianna’s murder has still not been classed as a hate crime. And the trigger for Brianna’s murder in the first place? Scarlett was jealous, because Brianna was deemed prettier than her, and Biranna was trans. Resources: Mermaids - https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ Peace & Mind - https://www.peaceandminduk.org/ https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources Watch OUTLORE Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale Follow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content: Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

San Antonio, 1994: Four Latina lesbians were accused of an unthinkable crime and spent nearly two decades in prison for something they didn’t do. In a time when queerness was treated like a crime, their identities became the only evidence needed to lock them up. But they never gave up. They spent years fighting to clear their names and fighting for each other. Today, we know them as The San Antonio Four. The accusations came from two little girls, just weeks after one of the women, Elizabeth, rejected advances from their father. In the midst of the Satanic Panic, their case sparked a moral firestorm and exposed a justice system all too willing to believe the worst about queer women. This Pride Month, we’re telling their story. Because when the world tried to silence them… they refused to stay quiet. Resources: The Innocence Project - https://innocenceproject.org/ https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources Watch OUTLORE Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale Follow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content: Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Houston, 2021: Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival was supposed to be the event of the year. But instead, it became one of the deadliest rap concerts in history. 10 people lost their lives, hundreds were injured and the world was left asking: How did this happen? It was declared a mass casualty event, but instead of stopping the show… producers let it play on. Travis kept performing and Drake was even brought out on stage. All while hundreds of people in the crowd screamed for help. Travis Scott calls himself the King of Rage. An artist who tells his fans to never be bystanders to chaos. But that night at Astroworld, did Travis Scott become the biggest bystander of all? Resources: Pink Bow Foundation - https://www.pinkbowsfoundation.org/ https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources Watch OUTLORE Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale Follow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content: Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia, 2022: Influencer turned Only Fans Model Anastasia Grishman, went on a Reality TV talk show to discuss her life. Only the episode became an intervention as experts sat lecturing her new found career in porn. Her mum cried, begging Anastasia to stop and just as it looked like all hope was lost in getting through to Ana, she let slip a very important detail…her porn career had only begun since meeting her husband, Dimitry Chernyshov. Dimitry was not only her scene and business partner. But also someone with a dark history of manipulating and beating girlfriends into becoming pornstars. Then, after the show aired, Ansastasia’s life spiralled completely. She disappeared, and the only place anyone could find her alive was online… Resources: Akt - https://www.akt.org.uk/ https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources Watch OUTLORE Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale Follow Me Here for Updates & Short Form Content: Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is on Brazilian Billionaire CEO entrepreneur Marcos Matsunaga, murdered and stuffed inside of a suitcase. But who could have done such an awful thing? For a while police thought it might be a kidnapping and ransom case, but as time went on.. the truth came out.Trigger Warning: domestic violence, abusive relationshipsResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is on a serial killer known as 'Crazy Dave' - David Edward Maust is known as the teen slayer - and has been compared to both John Wayne Gacy and 'the gay slayer' Colin Ireland.Trigger Warning: child abuse, mental illness, rape, suicideResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is on the 'pizza bomber', Brian Wells. This is one hell of a case, including a heist, an abduction, a scavenger hunt, multiple murders, a bank robbery, a collar bomb and a pizza delivery guy.Trigger Warning: suicide, cancer, abductionResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is on America's youngest EVER serial killer, Craig Price. Who was just 13 years old when he killed Rebecca Spencer and 15 when he murdered a family of 3. Known as the Warwick slasher, Craig is an infamous killer in his hometown in Rhode Island.Trigger Warning: racism, child murderResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is on the island party murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope - a couple presumed to be murdered, but as of right now, no bodies have been found - the two of them just disappeared on new years eve and have been missing ever since. Scott Watson is currently convicted for the murders, although many people believe this was a miscarriage of justice and he is falsely convicted.Trigger Warning: sexual harassment, sexual assault, homophobia, cancerResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices