Unknown Passage

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? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud...

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? Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud...

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...

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...

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. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Join the Patreon community: https://www.patreon...

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. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣ Join the Patreon community: https://www.patreon...

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...

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...

The Beautiful Beast. The Blond Angel of Hell. The Hyena of Auschwitz. The Bitch of Belsen. These are just a few of the nicknames given by concentration camp prisoners to Irma Grese, one of the most reviled figures in Holocaust history. By her early 20s, Grese was one of the most feared female Nazis, inflicting horror on her subjects in camps across Germany and Poland, including at the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau. Join me as I look at the making of a monster...

The Beautiful Beast. The Blond Angel of Hell. The Hyena of Auschwitz. The Bitch of Belsen. These are just a few of the nicknames given by concentration camp prisoners to Irma Grese, one of the most reviled figures in Holocaust history. By her early 20s, Grese was one of the most feared female Nazis, inflicting horror on her subjects in camps across Germany and Poland, including at the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau. Join me as I look at the making of a monster...