19 episodes
Lost In Panama Opportunist
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- True Crime
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3.6 • 138 Ratings
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In 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared while hiking a jungle trail in Panama. Two months later, investigators found their remains, as well as a backpack with a digital camera filled with photos that hinted at a darker story. What happened to Kris and Lisanne? In this investigative series, journalists Mariana Atencio and Jeremy Kryt retrace the last steps of the doomed women. Their search for the truth immerses them in eight years’ worth of conflicting evidence, testimonies, and rumors, as on-the-ground witnesses in Panama come forward for the first time. This explosive new evidence sets off a real-time race to reopen the case, and finally get justice for Kris and Lisanne.
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Lost in Air: N844AA - Part 1
As the sunset on 25 May, 2003, a Boeing 727 airliner was stolen from an airport in Angola.
The pilot, Ben Padilla, was an American flight engineer sent to Africa by his company to retrieve the plane and prepare it to make the long flight back to the U.S.
20 years later, the plane and its pilot are still missing, despite a worldwide search by the FBI and international intelligence agencies. -
Lost In: N844AA Part 2
On 25 May, 2003, both Ben Padilla, an American flight engineer, and a massive 727 airliner disappeared from an airport in Angola.
In part two of this story, we dive into first-person accounts of the aftermath, and what might have happened to N844AA. -
Lost In Florida
In 1997, William Moldt was a successful businessman living in Southern Florida. But after a night out at a local night club, Moldt just disappeared. Vanished into thin air.
Two decades later, a man researching school bus stops on the internet made an incredible discovery. -
Lost in Baja
Brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad traveled to Mexico’s Baja region in search of the perfect surfing spot.
When they uncharacteristically stopped responding to text messages, their families immediately feared the worst. -
1 of 7: El Pianista (The Pianist)
Mariana and Jeremy arrive in Boquete, and retrace Kris and Lisanne's steps up the Pianista trail.
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2 of 7: La Búsqueda (The Search)
When Kris and Lisanne don't show up for a scheduled tour, they're reported missing. Then what?
Customer Reviews
Very good.
The investigation does highlight enough to warrant it being opened again but in that part of the world where life is cheap and women are not respected the authorities won’t do anything. It’s tragic and underlines why certain places and people should be avoided at all costs. Terribly sad.
A case that will never be solved
I stumbled across this case when it appeared as a post on my twitter feed. I found this pod cast after a bit of googling into the case. Such a tragic but intriguing case and one no one will solve.
I’m not sold on the murder theory, too many holes.
The problem with all the “stories” of murder are that they’re just that, stories, and no one can corroborate them. Wherever you have local gangs, stories of what they get up to are always prominent. Some true. Some not. And the gangs will never deflect them because it’s in their interest for locals to live in fear of them.
No one living in the area will give them up.
Poor Journalism
Mariana tells us nothing new and comes to no conclusion. The evidence presented to support the murder theory is completely nonsensical and debunked within the podcast anyway.
Mariana also bangs on about the girl’s ethnicity, and complains that global media does not report on violence against local women - but no real conclusion is reached regarding media bias or violence toward women in Central America.
The highlight for me was when the random German tourists where roped into a sting operation.