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1910, Wellington, New Zealand. Lydia Harvey is sixteen, working long hours for low pay, when a glamorous couple invite her to Buenos Aires. She accepts—and disappears. 1910, London, England. Amid a global panic about sex trafficking, detectives are tracking a ring of international criminals when they find a young woman on the streets of Soho who might be the key to cracking the whole case. As more people are drawn into Lydia's life and the trial at the Old Bailey, the world is being reshaped into a new, global era.

‘People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does… This is a splendid book – and highly recommended.’ Daily Mail A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent memory. 01...

In December 1926, celebrated author Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days, creating a real-life mystery that would captivate the world. This series dives deep into the events surrounding her disappearance, exploring the emotional turmoil, public fascination, and enduring legacy of this enigmatic episode in her life. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, The Missing Days brings to life a tale of betrayal, resilience, and reinvention—one that rivals the intrigue of her greatest novels.

The Millennial Scoop is the ongoing assimilation of Indigenous children and youth through the Canadian government's child welfare systems. Natasha is a Millennial Scoop survivor from Manitoba's Child Welfare System. This is her story.

What happened to Haiti's first, first family? An unprecedented collaboration between Harvard College and the Château de Joux investigates the 1802 disappearance of the Louverture's in a five-part series spanning from the island of Saint Domingue to the mountains of northern France. New archival evidence is unearthed as Alexandre Benoit interviews leading Haitian historians in a plot that involves hundreds of troops, Napoleon, black sites, betrayals, and one big mystery. --- Un partenariat entre le Fort de Joux et Harvard College (USA) qui enquête sur la disparition de la famille Louverture.

Unsolved Mysteries of American History re-creates the most mystifying events of our past, following some of our greatest historians as they search for the elusive answers. Spanning more than five centuries - from Leif Ericsson and Columbus through Watergate and Iran-Contra - Aron makes sense of all the latest discoveries and speculations. Here is everything you could ever want from a detective story: dramatic twists and turns, intellectual challenges, frustrating dead-ends, murderous mayhem, and thrilling espionage.

It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally - a 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia - was fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat’s spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate his longlining gear, the Miss Ally’s young captain decided to stay an extra day to retrieve the gear and, hopefully, a big catch.

On the night of August 6, 1930, Joseph Force Crater, a newly appointed judge and prominent figure in many circles of Manhattan, hailed a taxi in the heart of Broadway and vanished into thin air. Despite a decades-long international manhunt led by the New York Police Department's esteemed Missing Persons Bureau, the reason for Crater's disappearance remains a confounding mystery.

This is the Undetermined: Deaths, Disappearances, and Mysteries Podcast. Each week Dr. N explores new cases ranging from undetermined causes of death and missing persons, to unexplainable phenomena with undetermined causes. This podcast is dedicated to the mysterious and the unknown. Join me as I delve into the world of questions without answers and all things undetermined, where all possibilities are entertained from rational scientific explanations to the paranormal and beyond. Send in your own undetermined stories to undeterminedpod@gmail.com

This is a podcast dedicated to helping families with missing loved ones especially under-reported missing people of color. I look at cold cases and other curious things that people want to talk about. I do my best to get to the heart of the story and double-check my information to make sure it’s accurate. I also make contact with law enforcement for updates on cases and to submit tips!!! BE SAFE AND STAY TRUE!!!