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• 107: Mackenzie Michalski: Budapest, Hungary

  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 [email protected] 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/

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• 106: Death Not Yet Collaboration - Terri Jentz: Cline Falls State Park, Oregon

  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 [email protected] 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/

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• 105: Death Not Yet Collaboration - Colleen Stan: Northern California

  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 [email protected] 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

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• 104: Ani Ashekian: Hong Kong

  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 [email protected] 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

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• 103: John Allen Chau

  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 [email protected] 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

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