On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 years By Giles Tremlett. Read by Luis Soto. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">theguardian.com/longr ... Show More
Dec 2023
Best of 2023: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’
Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From March: Gary Hunt is an enigma. He trains with the intensity ... Show More
44m 40s
Dec 2023
Best of 2023: The strange survival of Guinness World Records
Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From June: For more than half a century, one organisation has bee ... Show More
44m 15s
Jul 2024
Girl In The Picture - 576
<p>A young woman’s body was found on the side of the road in Choctaw, OK in 1990. Four years after her death, her son, Michael Hughes, was abducted from his elementary school by a man who claimed to be his father. Who was the young woman and what happened to her son? Her death an ... Show More
55m 28s
Nov 2016
An Extraordinary Meeting Between Two Former Hostages
In 2002, the French Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt became perhaps one of the best-known hostages in the world when she was kidnapped and held for over six years, deep in the Colombian jungle, by the Farc or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Watching Ingrid's emotion ... Show More
34m 45s
Mar 2025
Agnès de Clairville : La Route des crêtes, son dernier roman
Un 31 décembre, on frappe à sa porte. Une employée de mairie et un officier de police lui annoncent l'accident de son mari, parti plus tôt dans l'après-midi rouler sous le soleil d'hiver. Marc-Aurèle a rejoint le cercle des hommes qui vivent et meurent trop vite. Elle a rejoint c ... Show More
25m 1s
Dec 2017
E72: “A Fiendish Murder” - Rita Bouchard
On a chilly February day in 1947, news of an unidentified 17-year-old woman’s body shook the people of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Carter and Wenndy explore the long line of suspects ranging from Rita’s boyfriend to her creepy, pedophile neighbor...but who was present in those final ... Show More
35m 21s
<p>1997, une jeune femme est découverte affreusement mutilée à Perpignan. </p><p>Personne ne se doute alors qu'un maniaque rôde dans les rues de la ville et s'apprête à horrifier le pays entier.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hébergé par Acast. Visitez <a style= ... Show More
