Introducing - The Missing Matter

Just when you thought the story was over, the questions only deepen. Hosted by Sally Leydon - Marion’s daughter and the voice you know from The Lady Vanishes - The Missing Matter picks up the trail after the March 2024 coronial findings. With over 22 million downloads behind it, this fan-funded follow-up launches on its own new feed, ready to chart a fresh journey into the unknown.

Join Sally and her investigative team as they:

• Revisit key locations from Australia to Europe, chasing every lead
• Deploy scent-tracking dogs in the hunt for Marion’s final resting place
• Travel worldwide—from Japan and London to Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg and Lille
• Reflect on the coronial findings, the excitement of live events, and the planning stages of an epic research trip

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Apodge production.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
For those of you who haven't listened to the Lady Vanishers,
she might not know who I am, but my name
is Sally and I am the daughter of long term
missing person Maryon Barter.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Mother Marian Barter, disappeared in nineteen ninety seven after changing
her name, selling her house, and quitting her job.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
I'm currently fifty one. Put some perspective into my situation.
My mum was fifty one when she disappeared from my life,
Life Life.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Sally Laden had the support of dozens of loved ones
as a coroner today confirmed what she's known all along.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Coroner's just told me officially, my mum's deceased. So that's
the first time I've heard that in twenty seven years.
Twenty seven years, twenty seven years, seven years. The podcast
grew phenomenally overnight, and you know, law us into this
world of millions of people who just want to help
find my mum, which was absolutely amazing. Ryan and I

(01:14):
spent a huge amount of time together and I have
huge respect for him and for Allison for doing everything
that they did to help project my story when no
one else was listening to me. You know, we'd signed
documents with the coroner's court to say that we would
not talk about any of the information discuss it with anybody.
All of a sudden, they told me I couldn't talk
to anybody. So the only person I was allowed to

(01:35):
talk to was my husband, Chris, and my kids. I
can't comment at this time. I'm sorry. Sorry, to be honest,
I didn't know that that was going to be the
last episode. I heard it on the episode when everyone
else did that that was going to be the last one.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
This is the final episode of The Lady Vanishes.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
I felt like I was at a bit of a
crossroads as to what to do now. The podcast is
called The Missing Man because in my world, that has
become my song.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
I'm really excited about this next phase in the journey
with sal.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
It's been a whirl win of a year. In the
next upcoming ten episodes, you're going to hear about every
place we visited. We went to six different countries.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Nimanchba.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
I really hope she's home.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
I really hope she wants to talk to us.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
I did send her an email about a month ago
because when we went for lunch, you were telling me
about when you were in Balley with him, and how
you'd remembered something that you probably should have told the police.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
I was there the morning that mister and missus Wilson
walked into Bryce Street of my grandparents' house and were
told by the Salvation Army that they had found Marion.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Marion makes me want to vomit a little bit, Yeah,
because you know they never found it.

Speaker 4 (03:08):
They never found it.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Was said will. I listened to the inquest, I said,
that's a lie.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
Everything owner.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
All right, Such a weird feeling. I feel a bit nervous,
to be honest. He opened a bank security envelope the
day before that transaction happened with the same bank. Do
you know what he said to me? Can you tell me?

(03:40):
He see? Yes, I open and I come bunk for
your own children in Australia. Yes, Yes.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
The Missing Matter.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
The next chapter of the Marion Barta story coming to
Apple Podcast subscription from Monday May twelve.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Listen ad free and early. I swear to gird we
must have knocked on the wrong door. We've gone to
the wrong house. And you know what else, we would
have noticed the Blum and Cornelius on the door. What
the hell is that about? What the hell is that
about