Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Iceland, 2017: Birna Brjánsdóttir was only 20 years old, when a night out partying led to her scary disappearance. And despite almost her entire walk home being caught on CCTV, something still managed to happen, just off camera, just out of sight…

In a matter of days, she became the centre of Iceland’s biggest ever manhunt. A country known to be one of the safest in the world, but tragically on the very night Birna Brjánsdóttir lost...

England, 2021: 

Penny and David Jackson were your usual couple living out their retirement in the sleepy countryside town of Berrow, Somerset. That was until one night, when Penny suddenly snapped and murdered David after an argument over her choice to serve Bubble and Squeak to accompany their steak dinner…a choice David didn’t approve of.

But as if her reason for attacking him wasn’t bizarre enough, a released 999 call and bodycam ...

Nevada, 2020:

The body of a missing 16 year old teenage girl has just been found in the desert. Her name was Britney Ujlaky, and she was Spring Creek’s Rodeo Queen, a small-town, known for having little to no crime.

But now, a police hunt was underway for Britney’s killer. A killer described as a mysterious cowboy that she’d met on snapchat…that was at least, according to her big bro-like bestie, Bryce Dickie. Who had seen with his o...

Dublin, 2018: 

In the early hours, a half-dressed, disorientated woman in agony stepped out of a hotel room, into the hallway, and fled.

The room she’d escaped from belonged to UFC fighter Conor McGregor. She’d gone back for an after-party, only, it hadn’t been a party at all. And hours after leaving, she’d be in an Ambulance, hospitalised with brutal injuries.

And now, at the hands of McGregor and his millions of fans, she would re-l...

Tokyo, 2016: 

One night, just as they were returning home from a long day, best friends Jiang Ge & Liu Xin suddenly found themselves being chased by Liu Xin’s stalker ex-boyfriend, Chen Shifeng.

But only 1 of the 2 girls would make it into the flat, safely away from him, while the other would find herself locked outside, trapped. 

Afterwards, the surviving friend who’d made it safely inside was treated as China’s public enemy numb...

Los Angeles, 2005:

A young Kesha has just been kicked out of Paris Hilton’s house party for throwing up in a shoe closet, only the events that would follow this, would change the trajectory of her life forever.

That same night, her producer, Dr Luke walked Kesha back to his hotel room at the Mondrian Hotel, a quick walk from Paris’ house. But after arriving, Kesha would black out, her memory of the rest of the night wiped - only to a...

Florida, 2024: A 14-year-old boy took his own life after falling in love with an AI chatbot. He believed she was his girlfriend and the only person in the world who truly understood him. But she was never real. Now, his mother is suing Character.AI for wrongful death, claiming the bot didn’t just fail to stop him but actually encouraged him.

As AI becomes our friend, our therapist, our partner… how do we protect the vulnerable? And ...

Melbourne, 2015: Noela Rukundo was caught up in a kidnapping plot while visiting Burundi for a funeral. But when she came face to face with her captors, she quickly realised this was no random abduction and the motive lay much closer to home…  

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South Africa, 2008: Eudy Simelane was a Football hero. One of the first openly gay players to ever play on the national team, born and raised in the township of Kwa-Thema. She was changing the game - quite literally. She was a vocal gay rights activist and dedicated hours to Aid work. But aged 31, her life was brutally and tragically taken from her. And what followed, was a long and hard fight for justice, in a legal system where g...

London, 2007: 

Audun Carlsen, a 29 year old man was found bleeding in the street having just fled a nearby flat. But the story he was about to tell would shock everyone. Because his capturer, the person he was fleeing from, was a HUGE celebrity.

He’d just fled the home of 80’s British Pop Icon Boy George. Audun had been booked to model for George, who was trying his hand at photography. But suddenly the session took a strange turn an...

A note for listeners: I’ve had to be on voice rest this past week so instead I’m bringing you an older episode from our archives! I’ll be back next week with a brand new Outlore Episode! 

London, 1993: A man called Colin Ireland made it his New Year’s Resolution to murder as many gay men as possible, and as soon as he began, widespread fear across the capital’s gay community could be felt. He’d stake out at gay bars, waiting and sco...

The Transfemicide of Brianna Ghey

England, 2023: 

Brianna Ghey, a 16 year old school girl was lured out of her home and to a park, where she became the victim of a violent attack, planned by a girl who she thought was her friend. But this wasn’t the first time this friend tried to take Brianna’s life… 

Her name was Scarlett Jenkinson and devastatingly, this time Scarlett’s plan worked. Brianna would not survive her injuries and tra...

San Antonio, 1994: Four Latina lesbians were accused of an unthinkable crime and spent nearly two decades in prison for something they didn’t do. In a time when queerness was treated like a crime, their identities became the only evidence needed to lock them up. But they never gave up. They spent years fighting to clear their names and fighting for each other. Today, we know them as The San Antonio Four.

The accusations came from t...

Houston, 2021: Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival was supposed to be the event of the year. But instead, it became one of the deadliest rap concerts in history. 10 people lost their lives, hundreds were injured and the world was left asking: How did this happen?

It was declared a mass casualty event, but instead of stopping the show… producers let it play on. Travis kept performing and Drake was even brought out on stage. All ...

Russia, 2022: Influencer turned Only Fans Model Anastasia Grishman, went on a Reality TV talk show to discuss her life. Only the episode became an intervention as experts sat lecturing her new found career in porn.

Her mum cried, begging Anastasia to stop and just as it looked like all hope was lost in getting through to Ana, she let slip a very important detail…her porn career had only begun since meeting her husband, Dimitry...

Today's episode is on Brazilian Billionaire CEO entrepreneur Marcos Matsunaga, murdered and stuffed inside of a suitcase. But who could have done such an awful thing? For a while police thought it might be a kidnapping and ransom case, but as time went on.. the truth came out.

Trigger Warning: domestic violence, abusive relationships

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