When 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi failed to come home after her music lesson on a hot summer day in Rome, her family immediately knew something was wrong. Fear grew to absolute dread when a man known only as "The American" claimed to have abducted Emanuela and threatened to kill her unless a captive terrorist was released in exchange for the girl. When the deadline for release came and went and Emanuela's body was not found, investigators had a renewed sense of hope that perhaps the teenager was still alive. The dark theories that have surrounded Emanuela's vanishing in the more than forty years since she went missing have many people wondering if all is as it seems in Rome. Could the ones meant to help be the very ones responsible for her disappearance?
Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the Dark Oak 05:15 Emanuela Orlandi 01:08:10 The Brand of Hope - JED Foundation
Sources:
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. (2017). https://www.netflix.com/title/81117191
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