The Last Trip

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 [http://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 [http://www.fireeyesmedia.com/] Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast] Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/] And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast] Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/08/rowlands.jentz/ [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.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-30-bk-dolan30-story.html] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/24121534/ [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://moonmagazine.org/terri-jentz-my-journey-to-justice-2014-02-01/] https://www.crimevictimsunited.org/news/2006/jentz.htm [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.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/ [https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/profile/avra-goldman/]

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 [http://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 [http://www.fireeyesmedia.com] Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast] Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/] And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast [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://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://people.com/crime/girl-in-the-box-how-janice-hooker-helped-colleen-stan-escape/] https://allthatsinteresting.com/girl-in-the-box-colleen-stan [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.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.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.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://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://people.com/where-is-colleen-stan-now-girl-in-the-box-kidnapping-8648943] https://barrieshelter.com/how-to-stay-safe/ [https://barrieshelter.com/how-to-stay-safe/] https://celebnowthen.com/what-is-colleen-stan-doing-now/ [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/crimebeat/the-brainwashing-and-torture-of-colleen-stan-a-kidnapping-survivor-ec6e2410503a] https://medium.com/%40lisariggio1994/surviving-abduction-colleen-stan-9f9b5261d919 [https://medium.com/%40lisariggio1994/surviving-abduction-colleen-stan-9f9b5261d919] https://murderintheblack.com/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box.html [https://murderintheblack.com/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box.html]

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 lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast] Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/] And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast] Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/54077259736/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/54077259736/] https://truecrimediva.com/ani-ashekian/ [https://truecrimediva.com/ani-ashekian/] https://websleuths.com/threads/china-ani-ashekian-31-hong-kong-11-nov-2008-canadian-tourist.104205/ [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.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.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://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://web.archive.org/web/20151105180831/http://www.findani.com/] https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/18b64d1/where_is_ani_ashekian/ [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://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 [https://windsorstar.com/news/sister-to-pick-up-search-in-china]

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 lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast] Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/] And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast] Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.instagram.com/johnachau/ [https://www.instagram.com/johnachau/] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/john-chau-christian-missionary-death-sentinelese [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/john-chau-christian-missionary-death-sentinelese] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46345231 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46345231] https://allnations.international/john-chau [https://allnations.international/john-chau] https://www.alex-perry.com/the-last-days-of-john-allen-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.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.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://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://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/john-allen-chau-noble-savages/] https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-allen-chau [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://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://www.bbc.com/news/world-46336355] https://sojo.net/articles/john-allen-chau-was-product-missions-marketing-system [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 [https://abcnews.go.com/International/john-allen-chau-detailed-efforts-convert-islanders-christianity/story?id=59401238]

102: Eloi Rolland: Auckland, New Zealand

In March 2020, 18 year old Eloi Rolland left his homestay on Auckland’s North Shore  just before dawn. He was a French exchange student - curious, soft-spoken,  and enchanted by New Zealand’s beauty. That morning he opened Google Maps and searched the word Piha. A remote black-sand beach known for its cliffs, its isolation… and its danger. He caught a bus, then a train. CCTV caught him walking alone as the city woke up. By 9:18am, his phone pinged one final time along Piha Road in Waitakere Ranges -  and then… nothing.No [http://nothing.No] more messages. No more movement. No more Eloi.  Police scoured the bushland - dense, silent, and endless - but no trace of him was ever found. What happened in the misty hills outside Auckland? Did Eloi wander off the track? Fall off the cliffs?  Or was something - or someone - waiting for him there? Listen as we dive into New Zealand, the case of Eloi Rolland, and how to stay alive on vacation. Do you have a story to share? Send your email to lasttrippodcast@gmail.com We're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastTripPodcast] Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thelasttripcrimepod/] And join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TheLastTripPodcast] Theme Music by Roger Allen Dexter Sources: https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360759600/parents-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-take-search-south-island [https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360759600/parents-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-take-search-south-island] https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/124382819/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-friends-and-family-still-have-no-answers-a-year-on?_ [https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/124382819/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-friends-and-family-still-have-no-answers-a-year-on?_gl=1*ig9kh6*_ga*MTkyODU0MTM1OC4xNzYwMjg1OTU4*_ga_P3Q4DDZ07F*czE3NjAyODU5NTgkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjAyODU5OTckajIxJGwwJGgw] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120283016/french-national-eloi-jean-rolland-18-missing-in-auckland [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120283016/french-national-eloi-jean-rolland-18-missing-in-auckland] https://www.police.govt.nz/missing-persons/listings/eloi-rolland [https://www.police.govt.nz/missing-persons/listings/eloi-rolland] https://www.facebook.com/MISSINGELOIJEANROLLAND/ [https://www.facebook.com/MISSINGELOIJEANROLLAND/] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120409689/french-teen-missing-from-auckland-had-troubled-state-of-mind [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120409689/french-teen-missing-from-auckland-had-troubled-state-of-mind?cid=app-android&fbclid=IwY2xjawNY0DlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnN4m1ra_ZUfx_SYQLetvKX1wyyW9QpNlgaY-rdfHMnStPZu9TlTPJ1XwT8T_aem_Z0eT4kXsZcuZ90nueXq7Pg] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120511116/sister-of-fit-smiley-french-teen-missing-in-auckland-desperate-for-answers [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120511116/sister-of-fit-smiley-french-teen-missing-in-auckland-desperate-for-answers] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120860887/chances-of-finding-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-alive-becoming-more-slim [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120860887/chances-of-finding-missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-alive-becoming-more-slim?fbclid=IwY2xjawNY0shleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkQ0zcKRm_uL6GKZvMmJtBfsP4zFkzYCjRP1HpENeLE-reZa08Pezkmgzr1W_aem_2clHs6oWbsPAZHUF7OpmIQ] https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/family-of-french-teen-eloi-jean-rolland-missing-in-auckland-since-march-reveal-more/5GVRVY5ZNGMZMKKHJGV4YDB3R4/ [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/family-of-french-teen-eloi-jean-rolland-missing-in-auckland-since-march-reveal-more/5GVRVY5ZNGMZMKKHJGV4YDB3R4/] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300097890/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-family-say-theyve-lost-hope-six-months-after-disappearance [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300097890/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-family-say-theyve-lost-hope-six-months-after-disappearance?cid=app-iPhone&fbclid=IwY2xjawNY4d9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHp1zeBR7asrXrm9_WRsWiHXNhseQ7BjXlfqZsbxh51ROe_5RCqw86AYtEFaK_aem_6UXUnqDq0VJQyFh5dMaM-g] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300189370/the-missing-people-of-piha-25-years-six-cases-no-answers [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300189370/the-missing-people-of-piha-25-years-six-cases-no-answers] https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300201475/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-reportedly-sighted-13km-from-last-known-location [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300201475/missing-french-teen-eloi-rolland-reportedly-sighted-13km-from-last-known-location] https://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/4096164-20240621-disparition-eloi-rolland-nouvelle-zelande-va-declarer-mort-jeune-homme [https://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/4096164-20240621-disparition-eloi-rolland-nouvelle-zelande-va-declarer-mort-jeune-homme] https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/malgre-labsence-de-corps-la-nouvelle-zelande-va-prononcer-le-deces-deloi-rolland-18-ans-disparu-en-2020-24-06-2024-W2572J4WSNHH7F4NG2S7VJ573M.php [https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/malgre-labsence-de-corps-la-nouvelle-zelande-va-prononcer-le-deces-deloi-rolland-18-ans-disparu-en-2020-24-06-2024-W2572J4WSNHH7F4NG2S7VJ573M.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawNZU0RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHj_4bNPQsKVDX0uyNFkx_cQsIe81OMdHiSJ9_tdeRIdQJmavtBurUy7awDS2_aem_iJyU99Y1aCUZwFOpj-eFyw] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwbEs-Xku8Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwbEs-Xku8Y]