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Midday Missing - Aeryn Michael John Gillern & Ernst Priesner - MISSING IN Austria · True Crime and Wine Time

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  Speaker 1: Hello lovelies, an I hope you all are doing wonderful
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  Speaker 1: and that you're enjoying the fall weather today. This episode
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  Speaker 1: is pre recorded because I am currently in Vienna, Austria,
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  Speaker 1: and since I'm in Austria, I thought I would share
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  Speaker 1: two cases from Austria. Now, I am Terry True Crime
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  Speaker 1: and Welcome to Midday Missing, where we highlight current missing
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  Speaker 1: person cases that need more attention. We stream shows every
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  Speaker 1: Monday and Wednesday. Hence why I pre recorded these, Because
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  Speaker 1: these cases are so important that they still need to
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  Speaker 1: be told even though I'm traveling. Now, I am going
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  Speaker 1: to apologize upfront for my pronunciations. If you're new here,
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  Speaker 1: this happens often and I'm really bad at it. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: If you're not new here, then enjoy the laughs. I
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  Speaker 1: am sure I will provide. So our first case is
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  Speaker 1: Arian Gillern. Okay. On the evening of Monday, October twenty ninth,
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and seven, Arian Michael John Gillern disappeared in Vienna, Austria.
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  Speaker 1: At the time, he was working for the United Nations
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  Speaker 1: Industrial Development Organation known as UNIDO, not Minido, but UNIDO now.
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  Speaker 1: Arian was born on April twenty eighth, nineteen seventy three
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  Speaker 1: in Elmira, New York, to his mother, Katherine Gilleran Now.
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  Speaker 1: He graduated from Groton High School in nineteen ninety one,
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  Speaker 1: then went on to earn a Bachelors of Arts in
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  Speaker 1: theology from Sansiscan University of Steubenville in nineteen ninety seven.
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  Speaker 1: Told you these are going to be some interesting words
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  Speaker 1: I pronounce. They're about to get more fun. From there,
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  Speaker 1: he studied at the Simony in graz Sekua, Austria, and
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  Speaker 1: later returned to Steubenville to complete a Master's of Arts
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  Speaker 1: in Theology in Christian Ministry in nineteen ninety nine. By
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and three, Arian was in Vienna working as
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  Speaker 1: a research a research assistant for Unido. Now. Outside of
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  Speaker 1: his professional work, Arian was also well known in the community.
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  Speaker 1: In two thousand and six, he was named mister Gay Austria.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not sharing pictures and slides today because
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  Speaker 1: finding pictures of these gentlemen that we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about today was impossible. So I tried to find it.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe why I'm in Austria, I'll have better luck If so,
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  Speaker 1: I will share it with you guys later. Now, just
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  Speaker 1: weeks before his disappearance. In September two thousand and seven,
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  Speaker 1: Arian visited his mother in Courtland, New York for ten days.
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  Speaker 1: She was preparing to sell her home and moved to
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  Speaker 1: Vienna to be closer to him. On October twenty seventh,
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  Speaker 1: Catherine spoke to her son on the phone for the
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  Speaker 1: last time, Catherine my Heart. On October thirty first, two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and seven, Catherine received the phone call every parent
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  Speaker 1: dreads Aaron was missing. Police accounts surrounding his disappearance have
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  Speaker 1: been inconsistent. One version stated he was last seen running
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  Speaker 1: naked from the Cousin Brundle Sauna and why Burgess after
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  Speaker 1: an altercation where another man was allegedly taken to the hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Another version claimed that his last confirmed location was a
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  Speaker 1: sauna at Stephen Plots after work. I know how to
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  Speaker 1: say Stephen Plots because I love the mirror Plots in Germany.
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  Speaker 1: Now authorities suggested he may have been suicidal and jumped
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  Speaker 1: into the Danaby River, but his friend's acquaintances and family
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  Speaker 1: strongly dispute this idea. You know Aaron's mother and supporters
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  Speaker 1: argue that the investigation was deeply flawed and hampered by bias.
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  Speaker 1: Against his sexuality. I'm going to say, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: go with the mom. I trust the mom. Austrian police
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  Speaker 1: statement shifted multiple times. They denied the presence of witnesses,
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  Speaker 1: even though a couple had phoned them with information the
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  Speaker 1: day after Aaron was declared missing. Initially, Austrian authorities even
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  Speaker 1: refused to investigate, stating that it was not their duty
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  Speaker 1: to handle the disappearance of a non citizens. Austrian authorities,
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  Speaker 1: I'm here to tell you, if I go missing while
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  Speaker 1: I'm in your country, please look for me, yes, please now.
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  Speaker 1: When pressure mounted from the United Nations and the Austrian
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Ministry, police finally opened an investigation, but still refused
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  Speaker 1: to interview Aaron's mother or his friends. Okay, Austrian place,
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  Speaker 1: I need to know why and if any of you,
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  Speaker 1: or if I run into any police officers while I'm there,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be asking you, guys, okay, because I
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  Speaker 1: need to know. Since two thousand and eight, every year
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  Speaker 1: on October twenty ninth, Aaron's mother has held a vigil
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  Speaker 1: outside the kaser Brundle Sauna to mark the anniversary of
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  Speaker 1: her son's disappearance. Guys, I really wished I was going
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  Speaker 1: to be there on October twenty ninth, because I would
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  Speaker 1: go now. In twenty eleven, the documentary Gone the Disappearance
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  Speaker 1: of Aaron Gillarn premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, shining
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  Speaker 1: light on his story in his mother's relentless search for answers.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly two decades later, the case of Aaron Gillarn remains unsolved.
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  Speaker 1: For his mother, Catherine, the fight for truth and justice continues. Catherine,
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  Speaker 1: my heart goes out to you, and I'll keep my
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  Speaker 1: eye open when I'm walking around. So next up we have.
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  Speaker 1: On July nineteenth, nineteen ninety four, Austrian biologist Ernest Prisoner,
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  Speaker 1: a Priestner, vanished in the mountains near Garmick, parting Kirchen, Germya.
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  Speaker 1: He had gone out to check insect traps in the
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  Speaker 1: area of the Flagger Sea and never returned. Now, despite
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  Speaker 1: extensive search operations by mountain rescue teams, no trace of
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  Speaker 1: him was ever found now. Ernest was born on May twelfth,
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  Speaker 1: nineteen thirty four. He grew up in Klagenfurt, Austria, where
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  Speaker 1: he attended high school before studying biology at the University
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  Speaker 1: of Vienna. He earned his PhD in nineteen fifty nine,
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  Speaker 1: working in the research group of Wilhelm who Knelt at
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  Speaker 1: the Zoological Institute Wow these words. His career took him
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  Speaker 1: to the University of Gottingen, then to Munich, where in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen sixty three he joined the research group of Dietrich Schneider.
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  Speaker 1: Two years later he followed Schneider to the Max Planck
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  Speaker 1: Institute for Behavioral Psychology in Sea Wissen. By nineteen seventy four,
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  Speaker 1: Prisoner was based at the University of Erlangen, devoting himself
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  Speaker 1: to the study of insect pheromones. You heard me right.
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  Speaker 1: Insect pheromones, particularly in clear wing moss also known as
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  Speaker 1: a c. Stay cesiday Now. Prisoner was a pioneer in
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  Speaker 1: the field of sex pheromones research. His work revolutionized how
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  Speaker 1: scientists studied insect communication behavior, especially among hi ooh heyman
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  Speaker 1: opters and butterflies ooh, don't come at me people. In
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  Speaker 1: nineteen eighty three, he was awarded the gay LUSA Humboldt
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  Speaker 1: Prize for his groundbreaking contributions. He developed a set of
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  Speaker 1: twenty one synthetic pheromones capable of attracting nearly all types
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  Speaker 1: of clear wing moths, leading to the discovery of several
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  Speaker 1: new species. His methods and findings remain influential in entomology today.
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  Speaker 1: I bet Grisom would have been a fan. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think now? On July nineteenth, nineteen ninety four, Ernest
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  Speaker 1: set out to check insect traps in the Bavarian Alps.
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  Speaker 1: It was a routine task, something he had done many
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  Speaker 1: times before this time, he did not return. When he
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  Speaker 1: failed to come back, search efforts were a immediately launched.
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  Speaker 1: Mountain rescue teams scoured the flagracy area, but despite multiple operations,
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  Speaker 1: no sign of Earnest wherever found. It's been more than
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  Speaker 1: thirty years and the disappearance of Ernest prisoner remains a mystery.
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  Speaker 1: He was a brilliant scientist and a pioneer in his field.
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  Speaker 1: He left behind not only important contributions to entomology, but
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  Speaker 1: also unanswered questions about what happened in those mountains that day.
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  Speaker 1: News outlets are so different in other countries and they
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  Speaker 1: do not publish as much on these cases, so I
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  Speaker 1: was only able to provide some limited information. But I
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  Speaker 1: do think that it is important, no matter where the
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  Speaker 1: person is missing from that their stories deserve to be heard.
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  Speaker 1: Because guys I'm going to be traveling there, I find
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  Speaker 1: meet one of these gentlemen. If I know about their story,
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  Speaker 1: then maybe I can help. Okay, now for my tips today.
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  Speaker 1: Since I'm in Austria for the next several days when
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  Speaker 1: you're hearing this, I thought I would share some tips
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  Speaker 1: I found online that I will be using while on
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  Speaker 1: my visit. I am one of those people that before
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  Speaker 1: I visit another country, especially when I've never been to,
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  Speaker 1: I do my research. Okay, So public transportation is big
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  Speaker 1: over there, Okay, vienn As you ban trams and buses
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  Speaker 1: are said to be clean and efficient, but they are
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  Speaker 1: also where pick pockets hang out. Yep. So they say
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  Speaker 1: keep your bag zipped and in front of you, don't
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  Speaker 1: carry your passport in your back pocket, and be especially
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  Speaker 1: alert and crowded station like Carlsplatz and the Stevensplot. Yes, guys,
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  Speaker 1: don't worry, I will be keeping it all close. Also,
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  Speaker 1: protect your belongings in the tourist areas. Big attractions like
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  Speaker 1: the Staint Stephen Cathedral, Stranbourne Palace and the noch Schmarked
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  Speaker 1: draw big crowds, so they say stay away of your purse,
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  Speaker 1: your backpack or your camera and use crossbody bags with
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  Speaker 1: sippers and never hang them on the back of a chair.
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  Speaker 1: At cafes, guys, I will be carrying my adorable little
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  Speaker 1: backpack and I will be keeping it close to my body. Now.
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  Speaker 1: They also say use the hotel safer passports and your
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  Speaker 1: extra cash and your credit cards. Yes, that I recommend
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  Speaker 1: doing everywhere. Also, if you're renting an apartment or an airbnb,
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  Speaker 1: make sure doors and windows are locked before you head out.
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  Speaker 1: I also purchased a travel carbon monoxide tester that you
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  Speaker 1: just set out. It runs on battery and it will
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  Speaker 1: let me know if there's any carbon monoxide leaking. I
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  Speaker 1: decided to add that to my stuff because of hearing
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  Speaker 1: of families and things happening in airbnb's and different things.
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  Speaker 1: So I decided twenty dollars better to be safe right now.
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  Speaker 1: They say Vienna is very safe after dark, but they
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  Speaker 1: also say that means you shouldn't let your guard down.
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  Speaker 1: So as always, I'm going to stick to Welllitch streets,
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  Speaker 1: especially around the Girtle area. I'm not sure I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be in that area, but they say it can
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  Speaker 1: get sketchy late at night, and yes, we know. I
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  Speaker 1: like to go look for danger, but I'm not going
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  Speaker 1: to go look for sketchy places, and to trust your instincts.
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  Speaker 1: If an area fills off, take a different route. Luckily,
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  Speaker 1: I will be in Austria with all of my coworkers,
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  Speaker 1: and I can tell you I will not have a
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  Speaker 1: moment of a loane time except for when I'm in
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  Speaker 1: my room. We all love to hang out and we
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  Speaker 1: all get along so well. Now. They also say only
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  Speaker 1: use official taxis or ride apps okay. Do not get
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  Speaker 1: in unmarked cars offering rides okay. They also say public
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  Speaker 1: transportation does run late, but to know your route before
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  Speaker 1: heading out because it may be different. Also, they recommend
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  Speaker 1: using ATMs inside the banks, not the ones on the streets.
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense. Also says to carry just what you
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  Speaker 1: need for the day and to keep a backup card.
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  Speaker 1: I always do that. I also do not store my
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  Speaker 1: cards in my phone. Okay, I don't, so if I
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  Speaker 1: lose my phone, I don't have to worry about any
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  Speaker 1: of my apps. Also, like I mentioned the other day,
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  Speaker 1: when traveling anywhere, I'm going to be downloading my maps
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  Speaker 1: so I can find my way around. And just for
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  Speaker 1: everybody to know, the emergency number is one one two
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  Speaker 1: in Austria, so I'm going to have that. They also
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  Speaker 1: say Vienna a stylish so skip the touristy outfits. As
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  Speaker 1: I said the other day, me dressing more like the
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  Speaker 1: locals will help me blend in. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: the locals they wear a lot of pink. Now I
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  Speaker 1: am taking some black with me, so who knows. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: I will have to stick to that. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna have to wait and see when I
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  Speaker 1: get there. But I do want to thank you all
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  Speaker 1: for joining me today. I look forward to seeing you
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  Speaker 1: again on Wednesday. It will be another pre recorded episode
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  Speaker 1: as I will still be traveling, but I do want
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  Speaker 1: to remind you all please join our Facebook group. This
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  Speaker 1: is where we will post all of our missing person
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  Speaker 1: posters as well as share other posters. Now Thursday night,
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  Speaker 1: seven pm Central, True Crime a Wine Time is going
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  Speaker 1: to be offering their weekly deep dive into a truly
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  Speaker 1: shocking case. This week, Lama and a special co host
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  Speaker 1: will cover the case of the storage Unit of Death,
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  Speaker 1: a Tennessee horror Guys. I know nothing about that case,
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  Speaker 1: and I am either going to try to listen when
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  Speaker 1: they're live, or I will definitely be part of the
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  Speaker 1: replay crew. So guys, until next time, please stay safe.
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  Speaker 1: I'm making sure I stay safe, Stay aware as I am.
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  Speaker 1: If you see something, say something, and most importantly, let's
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  Speaker 1: help these families bring home their loved ones if we can. Okay, bye,
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  Speaker 1: guys Back