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The Vatican Girl Who Vanished: Secrets Behind Forty Years of Silence
The Vatican Girl Who Vanished: Secrets Behind Forty Years of Silence
A teenage Vatican citizen walked to a bus stop on June 22, 1983, and vanished without a trace while no body was ever found and no one charged - yet the Holy See received direct ransom-style demands tied to the Pope’s attempted assassin. Who held Emanuela Orlandi, and why did the strongest institution in her life respond with coordinated silence?
In this episode, we follow the chronological record of the disappearance and the family’s search, from the payphone call that morning to the kidnappers’ demands and the Vatican…
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