120. The Missing Vatican Girl - Emanuela Orlandi

Into The Dark

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True Crime

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode, Payton explores the mysterious disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a vibrant teenager living within the walls of Vatican City. After she vanishes without a trace one evening, her family turns to the police—only to uncover whispers that the Vatican itself might be hiding something. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Vatican Girl – documentary series Catholic News Agency - https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260765/vatican-confirms-existence-of-secret-file-on-vatican-girl-emanuela-orlandi CNN - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/15/europe/italy-vatican-girl-case-intl-cmd/index.html The Catholic Herald - https://thecatholicherald.com/emanuela-orlandi-to-be-back-in-the-spotlight-in-2024/ The Washington Post - https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-15-year-old-vatican-girl-vanished-the-mystery-still-haunts-italy?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/place/Vatican-City Hersch Secure - https://www.hirschsecure.com/resources/blog/the-worlds-most-secure-buildings-the-vatican-secret-archives New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/world/europe/emanuela-orlandi-vatican-vatileaks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/world/europe/pope-vatican-girl.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/world/europe/vatican-bones-emanuela-orlandi.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hey everyone, welcome back to the Into the Dark podcast. I'm your
0:06.3	host, Peyton Morland. I am so glad you are here. If you are watching on YouTube and can give this
0:11.4	video a thumbs up, leave a comment, subscribe, turn on notifications. And if you are listening on audio
0:17.3	and can leave a review, that would be amazing. Honestly, for my 10 seconds today, I don't really
0:24.0	know what to say. I have not been having the best day ever, to be honest, and I'm tired. And I am going
0:34.9	to the gym after this. So hopefully that helps a little bit.
0:39.5	But I guess I just want to let you all know that I love you and you are not alone.
0:45.1	Listening to this right now, you are not alone.
0:48.4	With that being said, let's get into the episode.
0:51.2	Now, we know that the true crime world isn't always fair. Sometimes people
0:56.6	disappear only for their case to get a ton of coverage, and other missing people seem to get
1:02.4	ignored or forgotten by the general public. Some stories go viral and get a lot of attention,
1:08.4	while others never take off at all. And this is a problem,
1:13.4	but it's worth keeping in mind sometimes even the cases that get a lot of press coverage and
1:19.4	attention don't get solved. And today, I am covering an unsolved cold case that is incredibly famous. It's been called Italy's equivalent
1:30.3	of the JFK assassination. And to this day, nobody knows exactly what happened in this story.
1:38.1	Instead, people have come up with all kinds of tinfoil tales to try and explain how one of
1:43.7	Italy's most famous missing people
1:46.0	is still missing today. It all began on June 22nd, 1983, when 15-year-old, Emanuela or Lundy left home
1:58.2	to go to a music lesson. Now, Emanuel lived in Vatican City, which for those who don't
2:03.9	know, is a very small independent nation state. It has its own government, police department, and
2:09.8	basically operates on its own. I'm oversimplifying some of the politics and the history,
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