561 // Holly Piirainen

Missing

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance and tragic murder of Holly Piirainen from Sturbridge, Massachusetts on August 5th, 1993. Holly went missing while visiting a group of puppies at a nearby residence. Her sneaker was found on a road and the search for 10 year old Holly was on. But in October of 1993, Holly's remains were found in Brimfield and the case has been unsolved ever since. If you have any information in the abduction and murder of Holly Piirainen, you can submit a tip anonymously at 413-426-3507. Official site: https://www.helpholly.com/. This episode was researched by Bill Huffman. Sources: https://www.ibtimes.com/holly-piirainen-case-david-pouliot-linked-death-missing-girl-1993-390282. https://youtu.be/67wf8hvLPyw?si=UMqZFNHZ285hKICO. https://youtu.be/RU3S0coGffc?si=j7xpajn2HQq9acdc. https://youtu.be/UvSc1HMGd38?si=-jaWRGdO4ogN5tVt. https://youtu.be/kZfmw0a9_yU?si=3ydh9U9O9wkg6E2J. https://youtu.be/RJlkuouLLrY?si=DXUulL7RB3YZZGwT. https://thisweekinworcester.com/holly-piiaranens-family-still-looks-for-clues-26-years-after-her-disappearance-death/. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/21/family-holly-piirainen-hosts-tip-campaign-anniversary-her-disappearance/DnhH2V8bunjWOd9basLxlI/story.html. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-more-sex-offenders/177432284/ https://www.sturbridge.gov/about. https://www.westernmassnews.com/2024/10/23/31-years-since-discovery-10-year-old-holly-piirainens-body/. https://hampdenda.com/hampden-district-attorney-releases-evidence-in-holly-piirainen-homicide-investigation-calls-on-the-public-for-help/. https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/ 177433323/. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican/177436128/. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican/177436412/. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at ⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	She was last seen by her father heading toward a residence around Allen and South Shore roads in Sturbridge to play with puppies.
0:08.0	She knew her at a home.
0:10.0	About one hour later, Holly was reported missing by her father after she did not return. I'm I'm I'm The I'm I'm The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how's it going today?
0:51.1	It's going fantastic today. Thanks so much for asking. I do hope that everybody who's
0:55.8	listening, I hope they're doing fantastic as well. This is one of the stories that has been around
1:02.4	unfortunately for decades, and we're covering it today. It's a tragic story, but it's very important,
1:08.8	and we really wouldn't be doing our jobs if we
1:12.0	continue to not cover this story. So let's bring this one back into the public conversation.
1:17.1	It definitely needs to be talked about as much as possible. But Tim, before we get to that,
1:20.5	how are you? Doing great over here. Thanks a lot. Yeah, today we are speaking about the
1:26.2	disappearance of Holly Peranan, and she was 10 years old,
1:31.0	and she went missing on August 5th, 1993 from Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
1:37.5	And Lance, many of our listeners may know we're both recording this from Massachusetts.
1:42.8	I'm actually pretty close to Sturbridge now, and Holly's disappearance definitely still has
1:49.7	vibrations in this area.
1:51.5	That's true.
1:52.3	How often do you hear about Holly's story in that area?
1:56.1	Well, stories about her disappearance, and we'll get into it it but her murder do come up on local news
2:02.6	occasionally and holly perennian's story is sort of forever tied to molly bishes and she went missing
2:10.8	from war in massachusetts which is basically the next town over from stirurbridge around the same time period.
2:19.4	So these cases were connected.
2:21.2	A lot of people thought they were connected as far as who abducted these young girls.
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