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The Lady Vanishes

The Beginning

The Lady Vanishes

7NEWS Podcasts

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Evelyn retraces her steps to the beginning, when her mother met and married Willy Wouters, aka Ric Blum. And we chase down leads that yield stunning information about Mr Blum and about Marion.


Music credits:


Theme: Identity Crisis - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

The Order’s Theme - Myuu  - thedarkpiano.com

Round That Corner - Myuu  - thedarkpiano.com

Countdown - Myuu  - thedarkpiano.com

Poltergeist - Myuu -  thedarkpiano.com

Silent Turmoil - Myuu -  thedarkpiano.com


Belgian Folk Muisc - Belgium-Stokkendans


Rising Tide by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tide 

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Artist website: https://incompetech.com


Ivory by Luca Fraula

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License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license



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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the case of Marion Bata, a mother, teacher, friend. Missing for 26 years.

0:22.0

You know, no sign that she was going to vanish, that's for sure.

0:26.0

The bizarre circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

0:30.0

I'm not sure if it was intentional or if there's something more foul or foot.

0:34.0

If you could imagine a teacher coming straight from, say, little house on the Prairie to the 80s, that was Marion Bata.

0:40.0

What do you want to do? Are you setting up?

0:44.0

Whether you find Marion Bata dead or alive, I honestly believe somebody has that key piece of information.

0:50.0

And the relentless quest of a daughter to find her mum.

0:55.0

Something had happened. Something has happened to make her leave.

1:01.0

I am 100% sure, 100% sure that somebody knows something.

1:09.0

The Lady vanishes.

1:12.0

Episode 54.

1:16.0

I'm Alison Sandy.

1:19.0

And I'm Brian Seymour.

1:22.0

Belgium, 1939. World War II was broken out.

1:28.0

Traditionally, Belgium has always tried to stay out of conflict.

1:32.0

And true to form, the Belgian government had already announced its intention to remain neutral.

1:40.0

They did this in World War I, too, but Germany still invaded.

1:46.0

So, the nation's leaders knew they were only buying a little time.

1:54.0

As expected, Belgium's economy and people were depressed.

2:00.0

It was during this year, on July 9th, to be specific, that Willie Coppanoel was born in Torne about one and a half hours west of the capital.

2:12.0

His father, Deseret David, was born in 1905 in Gelendon, a tiny Belgian village with fewer than 1,500 people.

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