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Lost In Panama

True Crime

In 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared while hiking a jungle trail in Panama. Two months later, investigators found their remains, as well as a backpack with a digital camera filled with photos that hinted at a darker story. What happened to Kris and Lisanne? In this investigative series, journalists Mariana Atencio and Jeremy Kryt retrace the last steps of the doomed women. Their search for the truth immerses them in eight years’ worth of conflicting evidence, testimonies, and rumors, as on-the-ground witnesses in Panama come forward for the first time. This explosive new evidence sets off a real-time race to reopen the case, and finally get justice for Kris and Lisanne.

Location:

United States

Genres:

True Crime

Description:

In 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared while hiking a jungle trail in Panama. Two months later, investigators found their remains, as well as a backpack with a digital camera filled with photos that hinted at a darker story. What happened to Kris and Lisanne? In this investigative series, journalists Mariana Atencio and Jeremy Kryt retrace the last steps of the doomed women. Their search for the truth immerses them in eight years’ worth of conflicting evidence, testimonies, and rumors, as on-the-ground witnesses in Panama come forward for the first time. This explosive new evidence sets off a real-time race to reopen the case, and finally get justice for Kris and Lisanne.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Lost in Baja

7/1/2024
Brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad traveled to Mexico’s Baja region in search of the perfect surfing spot. When they uncharacteristically stopped responding to text messages, their families immediately feared the worst.

Duration:00:35:34

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Lost In Florida

6/24/2024
In 1997, William Moldt was a successful businessman living in Southern Florida. But after a night out at a local night club, Moldt just disappeared. Vanished into thin air. Two decades later, a man researching school bus stops on the internet made an incredible discovery.

Duration:00:29:18

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Lost In: N844AA Part 2

6/17/2024
On 25 May, 2003, both Ben Padilla, an American flight engineer, and a massive 727 airliner disappeared from an airport in Angola. In part two of this story, we dive into first-person accounts of the aftermath, and what might have happened to N844AA.

Duration:00:44:15

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Lost in Air: N844AA - Part 1

6/10/2024
As the sunset on 25 May, 2003, a Boeing 727 airliner was stolen from an airport in Angola. The pilot, Ben Padilla, was an American flight engineer sent to Africa by his company to retrieve the plane and prepare it to make the long flight back to the U.S. 20 years later, the plane and its pilot are still missing, despite a worldwide search by the FBI and international intelligence agencies.

Duration:00:27:29

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Vigilante - Byron David Smith: THE DEER HUNTER

5/28/2024
Byron Smith was tired of his home being burgled. He said it had been broken into at least a half dozen times. And he was determined not to let it happen again. So, Smith set a trap and laid in wait to protect his “castle.” When two teenage cousins broke into his house on Elm Street, it set off a true-life horror story. Listen to Vigilante: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigilante/id1622288667 https://open.spotify.com/show/49wzulSXKQKWYOIWoTVEPT?si=0d4c8835885e4fa1

Duration:00:19:02

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7 of 7: El Testigo (The Witness)

12/5/2022
Mariana and Jeremy scramble to locate a first-hand witness who could blow the case wide open, and finally get justice for Kris and Lisanne.

Duration:01:06:43

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6 of 7: En la Casa de Cuervo (In the House of the Crow)

11/28/2022
A grieving mother says her son was killed to silence him. What did he know about the deaths of Kris and Lisanne?

Duration:01:02:37

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5 of 7: Cinco Muertos (Five Dead)

11/21/2022
The tour guide Feliciano must know more than he's saying... right? Plus, whispers around Boquete of more related deaths.

Duration:00:53:35

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4 of 7: Los Restos (The Remains)

11/14/2022
What do the bones say about how Kris and Lisanne could have died, and whether it was a murder or an accident?

Duration:00:48:50

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3 of 7: Rio Culebra (Serpent River)

11/7/2022
Mariana and Jeremy journey deep into the jungle, to the possible location of the mysterious night photos.

Duration:00:51:53

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The Aftershow - Episodes 1 & 2

10/31/2022
AfterShow Eps 1 and 2

Duration:00:31:18

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2 of 7: La Búsqueda (The Search)

10/31/2022
When Kris and Lisanne don't show up for a scheduled tour, they're reported missing. Then what?

Duration:00:47:47

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1 of 7: El Pianista (The Pianist)

10/31/2022
Mariana and Jeremy arrive in Boquete, and retrace Kris and Lisanne's steps up the Pianista trail.

Duration:00:46:14