About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious disappearance of Sandra, who vanished in 2000, as her family uncovers new details about her life.

While clearing out their aunt and uncle’s house in Liverpool, the Collins family find a tape recording of their eldest sister, Sandra, reading out a poem she learned in school.  It has been more than two decades since they last heard her voice. The 28-year-old disappeared on a bitterly cold winter’s night in 2000 from Killala, a fishing village on Mayo’s north coast.  For years her family hold out hope that she has simply run away from her domineering aunt and would one day return to them. But as time goes on it becomes clear that something much more sinister has happened to Sandra, and there is much about her life in Killala they have never known.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Crime World

Topics covered

• disappearance
• family
• mystery
• poem
• cold case

Keywords

• disappearance
• Sandra
• Liverpool
• Killala
• mystery
• family
• poem
• cold case

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Liverpool, Killala, Mayo

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