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A boat went missing with 243 people on board. What happened to them? We decided to find out in a 10-part, open, crowdsourced investigation.
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“243 People Disappeared. Young People. Women. Children. And No One Cares”
“243 People Disappeared. Young People. Women. Children. And No One Cares”
Episode 1: How do you find a boat that vanished without a trace?
Eric Reidy
Oct 6, 2015
“Hello Father, The Boat is Sinking, So I Will Die.”
“Hello Father, The Boat is Sinking, So I Will Die.”
Episode 2: Life jackets that kill. Ships that are never meant to make it. Could the Ghost Boat have really reached European shores?
Eric Reidy
Oct 14, 2015
The Secret Mass Graves of the Refugee Crisis
The Secret Mass Graves of the Refugee Crisis
Episode 3: Looking for refugees who vanished in the Mediterranean, we found the shocking truth of what happens to those who perish at sea.
Eric Reidy
Oct 21, 2015
“Now I Have Learned That There’s a Worse Thing Than Death”
“Now I Have Learned That There’s a Worse Thing Than Death”
Episode 4: At the heart of the Ghost Boat mystery is a strange phone call. Nobody had tracked down the person who made it. Until now.
Eric Reidy
Oct 28, 2015
“At First The Traffickers Were More Human. Then Slowly They Started The Torture.”
“At First The Traffickers Were More Human. Then Slowly They Started The Torture.”
Episode 5: Witnesses suggest our attempt to find 243 missing refugees is hitting the limit. Perhaps it’s time to take a different approach.
Eric Reidy
Nov 4, 2015
“Someone Is Making Up Lies”
“Someone Is Making Up Lies”
Episode 6: A new source of evidence comes to light — wiretapped phone calls between the people smugglers responsible for the Ghost Boat.
Eric Reidy
Nov 11, 2015
“I Have Never Dreamed About Europe In My Life. But I Could Not Stay In My Country.”
“I Have Never Dreamed About Europe In My Life. But I Could Not Stay In My Country.”
Episode 7: Refugees face violence, kidnappings, even ISIS. But their biggest test could be the messy politics of the West.
Eric Reidy
Nov 18, 2015
“The Fact Is Lives Don’t Matter Equally”
“The Fact Is Lives Don’t Matter Equally”
Episode 8: How the politics of attention are failing thousands of refugees—including the 243 missing people we’re searching for.
Eric Reidy
Dec 10, 2015
“I Was Helping Those People. I Was Helping Myself.”
“I Was Helping Those People. I Was Helping Myself.”
Episode 9: What we found out from the witness we’ve been chasing for a year.
Eric Reidy
Dec 14, 2016
“How Many Mothers? How Many Others?”
“How Many Mothers? How Many Others?”
Episode 10: Our search for missing refugees goes back to where it began. But how do you deal with a nightmare that never ends?
Eric Reidy
Dec 21, 2016
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