Ireland's Vanishing Triangle - Part 1

Last week, in Part 1 of Wade Hack’s story, we followed Wade’s final months in Baltimore and the account of what happened in the days before he disappeared. But as his family and friends began trying to verify that story, they kept running into the same problem: so much of it depe ...  Show more

In June of 2024, 31-year-old Wade Hack traveled from North Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland, to spend time with a man he had met online. What was supposed to be about a week-long visit stretched into several months. By late October, Wade was making plans to return home. But just d ...  Show more

From 1993 to 1998, at least eight women disappeared within an 80-mile radius of Dublin. Police were stumped at the complete lack of evidence suggesting where the women could be or who could be involved. Irish police undertook searches and made widespread public appeals for inform ...  Show more

The eighty miles surrounding Dublin, Ireland, hold a chilling mystery. Between 1993 and 1998, at least six women disappeared in the area, and their cases remain unsolved. Police investigations have targeted at least one suspect, but still no one has been charged. The question rem ...  Show more

An hour outside of Dublin, the scenic Wicklow Mountains and surrounding towns have developed a dark reputation. Inexplicable disappearances and unsolved murders have plagued the area for four decades, prompting the creation of a special task force to investigate whether the ca ...

In the late 1980s and early 90s, 14 women vanished within a 100km radius of Ireland's capital, Dublin. 

Former crime correspondent Geraldine Niland dubbed it the Vanishing Triangle... 

Written by James Conor Patterson and Richard MacLean Smith

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