Michaela McAreavey had just married the love of her life. The ceremony was beautiful — joyful, hopeful, everything a wedding should be.
Just days later, she and her husband John flew to Mauritius for their honeymoon. White sand. Turquoise water. A luxury resort built for romance. Paradise.
But twelve days after saying “I do,” on January 10, 2011, Michaela was found murdered in her hotel room at the Legends Hotel in Grand Gaube. She was 27 years old. No one has ever been convicted. How does a honeymoon in paradise become an unsolved murder?
Listen as we dive into Mauritius Island, the case of Michaela McAreavey, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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Sources:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/she-danced-until-the-small-hours-celebrating-her-happiest-day-ever/26875295.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/mauritius-honeymoon-murder-hotel-workers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/mauritius-honeymoon-murder-hotel-workers

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https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/john-mcareavey-sees-beauty-of-life-again-as-he-remarries-five-years-after-late-wife-michaela-murdered/35078751.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65186126

https://www.independent.ie/news/john-mcareavey-shares-heart-breaking-thought-about-wife-michaelas-murder-in-new-documentary/42419567.html

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12534515/The-honeymoon-murder-paradise-bride-strangled-dumped-bath-husband-falsely-accused-sado-masochism-two-hotel-cleaners-cleared-jury-killed-British-newlywed.html

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/forever-hearts-john-mcareavey-posts-36530290

Charlie Hughes traveled to Costa Rica looking for something—sun, connection, maybe even a fresh start. But in August 2019, in the quiet town of Puerto Jiménez, he vanished without a trace.
He left his belongings behind. His rental car was later found submerged in a remote river. And the man he had gone there to visit raised more questions than answers.
Weeks later, remains were discovered deep in the jungle. They were Charlie’s.
What happened in those final hours—who he trusted, where he went, and why he never came back—remains a mystery that still lingers in the shadows of Costa Rica’s rainforest.
Listen as we dive into Costa Rica, the case of Charlie Hughes, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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Sources:
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/tampa-man-mysteriously-disappears-in-costa-rica

https://ticotimes.net/2019/11/15/costa-rican-authorities-find-body-of-missing-u-s-citizen

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article234427247.html

https://news.co.cr/native-of-florida-went-missing-in-puerto-jimenez-costa-rica/80226/

https://nypost.com/2019/08/27/florida-man-missing-in-costa-rica-last-seen-with-local-gigolo/

https://websleuths.com/threads/costa-rica-charlie-hughes-62-from-florida-disappeared-in-puerto-jimenez-3-aug-2019.470236/

https://qcostarica.com/us-tourist-missing-in-puerto-jimenez-is-being-searched-for-by-fbi-and-oij/

https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/missing-in-paradise-tampa-man-vanishes-on-vacation-in-costa-rica-fbi-now-involved-bay-area-family-heartbroken/

https://www.telemundo49.com/noticias/local/exclusiva-familia-busca-a-hombre-desaparecido-en-costa-rica/67247/

On this episode of The Last Trip, we’re speaking with Carrie Mcginnis and Dale Morrision, whose family vacation to the Dominican Republic ended in tragedy.
In 2011, they planned a trip to Punta Cana — a rare chance for their whole family to travel together. They booked ten days at a beachfront resort. Sun, warm weather, and time together as a family.
At first, everything was exactly what they hoped for. Days by the pool, exploring the resort, and meeting other travelers. Their 19 year old son, Jordan, quickly made friends — he was outgoing, well liked, and enjoying the trip.
But late one night, everything changed. The resort called, there had been an accident involving Jordan. When they arrived at the resort clinic, Carrie saw her son lying on a table, motionless. Moments later, he was rushed into an ambulance as medics tried to revive him. But at the hospital, doctors delivered the news no parent should ever hear. Jordan Morrison was dead.
Carrie and Dale talk about who Jordan was, what happened that night in Punta Cana,
and the long fight they endured searching for justice.

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And a special thank you to Carrie & Dale McGinnis, who bravely shared their story to help others.

On March 3, 2011, Rachel Funari - an American woman visiting Tasmania - stepped into that landscape, and vanished. She was 35, she was alone, and the last confirmed sighting was around 3:30 that afternoon, at a small shack beside the start of the Fluted Cape Walking Track.
Then - nothing. No phone call. No “made it back safe.” No trace of where she went next. Days later, when friends realize they hadn’t heard from her, a major search begins - land, sea, air - focused on the trails and steep coastline of Bruny Island.
Searchers comb dense brushland and cliff edges that drop hundreds of metres.
Still, Rachel doesn’t turn up.
Over time, her disappearance became one of Tasmania’s highest profile missing persons cases.
Listen as we dive into Bruny Island, the case of Rachel Funari, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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Sources:
https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/coronerscourt/findings/coronialfindings/f/funari,_rachel_-_2012_tascd_124

https://www.police.tas.gov.au/news-events/media-releases/search-for-missing-woman-update-rachel-funari/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-04/what-happened-to-missing-person-rachel-funari/7898300

https://www.griffithreview.com/contributors/rachel-funari/

https://medium.com/abc-news-australia/what-happened-to-rachel-funari-a0165dff1a7a

https://lizargall.com/2011/03/rachel-funari-in-memorium/

https://rachelfunari.wordpress.com/

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-journo-s-death-not-suspicious/84ccae9d-2b24-4609-968b-88fa734b6bdb

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/cliff-plunge-fears-for-missing-tourist/news-story/c6084a569be8398ec90fd0a1abeffbce

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-17/police-divers-to-search-for-missing-backpacker/2653782

Twenty four year old Ryan Chicovsky was living abroad, teaching English in China and spending his free time doing what so many young travelers dream of - exploring Southeast Asia.
In March 2006, he took a vacation to Laos. It was supposed to be a short getaway. Ryan was last seen leaving the Khemkong Guesthouse in Xiangkong - a remote river village in northwestern Laos.
He walked out… and then - nothing. No confirmed sightings. No messages. No explanation. Just silence in a place where help is far away and questions are hard to answer. What happened after Ryan stepped out of that guesthouse door?
Listen as we dive into Laos, the case of Ryan Chicovsky, and how to stay alive on vacation.
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Sources:
https://ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com/

https://websleuths.com/threads/laos-ryan-braben-chicovsky-25-xiangkok-13-march-2007.77720/

https://www.travelfish.org/board/post/laos/16826_ryan-chicovsky--missing-in-laos-since-2006

https://missingpersonscenter.org/missing-persons-directory/missing-adults/ryan-braden-chicovsky/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NotForgotten/comments/rumtsz/ryan_braden_chicovsky/

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293949-i9320-k593382-Ryan_Chicovsky_Missing_Person-Laos.html

On April 22, 2010, a 23-year old American hiker, Aubrey Sacco, was last seen on a narrow mountain trail in northern Nepal’s Langtang National Park, a landscape of silent peaks, rushing rivers, and ancient forests.
She was experienced, prepared, and confident - a traveler who had already spent months exploring South Asia, teaching yoga, walking markets and monasteries,
making plans to return home with stories of the world’s beauty. But on that late-spring afternoon, she didn’t arrive at her next stop, just a couple hours down the trail from where she was last seen.
There was no body, no sign of a fall, no gear left behind, no distress call.
Nothing. She shouldn’t have vanished.
Over the years, arrests were even made - then released. Leads appeared… then evaporated. An earthquake in 2015 would forever alter the very valley she disappeared in, burying landscape and possibility alike. So what really happened to Aubrey Sacco - a woman on a walk through the woods, with everything to live for and so much life left unwritten?
Listen as we dive into Nepal, the case of Aubrey Sacco, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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Sources:
https://www.aubreysacco.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AubreySaccoMissing

https://www.backpacker.com/trips/gone-girl-aubrey-saccos-disappearance-hiking-in-nepal/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/aubrey-sacco-disappearance-remains-a-mystery/73-284993426

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2010/11/into-thin-air-aubrey-sacco-age-23is.html

https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/colorado.missing.hiker.nepal/index.html

https://websleuths.com/threads/nepal-aubrey-sacco-23-langtang-20-april-2010-arrest.104371/page-8

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/dad-of-missing-nepal-hiker-finds-daughters-laptop/

https://www.ibtimes.com/aubrey-sacco-update-2-suspects-arrested-2010-disappearance-missing-colorado-hiker-nepal-police-say

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aubrey-sacco-missing_n_1347938

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/parents-of-missing-greeley-woman-react-after-3-arrested-in-nepal/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-joins-search-for-colo-hiker-in-nepal/

https://www.dailycamera.com/2013/08/03/family-of-missing-cu-boulder-grad-aubrey-sacco-recent-arrests-not-linked-to-murder/

Today, we’re chatting with Azdean Elmounstaquim, founder of Destinations Morocco and host of the Destinations Morocco Podcast - a show with more than 100 episodes dedicated to helping travelers understand Morocco not just as a destination, but as a living, breathing place filled with stories, customs, and contradictions.
Born and raised in Marrakech, with deep roots in the Berber village of Telouet, Azdean has spent his life moving between worlds - even relocating to the US, while never losing his connection to home.
Let’s dive into the space where curiosity meets caution… about what travelers don’t always see coming.. And why people you meet on the road can change everything -
for better or for worse.

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