MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jeannette Bishop May & Gabriella Guerin

In 1980, the ex-wife of a British aristocrat and her Italian friend vanished from a small ski resort town during a snowstorm in the mountains of central Italy, and investigators had a simple theory—they got lost and had some kind of accident. But when mysterious messages arrive, clues lead them on a decades-long deep dive into the art world jet set, the mafia underworld…and even the Vatican.

If you have any information about the deaths of Jeannette Bishop May and Gabriella Guerin, you can email the local prosecutor’s office in Macerata, Italy, at procura.macerata@giustizia.it.And if you or anyone you know is thinking about suicide, please be aware that emotional support can be reached by calling or texting the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.Follow this link to listen to our Fan Club episode about the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi.

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