New podcast: Madeleine McCann: Disappeared - Part One

by **Jill Havern** 28.11.24 20:50

Madeleine McCann: Disappeared - Podcast Part 1

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New podcast: Madeleine McCann Disappeared - Part 1

On the night of May 3, 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, dined nearby with friends. Despite their routine checks on the children, Kate’s devastating discovery that Madeleine was missing ignited a global search and an investigation that would span continents and years.
Welcome to Madeleine McCann: Disappeared—a compelling three-part mini-series exploring one of the most notorious missing persons cases in modern history. Through this series, we’ll unpack the key events, the media frenzy, the investigative missteps, and the many unanswered questions surrounding Madeleine’s disappearance.

Episode Summary:
In this opening episode, Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero revisit the heart-wrenching night of Madeleine’s disappearance. Martin, who arrived in Praia da Luz just four days after the case broke, brings nearly 17 years of reporting experience on this story. His firsthand account provides a rare glimpse into the initial chaotic days of the investigation—detailing his interactions with Portuguese police, the evolving media landscape, and the pivotal moments that shaped the direction of the case.

Coming Soon:

Part 2: Insights with Jim Gamble
Exclusive commentary from Jim Gamble, the founding head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and a prominent voice in child protection. In 2010, Gamble conducted a detailed review of the Madeleine McCann case, laying crucial groundwork for Operation Grange. He’ll provide expert analysis and discuss the potential future of the case, including the developments surrounding Christian Brueckner, the current suspect.

Part 3: The Aftermath—Trolls and Tribulations
In this concluding episode, we examine the darker legacy of the case: the wave of online trolling, misinformation, and conspiracy theories that have haunted both the McCann family and investigators. What drives this toxic behavior, and what impact has it had on those most closely connected to this tragedy?

by **Jill Havern** 28.11.24 20:54

Brunt and Gamble, eh?

Brunt who doorstepped Brenda Leyland, who then took her own life.

And Gamble:

New podcast: Madeleine McCann: Disappeared - Part One Gamble12

by **AnneCGuedes** 29.11.24 0:29

Brunt begins by assuring that he still has no idea of what happened to M, but then tells without batting an eyelid a story mentioning facts unsupported by evidence and expected to have been verified 17 years later..
Brunt tells K's first version (door, shutters, window, curtains open) without mentioning the opposite second one, and says that each of the group in turn went to check on all the children.
No mention of Smithman, but Tannerman has resurrected !
The MCs were arrested, but as K was under suspicion, both decided not to answer the PJ's questions. Plea bargain offered by the police..
Nothing about cadaver dog alerting in the flat. Alert in the car and misinterpretation of the FSS' results by the police..
Lost in translation in the statements...
Poor MC saints, abandoned by the PJ, had to go everywhere to remind that M was still missing and to desesperatly appeal for information.
Etc. etc.

by **AnneCGuedes** 29.11.24 0:33

I wonder who paid Brunt to produce so many inaccuracies per minute, as nothing he says is new. Is it to refresh the public perception that M was abducted?

by **CaKeLoveR** 29.11.24 6:42

Social media will be full of Bernt leaving the forum, I assume, and given more publicity for the book. Is the above podcast a reaction to the book?

by **AnneCGuedes** 29.11.24 13:48

CaKeLoveR wrote: Social media will be full of Bernt leaving the forum, I assume, and given more publicity for the book. Is the above podcast a reaction to the book?

Perhaps in the third episode ("trolls and tribulations") ?