The Vanishing of Elodia Ghinescu

Send us a textA brilliant lawyer vanishes in Brasov, and suddenly an entire country is asked to decide what justice looks like without a body. We follow the case of Elodia Marilena Ghinescu from the final hours of routine calls to the first glow of luminol in a too‑clean apartment, through mountain ravines, media studios, and finally a crowded courtroom where fragments of evidence meet an aching absence.Along the way, we confront the force of media in post‑EU Romania, where OTV turned a missing person into nightly theater with psychics, reenactments, and a mock courtroom that blurred truth and spectacle. That pressure helped keep the case alive, and may have shaped public judgment long before a verdict. The result: a conviction that many see as overdue accountability and others view as a dangerous precedent. What remains unresolved is the heart of the story: a mother without a grave, a son with a name everyone knows, and a silence that outlasts the sentence.Listen to explore the evidence, the media machine, and the questions that still divide Romania’s true‑crime community. If this story moved you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review, your support helps others find the trail.Support the show