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Foreign this is crime house. In 2017, an Italian reporter got his hands on a series of documents that were stolen from the Vatican. They were titled A Summary of Expenses sustained by the Vatican City State for for activities relating to the citizen Emanuela Orlandi. According to that list, the Vatican government had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on her over the course of 14 years. There were payments for transportation, housing and medical care, which was highly suspicious because these expenses started in 1983, the same year 15 year old Emanuela went missing. For her family, this revelation confirmed what they'd suspected for decades. Not only did the Vatican know where Emanuela Orlandi was, but they had something to do with her disappearance. From UFO cults and mass suicides to secret CIA experiments, presidential assassinations and murderous doctors, these aren't just theories. They're real stories that blur the line between fact and fiction. I'm Vanessa Richardson and this is Conspiracy Theories, Cults and Crimes. A Crime House original Powered by Pave Studios. Every Wednesday I'll explore the real people at the center of the world's most shocking events and nefarious organizations. And to continue building this community, I'll be asking for your input so we can decode each story together. If you want your voice heard, make sure to comment on Spotify or leave a review on Apple. Or if you just want to support the show, rate, review and follow conspiracy theories, Cults and crimes wherever you get your podcasts and for early ad free access to every episode plus exclusive bonus content. Subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. Today I'm discussing the disappearance of fear 15 year old Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi. In 1983, Emanuela left home for a music lesson and never returned. During the decades long search for Emanuela, her family became convinced it was more than just a simple kidnapping. Over the years, various organizations have been implicated in Emanuela's disappearance. From the Mafia to Vatican insiders. Since so much of Emanuela's story is shrouded in mystery, countless theories have sprung up over the years. From malevolent conspiracies to shadowy coverups. But one thing is certain. Her story isn't just a cold case. It's a warning to be careful who you trust. Because sometimes the people we count as friends turn out to be our worst enemies. Enemies. All that and more coming up. Just got a new puppy or kitten. Congrats. But also yikes. Between crates, beds, toys, treats, and those first few vet visits, you've probably already dropped a small fortune. Which is where lemonade, pet insurance comes in. It helps cover vet costs so you can focus on what's best for your new pet. The coverage is customizable, sign up is quick, quick and easy, and your claims are handled in as little as three seconds. Lemonade offers a package specifically for puppies and kittens. Get a'llemonade.com pet your future self will thank you. Your pet won't. They don't know what insurance is. On October 16, 1978, John Paul II became the Pope. At 58 years old, he was one of the youngest popes in 80 than a century. To many, it felt like the start of a new era. Like there was never a better time to be Catholic. And some people got to experience that excitement firsthand. Those Living Inside the Vatican Although the Vatican is located in Rome, Italy, it's actually an entirely separate country. The city state is the spiritual and administrative center of the Catholic Church, and it's where the Pope lives. It's also tiny. At less than 0.2 square miles, it's the smallest sovereign nation in the world. When John Paul II took over, the Vatican was home to just about 100 secular people. That included the Orlandi family, who'd served under the last seven popes. By the early 1980s, 53 year old Ercole Orlandi was working there as a clerk. Mostly, he managed Pope John Paul II's calendar. When Ercole wasn't managing the Pope's busy schedule, he spent time with his family, his wife Maria and their four children. They had a son named Pietro and four daughters, Natalina, Federica, Cristina and Emanuela. For the Orlandi kids growing up inside the Vatican came with its own unique set of pros and cons. Most of the time, they enjoyed it. The younger siblings loved to play in the Vatican's lush gardens kept safe by its gated walls. But not everyone was content to stay within the city's confines. 15 year old Emanuela was a free spirit. While many of the other Vatican children were happy to stay put. She wanted to see what the rest of the world had to offer, or at least what Rome had to offer. Luckily, she had a good excuse to get out there. Emanuela loved music and on the evening of June 22, 1983, she had a flute lesson in Rome. She usually took a bus to get there, but it was scorching hot that day, so she asked her older brother for a ride. Pietro was busy though, so Emanuela grabbed her leather shoulder bag and and stuffed her flute inside. Then she rolled her eyes at her brother and walked out the door. A few Hours later, around 6pm, the Orlandi's phone rang. Federica picked up. It was Emanuela. She told her sister that a man had approached her after class. Apparently he worked for the makeup company Avon. He'd offered her a job passing out samples at a fashion show the following week. Weekend. He told Emanuela he'd pay her over 350,000 Italian lira. Today that's almost $750 in US currency, which would be a lot of spending money for a teenager. But before saying yes, Emanuela wanted to check with her parents. As for Federica, she thought it sounded too good to be true. She told Emanuel it had turned them down. Down. If anything, they could talk to their parents about it once she got home. Before hanging up, Federica said their other sister Christina would come pick her up. A little while later, Cristina pulled up outside the music school. But she didn't see Emanuela. She assumed her sister had wandered off with her friends. Christina waited for another 30 minutes or so. When Emanuela still didn't appear, she figured someone else had given her a ride and left. Once Christina returned home, the Orlandis got ready for dinner. They expected Emanuela to walk through the door any minute. But an hour passed and then two. Before long, they were starting to panic. It wasn't like Emanuela to go mia like this. If she were running late, she would have called to let her parents know. The Orlandis knew something must have happened, and by 9:30pm they were done waiting around. They went out to look for her. They scoured the Vatican and the area near her music school. Still, there were no signs of Emanuela. Eventually, Eole went to the local police station in Rome. He told the officers about the strange man who'd offered Emanuela a job with Avon. Ercole was worried he'd done something and wanted to report his daughter missing. But the police said it was too soon. It hadn't even been 24 hours since Emanuela disappeared. This happened a lot with teenagers. Most of the time they came back. It was a hard pill to swallow. For Ercole and the rest of the family, the Vatican gates closed at midnight. They needed to hurry home or they'd be locked out. But they couldn't just abandon the search for Emanuela. They decided that Pietro would stay in Rome with his uncle and keep looking. Meanwhile, the others headed home. Pietro and his uncle spent the night walking around the city, showing people photos of Emanuela. But by the following morning, June 23, 1980, 3. They still hadn't found her. At that point, the Orlandis knew something was very wrong. They were determined to get the authorities involved. This time Cristina went to the police station, but. But they still didn't want to help. Instead, they told Cristina not to worry because Emanuela probably chose to leave home. They said she, quote, wasn't pretty enough to get abducted. Cristina was stunned, but she was also stubborn. She kept pushing and eventually the police agreed to officially open an investigation. Before long, they turned up a promising lead. The night before, a traffic warden near Emanuela's music school had seen a girl who looked like Emanuela. She was talking to a man in a green BMW. The warden said the man looked to be about 35 to 40 years old. The police wondered if this was the person who'd offered Emanuela a job. But at that point, they still believed Emanuela had left by choice. Because of that, they didn't follow up on the tip. Once again, the Orlandis were forced to do what the police wouldn't. That same day, they took out a newspaper ad asking for help finding Emanuela. They provided their home phone number so that anyone with information could contact them. Pretty soon the phone was ringing off the hook. Most of the calls were pranks, but one stood out among the rest. The caller introduced himself as Pierre Luigi. He. He said that the day before, he and his girlfriend were at the Campo di Fiori. That was a shopping plaza in Rome near Emanuela's music school. While there, they'd run into a girl who looked just like Emanuela. She was selling Avon products and she was carrying a leather bag with a flute inside. If Pierluigi was telling the truth, the girl he'd seen must have been Emanuela. The Orlandes rushed to the Campo de Fiori, hoping she was there again. Sadly, she wasn't. All the family could do now was wait for another lead. But in the meantime, they finally got some backup. By then, local media had picked up the story of Emanuela's disappearance. The Italian public was shocked. The Vatican was supposed to be safe. Heavenly girls who lived there didn't just suddenly disappear. All the attention seemed to light a fire under the authorities. On Sunday, July 26, four days after Emanuela was last seen, two members of the Italian Secret Service showed up at the Orlandi's home. They wanted to install a recording device on the family's phone. If Emanuela's abductor called, they'd be able to monitor it. Sure enough, two days later, on June 28, another call came in this time it was someone calling himself Mario. According to him, Emanuela was living with a man and a couple of other girls. He said they all sold clothing and makeup. He claimed that while Emanuela did voluntarily leave home, she had one regret. She was missing her upcoming choir concert. The Orlandis were floored. Emanuela did have a concert soon, but they hadn't shared that with anyone. There was no way the general public would know about it. They believed Mario was being honest. He wouldn't tell them anything else, though. But knowing Emanuela was alive was all the motivation the Orlandes needed. For the next few days they continued the search. They plastered missing person posters all over Rome and asked the public for help. Before long, they got another violation vital piece of information about Emanuela. The source? The Pope himself. On Sunday, July 3, 1983, about two weeks after 15 year old Emanuela Orlandi went missing, Pope John Paul II made his week weekly address. He stood in front of a large crowd in St. Peter's Square and asked his followers to pray for her family. He told Emanuela's story and said he shared the Orlandi's pain. Then he asked those responsible for Emanuela's disappearance to bring her home. The Orlandes were caught off guard. They were grateful the Pope was raising awareness, but. But his comments also seemed a little suspicious. The police hadn't even called Emanuela's disappearance a kidnapping. So why would the Church? Soon the Orlandes would find out exactly why the Pope had spoken out. Two days after his address, the family received another phone call. The man on the other line didn't give his name. Instead, he asked to be called the the American. He said he had something to share with them. He hit play on a tape recorder and held it up to the receiver. The Orlandes heard the voice of a teenage girl. She was talking about school and how she was about to start her junior year. There was no doubt it was Emanuela. When the recording ended, the American said he'd already called the Vatican's press office and played them the same tape. And that wasn't all. He claimed that he and the two other men who'd called the Orlandis, Pier Luigi and Mario, were part of the same organization. They'd kidnapped Emanuela and were willing to let her go. But they wanted something in exchange. A prisoner named Mehmet Ali Ajah. The Orlandis recognized Ajah's name right away, because two years earlier, in May 1981, he'd tried to assassinate the Pope. Pope John Paul II had been badly wounded but survived. Afterwards, Ajah was arrested and identified as a member of a Turkish anti Christian group known as the Gray wolves. Since the 1970s, the gray wolves had carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Turkey, resulting in about 5,000 deaths. This was the man the American wanted to set free. And the Orlandes didn't have much time to make it happen. At the end of the call, he said they had until July 20th to convince the Italian government. If Ajah wasn't released within those 15 days, Emanuela would die. The Orlandes were terrified and confused. And they weren't alone. After learning about the phone call, the authorities started to wonder who the American really was. He'd suggested that he, Pier Luigi and Mario were all part of the Gray Wolves. But they were a Turkish organization with no known ties to any other countries. Why would an American and two Italians be involved? They figured the only person who would know was ajah himself. On July 8, three days after the Americans phone call, Ajah was questioned by detectives. During the interrogation, he swore he had no idea who the American was or why he'd want Ajah released. But it seemed like Ajah wasn't telling them everything. Maybe he wasn't allowed to, because whoever was really behind the kidnapping was someone to fear. And when it came to the American, he wasn't giving up just yet. With less than a week until the deadline, he contacted an Italian news agency. He said he'd left a package in a trash can near a parliament building. Apparently it contained proof that he was holding Emanuela hostage. When the reporters searched the trash can, they found the package just as described. Inside were three photocopied documents, Emanuela's music school id, her tuition receipt, and a copy of a handwritten note that said, quote, with much affection, you're Emanuela. The reporters showed the items to the Orlandis, who confirmed the handwriting was their daughter's. Still, it wasn't enough to sway the authorities. In their opinion, none of it proved he actually had Emanuela. They refused to release Ajah. Even then, the American didn't give up. On July 17, he contacted the press again. He led them to another trash can in a different part of Rome. This time, reporters found a package with a cassette tape inside. It was a recording of a girl in distress. She sounded in pain. However, the Orlandis didn't think the voice sounded like Emanuela's. By that point, the Orlandis and the authorities were ready to write off the American. But that wasn't the last time they heard from Emanuela's alleged captors. On July 20, someone claiming to have Emanuela was called, a Catholic priest based outside the Vatican. They said the authorities had just a few more hours to free Mehmet Ali Ajah. Once again, the caller didn't provide any proof that they actually had Emanuela or that she wasn't already dead. And so Ajah remained behind bars. After weeks of back and forth, the Orlandis were right back where they started, with no leads and more questions than answers. A few days later, members of the Italian Secret Service returned to the Orlandes home and removed the recording device from their phone. They said that from now on, any calls from Emanuela's kidnappers would be routed to a lawyer hired by the government. That was the last time the Orlandis heard from the Secret Service. And before long, even Emanuela's family realized they were intentionally being kept in the dark. On Christmas Eve 1983, about six months after Emanuela was last seen alive, Pope John Paul II visited the Orlandes. He told them he shared their pain. He also said the situation was particularly difficult because it was connected to, quote, international terrorism. The Orlandes wanted to believe the Pope that this all had something to do with his attempted assassination. But after the strange saga with the American, something didn't seem right. And soon they found out why. Around that same time, a reporter received a bombshell tip from a member of the Italian Secret Service. The anonymous officer claimed the Vatican was using terrorism as a copy cover story. That the tale of some mysterious organization trying to free Mehmet Aliyaja was all just a ruse, a way to distract from who really took Emanuela. He didn't know what they were trying to keep hidden about Emanuela's disappearance, but it must have been something that could seriously damage the Vatican's reputation. There was no reason for this anonymous tipster to lie. If anything, he was taking a huge risk by going to the press. Unfortunately, not everyone was as brave. Shortly after the reporter published that story, his editor told him to stop investigating Emanuela's disappearance. The journalist had no choice but to follow orders. However, he did relay this to the Orlandes. It only made them more convinced the Vatican knew more than they were letting on. However, they had no way of knowing for sure. For the next two decades, the Orlandes continued to hope that Emanuela would reappear. But it was hard to keep faith. In 2004, Ercole passed away at 74 years old without ever knowing what happened to his daughter. Before his passing, he told his family. I. I was betrayed by those I served. A year later, Pope John Paul II died. After he was laid to rest, a mysterious new informant came out of the woodwork. They said they knew what really happened to Emanuela. And it was a bombshell. By 2005, over two decades had passed since 15 year old Emanuela Orlandi went missing. In the wake of her disappearance, her family was left with a dark possibility. They believed the Catholic Church knew what happened to Emanuela and helped cover it up. The Vatican was incredibly secretive, which meant the Orlandes might never know for certain. But. But that year they got a little closer to the truth. One day, an Italian reporter named Raffaella Notoriali received a phone call. The person on the other line told her to visit the crypts at the Basilica of sant'. Apollinare. There, Raffaello would learn what happened to Emanuela. The Basilica was a Vatican church. Only the most important members of society were allowed to be buried there. Rafaela knew her anonymous source was pointing her towards someone powerful. She went to the basilica and when she entered the lower level where the crypts were located, a large marble tomb caught her eye. The engraving on it read Enrico de Pedis. Raffaella was shocked. Enrico de Pettis had been one of Italy's most notorious Mafia bosses. Raffaella was certain the tipster had led her towards his tomb. And it seemed strange that he was laid to rest at a Vatican church. Raffaella wondered if he'd pulled a favor to be buried there. Obviously, Enrico couldn't tell her anything himself. He died eight years earlier, but his mistress was alive. Her name was Sabrina Minardi. 45 year old Sabrina lived in Rome and she was willing to talk. Although it took about a year to piece together her entire story. It all started back in 1981 with a man named Roberto Calvi. He ran one of Italy's largest private banks. He was also part of an organization known as propaganda due, or P2 for short. Based in Rome, P2 was an offshoot of the Freemasons. The Freemasons are one of the oldest and most controversial secret societies in history. Let us know if we should cover it in a future episode. As for P2, its members had allegedly infiltrated major sectors of Italian society, including the military, the media and banking. They also worked with the Mafia to arrange shady business deals. And even though Colvi was one of the group's most prominent members, his customers seemed to turn a blind eye. In fact, one of his biggest banking clients was the Valley Vatican at the Time, American Archbishop Paul Marcinkis ran the Vatican Bank. He and Calvi were close. So close that Marcinkis allowed him to funnel the Vatican's money into P2. But that wasn't the only scheme the two men cooked up. Calvi also laundered money through the Vatican bank for the mob. Basically, Mafiosos delivered him cash, which he ran through the Vatican bank to offshore shell companies. Then the mob could access it without the Italian government knowing. According to Sabrina Minardi, she was one of the people who delivered duffel bags full of cash to Calvi's doorstep. She did it as a favor to her mobster boyfriend, Enrico De Petis. But before long, the whole operation crumbled. In June of 1982, Calvi's bank collapsed. He was left with millions of dollars in debt. And then he went on the run. He didn't make it far. A few days later, on June 18, Calvi's lifeless body was found hanged from a bridge in London. His death was initially ruled a suicide. However, prosecutors suspected the Mafia had actually killed him because it turned out he still owed them laundered money. The story doesn't end there, though. According to some, the mob wasn't just looking for revenge on Roberto Calvi. They were also looking to send a message to the Vatican. Calvi was hanged from the Blackfriars bridge. The name Blackfriars refers to an order of Catholic monks. Some people believe that specific detail was meant to catch the Vatican's attention. At that point, the Church was still in possession of some of the mob's money. People theorized that killing Calvi was their way of demanding it back. And when that didn't work, they found another way to get the Vatican to repay them by holding Emanuela Orlandi hostage. According to Sabrina, her boyfriend Enrico had kidnapped Emanuela. Then he'd asked Sabrina to bring the girl to a house on the outskirts of Rome. According to Sabrina, a woman named Adelaide met them there. Apparently, Enrico had hired Adelaide to take care of Emanuela. But she wasn't exactly nurturing. For the next few days, Adelaide kept Emanuela in a locked bedroom. She only let her out to eat and bathe. She also dosed Emanuela with drugs that left her barely conscious. After 10 days in the house, Enrico moved Emanuela to another location. Shortly after, he asked Sabrina to pick her up from an apartment building in Rome and drive her to a gas station inside the Vatican. In the car, Sabrina tried to talk to emanuela. But the 15 year old was still heavily drugged and could barely speak. When they arrived at the gas station, Sabrina saw a black Mercedes with Vatican license plates. A man got out. He was dressed like a priest. Though Sabrina wasn't sure he actually was one. He. He pulled Emanuela out of Sabrina's car, put her in the back of the Mercedes and drove off. Later, Sabrina asked Enrico why the mob was doing this to Emanuela. He said it was a power play. In 2008, 25 years after Emanuela vanished, Raffaella Notariali published Sabrina's story. Unsurprisingly, the Vatican denied everything. Church officials said Sabrina's claims were, quote, highly dubious. But not everyone agreed. By then, Emanuela's brother Pietro had lost a lot of faith in the church. When he saw Sabrina's story, he wanted more than just their word against Sabrina's. He wanted proof. So he turned his attention to the original tip, the one that led led Rafaela to Sabrina in the first place. He wanted to know why a notorious mobster was buried in a Vatican church. After reading the article, many Catholics had the same question. For the next few years, they stood behind Pietro as he demanded answers. Finally, in 2012, Italian police investigated a priest at the Basilica of Sant'. Apollinare. Apparently, he was the one who'd allowed Enrico de Paris to be buried there. The priest insisted he wasn't involved in Enrico's criminal dealings and had nothing to do with Emanuela's kidnapping. According to him, Enrico had been granted the burial site because he donated a lot of money to the church, plain and simple. And while the investigation didn't reveal any valuable information about what happened to Emanuela, it did spark a new morbid rumor that Emanuela was dead and she was buried with Enrico. It seemed like the public came up with this theory on their own. And it gained so much steam that In May of 2008, the Vatican gave the Italian police permission to open Enrico's tomb. Unfortunately, there was no trace of Emanuela. Her remains had yet to be found. But that didn't seem to matter to the Vatican. In 2013, the Orlandes attended Sunday Mass led by the newly elected Pope Francis. When he saw the family, the Pope told them, emanuela is in heaven. Pietro responded that he hoped she was still alive. But the Pope only repeated himself. Pietro felt like the church was trying to send a message to the family that they should move on and stop probing. To him, it was further evidence that the Vatican was hiding something. He was right. About a year later, on March 29, 2014, an unknown person broke into a Vatican administrative building and stole Multiple documents from a locked safe. They revealed years of financial misconduct. The documents were sent to various Italian reporters, who spent years combing through them. But something wasn't adding up. There were missing pages. Then, in 2017, a major puzzle piece fell into place. That year, a journalist named Emiliano Fittipaldi received a phone call from a prominent member of the Church. The clergy member's identity has never been revealed, but the man asked to meet with Emiliano. When they sat down, the man gave him a folder with a few photocopied papers. Inside, the papers were titled A Summary of Expenses Sustained by the Vatican City State for Activities Relating to the citizen Emanuela Orlandi. There, in writing, was a list of various payments the Vatican had made. The first was in 1983, the same year Emanuela vanished. There were hundreds of thousands of dollars accounted for, but the amount was less shocking than the story the documents told the line items suggested the Vatican had investigated Emanuela's disappearance and found her almost right away. But instead of bringing her home, they'd brought her to a girls hostel in London. It was run by Catholic priests, and Emanuela stayed there for two years until 1985. Her whereabouts for the next three years were a mystery. But then, starting in 1988 until 1993, payments were made to a hospital in London. Not only that, but they also showed direct payments to a woman named Lynn Leslie Regan. She'd been a senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology at the hospital since 1990. After that, there was another gap, until one final expense was made in 1997. According to the transactions, that's when Emanuela's remains were moved from London to the Vatican. If that's true, she would have been 29 years old at her time of death. Death. When the people of Italy learned about the documents, they were livid and convinced the Church was still hiding her body. Over the next few years, Italian authorities exhumed more burial sites on Vatican grounds. They found that one tomb was filled with thousands of scattered bones belonging to at least a dozen different people. Another one that was supposed to contain the remains of two new 19th century princesses, was completely empty. The Vatican said the remains must have been misplaced during renovations in the 1960s and 70s. But neither Princess has been found, and neither has Emanuela. By then, it seemed like the search for her body had run its course. If those stolen documents didn't solve the mystery, it seemed like nothing would. In 2020, the Vatican officially closed its investigation. But that still wasn't the end of the story. In 2022, one of Emanuela's childhood friends spoke anonymously to Netflix for their documentary about Emanuela's disappearance. According to this source, Emanuela was walking in the Vatican gardens one day about a week week before she disappeared. Allegedly, that's when someone close to the Pope sexually assaulted Emanuela. Afterwards, Emanuela told her friend about it. However, she didn't say who the person was. The girls didn't think anyone would believe them, so they kept the abuse quiet. But when the documentary aired, people started to wonder if church officials kidnapped and possibly killed Emanuela to cover up the scandal. In response, the Vatican reopened its investigation into Emanuela's disappearance in 2023 under Pope Francis. As of this recording, the investigation is still underway. The Vatican, now under Pope Leo, has confirmed that they kept a confidential file on Emanuela's disappearance. They still claim the list of expenses was faked. But clearly there's something they wanted to hide. Okay, listeners, I'd love to get your thoughts. What do you think happened to Emanuela? Whose theory do you believe? Do you have your own theory? Leave your thoughts in the comments wherever you listen. To this day, Emanuela Orlandi is the only virgin Vatican citizen to ever go missing. Her family still believes the Vatican knows more than they're letting on. And Pietro has made several public pleas for the truth. Until that happens, he's vowed to never stop looking for his sister. Her disappearance remains one of the Vatican's most enduring and haunting mysteries. But that doesn't mean it can't be solved. Someone out there knows knows what happened to Emanuela. And it's not too late to find them. In fact, the investigation was reopened thanks to an anonymous tip. So if you feel like you don't have the power to help, think again. If you have any information that might be useful to the case, reach out to the Public Prosecutor's Office in Rome. You can call their public line at 390-6386. 761. In cases like this, it may seem like justice will never be served. But if we work together, there's nothing we can't overcome and maybe help the Orlandi family find peace. Thanks so much for listening. I'm Vanessa Richardson and this is Conspiracy Theories, Cults and Crimes. Come back next week. 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