Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. When mental illness and drug use are involved it may not have been foul play. She acted like a victom of kidnappping. Susan Walsh was a writer and freelance journalist from Wayne, New Jersey. Rumors swirled after Walsh's disappearance: She had been kidnapped by a stalker or a vampire from one of the club subcultures she had written about, or she was silenced by the Russian mob. Born Susan Young, she aspired from a young age to be a poet. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. One of the cases featured on Paramount+s Never Seen Again is Susans. Before her disappearance, she relapsed into her drug addiction after twelve years of sobriety. Susans case doesnt get the attention she deserves. Woman vanishes and so does a page from her calendar, After 24 years, Nutley police sued as man searches for answers in sisters disappearance, Disappearance of Nutley mom, journalist and dancer still a mystery 24 years later. After separating from her husband, Walsh lived with her eleven year old son on the ground level of a rundown brick tenement on 32 Washington Street in Nutley, New Jersey. Your login session has expired. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. "We were starting to kind of build a nice sibling relationship," Merchant said. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Eventually, Susan landed an internship at New Yorks alternative newspaper, The Village Voice. .Maybe she was offered a better opportunity as a reporter else where .D) Why is the Mother not mentioned in the case ? "It was around then when Dad was warning me that she was kind of losing the battle with her addiction," Merchant said. I dont know if any of this is true and Im not accusing Mark or anyone else of anything. How does the brother know so much about what happened, but yet has to ask why the frying pan is missing? It is this SEVERE Low Self Esteem that probably got Susan set up to get murdered too. What is to say she didnt go to the mental health facility. Her disappeared is one of my favorites. At the time of her disappearance, Walsh was enrolled in a Masters program in English at New York University, which she had completed half of, while supporting herself and her son as a freelance journalist and various stripper jobs. She married Mark and had her son by 1988. When my friend went to see his brother after Susan disappeared he noticed the frying pan was gone. After her work on the mafia article, Walsh took an assignment looking into the vampire community of New York and their underground nightclubs. Woman vanishes and so does a page from her calendar CNN 12/09 I don't know if any of this is true and I'm not accusing Mark or anyone else of anything. But Susan never returned. In 1984 she married Mark Walsh, brother of famous musician Joe Walsh, and in 1985 the couple had a son named David, though the couples relationship would not persevere. Her wrists were apparently bandaged and Ridgeway questioned Susan's drug and alcohol usage. Susan Walsh #MP9841 NamUs, 96 Stripper vanish clue The New York Post 07/06 American Writer Susan Walsh Goes Missing Outside Her Home Susan Walsh was a writer and freelance journalist from Wayne, New Jersey. i viewed this case last night ,as i live in South Africa i do not know the status of the case other than what i have been following . She is 5 6 tall and weighs 110 pounds. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. On July 16, 1996, Susan Walsh reportedly stepped out to use a payphone but never returned. Age: 36 years old Jill Morley, a documentary filmmaker and friend of Susan's, produced a film in 1996 entitled Stripped. Another theory of what happened came from Detective John Rhein of the Nutley Police Department. Morley also recalled a conversation she had with Walsh two days before she disappeared. Now lets say your story is true and your bringing a personal conversation you had with a family member of the missing person to the attention of a bunch of strangers on the internet. John Rhein of the Nutley, New Jersey Police Department, said that the police have a completely different theory: I believe Susan Walsh is alive. He finally gave up after not hearing anything. Her disappearance was widely publicized into the late 1990s, especially after several newspapers and media outlets published articles implying that her disappearance was potentially linked to the Russian mafia or I was born and raised in Nutley and still reside there. C) are these club s raided on a regular basis , where ever they maybe ? I guess that they were afraid of us muddying the waters? [6][7] The couple had one son, David, born in 1985. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Det. These clubs attracted kids who self-identified as goths. Police were ultimately unable to link the disappearance to her work for either article, but noted that Walsh had developed a close friendship with journalist James Ridgeway, who described her as his most reliable writer. Copyright Disappeared Blog; All Rights Reserved /. For now, the case remains open, and as of 2009, the authorities had not ruled out the possibility of Susan still being alive. Police eliminated Mark as a suspect in Walshs disappearance early on. Det. However, analyzing moments from her final months could still prove to be instrumental. Walsh's father, Floyd Merchant,recalled later that"[t]he last time I met her, she was worried about [someone] having her killed. . Susans father believed that Walsh was being followed by the mob. Ive never met Mark or his son but I find this theory pretty intriguing. Subscribe for new episodes announcements, latest news, featured cases, and more! Arthur Merchant describes his last phone call with his half-sister, Susan Walsh, as "very weird.". She was missing at her home in Nutley, New Jersey on July 16, 1996. On September 9 2020, Walshs half brother filed a lawsuit against the Nutley Police Department seeking information on the investigation into his sisters disappearance. She left her son in his fathers care while she walked to a payphone across the street to make a call, Although police had little evidence with which to further their investigation, rumors arose that suggested that Walshs vanishing had something to do with one of two sinister organizations she was herself investigating as part of her journalism work, a comment corroborated by a former boyfriend in whom Walsh confided that another of her exes was stalking her, in a 2006 article in. Susan Walsh published an explosive story about a strip joint ring. They can find it and get the password from me. She went back to dancing full time. It seems to me that within a day or two they should have been notified, but I think I read that it was 4 week! That time she is in limelight. Throughout the process of writing the article about them, Ridgeway felt that Walsh was losing her Journalistic objectivity. [3] Her disappearance was widely publicized into the late 1990s, especially after several newspapers and media outlets published articles implying that her disappearance was potentially linked to the Russian She wrote a story about the mob and they very well are scary and men enough to come and kill you. Police found no evidence, means or motive for foul play in Susan Walshs disappearance. All rights reserved. I found out about it because she was in an hbo doc called stripped which is no longer available I wonder if its because if the case? Disappearance of Nutley mom, journalist and dancer still a mystery 24 years later North Jersey 11/20, Filed Under: Season 5, Still Missing Tagged With: 1996, New Jersey, Season 5, Still Missing. CNN's Brian Todd reports. Walsh also started to become increasingly paranoid as a result of being off her bipolar disorder medications. [1], At the time, Walsh had also participated in a documentary produced by her friend, Jill Morley, titled Stripped, which detailed women working in the sex industry. #ThrowbackThursday It's only for people who really look for it. Sometime after the article was published, Susans behavior began to change. To support her education and her son, she occasionally worked at strip clubs as an exotic dancer. Later that night or early the next morning he took the body to a reservation where he was known to hike and disposed of the body. Has anyone considered this? All the police found was that the July page from her calendar was ripped away. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Was Journalist Susan Walshs Disappearance Linked To Drugs, The Mob, Or An Underground Vampire Club. WebIn 1996, stripper-turned-investigative reporter Susan Walsh disappeared; was she murdered? Her disappearance was widely publicized into the late 1990s, especially after several newspapers and media outlets published articles implying that her disappearance was Anyway what they said to me was this: I mean far be it from me to call this redditor a liar but normally when people claim to know someone related/close to a person involved in the case as a leading detail with some explanation it already starts to feel a little goofy to me. Melissa Hines believes someone was following Susan: I thought at first that it was just her imagination, but Ive seen it with my own eyes. The circumstances of Susan Walshs disappearance remain unclear and her case is currently classified as a missing case. Walsh reportedly became attracted to this vampire world, even dating a man who claimed to be one for some time. Walshs last know work is her contribution to the book. Honestly yeah, she looks quite a bit like her. She had been employed as an exotic dancer occasionally since her college days to finance her education. Walsh had written stories for Screw magazine, a New York pornographic tabloid. When he questioned Mark about it mark just said he must have misplaced it. She has never been seen again. Who was it that could have been following Susan? It is not known if she chose to vanish of her own accord. In a fit of rage he grabbed a frying pan and smashed her across the head with it, killing her. She earned critical praise for her work, but became paranoid after the article's publication. They commonly wore strange, even outrageous, black outfits, but some among them went further, even drinking real blood. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community,please subscribe or activate your digital account today. When i had a Goth band in the late 1990s I met a ruff looking blond woman. It was not intentional but nonetheless it was murder. Maybe Im wrong and you should be talking to your friends and family instead and can take that up right now. Walsh had left to run errands and make a telephone call at a payphone across the street, leaving her son for the time being in the care of his father. Maybe she went looking for Sarah Palins list of newspapers. Need more information regarding ur comments maybe it could help find her. Wiki says Susan got her BA from Paterson Univ/NJ ( with10k students) & had almost completed her MA at NYU when she disappeared. It was reported that Susan also took Xanax and stopped taking medication for her bipolar disorder. The authorities learned that nobody had seen Susan Walsh make the phone call, and there was no record of an outgoing call from that payphone. There's an interesting follow-up story here. There's no way to vouch for its credibility, but there was a more recent comment that speculated about her estranged husband. [1][10] Walsh was recorded in a group interview for the film on July 14, 1996, two days before her disappearance, during which she made a reference to having a "stalker. She disappeared after According to Walsh's friend Jill Morley, Walshalso quit taking the medication that treated her bipolar disorder. "[1] She had also hired herself out to a German documentary crew making a film about Russian immigrants becoming go-go dancers, and was also in the midst of developing a documentary on the subject with the BBC shortly before her disappearance. Kaitlyn Kanzler covers Essex County for NorthJersey.com. Have you considered taking this information to the police? I call up him. Police were ultimately unable to link the disappearance to her work for either article, but noted that Walsh had developed a close friendship with journalist James Ridgeway, who described her as his most reliable writer. Maybe Susan was an alcoholic and ran off to be with the adult film star,who actually quit the buisnee 2 years befre Susans dissapearence, maybe they used drugs together in High School, and are really in love? All Mark had was a bed, a dresser, a telephone and his few personal belongings. It makes me wonder why you havent gone to police with this and/or why you felt it was okay to bring a personal conversation such as that up on the internet at all. She is even the right age. She was a sporadic presence for years but came back into his life regularly when he wasa teenager, after she became sober and gave birth to her son, David. [1], On July 16, 1996, Walsh left her apartment complex in Nutley, New Jersey, which she shared with her son; her estranged husband, Mark, lived below them. Walsh was 6 when Merchant was born to her father's third wife, Ann. New York City Vampires and the Disappearance Of Susan Walsh. Omg! With many theories surrounding the case, it remains unsolved decades later. Lot of interesting theories suggested which is one reason this has always stuck with me. She plans on making a documentary about Walsh's case. Sometimes when youre really convinced of something yourself other people belive you drugs or not. I took it down because while it is an incredible story, it is not the best filmmaking and I have been pursuing work as a director and writer. At one point, Walsh reportedly told friends that two contracts had been taken out to murder her, but it's unclear how Walsh obtained that information. The call was just weeks before the freelance journalist and exotic dancer disappeared off the hotstreets of Nutley in July 1996. To this day, her case has as importance in my subcouncious mind.I think there is more to this case then meets the eye. Walsh had battled alcoholism and had been sober for 11 years before she began drinking again and taking an increased Xanax dose for her depression. I really think you should. All Mark had was a bed, a dresser, a telephone and his few personal belongings. I think a very important question here is why "many of her peers" feel she may have been the victim of a mob hit. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. James Ridgeway described Susan as dogged in her work: Susan was a fantastic researcher. The paper's reasoning was that Walsh had lost her objectivity as a journalist while conducting research. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Friends stated she believed she was being stalked by organized crime members and was quite fearful. He said he did go to the Nutley PD and sat with a detective and told him everything. Susan Walsh (February 18, 1960 disappeared July 16, 1996)[2] was an American writer and freelance journalist who disappeared outside her home in Nutley, New Jersey, on July 16, 1996. I always think about that Village Voice journalist named Susan Walsh who disappeared while investigating underground vampire communities. She soon turned up a hot story: Russian mobsters in New Jersey were allegedly forcing young immigrant women to work like slaves in strip clubs. Walsh was fascinated by this subculture, and even dated one of them. She told friends she feared she was being targeted by stalkers and mobsters. It was in Chicago. What is her relation to joe Walsh the singer? Rational thought deteriorates sometimes to the point of self inflicted death. I went to school with her son at Barnstable Academy in Franklin Lakes NJ in 1999/2000. Walsh went back to dancing full-time and never wrote another article for the Village Voice. To Susans disappointment, The Village Voice never ran her vampire story. Walsh's own experience at the clubs reportedly allowed her access that other journalists had been unable to gain in the past. According to journalist James Ridgeway, she went back to stripping, unable to resist the easy money: Susan would say she was like an addict and the whole sex business was kind of like an addiction and she was trying to break this addiction. Walsh's disappearance in the summer of 1996 led to speculation of a mob hit, a drug overdose, some sort of vampiricritual, or Walsh simply walking away from her life. I was looking through the doenetwork and came across from this: right age and time of death https://identifyus.org/cases/full_report/6118, The bra size says 38cin the documentary I seen she was pretty flat chested, likely an A. S. That is a very close match and worth the police comparing to Susan Walsh! Several years after her disappearance I met Marks brother when he came to work for the same company I was working for. According to Morley, Susan often stopped taking medications to treat her bipolar disorder in 1996. Well, theres a big difference between valium, pot, etc, and, say heroin.. Meth is what she liked it said on the tv show disappeared. I just watched it again tonight, too, and I agree with you. Susan Walsh Lacking High, Weight. She also took work for a German documentary crew making a film about Russian immigrants becoming go-go dancers and was subsequently developing a documentary with the BBC on the subject. I have followed this case for years. Because of her background as a stripper, she was assigned to research the sex industry. Wow. The tip led Walsh to an underground vampire subculture in Manhattan where people would allegedly drink human blood. Not like the Disney cartoon character but more like this seems goofy in the way that I suspect someone is going to post their own personal theory and attempt to view it as an outsider themselves in presentation to other people online and then see how much attention they can garner. Or if they did maybe it was all a lie. She reportedly told him about two men who had a van, whom she was looking to interview, but that she was scared to go into the van with them. She was even working towards a master's degree in English and writing from NYU when she went missing. Walsh cut her teeth as ajournalist working for the Village Voice, investigating club subcultures, exposing how the Russian mob was sex-trafficking young girls through clubs. Susan Walshs top is 5 toes 6 inches and her weight is around 53 kg. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I also wonder why the Nutley PD did not follow up. [11] Walsh's last work was her contributions to the book Red Light: Inside the Sex Industry by Ridgeway and Sylvia Plachy; Walsh served as the primary researcher for the book and also contributed photographs and personal writings within a month before her disappearance. When he questioned Mark about it mark just said he must have misplaced it. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Anyone try searching for her on social media like facebook? Walshs last know work is her contribution to the book Red Light: Inside the Sex Industry by Ridgeway and Sylvia Plachy. A stripper-turned-investigative reporter is missing and some think the disappearance is tied to the Russian Mafia. 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