The decades-long search for Emanuela and investigation process is a central part of the story as an unsolved missing persons case.
The podcast episodes provided cover a range of cases involving missing persons and unsolved disappearances, highlighting the challenges and importance of thorough investigations to find answers for victims' families.
For example, the episode 'MURDERED: Thomas Bearson & Geetha Angara' from the 'Crime Junkie' podcast explores the search for Thomas Bearson after he initially went missing, while 'The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror' from '20/20' delves into the investigations into the disappearances of Tina Risico, Beth Kenyon, and Rosario Gonzalez.
Other episodes, such as 'Heather Walker' from 'Gruesome: Horrific True Crime' and 'The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan' from 'Reply All', focus on the initial investigations and lack of thorough efforts by law enforcement to locate missing individuals.
The podcast 'Up and Vanished' also features an entire episode, 'Inside Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun', that delves into host Payne Lindsey's investigation of the disappearances of Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas in Nome, Alaska.