Juanita Nielsen: The Woman Who Vanished

It’s a bleak, cold morning, on July 4, 1975. 

A 34-year-old man named Eddie Trigg waits inside the Carousel Cabaret nightclub, known to most as a seedy bar located in the heart of Sydney’s Kings Cross. 

But that’s not why Eddie, with a beard and sharp hazel eyes, is there. After all, it’s just past 10:30am. He is there to meet someone. 

Juanita Nielsen, the 37-year-old owner and publisher of the newspaper NOW, makes her way towards the establishment. These will be the final moments of her life. 

It’s 10:40am when she arrives. She is greeted at reception and escorted upstairs to the VIP Lounge. She is there for what she believes is a work meeting.

She is never seen again. 

Whispers have circulated around Sydney since. Some say her body is buried under an airport runway. Others are convinced her body is hidden beneath sand dunes. 

But 46 years on, Juanita Neilsen is still known as the woman who vanished, and her body has never been found. 

We do know, however, that she was a woman with enemies. 

CREDITS

Guest: Peter Rees

Host: Jessie Stephens

Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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