Unless the personal isnt real and the conversation you had never happened I would think your spreading rumors about someone that might have a negative impact on their relationship with a family member. She has a scar on her right wrist. Although Walsh spent a significant amount of time researching her article about the vampire underground, the Village Voice ultimately decided not to run the article. He said he called several times to see how the investigation was going but they just kept telling him they were still checking it out and would contact him. It was reported that Susan also took Xanax and stopped taking medication for her bipolar disorder. Walsh even left her wallet and pager at the apartment, indicating she would be right back. Walsh eventually got her break when she landed a research job at the iconic Village Voice in New York City. Sadly for Susan they did not. You can tell. Occams razor 101. I've never met Mark or his son but I find this theory pretty intriguing. Susan Walsh Missing Journalist Wiki:- Susan Walsh was an American writer and freelance journalist. #36. She was older than me. After 24 years, Nutley police sued as man searches for answers in sisters disappearance North Jersey 09/20 Both Merchant and Morley said Walsh was talented. Before it airs, here is a compiled set of events that ultimately led to Susan's disappearance in July 1996. She was last seen wearing a black tank dress and black sandals. Susan said that she was enthralled with the money and lifestyle in the beginning of her stripping career, but had quickly become disenchanted with the job and began to detest the patrons and the profession. I dont ever seeing her though,she is older. She helped a fellow Voice reporter, James Ridgeway, research the sex industry for a book. However, no one saw Susan Walsh leave her apartment, and no outgoing calls were made from the payphones in her neighborhood. [2] Ultimately, police were unable to establish any connections between Walsh's disappearance and her work on either article. She was 5 feet, 6 inches tall and about 110 pounds at the time of her disappearance, with blond hair and blue eyes. You are now leaving Unsolved.com and heading to our shop at: https://identifyus.org/cases/full_report/6118. 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. Walsh's case has been profiled on multiple television programs, including Unsolved Mysteries in 1997 and Disappeared in 2012. 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. - Shortly after the report on the mafias sex work operation, Walsh wrote an article that explored an underground vampire community in New York City, but. Thank you. about a strip club ring run by the Russian mafia in which members were forcing young women and girls into the sex industry. I look on other web sites and it never says she was born on Wayne, NJ,was I just imagining this? I remember seeing an old unsolved mysteries show about 20 years ago, and they mentioned that Susan was originally born from Wayne,nj. Although Walsh's first article at the Village Voice received praise from colleagues and readers alike, she became worried that the Russian mafia would retaliate. Better to just say I heard a rumor and leave it at thatbut then you dont get the attention grabberyeah I dont believe you and I dont think you do either. Or was she out there somewhere, waiting for help? Walsh had struggled with substance abuse and alcoholism since her college days. The detective said they would investigate and they would be in touch, but he never heard a word from them. She spent hour after hour, day after day. Walsh's father, Floyd Merchant,recalled later that"[t]he last time I met her, she was worried about [someone] having her killed. She was 46 & still stripping when she disappeared. There were also allegations of people in the subcultures drinking human blood. Her experience as a stripper helped her navigate this tough territory better. Susan Walshs marital and relationship status is not known yet whenever we get the information we will update it. Not working with PIs that her father hired tells us the story. Rational thought deteriorates sometimes to the point of self inflicted death. Walsh took an active part in a number of other journalism projects at the time, including a documentary by her friend Jill Morley, titled Stripped, which discussed women in the sex industry. She also had a live-in boyfriend at the time, and an ex-boyfriend that she had a restraining order against. [5], In 1984, she married Mark Walsh, a brother of musician Joe Walsh. On July 14, just two days before her disappearance, she took part in a group interview for the film, during which she mentioned having a stalker a comment corroborated by a former boyfriend in whom Walsh confided that another of her exes was stalking her, in a 2006 article in The New York Post. The ex did it the cops have never searched or sprayed luminal in his basement apartment. Tell me what you think. Still, Susan dreamed of being a poet. 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 was a smoker. These clubs attracted kids who called themselves Goths. They were known for their outrageous black outfits. Following her failure to get her vampire article published, Walsh went back to stripping and dancing full-time. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Walsh also started to take the prescription drug Xanax in order to curb her anxiety. Maybe she went looking for Sarah Palins list of newspapers. She married Mark and had her son by 1988. While Mark was never considered a suspect, there had been conflicting reports regarding whether he let the authorities carry out forensic testing at Susans apartment. She was coming apart at the seams.". It was not intentional but nonetheless it was murder. https://www.cntraveler.com/contributor/susan-walsh. In 1996, she started researching into the underground vampire subculture that had started to appear in the 1990s, whose members allegedly drank human blood stolen from New York Citys hospitals. WebMissing: Gender: Male DOB: 1935 Height: 511 Weight: 180 lbs. I don't know if any of this is true and I'm not accusing Mark or anyone else of anything. I watched thi episode alot , I try to watch it as often as possible.When they said , Susan wrote for the Village Voice paper , I thought it to be nice,because lots of sweet people live in the Grenich Village area. Susan Walsh Lacking Ethnicity, However, the months leading up to her disappearance may have had hints about this sudden development. I hope to God thats true! But despite all of this information, the authorities had little to go on when it came to Susans whereabouts. they are very vague about it just saying she took substances. Im not sure if I believe any of it or agree with it or not but since it was actually me that read it and then said it out loud to my friend right now (totally lying there as I have no friends) I guess I actually do agree with it and will stand by my opinion and observations for what they aremy own. She plans on making a documentary about Walsh's case. She likes meth and is dating my cousin, everything is secretive, she disappears for days and he can never depend on her to show up for any family get togethers. Det. This led authorities to question if Susan had ended her own life. Susan Walsh #MP9841 NamUs, 96 Stripper vanish clue The New York Post 07/06 All Rights Reserved. Read more. I call up him. All Mark had was a bed, a dresser, a telephone and his few personal belongings. Because of her background as a stripper, she was assigned to research the sex industry. She was missing at her home in Nutley, New Jersey on July 16, 1996. I was born and raised in Nutley and still reside there. She would now be 60 years old. At one point, Walsh reportedly dated a man who claimed he was an actual vampire. Wiki says Susan got her BA from Paterson Univ/NJ ( with10k students) & had almost completed her MA at NYU when she disappeared. Susans case doesnt get the attention she deserves. Then her ex came back with her son from Staples. Susans friends had to consider darker theories. For some reason, i remember the original new reports as clear as day. Ive never met Mark or his son but I find this theory pretty intriguing. Christian claimed Susan had a recording of Billy threatening to kill her and alleged she had a plan to get rid of him. Susans father believed that Walsh was being followed by the mob. He believes that Walsh is alive and intentionally ran away from home. He claimed that Walsh believed it, and at first he thought it was her imagination, but he also began noticing cars following her, and him whenever he drove her around. On July 16, 1996, Susan Walsh of Nutley, New Jersey, was in a hurry. Susan Walsh said she would only be gone a half hour the day she disappeared. Age: 36 years old 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. I remember when I saw one episode of Susan W. I remember they gave her address when she was very young , some street , near Longport Dr. in Wayne , NJ.I was scared , because,it is very close to my nieghborhood. In a fit of rage he grabbed a frying pan and smashed her across the head with it, killing her. Please. So, if youre curious to discover what led to her disappearance and the recent updates in that case, heres what we know. Walsh also started to become increasingly paranoid as a result of being off her bipolar disorder medications. Morley felt that Walsh's disappearance was sensationalized because she had been an exotic dancer. In 1979, Walsh attended William Paterson College where she studied English and Communications and graduated with a bachelors degree in 1984. Distinctive Physical Features: She earned an internship at the New York City newspaper The Village Voice and began researching the sex industry through her club connections for an article. So how is a lady with these credentials forced to be a stripper? Isolated , and was taken advantage of ? The circumstances surrounding Susan's disappearance are unclear. CASE. According to Susans friend, Melissa Hines, Susan had been sober for over four years when she got married and became a devoted mother. The facilities arent allowed to release information about if someone is there or not. Investigators believed Walsh might have been planning something that someone didnt want to be seen. Anyway I wondered if they were friends, maybe thats how she became a stipper and why people are quick to believethe Russin Mafia has some thing to do with her dissapearence, perhaps they are really too scared to question her husband? He also told me that Mark did not have much money and when he visited his brother about a week before the disappearance Mark had shown him the new frying pan he had just bought and how expensive it was. E) She has cousin s in Florida , without them knowing , did she not make for Florida and was harmed in anyway on route ? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 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. Many of Susan's peers in the exotic dancing industry believe she was the target of an organized crime hit, but there is no evidence to support this theory. In 2006, the police announced they were pursuing new leads, and an ex-boyfriend of Susans, Christian Pepo, mentioned she was being stalked and harassed by Billy Walker, another ex, in the time leading up to her disappearance. Susan intermittently worked as an exotic dancer to finance her Masters degree at New York University. Walshs whereabouts remain unknown, and the case of her disappearance goes unsolved. 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. Susan had also been working as a researcher for a book that looked into the corrupt ways of the sex industry. And sometimes with great articulation you know, you feel like this is very profound stuff. She was last seen wearing a black tank dress and black sandals. Floyd Merchant died in 2013 without knowing why his daughter disappeared. Picture: Supplied THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED About noon on July 17, 1996, Walsh told her The following might be of help: A)Does the father and son still stay in the same abode , if they have moved ,how long after Susan went missing ? What is her relation to joe Walsh the singer? 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. He did view photographs and felt he was pretty sure that it had been her. Didnt expect to careen straight into vampire clubs. Cops blew this one big time when they didnt luminol her exs apartment. Was Journalist Susan Walshs Disappearance Linked To Drugs, The Mob, Or An Underground Vampire Club. Her disappearance was widely publicized into the late 1990s, especially after several newspapers and media outlets published articles implying that her disappearance was 2023 Copyright. They kept saying the Russian Mafia killed her and I thought that was very strange, because a fellow student lived close by was Russian and he always wore a Russian sickle belt buckle to school and he seemed kind of poor, so I just figured he couldnt afford to buy a new one. "She was out of it. One night she calls me up hysterical that her ex is in front of her house, hiding in the bushes across the street. I found an individual that is the same age Susan would be today but without age progressed photo I cant say whether or not its her. This is the story his brother told me and he seems to believe it. In September, Merchant filed a lawsuit against the Nutley Police Department seeking information on the investigation into his sister's disappearance. Did investigators ever try to run finger prints on the calendar that was missing the month she disappeared? He doesn't know if it was an accident or an act of malice or whether it was planned, but someone else was involved. Walsh went back to dancing full-time and never wrote another article for the Village Voice. Please logout and login again. The two would speak regularly, and it became part of Merchant's holiday routine to spendpart of Christmas with Walsh. Susan would come down and use his phone frequently but he would not allow her to use it to call her boyfriends or her drug dealers. [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. Walsh brought their young son, David, to Michael's apartment so he could watch him while she made a phone call from a payphone. He wasnt a troublemaker,and he got good grades, but he wore that belt buckle all through school ever year and sometimes people would question him about it ,mockingly. He hid the body in his basement room and once her boyfriend had gone to work he took David to Staples. While she earned much praise for the article, she also received a number of serious threats. It's the obvious conclusion in my eyes that maybe she killed herself. This case doesnt get enough attention!! In a documentary made by a friend, Susan talked about the toll stripping had taken on her life: Its draining me. It was noted later that the page for the entire month of July 1996 was missing from Walsh's calendar in her apartment. Rhein followed up on Melissas information: A license plate number that Melissa Hines provided to us, we did track down, we spoke to the owner and operator of that vehicle. Susan Walsh Case File 1578DFNJ The Doe Network just what drug was she addicted to ? These clubs attracted kids who self-identified as goths. Learn how your comment data is processed. That's a very common theory when someone with any mob connection, no matter how tenuous, disappears, but it's usually just a few isolated people that feel that way. He killed her & Nutley Cops will not do their job. No one leaves without that stuff. Her case remains unsolved. According to Ridgeway, Walsh was fascinated by the culture and became increasingly involved in it. 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. WebMissing Last seen alive: July 16, 1996 Circumstances: Susan Walsh had been depressed prior to her disappearance and she had previously attempted suicide. She is 5 6 tall and weighs 110 pounds. Susan covered a story involving Russian organized crime figures allegedly forcing young Russian women to dance in clubs in New York City in the early 1990s. Or if they did maybe it was all a lie. Her wrists were apparently bandaged and Ridgeway questioned Susan's drug and alcohol usage. She is the leader of a paramilitary organization, The Guardian, that does their best to protect other people from danger. She became very entangled in the process and even dated a man who claimed to be a vampire. Sometime after the article was published, Susans behavior began to change. 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. Susan Walsh got her big break after an investigative report about a strip club in New York that allegedly exploited young female immigrants and was allegedly linked to the Russian mob. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. Later reports also suggested that an ex-boyfriend of Susan's may have been stalking her. Her estranged husband did not see her leave and no one saw her at the payphone either. Shes rolled up on a carpet & dumped. His father, Floyd Merchant, had hired a private investigator to help with the search, and the investigator turned over his findings to the police. When my friend went to see his brother after Susan disappeared he noticed the frying pan was gone. The Vampires of New York - Shortly after the report on the mafias sex work operation, Walsh wrote an article that explored an underground vampire community in New York City, but The Village Voice did not publish it, as the report did not meet the papers standard for objectivity. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. She talked about her mood swings and being depressed and about just holding on to live.. Several years after her disappearance I met Marks brother when he came to work for the same company I was working for. As part of her work with The Village Voice, she published an article that alleged Russian mobsters were controlling immigrant women, forcing them into sex work. And Susan, then of course, loved this thing and she got right in the middle of it.. I teach He remembered that the conversation was almost like two different ones. Walsh worked intermittently as an erotic dancer and stripper to help pay her tuition. She was missing was widely publicized in the late 1990s. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. . After the success of Walsh's first article and while helping to research his book, James Ridgeway gave Walsh a tip about blood disappearing from a local hospital. MISSING, PRESUMED UNDEAD Susan Walsh appeared to be just another ordinary, aspiring American journalist.Then she stumbled upon what looked like being the The friend stopped by & all the windows & doors locked in the heat of summer & they were always open. She claimed the work was draining her, that she was damaged by her years in the business, and that she was hurting. No one should have to live with those unanswered questions. Friends said that Susan's writings became clouded by her own opinions regarding the vampire lifestyle and the story was not objective. 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 husband still lives in the same house but in susans apt now there was a witness that worked at the pizza place across from the pay phone an said he saw her walk back into her apt but if u see the pizza place an where her apt is theres no way being inside the pizza place u can see someone walking back into the bld i think they should have questioned him more, I saw this show again and I do believe her ex husband did it. At the time it sounded more like a movie script in the making or book plot. After her work on the mafia article, Walsh took an assignment looking into the vampire community of New York and their underground nightclubs. After high school, she studied English and Communications at a state university in New Jersey. I've never seen that mentioned in any of the stories I've read about Susan Walsh.". As a result, her family reported her missing soon after, with the authorities mounting a desperate search. Never Seen Again is Susans. Susan Walsh never returned home and has not been heard from again. Hi Bill we do not currently have any new information regarding this case, but if and when we do we will be sure to update it above. I guess that they were afraid of us muddying the waters? There's no way to vouch for its credibility, but there was a more recent comment that speculated about her estranged husband. I just watched it again tonight, too, and I agree with you. Born Susan Young, she aspired from a young age to be a poet. 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