{"podcast":{"title":"The Story","slug":"the-story-7774740","podcast_index_feed_id":7774740,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6915466/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-story--6915466","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/08ee4c8eef0efb32bf18d137f101d618.jpg","author":"PII","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning. The Story is brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T04:18:27.534529+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-7774740"},"episode":{"title":"Ghost Mountain: part one","slug":"ghost-mountain-part-one","published_at":"2026-06-12T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-7774740/ghost-mountain-part-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-7774740","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ghost-mountain-part-one--72490694","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72490694/media.mp3","summary":"When 71-year-old British tourist Lorna McSorley stepped out for a walk near South Africa's Ghost Mountain, she expected a pleasant hike to spot local wildlife. She never returned. In the first episode of this three-part investigative series, we travel to the remote, superstitious heart of Eastern South Africa to retrace Lorna’s final steps. As official searches hit a dead end, bizarre rumours about what happened to her begin to emerge. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Host: Jane Flanagan.Producer: Harry Stott.Executive Producers: Taryn Siegel and Kate Lamble.We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Disappearances stoke fear of more ‘witchcraft murders’ after Briton vanished Clips: Newzroom Afrika / Youtube.Photo: Getty Images.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"When 71-year-old British tourist Lorna McSorley stepped out for a walk near South Africa's Ghost Mountain, she expected a pleasant hike to spot local wild…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2279,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-7774740/episodes/ghost-mountain-part-one/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-7774740/ghost-mountain-part-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}