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ARD Documentary Revisits Lana Kaiser’s Final Months, Leaves Disappearance Unresolved

Ship footage, intimate voice messages, firsthand accounts merge to chart the singer’s shift to Lana Kaiser against a backdrop of mounting concerns over his mental health.

Overview

  • The three-part ARD documentary compiles archival audio recordings, ship footage and Instagram posts to trace Küblböck’s transformation into Lana Kaiser.
  • Friends like Olivia Jones and Gracia Baur appear in the documentary expressing guilt, confusion and unanswered questions about the singer’s mental health and isolation in his final months.
  • Peers from his Berlin acting school recount incidents of intoxication, vandalism and a subsequent police inquiry that some describe as evidence of a psychotic episode.
  • Family members differ on whether hormone treatments triggered psychosis or represented an authentic gender transition, and the film presents these views without a medical verdict.
  • Despite revealing new perspectives on identity and behavior, the series offers no fresh forensic evidence to clarify his presumed overboard disappearance in 2018.