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A true crime podcast dedicated to unsolved murders and disappearances. Based in Wales, UK. Covering cases from Wales, the rest of the UK and the wider world.
George Barksdale was just four years old when he disappeared from Baltimore, Maryland in April 1969. The little boy was last seen sitting on the steps of a church opposite his home. One lead suggests he may have been taken by a 70 year old woman. Three years later, on April 1st 1972, three year old Solomon Rose vanished during a trip to a shopping mall in West Baltimore. He has not been seen since and is believed to have been abducted.
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Through the 1970s and 1980s, Mary Joe Frug was a well-respected and prominent law academic. As a part of the Critical Legal Studies movement, she looked to analyse the legal system from a feminist perspective. On the evening of April 4th 1991, the 49-year-old was walking to a convenience store in an upmarket neighbourhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when she was set upon and viciously stabbed to death. A man in his early twenties was seen fleeing from the scene but has never been identified. Investigators were baffled regarding a motive and could not determine if the slaying had been a random act or if Mary Joe had been specifically targeted. Several avenues continue to be explored by cold case detectives, including the possibility that the murder was connected to her work or private life.
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Hannah Williams, a 78-year-old widow, lived with her daughter, Elizabeth, in an isolated cottage six miles from Cardiff. On the morning of Saturday November 10th 1900, Elizabeth walked to market to sell produce from their smallholding. Hannah stayed behind, busying herself with some household chores. When Elizabeth returned that afternoon she was met by neighbours on the road who informed her that Hannah was dead. This had not been due to natural causes or even an accident, but by bloody violence. Hannah had been bludgeoned with a coal hammer and her throat slashed while darning a sock in her own kitchen. Well over a century later Hannah's story and its many unanswered questions still resonate.
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Abdur Rashid was a 46 year old Muslim spiritual teacher who came to the UK from Bangladesh in the late 1970s. Abdur lived and worked in London's East End and was known in the local community as a good man. In April 1988 Abdur was murdered with a sharp instrument and his body dumped in Epping Forest. The killer set the body alight, an act that is forbidden in Islam and one that is considered dishonorable. Police managed to piece together some clues but were at a loss as to the motive for such a cold blooded crime. The crime soon disappeared from the headlines as the investigation drew blanks.
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Christina or Christine Bracken was a 39 year old nun, originally from Ireland, who in the later part of 1978 moved to Swansea, Wales, to begin a new chapter in her life. After 6 months in Wales Christina, who went by her religious name Sister Jacinta, appeared to have settled in well and seemed happy. Shortly after lunch on Saturday May 19th 1979 Sister Jacinta took a walk into the city centre to buy a birthday present for her mother. While there were a few sightings of Sister Jacinta that day (both confirmed and unconfirmed), she was never seen by anyone at the convent again and seemingly vanished into thin air. There are numerous theories and rumours about what happened to Sister Jacinta, including a startling piece of information that surfaced just a decade ago.
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Kevin Mison was a football mad teenager from an estate in West London. In early August 1980 the body of the 18 year old was found in an empty house close to where he lived. He had been murdered in a sexually motivated and sadistic attack. Witnesses came forward with information which led to a suspect sketch being created by the police and a mass fingerprinting exercise was undertaken on the estate. Just months later the murder investigation was scaled back and Kevin's killer has yet to be identified.
*Just a quick note to say I'm sorry I've only been doing one episode a month since April. Life has been hectic and I've had some health issues as well as some other commitments. Thank you all for continuing to listen.
I try and choose stories that are rarely covered by other podcasts and Kevin Mison's case is no exception. I have hope it won't be too late to find resolution to this 45 year unsolved crime.
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Annette Morgan was about to start a new chapter in her young life. The 18 year old had recently left her science course at the University of Sydney for a new role as a trainee radiologist. On Friday October 28th 1977 Annette returned to Sydney from her family home in Warners to visit the friends she had made during her time at university. Early the following morning Annette set off to visit a male friend who was a resident of St Paul's college. Annette never completed her journey and her body was found hours later in a small gulley in the university grounds. She had been beaten, strangled and raped. Identikits were put together of two separate individuals police were hoping to trace but her case has never been closed.
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In the late afternoon of August 26th 1986, Michelle "Jolene" Lakey went to visit her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. After giving her mother a teddy bear as a get well present the 11 year old left to make the 20 minute walk home. At around 6.00pm several witnesses saw Jolene getting into a light-yellow coloured vehicle on North Washington Avenue. She has never been seen since. After reports of a girl resembling Jolene being seen with a man in Brooklyn, New York, a suspect was interviewed, but the lead went nowhere. Three years later the murder of a 9 year old girl in Scranton would take the investigation in a whole new direction and introduce a prime suspect in the case.
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The body of a woman known by neighbours as "Kate England" was discovered on the night of Valentine's Day 1904. "Kate" was found lying on an upstairs bed in her small cottage situated on Saltmead Road, Cardiff, with a noose tied around her neck. While there was no sign of a struggle it appeared someone had been sleeping in the bed next to her. Over the next couple of weeks the extraordinary story of "Kate's" life and mysterious death would unfold in the pages of local newspapers. Characters from her life would be thrust into the limelight as the authorities attempted to make sense of a complicated myriad of clues, and piece together the truth behind the tragedy.
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21 year old Donna Doll was a Russian language student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. At 9.59pm on October 2nd 1970 she left the campus library where she worked a part-time job and was never seen alive again. Nine days later her fully clothed body was found in a field just outside town. The manner and cause of death was unclear but the case was treated as a murder investigation. Investigators were presented with a myriad of puzzling details, not least the fact that over 2kg of potatoes was found in Donna's stomach contents.
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Late on the evening of February 12th 1945, 55 year old Mary "Helen" Hoyles finished her shift at the American Red Cross Club on High Street in the centre of Southampton, and began the short walk home. Helen's journey should have taken just a quarter of an hour but she did not make it safely home.
Early the following morning Helen's half-naked body was found in a cul-de-sac near her lodgings on New Road. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. A clue was found at the scene which made police think the case would be solved within a week, though this confidence proved misplaced.
Over the next couple of years several suspects cropped up in the investigation and the "clue" took detectives to mainland Europe in their search for the killer. In truth the culprit may have been closer to home.
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Camille Gordon travelled from Jamaica to the UK in the early 2000s to fulfill her dream of becoming a nursery school teacher. In 2003 she moved to London but with course fees and the ever increasing cost of living, Camille had to look round for opportunities to supplement her income. The 23 year old found work as a hostess at one of Soho's many "Clip Joints".
On the evening of Monday March 1st 2004 Camille was attacked by a man in the doorway of the Blue Bunny Club on Archer Street. She died from a single stab wound to the heart. A man, believed to be a disgruntled customer, was captured by CCTV fleeing the scene, but despite this he has never been identified.
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If you have any information about the 2004 murder of 23 year old Camille Gordon you can call the incident room on 020 8785 8267. Information can also be submitted online here at the Public Portal (mipp.police.uk)
Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org
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German tourist Heidi Mnilk was on a two week trip to the UK. The 17 year old pharmaceutical apprentice was staying with an English family in West Wickham in south east London. On Sunday July 8th 1973 Heidi travelled to London with a friend to see the sights. Shortly before 5.00pm the pair boarded a train at Charing Cross Station to take them back to their accommodation. Heidi went to a non-smoking compartment and her friend to a carriage where smoking was permitted. Less than two minutes after the train passed London Bridge two young passengers heard screams and witnessed the neighbouring compartment's door fling open and the body of a young woman fall onto the tracks. Despite these passengers raising the alarm they were not taken seriously and it was a little while before the body of Heidi Mnilk was discovered. A post-mortem showed Heidi had been stabbed before her body was hurled from the train. The young passengers gave a detailed description of a man seen leaving Heidi's compartment and police scoured London for the suspect. Then, a few months later, information came to light suggesting a motive for the seemingly random crime.
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Thursday March 18th 1965 was a dismal day in the town of Tyrone, Pennsylvannia.
Shortly after midday, six year old Kathy Shea left her home for the short walk to her elementary school. Although spring was just around the corner, slushy snow lined the streets as the Kindergartner hurried along on her way. Several people saw Kathy enroute but she never made it to her lessons that afternoon. A bloodhound tracked Kathy's scent to a spot within eyesight of the school. The only conclusion was that the little girl had been abducted by person or persons unknown. Since that day there has been no sign of Kathy.
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For seven years Crispin Dye had been the manager of Australian rock band AC/DC. He was a talented song writer and musician in his own right and during the early 1990s released his first solo album. Shortly before Christmas 1993 Crispin, aged 41, travelled to his mother's home in Sydney to spend the festive period with her. On the night of the 22nd December Crispin went out with friends to celebrate the success of his album. In the early hours of the following morning, after separating from his friends, Crispin was found lying face down on the pavement. He had sustained a head injury and was in cardiac arrest. Two days later Crispin passed away in hospital. Some suspected that Crispin had been the victim of a LGBTIQ hate crime but the NSW police were not so sure. The investigation has been dogged with criticism over the years but several persons of interest have surfaced, including a previously unknown individual in 2023 after a DNA breakthrough.
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It was a normal Friday morning in November 1994 and 11 year old Nayantara Ali left her home in Forest Gate, East London, to walk to school. It should have taken less than 15 minutes but Nayantara never arrived. Family members reported her missing later that day and for three weeks there was no hint of what had happened to the confident and playful young girl. Worst fears were realised when Nayantara was found murdered just a stone's throw from her front door and in a spot already searched by police.
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Tara Calico disappeared while riding her bicycle near the town of Belen, New Mexico, in September 1988. The 19 year old fitness enthusiast would go out every morning to complete a 35 mile round trip along the NM 47 highway taking in the vast open spaces of Valencia County. On the morning of September 20th she left her home as usual but never returned. Several witnesses saw Tara riding on the highway that morning listening to a personal stereo; unbeknownest to her, she was being followed by an old Ford truck. Over the ensuing decades the investigation has seen numerous leads come and go, culminating in a significant announcement by law enforcement in the summer of 2023.
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On a Spring day in 1991 the body of Tuula Lukkarinen was found in woods near the disused Hausjarvi gravel pits in Southern Finland. The 28 year old had gone missing the previous day after leaving the mental hospital where she was temporarily staying. It was a brutal slaying, with the killer displaying disturbing and sadistic tendencies. Two years later 40 year old Maarit Haantie disappeared in the same area during a night out with friends. She has never been seen since and the Finnish police believe she was murdered. Two earlier attacks on women have also been linked to these cases and investigators believe there is a connection, with one perpetrator being responsible for all the crimes. Over the past three decades, the small towns and forests of southern Finland have been the backdrop to the search for, a rarity in Finnish criminal history, a serial killer.
If you have information about the Hausjarvi murders you can email the Finnish Police at rikosvihje.ksp@poliisi.fi
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The body of Joan Maschek was found by her landlord on the evening of July 13th 1976. The 48 year old divorcee had been bludgeoned to death with a flat instrument inside her bedsit on Douglas Road, Nottingham. Police investigating the seemingly motiveless killing soon discovered that Joan herself was equally enigmatic. She was an eccentric character whom neighbours said had visitors at all times of the day and night. Nevertheless, they could find few individuals who knew Joan well, and those who did were not keen on making themselves known. The investigation would go on to focus on two separate men who police believed could hold vital information, but it was well over a decade later that the case suddenly moved in a new direction.
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It was early winter 1970 in the city of Rotorua on the North Island of New Zealand. On the evening of Friday May 15th, 18 year old Olive Walker wrapped up warm and set out on foot to her sister's house across town, to babysit her nieces and nephews. Around an hour later Olive was spotted near the Odeon cinema in the centre of Rotorua, only ten minutes from her destination. This was the last time Olive was seen alive. A short time later multiple witnesses reported hearing screams from a nearby residential area. Within hours a group of teenagers discovered Olive's body in a highway rest area just out of town. The killer was long gone but had left some vital clues to their identity.
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Patricia "Lee" Parsons worked as a masseuse at a sauna in Camden town London. Lee also obtained a significant income as a high end escort. The 42 year old reportedly had hundreds of clients, many of whom were high status individuals from the worlds of politics and show business. On the evening of Saturday June 23rd 1990 Lee failed to show up at a private event being held at the restaurant she owned jointly with her boyfriend. The following day Lee's body was found inside her car in a farmer's field 45 minutes from her home. Lee had been shot three times with a crossbow and the killing had all the hallmarks of a professional hit. Thus transpired an investigation that delved into the criminal underworld of London, as police searched for a motive for this most callous execution.
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Twice widowed Mabel Harper spent the evening of August 12th 1943 at her sister's house in the Maindy area of Cardiff. Time slipped by quickly and at 10.50pm Mabel left hurriedly hoping to catch the last bus home. Unfortunately the 53 year old missed the bus by minutes, forcing her to walk the 40 minute journey alone. As she made her way alongside the highway it was particularly dark, a blackout was in full effect due to the threat of air raids from Nazi bombers. Mabel never made it to her destination. Her naked and bound body was found the next morning on a grass verge next to the road. Her injuries were catastrophic and displayed a sickening propensity for violence. The police were at a dead end until some extraordinary information fell into their hands, blowing the case wide open.
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August 15th 1945 was a joyous occasion in Australia's history. It was the day peace was declared and six long years of war ended. As the owners of a radio set, the Eastwell family were some of the first people to hear the happy news in the small rural town of Gol Gol, located on the NSW/Victoria border. For 8 year old Valerie Eastwell the momentous events in the Pacific signalled a day off school and she was tasked with going out into the community to spread the good tidings. There were several sightings of Valerie during the morning and conflicting reports regarding when she was last seen. When Valerie failed to show up for her evening meal her parents became worried and contacted the police. Valerie has not been seen since and the investigation has flitted between different theories to explain her mysterious disappearance. The case is now the oldest missing persons case in the country.
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Stephanie Whittaker was a happily married mother of three who had everything to live for. On the evening of March 23rd 1990 the 34 year old was due to meet friends for a drink in the centre of Newport, South Wales. Stephanie left her house at 8.25pm to walk the short five minute jouney into town but she never arrived. Despite a couple of uncomfirmed sightings over the next 24 hours Stephanie has not been heard of since. All her knew her agree that Stephanie would not have left her family of her own accord and Gwent police have said the disappearance is highly suspicious.
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*In the episode I give the date of an interview Tony Whittaker did with the Wales on Sunday as July 10th 1990. It was June 10th 1990)
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On an August evening in 2007, 7 year old Nurin Jazlin left her family's apartment and headed to the nearby night market in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nurin was alone and intent on purchasing a hair clip at one of the stalls. She never returned and witness reports would confirm she had was abducted by a man driving a white van. Almost a month later her parents' worst fears were realised when Nurin's body was discovered. 4 months later and 20 km away another little girl, Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, disappeared while playing in at a playground. She has never been seen since. A spate of abductions and failed kidnappings across Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding state of Selangor would lead investigators to suspect they were all connected.
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At the age of 35 Dr Tatjana "Tanya" Kopric had already achieved so much. She had emigrated to America from Yugoslavia in 1975 and had worked at numerous hospitals before setting up her own private medical practice in Kansas city, Missouri. In September 1980 her life was cruelly taken in a matter of seconds, when she was shot at close range as she sat in her parked car. Witnesses recognised the assassin and the search for Tanya's killer got underway. The trail led to a remote part of Canada before abruptly stopping, leaving investigators scratching their heads and a fugitive on the loose.
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On the evening of Saturday April 19th 1986 Teresa Branch and her friend Lisa were returning to Decatur in Wise County after visiting Teresa's family in Arlington, Texas. The pair had been plagued by car trouble all weekend and 18 year old Teresa's red Pontiac Sunbird stalled yet again just minutes after leaving her parents home. With no payphone in sight Teresa decided to jog the short distance back home to get help. She told Lisa to wait in the car and that she would be back soon. Within minutes she was accosted by one or more persons who sexually assaulted Teresa before taking her life.
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In the later half of 2000 three women were murdered whilst hitchhiking in eastern Romania. The bodies of Maria Bîru, Safta Ciubotaru and Marcela Tomozei were discovered along lonely forest roads near the city of Barlad. There were few clues and little in the way of forensic evidence. All went quiet and it was assumed the killer had moved away or possibly even died. Then in 2004 it appeared the killer may have struck again with the brutal murder of Mioara Danuta Manea. A decade later two further murders elsewhere in Europe would thrust a prime suspect into the spotlight.
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This week's episode is a little different. John guests on the excellent podcast Scottish Murders to examine the 1990 unresolved murder of Ann Heron.
This is part two. You can listen to part one by visiting the Scottish Murders podcast at Home - Scottish Murders or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
In part two we continue the story of Ann Heron’s murder with an arrest made in November 2005. This person was later released due to insufficient evidence. Despite various leads and multiple suspects, including Christopher Halliwell, sadly the case remains open. Durham Police and Ann’s family continue to seek information, hoping to solve a mystery that has persisted for decades. The case’s complexity is underscored by conflicting theories, a lack of definitive forensic evidence, and the emotional toll on the families involved. The search for justice continues, with the hope that new advances in forensic science will finally provide the answers needed to close the chapter on Ann Heron’s murder.
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On a September afternoon in 1962, 7 year old Diana Moon Yoli took her younger sibling Mark to the local park. The 2 and a half year old loved to play on the slide and Diana always took great care of her little brother. The playground was less than two blocks from their family home which was situated close to Camp Lejeune, a Marine base just outside Jacksonville, North Carolina. An hour later the children's mother Marilyn went out to look for them but they were gone. A few leads materialised early on but they led nowhere and Marilyn never saw Diana or Mark again. It was thirty years later that the local sheriff received a phone call from someone claiming to know what had happened to the missing siblings.
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Patricia Simpson moved to Cardiff, South Wales in 1961 looking for a fresh start. Originally from Cheshire in the north west of England, the teenager had experienced a difficult start to life. On the evening of Friday November 1st 1963 Patricia was seen leaving her home in the Adamsdown area of the city with her flatmate Mary. Twenty four hours later her strangled body was found ten miles away at the bottom of an abandoned mine. Despite several leads the case went cold. Then in the late 1990s South Wales police received a tip off which saw the investigation kick back into life and detectives travel halfway across the world chasing a new lead.
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In April 1981, 22 year old old student Caroline Harris-Reed went to stay with a friend in South London. Her friend was nervous about being alone in her new flat and Caroline thought the short visit would be a good opportunity to look for a summer job. On the evening of the 8th the pair were in the flat waiting for a mutual friend to join them when a violent intruder burst in, threatening the young women at knifepoint. After a harrowing two hour ordeal Caroline was left dead and the intruder fled into the night. He has yet to be brought to justice.
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Early in the morning of November 1st 1986 the body of 15 year old Chaim Weiss was found in his dorm room at Long Beach Yeshiva. He had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy, bladed weapon in a frenzied attack. The bright and gifted teenager had been at the Torah High School for two and a half years and on the surface it seemed he didn't have an enemy in the world. Police said they were keeping an open mind but attention was soon focused on the staff of the school and Chaim's fellow students. Four decades on there remain many questions concerning the unexplained incidents and events that surround this brutal killing.
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This is part 2 of Betty Shanks (Unsolved Murder). If you haven't done so already, please make sure you listen to part 1 first.
In Part 2 the many theories and persons of interest surrounding this cold case will be
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At 9.32 on the evening of Friday September 19th 1952, Betty Shanks stepped off the tram at the Grange terminus, in the Brisbane suburb of Wilston. The 22 year old had spent the evening with some colleagues attending a lecture at a local technical college. She was a couple of minutes walk from her parents home as she headed down Thomas Street. Betty never arrived and her severely beaten body was found half naked in the back yard of a house not far from the tram terminus. It was described at the time as the foulest crime ever to have claimed the life of an Australian. Information poured in concerning several suspicious men seen in the area at the time, including a well-spoken man in a brown suit and a "moon faced" man seen jumping the fence near the crime scene. Numerous theories have developed over the years and several books on the case have been written. This two part episode will examine all aspects of one of Queensland's oldest open murder investigations. Part two will follow on February 19th.
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Tuesday July 30th 1985 was a hot day in Toronto, Canada. 8 year old Nicole Morin made plans to go swimming with a friend in one of the outside pools at the apartment complex where she lived. Nicole said goodbye to her mother at 11am, stepped into the hallway of the penthouse and vanished. The friend waited in the lobby for Nicole to come down in the elevator but she never arrived. There are numerous theories and persons of interest in the case but four decades on investigators are still trying to find Nicole.
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In 1985 two 16 year olds from the same high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vanished within eight months of each other. Allen Briscoe Jr and Christine Green have not been seen or heard from since.
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On the evening of Tuesday December 9th 1975, Hugh Watson enjoyed a pint and a game of dominoes at the Pen-y-Bryn Hotel bar in Llanrwst, North Wales. At 9.30pm the 77 year old grabbed his two walking sticks and set out back to his makeshift home in a stable on a nearby farm. Many people saw the well-known figure of Hugh walking the short distance through the small market town that night. Later two patrolling police officers noticed smoke billowing from a barn situated next to Hugh's stable. Firefighters were called and after they had put out the flames they discovered the charred body of Hugh Watson. He had been stabbed multiple times before being set alight while still alive. It appeared to be a senseless and motiveless murder. One theory was that it had been carried out by a passing stranger, while others believed the answers to this horrific mystery lay within the small rural community.
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The New Years holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! With tons of episodes each, investigative curiosity, and a focus on advocacy, these podcasts will live up to the theme of our collaboration (“New Year, New Binge”) because you’ll soon find yourself falling in love with the podcasters included in these episodes. So, sit back, grab your detective caps, and let’s get this party started!
Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:
Crimelines
https://linktr.ee/crimelines
Sirens: A Southern True Crime Podcast
https://bit.ly/TheSirensNetwork
Private Dicks Podcast
https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
Morning Cup of Murder
www.morningcupofmurder.com
Persons Unknown
https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com
Fresh Hell Podcast
https://freshhellpodcast.com/
Stories With Sapphire
www.storieswithsapphire.com
Travel and True Crime
https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcas
Excuse Me, That’s Illegal
www.linktr.ee/excusemethatsillegal.pod
A Nefarious Nightmare
www.linktr.ee/anefariousnightmarepodcast
The Trail Went Cold
https://www.trailwentcold.com
Coffee and Cases Podcast
https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases
True Crime Creepers
https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers
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The New Years holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! With tons of episodes each, investigative curiosity, and a focus on advocacy, these podcasts will live up to the theme of our collaboration (“New Year, New Binge”) because you’ll soon find yourself falling in love with the podcasters included in these episodes. So, sit back, grab your detective caps, and let’s get this party started!
Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:
Crimelines
https://linktr.ee/crimelines
Sirens: A Southern True Crime Podcast https://bit.ly/TheSirensNetwork
Private Dicks Podcast
https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
Morning Cup of Murder
www.morningcupofmurder.com
Persons Unknown
https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com
Fresh Hell Podcast
https://freshhellpodcast.com/
Stories With Sapphire
www.storieswithsapphire.com
Travel and True Crime
https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcas
Excuse Me, That’s Illegal
www.linktr.ee/excusemethatsillegal.pod
A Nefarious Nightmare
www.linktr.ee/anefariousnightmarepodcast
The Trail Went Cold
https://www.trailwentcold.com
Coffee and Cases Podcast
https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases
True Crime Creepers
https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers
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In mid 1995 Italian law student Victoria Cafasso decided to defer her studies and take some time out. The 20 year old travelled to Tasmania, Australia, staying with a distant relative while she thought through her options. She arrived in Beaumaris, a small seaside town on the north east coast of the island state, on October 6th. Five days later Victoria took a short walk to the local beach to do a spot of sunbathing. Just a few hours later her body was found on the shoreline. Victoria had been the victim of a frenzied attack and had suffered multiple stab wounds. Over the years there have been several persons of interest and in 2023 there has been a new development in the case.
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It was nearly 2am on Sunday November 15th 1970 when 18 year old college freshman Robin Graham ran out of petrol on Hollywood freeway, California. A couple of highway patrol officers pulled up to assist her and directed Robin to the nearest emergency phone, from where she called her parents' home. They had not yet returned from an evening out so Robin left a message with her sister that she needed picking up. Over the next thirty minutes or so highway patrol officers passed by a few times to check on Robin. On one pass they noticed a man aged in his mid-twenties standing by the open bonnet of Robin's car. They assumed the man was a family member who had come to help. At approximately 2.30am, Robin's father arrived to collect her. He found the car locked and no sign of his daughter. Robin has not been seen since that night, more than fifty years ago.
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**Part 2 of the episode Kyllikki Saari (Unsolved Murder). If you haven't already, please go back and listen to part 1 before continuing.
See show notes in Part 1 for episode desription.**All sources for the episode can be found here
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*PART 1 of Kyllikki Saari (Unsolved Murder). Part 2 will be released Friday Nov 17th, 5:00am GMT.
Though it was 10pm it was still light as 17 year old Kyllikki Saari and her friend Maiju started their cycle home. It was Sunday May 17th 1953 and the pair had just attended a church youth event near the rural town of Isojoki, in southwest Finland. At a crossroads on a lonely forest road the friends separated - Kyllikki still had 6km to pedal before she would reach home. The teen never made it out of the woods, leaving a grieving town and a whole host of suspects.
With a complex and detailed narrative and over half a dozen persons of interest, Kyllikki’s case is one of the most challenging I have covered.
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Sandy Drummond was a down to earth, bright and likeable former British soldier. The 33 year old worked at a paper mill and shared an isolated cottage with his brother just outside St Andrews in Fife, eastern Scotland. In the spring of 1991 Sandy’s relaxed demeanour suddenly altered and a cloud of sadness seemed to descend on him. A few months later Sandy abruptly resigned from his job and a few days later he was found dead, laying face down on a farm track close to his home. With no sign of violence it was believed Sandy had died of natural causes. The post mortem showed this theory could not have been further from the truth.
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Hi, it's John here. I wanted to put this message in the podcast but I'm currently on holiday in Cornwall and the WIFI isnt great, so I wasnt able to upload it. As I'm away the episode is slightly shorter than normal, but rest assured I have not skimped on my research. This is a case I've been sitting on for a while, waiting for the right opportunity to share. I also wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you for listening and for your kind reviews. A big thank you to those who support the podcast. As an independent podcaster who works on the podcast in my free time this means so much. I really appreciate it.
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Segametsi Mogomotsi lived in the village of Mochudi, just outside the capital city of Gabarone in Botswana. On a Saturday in November 1994 the 14 year old disappeared while selling oranges to raise funds for an upcoming church excursion. Less than 24 hours later her dismembered body was found a short distance from her home. It appeared Segametsi had been been the victim of a ritual murder. This horrific crime was a catalyst for widespread protests across the country as many felt those in power were attempting to cover up the truth.
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Dr Danuta Kaczmarska was loved and respected by her patients. In January 1986 the 52 year old was found brutally murdered at her home in Hall Green, Birmingham, in what looked like a frenzied but premeditated attack. The community and police were baffled. Then sensational and often judgemental stories began to surface that the kind, amiable doctor was leading a double life. It is suspected that Danuta knew her killer.
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Brian McDermott left his home in East Belfast and promised his mum he would be back for Sunday lunch. It was the last day of the summer holidays in 1973 and the 10 year old was headed to the playground at nearby Ormeau park. Brian was spotted there by several witnesses but he never returned home. Six days later his partial remains were found in a hessian sack floating on the River Lagan. At the time police said it was the most ghastly and fiendish murder that Northern Ireland had ever witnessed. Fifty years on the case remains unsolved and is dogged with conspiracy and rumour.
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On an early spring evening in 1982, 8 year old Toya Hill went out to play in front of her family's apartment block in south eastern Baltimore. At some point she wandered to a local grocery store to buy some sweets. Toya never returned home and it was as if the thrid grader had walked off the face of earth. No sign could be found and the police were baffled. Toya's mother Annette had her own suspicions regarding what may have happened to her daughter and set about devising a plan to find the truth.
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The evening of December 18th 2008 was Mellory “Mel” Manning’s first shift on the streets of Christchurch’s red light district for months. The 27 year old had turned to sex work at a young age to fund a destructive drug habit. Recently a family tragedy had led Mel to take steps to change her life. Tonight was a one off, she was off the drugs but wanted extra money to buy Christmas presents. At 9.43pm Mel sent her last text message. Two minutes later her phone was out of service. The events that followed are now permanently etched into the annals of New Zealand criminal and legal history.
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10 year old Adre’anna Jackson disappeared on a snowy morning in December 2006. She had left her family apartment in Lakewood, Washington State early to see if classes were still on for the day. The fourth grader never made it to the school. A desperate search began but it was as if Adre’anna had vanished off the face of the earth. Four months later two 9 year old boys discovered human remains on an undeveloped plot of land not far from where Adre’anna lived. An investigation began which saw local police and the FBI scrabbling for leads as they sought justice for the young girl.
*This episode deals with a crime committed against a child. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.
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Born in the first decade of the twentieth century, siblings Martha (known as Patti) and Griffith Thomas lived together their entire lives. By 1976 both Patti and Griff were retired and, although relatively wealthy, they led a simple and frugal life in their farmhouse near Llangolman, West Wales. In December that year the siblings were both found dead in their home in mysterious circumstances. An investigation was carried out but the answers it produced did not satisfy many local people. Over the last decade or so there have been several developments, including a connection to a Welsh serial killer and the surfacing of new, potentially vital information. This led Dyfed Powys police to announce in October 2022 that they were re-examining evidence in the case.
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https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/the-killer-could-still-be-among-us-two-elderly-siblings-and-a-brutal-that-mystifies-locals-nearly-50-years-BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...
BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Griff and Martha Thomas: Forensic review into 46 year-old deaths
Daily Mailhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk › newsBullseye killer John Cooper linked to a historic double murder
greglewisinfo.comhttps://greglewisinfo.com › the-bull...The Bullseye Killer – and the Llangolman deaths - Greg Lewis
Tivyside Advertiserhttps://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk › ...Police reopen investigation into Ffynnon Samson deaths
North Wales Livehttps://www.dailypost.co.uk › newsTop expert suspects killer is linked to deaths at farmhouse
South Wales Guardianhttps://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk › ...Pembrokeshire murderer's name 'not ruled out' of Llangolman deaths
Western Telegraphhttps://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk › ...Ffynnon Samson deaths: Vigil held for Griff and Patti Thomas
Wales Onlinewww.walesonline.co.ukThe five other unexplained deaths linked to Pembrokeshire Murders killer ...
Daily Mailhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk › newsBullseye killer John Cooper linked to a historic double murder
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*This episode deals with a crime committed against a child. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.
At 8.30pm on Wednesday 22nd April 1981, 15 year old Kelly Cook left her house in the village of Standard, Alberta for the last time. She got into a waiting car driven by a man she had never before met and disappeared into the night. That morning Kelly had received a phone call from a man who said his name was Bill Christensen. He was looking for a babysitter and told Kelly she had been highly recommended. They agreed that he would pick her up later and have her home by midnight. Kelly was never seen alive again. This tragic case is one of Canada's most baffling and disturbing unsolved crimes.
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Mediumzeph456.medium.comThe Unsolved Mystery of Kelly Cook: A Tragedy that Shocked a Community
https://globalnews.ca/video/2654301/archive-police-reopen-investigation-into-kelly-cook-murder/
https://globalnews.ca/video/5179739/rcmp-investigators-take-new-look-at-historical-homicide-of-kelly-cook/
Murderpediamurderpedia.orgClifford Olson
https://globalnews.ca/video/5224048/original-target-of-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time-in-hopes-of-helping-solve-alberta-cold-case/
https://globalnews.ca/video/2655015/kelly-cooks-family-searches-for-closure-35-years-after-disappearance/
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Florence Broadhurst was a flamboyant artist and designer. On the afternoon of October 15th 1977 the 78 year old was working in the office of her luxury wallpaper factory situated in Paddington, Sydney, NSW. Florence was left alone on the premises at 4pm. The following morning, after a report that the door to the premises had been open all night, Florence’s battered body was found posed in a degrading position in a small bathroom on the first floor. There was no sign of a struggle and two clean cups stood on the kitchen table. It appeared that Florence was entertaining a guest shortly before she was attacked. For years the case went cold but in the early 1990s one of Australia’s worst serial killers became linked with the unsolved murd
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9News.com.auhttps://www.9news.com.au › flore...Florence Broadhurst cold case murder: NSW police review
InQueenslandinqld.com.auThe amazing life and tragic death of Florence Broadhurst, Bundy's ...
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David Leserhttps://davidleser.com › Flo...PDFflorence Broadhurst - true crime
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https://youtu.be/GyIIdCWOoho
IMDbhttps://m.imdb.com › title"Australian Crime Stories" Killing Florence (TV Episode 2020
https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/glover-john-wayne.htm
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Between 1978 and 1996 eight infant abductions were connected to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. All the children were black and the average age of their mothers was just 18. Six of the infants were found safe and well and returned to their families. Two of the babies remain missing. Raymond Lamar Green was abducted in November 1978 and Tavish Sutton in March 1993. Their abductors were never traced and there is a good chance that both men are now living their lives completely oblivious to their true identities.
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missingkids.orghttps://*www.missingkids.org* › blogSearch for Abducted Atlanta Baby Goes Nationwide
FOX 5 Atlantahttps://*www.fox5atlanta.com* › newsNew artist renders could help 45-year-old kidnapping of Georgia newborn
Surviving Parents Coalitionhttp://*www.spcoalition.org* › greenDonna Green
The Charley Projecthttps://*charleyproject.org* › case › ra...Raymond Lamar Green Jr.
Atlanta News Firsthttps://*www.atlantanewsfirst.com* › ...Officials announce new efforts to find Atlanta infant missing since 1978
GulfLive.comhttps://*www.gulflive.com* › 2023/02Unique method being used to try and solve 44-year-old missing child case
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Lipstick Alleyhttps://*www.lipstickalley.com* › the-...The Abduction of Tavish Sutton
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National Missing Person Directoryhttp://*www.missingin.org* › reg3675Tavish Sutton - Georgia Missing Person Directory*https://georgiastatesignal.com/where-are-they-going-where-have-they-been/https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1996/06/28/Second-suspect-charged-in-baby-kidnapping/2998835934400/ Promos*
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On a damp autumn evening in 1945, Caroline Evans made her way on foot from her home in Coedpoeth, North Wales to the neighbouring village of Minera. Since her father died the 38 year old school teacher made the trip every Saturday evening to visit her mother. She always took the same shortcut on a narrow, secluded footpath through Pant Tywyll, or Dark Hollow. This time Caroline didn’t arrive safely at her destination and early the following morning her battered body was found by a farm worker. Strange reports came in from witnesses and an investigation began which saw Scotland Yard detectives navigating anonymous tips, dramatic confessions and an elusive suspect.
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/1945-murder-young-woman-remains-23004940.amp
North Wales Livehttps://www.dailypost.co.uk › newsThe 1945 murder which shocked a community and remains unsolved to ...
True Crime Libraryhttps://www.truecrimelibrary.com › ...Caroline Evans
The Free Libraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › W...WALES: There are older people in the village who'd like this solved.
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In March 1980 19 year old Marine Alan Addis travelled to the Falkland Islands with the Royal Navy. The remote archipelago lies 480km east of the southern tip of Argentina. Alan was there as part of a detachment to train local volunteers in defence skills and equipment. Five months later, after an evening out at a social club in North Arm settlement, East Falkland, Alan vanished without a trace. An inquiry concluded he had probably drowned. However, rumours soon began circulating that Alan had been the victim of foul play and the islands were concealing a dark secret. A secret that has remained hidden to the present day.
*This episode also contains an update, about an arrest made in a case previously featured on Persons Unknown.
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Birmingham Weekly Mercury
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654082/2017-07541.pdf
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/857886/Information_regarding_the_titles_of_Alan_Addis_who_dissapeared_in_the_Falklands_islands___2019_12389_03_12.pdf
https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/d/december-2022/assumed-murder-marine-alan-addis-falkland-islands-august1980/
https://www.commandoveterans.org/AlanAddisRM
https://stories.forces.net/missing-in-the-falklands/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/falklands-arrests-over-missing-marine-two-arrested-over-falklands-marine-1603200.html?amp
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On the morning of July 21st 1961, six year old Hattie Jackson and her older brother Herbert, set off with a packed lunch for Rock Creek Park. It was just a six block walk from the siblings’ home in north Washington D.C. After meeting up with Herbert’s friends the group played on the playground and then went swimming in the creek. After a little while the children split up and Hattie was left alone. Hattie was last seen on a swing; a man wearing sunglasses was standing next to her. Hattie has been missing since that day. Foul play is suspected and there is a person of interest in her abduction. What’s more Hattie’s case is inextricably linked to another long forgotten unsolved murder from America’s north east.
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WebsitesTheCharleyProjecthttps://charleyproject.org › case › h...Hattie Yvonne Jackson
Whereabouts Still Unknownhttps://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com › ...Hattie Jackson | Whereabouts Still Unknown - WordPress.com
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-boy-box-girl-box-forgotten-20221209.html?outputType=amp
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Northampton_County_Jane_Doe_(1983)
WordPress.comhttps://morbidworldblog.wordpress.com › ...Philadelphia's Other Unknown Child - Morbid World
https://6abc.com/amp/philadelphia-potters-grave-dna-technology-cracking-cold-cases/3910216/
All That's Interestingallthatsinteresting.comThe Boy In The Box: The Mysterious Case That Took Over 60 Years To ..
https://doenetwork.org/cases/717ufnc.html
https://doenetwork.org/cases/1638ufpa.html
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On the evening of November 9th 1995 Jo Jo Dullard found herself stranded in Dublin after she missing her last bus home. The 21 year old had just moved back to her family home in Callan and was determined to make the 145km journey that night. Through a combination of bus journeys and hitchhiking she made it as far as the town of Moone. Still an hours drive from Callan she found phone box to call a friend and explained her predicament. As Jo Jo was on the phone a vehicle stopped to offer her a lift. She promised the friend she’d call from her next stop and replaced the receiver. Jo Jo has not been seen or heard of since and has become one of the many young women who have disappeared without trace in Ireland’s vanishing triangle.
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Garda.iehttps://www.garda.ie › josephine-jo-...Josephine (Jo Jo) Dullard
https://www.irishmirror.ie › crimeJo Jo Dullard: Gardai investigating two new leads 25 years after Kilkenny ..
SundayWorldm.sundayworld.comTrucker saw 'screaming woman running naked' on night of Jo Jo ...
ChillingCrimeshttps://www.chillingcrimes.com › jo...JoJo Dullard
TheIrishTimeshttps://www.irishtimes.com › tagsJo Dullard
IrishExaminerhttps://www.irishexaminer.com › ari...The mysterious disappearances of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard
Irish Posthttps://www.irishpost.com › newsInvestigation into disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard 25 years ago upgraded to ...
The Sunwww.thesun.ieLarry Murphy 'identified as person of interest' in JoJo Dullard murder
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/gardai-to-check-for-links-between-hennessy-and-unsolved-cases-1.3503563
https://m.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/long-read-larry-murphy-and-irelands-missing-women/41490862.html
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On a cold and foggy night in November 1967 Rita Ellis made her way across a road to an awaiting red car. The 19 year old then disappeared into the gloom and was never seen alive again. Rita was a cook at RAF Halton in Herefordshire and lived in the women’s accommodation block onsite. That evening she had arranged to babysit for Wing Commander Watson but she failed to turn up for the appointment. Her strangled body was found the next morning on the western edges of the RAF camp. Less than two months later a 20 year woman was left for dead after being brutally assaulted and police feared a psychopath was on the loose.
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Online articles and websitesBuckinghamshireLivehttps://www.buckinghamshirelive.com › ...Rita Ellis: A savage murder, a cold case and a sealed file
TheScottishSunhttps://www.thescottishsun.co.uk › ...I'm convinced I met Bible John, I didn't make the link until I saw new photofit of ..
Channel 4https://www.channel4.com › on-de...In the Footsteps of Killers - Series 1: Episode 3
BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Airwoman Rita Ellis 1967 murder: Crimewatch appeal turns up 'new ...
HertfordshireMercurywww.hertfordshiremercury.co.ukThe horrific unsolved murder of girl found covered in leaves
TheGuardianhttps://www.theguardian.com › novSister appeals for new information in 1967 murder of Rita Ellis | UK news
https://lollytruecrime.medium.com/unsolved-murder-at-raf-halton-1967-e687ae5db2aa
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/rita-ellis-unsolved-murder-horrific-4499435.amp
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Kirsty Jones dreamed of seeing the world. In May 2000 the 23 year old left her home in mid Wales and embarked on a global trip of a life time. After visiting Singapore and Malaysia, Kirsty travelled to Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand. Kirsty had been in the city less than a week when a maid found her murdered body in her bedroom at the backpackers guesthouse where she was staying. DNA was found at the scene and several suspects were named in the press. The Royal Thai Police were confident the case would be solved within a week. Then days later the maid who discovered Kirsty’s body came forward to change her story. It was the first of many shocking developments in a beleaguered investigation that continued for the next two decades.
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BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Kirsty Jones: Thailand backpacker murder case closed after 20 years
WalesOnlinehttps://www.walesonline.co.uk › newsMurder investigation into death of Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones.
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2000/aug/16/worlddispatch.comment1
TrueCrimeDivahttps://truecrimediva.com › kirsty-j...Murder in Thailand: Who killed Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones
TheFreeLibraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › R...BLUNDERS THAT BETRAYED KIRSTY; Devastating details of ...
Brecon & Radnor Expresshttps://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk › ...Fears Kirsty Jones murder case could be closed
BangkokPosthttps://www.bangkokpost.com › kir...Kirsty's mother seeks more help
ChiangRaiTimeshttps://www.chiangraitimes.com › k...Kirsty Jones Chiang Mai Murder: Mother Wants More Help From ...
andrewdrummond.newshttps://www.andrew-drummond.news › ...KIRSTY JONES MURDER COMMUNIQUES COULD DAMAGE ...
IrishExaminerhttps://www.irishexaminer.com › ari...Nine tourists raped in Thailand
https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/search/Kirsty%20Jones%20/
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Guistina Macari was known as Christina by family and friends. On May 17th 1941 the three year old disappeared from outside her family’s fish and chip shop in Swansea, South Wales. Her little body was found 5km away in a wood the following day. Many witnesses came forward to say they had seen the little girl in the company of a man with long hair who walked with a stoop. It wasn’t long before a prime suspect emerged who police at the time believed had murdered before. A suspect who could be connected to another unsolved murder previously covered by this podcast.
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http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2643&termRef=Guinstina%20Benedetta%20Macari
WalesOnlinewww.walesonline.co.ukMurder of girl with paper in her stomach unsolved 80 years on
https://www.geoffbrookes.co.uk/guistina-macari-1938-1941/
https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/1310746#?xywh=-59%2C-271%2C1302%2C1306
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At approximately 1.25am on January 27th 1974 the San Francisco police received an anonymous call saying a man’s body was lying near the water line on Ocean Beach. The police arrived and discovered the caller was telling the truth. It was the start of a reign of terror targeting the LGBT+ community that would leave at least six gay men murdered and many more lives destroyed. They were victims of a rage-fuelled serial killer known as “the Doodler”. Police gave him that moniker because of the way he gained the confidence of the men he murdered. He would hang around gay bars and clubs sketching portraits of his marks. “The Doodler” was never caught but modern day cold case investigators think they know his identity and he is alive and well, still living in the Bay Area.
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San Francisco Chroniclewww.sfchronicle.comThe Doodler: He was a serial killer who sketched his gay victims. We ...ABC7 Newshttps://abc7news.com › the-doodler...The hunt for 'The Doodler,' 1970s serial killer who targeted gay men; reward ...The Awlhttps://www.theawl.com › 2014/12The Untold Story of the Doodler MurdersGrunge - The world is weirder than you thinkwww.grunge.comThe Doodler: The Truth About The Unidentified Serial KillerAll Gay Longhttps://www.allgaylong.com › blogThe Doodler Murders: A Forgotten Serial KillerIN Magazinehttps://inmagazine.ca › 2022/05 › q...QUEER CRIME: Why Hasn't The Serial Killer Known As "The Doodler" Been ...NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com › us-newsPossible new victim in 'Doodler' serial killer case announcedabcnews.go.comhttps://abcnews.go.com › storyNew details released in unsolved 'Doodler' serial killer case from 1970s
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In the spring of 2001, 9 year old Peggy Knobloch vanished from the small Bavarian town of Lichtenburg on her walk home from school. Despite a massive search operation no trace was found of the little girl. Three years later a neighbour of Peggy’s with pronounced learning difficulties was found guilty of her murder. The local community felt a miscarriage of justice had occurred and set up about trying to prove the man’s innocence and to uncover what had really happened to Peggy. Over the near two decades since, the case has twisted and turned with numerous revelations and suspects.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › wor...Peggy Knobloch: Man admits dumping missing German girl's body
newsrnd.comThe case of Peggy Knobloch: mother tells her daughter's last words - "I ...
https://www-stern-de.translate.goog/amp/gesellschaft/peggy-knobloch-mord--exklusives-stern-interview-mit-mutter-und-schwester--31710600.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=uk&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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In the early hours of September 1st 1990 a person or persons unknown entered the Sousa family home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario, Canada. 13 year old Leah was assaulted in the living room before being dragged to the yard and killed. Her mother Lora was beaten and left for dead, but miraculously survived. Lora’s nine month old baby son was left unharmed in his cot. Despite police believing Lora saw her attacker’s face, the extent of her head injuries means she has no memories of that night. Leah’s murder is the biggest case in Ontario investigative history and, even thirty years on, can still be solved.
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Newspapers.comThe North Bay Nugget
05/09/90
14/09/90
The Windsor Bay Star
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Fort McMurray Today
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The Gazette
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The Winnipeg Sun
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The Expositor
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CANADAUNSOLVEDhttps://www.canadaunsolved.com › ...UNSOLVED: The Unsolved Murder of Leah Sousa (1990 - Ontario)
True Crime Divahttps://truecrimediva.com › leah-sali...Who savagely raped, murdered 13-year-old Leah Sousa in 1990?
Find a Gravehttps://www.findagrave.com › leah-...Leah Salina Sousa (1977-1990) - Memorials
barrie.ctvnews.cahttps://barrie.ctvnews.ca › opp-conti...OPP continues search for killer 25 years after Leah Sousa murdered
Simcoe.comhttps://www.simcoe.com › news-storyWho killed Leah Sousa? Murdered Cumberland Beach teen was ' ...
Canadian Crimeopediacanadiancrimeopedia.comSousa, Leah – Canadian Crimeopedia
Muskoka Region Newshttps://www.muskokaregion.com › ...COLD CASE: Search for child killer continues 27 years after Leah Sousa ...
Toronto Starwww.thestar.com'Women would intuitively fear a person like this.' A lot is known ...
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2008/09/04/tip_revives_1990_murder_case.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/murder-most-forgotten-a-cold-case-the-victim-can-t-remember-1.479045
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/ontario/2008/09/04/tip_revives_1990_murder_case.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/murder-most-forgotten-a-cold-case-the-victim-can-t-remember-1.479045
https://www.mykawartha.com/opinion-story/3708424-the-most-sophisticated-crime-technology-will-never-replace-a-tip/
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B013F6L9K0?f=2&l=en_GB&rid=7Y2W0MJG99MC8RVMKP54&sid=258-4788530-9096843&ref_=litb_
https://www.orilliamatters.com/police-beat/opp-seek-help-locating-missing-orillia-man-3884343
https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000014412624/Barry-Ruhl-A-Viable-Suspect
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mcgray-mich
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The last official sighting of 26 year old Maria Christina Requena was on New Year’s Day 1991. A week later her dismembered body was found at a beauty spot 24 km away. The location was only a couple of km away from where the mutilated body of 31 year old Linda Donaldson had been found in October 1988. Both women were sex workers and worked opposite ends of the East Lancs road that connects the cities of Manchester and Liverpool in the north west of England. The murders of Veronica Anderson in August 1991 and Julie Finley in 1994 have also been linked to a series of murders some journalists and cold case experts have apportioned to a killer referred to as the East Lancs Ripper.
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unsolvedmurders.co.ukhttp://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk › ...Maria Requina - Unsolved Murder 1991 - Pennington Flash, Leigh
TheFreeLibraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › '...'We are looking for a maniac, a sadistic killer who defies description' hunt still ...
LeighJournalhttps://www.leighjournal.co.uk › 17...Search for killer of murdered woman Maria Requena continues 28 years on
ManchesterEveningNewshttps://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › ...Unsolved Murder: Maria Christina Requena and Linda Donaldson ...
Mirrorwww.mirror.co.ukThe brutal murders of the 'East Lancs Ripper' which were never solved
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mirror-northern-ireland/20220902/282089165592269
http://nyenquirer.uk/christopher-halliwell-the-secret-murders-2/
unsolvedmurders.co.ukhttp://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk › ...Julie Finley - A570, Rainford Bypass, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-sex-worker-who-chopped-10618183
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At 4.15pm on Monday 26th September 1994 the Pacey’s 14 year old daughter arrived home from school to be met by silence. She looked for her mother Julie throughout the large house which was situated in an affluent part of Grantham, Lincolnshire. In the upstairs bathroom the teenager found her 38 year old mother unresponsive on the floor. The brave girl attempted CPR but it was not until the paramedics arrived that the true horror of what had happened became clear. Julie had been murdered. Underneath the polo neck of her sweater was the unmistakable mark of a ligature. Numerous witnesses reported sightings of a strange man, wearing a blue boiler suit, in the area at the time. This enigmatic figure became known as “Overalls Man” and continues to be the prime suspect in a case dogged by anonymous callers and rumours of another potentially linked murder.
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Daily Mirror
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Leicester Daily Mercury
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Daily Record
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Sleaford Target
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Newark Advertiser
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Six year old Ludovic Janvier was abducted in the early evening of 17 March 1983. He and his two brothers had left the apartment where they were staying in Saint-Martin-d'Hères to run an errand for their father. On their way home the boys were approached by a man wearing a motorcycle helmet who asked for help looking for his dog. The man took Ludovic by the hand and walked away behind some houses. Ludovic has not been seen since. The case is one of 12 missing or murdered children in the Isère region of Southeast France from the 1980s and 90s.
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https://www.arpd.fr/m/actualite-7042-ludovic-janvier-enleve-a-saint-martin-d-heres-38.html
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/justice-faits-divers/affaire-ludovic-janvier-39-ans-apres-sa-disparition-qu-est-il-arrive-a-l-enfant-7900142493/amp
https://actu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/grenoble_38185/disparition-de-ludovic-janvier-pres-de-grenoble-l-idee-de-le-retrouver-mort-me-terrifie_50055058.html
https://amp.closermag.fr/vecu/faits-divers/affaires-oubliees.-l-affaire-ludovic-janvier-ce-petit-frere-qu-on-a-regarde-partir-1332142
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/info-france-3-ludovic-janvier-nathalie-boyer-charazed-bendouiou-6-affaires-non-elucidees-de-l-isere-vont-etre-confiees-au-nouveau-pole-cold-cases-2545284.html
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https://www.lyonmag.com/article/7698/serial-killer-la-vraie-enquete-commence
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/debats-societe/l-affaire-du-sadique-de-romont-7782018765
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Early on the morning of 11 February 1987 a cyclist on their way to work in Fort Collins, Colorado, discovered the mutilated body of an auburn-haired woman lying in a field. 37 year old Peggy Hettrick had last been seen leaving a local pub, six hours previously, to make the short walk home to her apartment. Several clues were left at the crime scene including finger prints, shoe markings, and two human hairs. Detectives quickly pinpointed a suspect but the investigation was dogged by tunnel vision and confirmation bias. Twenty years later DNA evidence would blow the case wide open.
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https://www.westword.com/news/peggy-hettrick-new-dna-evidence-in-murder-that-led-to-improper-tim-masters-conviction-5850454
law.umich.eduhttps://www.law.umich.edu › PagesTimothy Masters - National Registry of Exonerations
TheCinemaholicthecinemaholic.comPeggy Hettrick Murder: How Did She Die? Who Killed Her?
apps.colorado.govhttps://apps.colorado.gov › apps › c...Peggy Hettrick - Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail
https://eu.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/02/08/peggy-hettrick-murder-cold-case-fort-collins/97378070/
https://innocenceproject.org/special-prosecutors-in-colorado-case-point-to-missing-evidence/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/co-supreme-court/1377853.html
https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/8616997
share.crimedoor.comhttps://share.crimedoor.com › profileTrue Crime : Peggy Hettrick (Murdered 1987) ...
http://freetimmastersbecause.blogspot.com/2007/12/peggy-hettrick-murder-victim.html?m=1
TheDurangoHeraldwww.durangoherald.comDetective, suspect in murder case form unlikely friendship
https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kimball-scott-lee.htm
https://eu.coloradoan.com/story/news/2016/02/17/29-years-later-cold-case-haunts-
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Five year old Renee Aitken was abducted from her bed on the night of 16/17 February 1984. Her older brother Bradley was asleep in the same bedroom just feet away. The coastal village of Narooma, NSW and the surrounding bushland was searched dozens of times, but no trace of Renee was found. Two years later Renee’s mother Morna said publicly that she knew who had taken her daughter. Over a decade later the case was finally reopened leading to some dramatic and extraordinary findings.
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https://codylwrites.com/2021/05/15/what-happened-to-renee-aitken/
https://truecrimediva.com/renee-aitken/
http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/Aitken.htm
https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1987953/informer-links-killer-to-missing-renee-aitken/
https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/renee-aitkens-family-tells-of-the-agony-of-not-knowing-her-fate-20140208-328ka.html
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/252dfnsw.html
https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220801/282024741014539
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97943590/renee-joy-aitken
http://www.qaafqalam.com/pages/Read.php?news=1523
https://www.thatslife.com.au/my-little-sister-stolen-in-the-night
https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/1021416/police-still-hold-hopes-of-finding-renee-aitken/
https://carnivalofhorror.tumblr.com/post/167468642214/the-disappearance-of-renee-aitkens-on-february/amp
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It was a little after midnight on September 17th 1959 when Kelso Cochrane was attacked and murdered on his way home to his home in North Kensington, Notting Hill in West London. The 32 year old Antiguan carpenter was set upon by a group of white youths just a short distance from the bedsit that he shared with his fiancé Olivia. Despite evidence to suggest the attack had been racially motivated, within 24 hours of the murder the police insisted that this was not the case. Arrests were made but no charges were ever brought. The aftermath witnessed campaigners from the black community across the UK demand change whilst fascist groups attempted to ignite a race war. Over 60 years later the quest for justice for Kelso Cochrane is ongoing.
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https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/14/turbulent-times-kelso-cochrane-police-search
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-probe-first-racist-murder-24216906.amp
https://the-upsetter.com/black-death/crime/
https://www.urbankapital.com › postSixty-one years since Notting Hill murder of Kelso Cochrane
https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/who-killed-kelso-cochrane/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034957/amp/Patrick-Digby-killed-Kelso-Cochrane-Notting-Hill-book-says.html
https://thelondonpress.uk/2021/05/21/were-still-broken-family-of-black-man-killed-in-unsolved-racist-murder-appeal-for-met-apology/
https://stevesilver.org.uk/who-killed-my-brother/
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52 year old Phillip Saunders owned several newsagent kiosks around Cardiff city centre. On the evening of October 12th 1987 he completed his daily routine by collecting the takings from his kiosk near the Central Bus Station. After a quick drink in a local pub he headed by car back to his home in nearby Canton. As he walked from the car into his garden Phillip was brutally attacked and robbed. He died from his injuries five days later. The next month three teenaged men were arrested for the crime and their living nightmare began. The trio became known as The Cardiff Newsagent Three and their story is both shocking and heartbreaking.
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www.walesonline.co.ukA hideous murder; a miscarriage of justice and the unhealed wounds
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21st March 1972, in hot rural Queensland it was sports day at North Mackay High. 14 year old Marilyn Wallman set off on her push bike just before 7.45am to catch the bus to school. The teenager never made it to the stop. Her two younger brothers, who had left the house 10 minutes later, found her bike discarded on the side of the road, 800m from home, its front wheel still spinning. Marilyn was nowhere to be seen and a grieving family’s decades-long quest for answers began.
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https://expressdigest.com › family-o...Family of murdered Marilyn Wallman plead for help in abduction case
https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au › ...Marilyn Wallman murder cold case: Police return with 3D laser mapping ...
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au › ...Record reward for information on Marilyn Wallman cold case
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/19/new-forensic-tests-show-remains-found-in-1974-are-those-of-missing-teenager
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-06/search-continues-in-cold-case-of-missing-14yo-marilyn-wallman/5243052
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https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/brown-arthur-stanley.htm
Kayo Matsuzawa had always wanted to travel overseas. In November 1997 she finally got her wish and left her home in Japan for a year-long visit to Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. Ten months into her stay, on 11th September 1998, the 29 year old flew to Auckland on the North Island for a short break. Kayo booked into a hostel and set out to discover what the country’s largest city had to offer. CCTV footage shows Kayo walking through the city centre just after 3.30pm. This was the last time Kayo was seen alive. Her body was found 11 days later in an obscure location.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/briton-gives-police-new-lead-to-killer-of-japanese-tourist/OO4HNG5FWSBDAMPMJX4KH3BQRY/
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https://www.police.govt.nz/stolenwanted/coldcase/2019/kayo-matsuzawa-1998?nondesktop
https://matthewtaylor.co.nz/tag/crime/
https://kreepykittysmurdermysteryblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/the-murder-of-kayo-matsuzawa/
https://newzealandmissing.wordpress.com/kayomatsuzawa/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/russian-man-at-centre-of-murder-hunt/KDR5NGN4OD34TCNKFWF5RFZM4A/
https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/herald-on-sunday/20070930/281651070734582
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Every Father’s Day the males in the Martin family would head to the Smoky Mountains National Park for a weekend of camping and hiking. The weekend of the 14th June 1969 was to be the first such trip for 6 year old Dennis, who was very excited about the little adventure. At the campsite Dennis, together with his older brother Douglas and two friends, decided to play a prank on the grown-ups. Dennis disappeared into the bushes, while the other boys went in the opposite direction, ready to jump out and surprise the adults. Douglas and their friends emerged as planned but little Dennis never did. He has not been seen since and the mystery has spawned numerous explanations and theories.
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https://allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-martin
https://darktales.blog/2020/06/04/the-disappearance-of-dennis-martin/amp/
https://www.grunge.com › the-unus...The Unusual Disappearance Of Dennis Martin - Grunge
https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/1969_GRSM_DennisMartin_dissapearance_REDACTED.pdf
https://www.thesmokies.com › feral-...Feral humans in the Smoky Mountains? What happened to Dennis Martin
https://drhpod.medium.com › the-wi...The Wild Men. The story of Dennis Martin, who went…
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www.knoxnews.comFrom the archives: Search in Smokies for lost boy, Dennis Martin ...
https://www.knoxnews.com › localMystery of the Smokies: Why Dennis Martin's case still fascinates us
https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/1800/wild-men-lurking-woods
https://www.vizaca.com › dennis-ma...Dennis Martin Missing Case: What Is The Truth Behind The Story? - Vizaca
https://vault.fbi.gov/dennis-martin/dennis-martin-part-01-of-0
https://missingdennismartin.wordpress.com
My Love Letter Time Machine - Victorian History
Serialising 200 charming + often funny love letters left by Fred & Janie courting in 1878
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It was a damp August evening in 1925 when 21 year old Iris Watkins made her way to the post box at the end of the lane. The two letters that she posted made it to their destination the next day, but Iris never returned home. The small South Wales town of Blackwood became a hive of activity, with many locals joining in the search and the community full of rumours regarding what had happened to the young shop assistant. A little over a month later Iris’s body was found in a brook on the outskirts of the town, but that was just the beginning of the mystery.
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http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=3674&termRef=Iris%20Watkins
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unsolved-1925-Murders-Pat-Finn/dp/1542373166
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The last official sighting of Yvonne Fitt was on 16th January 1992 when she signed on for benefits at the Bradford DSS offices. Following this the 33 year old single mother seemed to drop off the face of the earth. Over the late spring and summer of that year a few sporadic sightings of Yvonne were reported around Leeds and Bradford, sometimes in the company of an unidentified man. Then in September 1992 her body was found in woodland in the Yorkshire Dales, a half hour's drive from where she lived. Several murders have been linked to Yvonne’s and three convicted killers have been connected to the crime. As the thirtieth anniversary of Yvonne’s death approaches it’s not too late for her murder to be solved.
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https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/tragic-life-murdered-mum-dumped-18802869.amp
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https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/are-these-women-linked-deaths-1973786
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17324751.hunt-yvonne-fitts-killer-goes-26-years/
https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/an-approaching-30-year-anniversary-the-murder-of-yvonne-fitt-in-the-uk/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17898285.amp/
https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14428237.fresh-hope-for-unsolved-killings
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/murderer-may-have-killed-before-6327512.html?amp
https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/23/majority-of-unsolved-murders-across-uk-involve-female-victims-14286904/
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/john-taylor-killer-in-the-woods
https://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/forensic-cases-murder-leanne-tiernan.html
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Bigfoot Classified
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It was a Saturday afternoon in October 1965 and 14 year old Elsie Frost spent it as she had many others before; sailing on Horbury Lagoon in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. At around four o’clock in the afternoon she moored the boat and said goodbye to her instructor to make her way home on foot. The teenager hadn’t gone far when she was attacked and murdered in a tunnel that passed under a railway line. For decades the case lay dormant but Elsie’s siblings never gave up hope and over fifty years later the case was re-investigated and a likely suspect came to the fore.
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https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/18/elsie-frost-inquest-told-likely-killer-went-on-to-and-other-girls
https://www.mintonmorrill.co.uk/site/blog/inquest/inquest-into-the-death-of-elsie-frost-now-concluded
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6124821/amp/Chilling-letter-Beast-Wombwell-Peter-Pickering-ex-girlfriend-left-him.html
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/inquest-50-year-old-murder-elsie-frost-rules-teenager-was-unlawfully-killed-1303751
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DO+YOU+KNOW+ANNE%27S+KILLER%3F%3B+Police+reveal+Scot+is+prime+suspect+in...-a0102254648
Pieced
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Handing the Shame Back
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It was a rainy March evening in the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff. 41 year old Lily Volpert was sitting down to her evening meal when there was a knock at the shop door. It had been a long day serving customers but she didn’t like letting people down and besides, 1952 had been a tough year so far and every penny counted. She headed back into the front of her shop to see what was wanted. Twenty minutes later the well-loved and respected shopkeeper was found dead; her throat had been cut. So began a tragedy that has left an indelible stain on Welsh history.
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https://www.thenational.wales/news/19556078.mahmood-mattan-last-innocent-man-hanged-wales/
https://tribunetimes.co.uk/news/my-grandad-was-wrongly-hanged-for-murder-the-real-killer-was-never-caught/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2234785.stm
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wife-last-man-hanged-cardiff-2201653.amp
https://www.academia.edu/24563692/Gender_Race_and_the_Death_Penalty_Lessons_from_Three_1950s_Murder_Trials
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Hanged_for_the_Word_If.html?id=SsVEEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
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THEY'RE NOT SHADOWS
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Waiting is the Hardest (W.I.T.H)
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Svetlana Stepanova was enjoying a leisurely walk to the beach with her sister and friend when in the blink of an eye the trio found themselves in a living nightmare. In a matter of seconds Svetlana was attacked and murdered, after lagging just a short distance behind her companions. The death of the 19 year old would would expose further crimes and bring to attention a terrifyingly bold serial killer who stalked the desolate waste grounds of the Russian city of Cherepovets during the mid to late 2000s.
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It should have been a happy day. The 28th November 1981 saw the Lee family, celebrating the second birthday of their youngest daughter, Katrice. The Lees lived in West Germany as Richard, Katrice’s Father, was stationed there with the British Army. A party was planned later that day but first they needed some supplies from the British Forces supermarket. During the short trip the toddler was out of sight for a matter of seconds, but it was long enough for Katrice to vanish without a trace. What happened to her remains a mystery to this day.
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Disappearance of Katrice Lee: How the investigation has unfolded
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-never-give-up-search-25507505.amp
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/19746748.missing-katrice-lees-sister-appeals-information-two-years-swindon-home-searched/
https://www.sundaypost.com/news/scottish-news/killer-robert-blacks-chilling-link-unsolved-1981-abduction-toddler-katrice-lee/
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14497914.father-missing-katrice-lee-dismisses-robert-black-theory/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7500449/amp/Arrest-disappearance-British-toddler-Katrice-Lee.html
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/38-years-since-the-disappearance-of-katrice-lee-2-the-most-shameful-missing-person-case-ever/DIUFCFO77UD7NKV6XJ6FEZY6CE/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10007227/dad-katrice-lee-still-alive-37-years/amp/
https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/crime/robert-black-could-have-snatched-toddler-1239190?amp
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The Enthusiasm Project
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A couple of days after Christmas 1888, seven year old John Gill got up early, as he did most mornings, to assist local milk man William Barrett with his deliveries around the area of Manningham in Bradford. It was an icy morning so John was wrapped up warm as the horse and cart trundled off and he waved goodbye to his mother. John was never to return. 48 hours later his mutilated remains were discovered in a stable close to his home. The young man who had stumbled upon the gruesome sight, immediately recalled the newspaper stories detailing five horrific murders that had occurred in the East End of London over the autumn of that year. He quickly sprinted for help yelling “Jack the Ripper has been!”
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British Newspaper ArchiveBradford Daily Telegraph
03/01/1889
04/01/1889
05/01/1889
06/01/1889
08/01/1889
09/01/1889
11/01/1889
12/01/1889
14/01/1889
18/01/1889
19/01/1889
25/01/1889
Hartlepool Northern Daily Press
29/12/1888
31/12/1888
Aberystwyth Observer
5 Jan 1889
South Wales Echo
31/12/1888
Freemans Journal
01/01/1889
South Wales Daily News
06/02/1889
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
03/02/1889
Portsmouth Evening News
04/02/1889
Eastern Daily Press
06/02/1889
Glasgow Herald
12/03/1889
Batley Reporter and Guardian
13/04/1889
Websites
https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-murder-of-john-gill/
https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-posts/the-bradford-murder-mystery-jack-the-ripper-up-north.ph
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15601386.amp/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178303745/john-gill
https://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-murder-of-john-gill/
https://www.shortstories101.com/story/the-john-gill-case/amp/
https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/manningham-cold-case/
https://crimeshop.org/tag/john-gill/
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jack-the-ripper-revealed-they-all-love-jack-bruce-robinson/amp
https://victorianripper.forumotion.com/t1032-murder-of-john-gill
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricCrimes/comments/4c09jr/the_ripperesque_murder_of_john_gill_1888/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
https://www.casebook.org/suspects/james_maybrick/maybrick.html
https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/james-maybrick.htm
It was approaching 4.00am when a train pulled into Korsor station on the island of Zealand in Denmark. 17 year old Emilie Meng and her friends had been on a night out in a neighbouring town to celebrate the end of their 2016 summer exams. The two friends got into a taxi but Emilie decided to walk the short distance from the station back to her home. She never made it back and for the next six months her disappearance gripped the nation, with dozens of sightings of her across Europe. This story was not to have a happy ending and on Christmas Eve the family’s worst fears were confirmed and a murder investigation was begun.
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- https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-abduction-and-murder-of-emilie-meng-c40db137b8e9
- https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/the-unsolved-murder-of-17-year-old-emilie-meng-a-danish-tale/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8465131/Swedish-journalist-dismembered-inventor-new-book-links-teenage-girls-death.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/g2acoy/update_in_the_emilie_meng_case_possible_sightings/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Danish sites translated
- https://www-tv2east-dk.translate.goog/drabet-paa-emilie-meng/mysteriet-om-emilie-meng-dag-for-dag?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-bt-dk.translate.goog/emilie-meng-mysteriet/uhyggeligt-drab-i-island-pludselig-kaedet-sammen-med-emilie-meng-var?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-nrk-no.translate.goog/nyheter/drapet-pa-emilie-meng-_17_-1.13060966?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-dagens-dk.translate.goog/112/emilie-har-vaeret-vaek-i-fire-maaneder-her-er-politiets-tre-teorier?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
16 year old Kevin Hicks vanished on a Sunday evening in March 1986 after going on an errand to the local corner shop. Eighteen months later 15 year old Lee Boxell disappeared on a Saturday afternoon, he was thought to be on his way to watch a football match. Both boys lived relatively close to each other in neighbouring boroughs of South London. Neither of the boys have been seen since and their families continue to search for the truth. In the last decade police have said they suspect foul play.
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Websites
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/14976865.schoolboy-went-missing-30-years-ago-murdered-police-now-believe---20-000-reward-information/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4052178/amp/Schoolboy-16-vanished-30-years-ago-going-buy-eggs-murdered-say-police-offer-20-000-reward-new-information.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/kevin-hicks-ps20-000-reward-to-solve-mystery-of-boy-who-vanished-after-going-to-buy-eggs-in-croydon-a3424541.html?amp
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/14977602.Schoolboy_missing_for_30_years_was_groomed_before_he_was__murdered___detectives_believe/
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9036610.how-cheam-child-rapist-william-lambert-was-finally-caught-20-years-after-his-crimes/
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/disappearance-of-lee-boxell/
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/08/lee-boxell-disappearance-three-men-arrested
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9026382.st-dunstans-church-gravedigger-convicted-of-sex-charges-against-young-girls-in-cheam/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boy-died-trying-to-expose-youth-club-abuse-say-police-wq79mcj2l
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-walked-out-after-argument-20851041.amp
British Newspaper Archive
Staffordshire Sentinel
19/04/94
Aberdeen Press and Journal
05/10/93
Sunday Mirror
06/05/93
Daily Mirror
28/07/90
10/04/91
The murder of Father Alexander Men was one of the defining moments of the last years of the Soviet Union. One Sunday morning in September 1990 on his journey to lead Mass the 55 year old priest was struck down with an axe by unidentified assailants. Father Men was a much-loved parish priest, an influential theologian and somewhat of of a celebrity, but he had many detractors. The KGB, Russian Nationalists and conservative elements within the Orthodox Church have all come under suspicion for the murder. Despite fifteen confessions, one trial and numerous theories and conspiracies, the crime remains unsolved.
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- https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/struck-down-orthodox-priest-alexander-men-also-struck-chord
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/peoplepill.com/amp/people/alexander-men
- http://www.alexandermen.com/Assasination_of_Father_Men
- http://www.alexandrmen.ru/biogr/english.html
- http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/1701/
Translated from Russian
- https://m-lenta-ru.translate.goog/articles/2020/09/09/meny/amp/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/266547?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-miloserdie-ru.translate.goog/article/otets-aleksandr-men-30-let-so-dnya-ubijstva/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www-svoboda-org.translate.goog/amp/28978316.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://24smi-org.translate.goog/celebrity/42160-aleksandr-men.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20100909/273252837.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://golubinski-ru.translate.goog/gb/men.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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There was nothing that Vera Page loved more in the world than swimming at the Lancaster Road Baths, in Notting Hill, West London. The 10 year old was proud of her achievements in the pool, especially of the two certificates she had just been awarded. On Monday the 14th of December 1931, Vera got home from school and headed two minutes down the road to her Aunt Minnie's house to collect the certificates which she had left with her the previous day. She was excited to show them to other members of her family. Vera told her Mum she wouldn't be long. She arrived at her Aunt's at 4.40pm and chatted briefly before leaving for home. For whatever reason, Vera did not return straight home and instead walked past her house and continued to Portobello Road, a popular shopping area. She was spotted several times over the next couple of hours, but Vera never returned home.
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**Sources
Websites**https://truecrimeengland.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/the-murder-of-vera-page/amp/
https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/vera-page/
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1348&termRef=Vera%20Isobel%20Minnie%20Page
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/487292
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/the-mysterious-disappearance-and-death-of-vera-page/
https://truecrimediva.com/vera-page/
British Newspaper ArchiveDundee Evening Telegraph
16/12/31
10/02/32
11/02/32
Dundee Courier
11/02/32
Daily News (London)
17/12/31
17/12/31
24/12/31
06/01/32
07/01/32
11/01/32
25/01/32
12/02/32
Daily Mirror
19/12/31
21/12/31
22/12/31
23/12/31
Sunday Mirror
20/12/31
24/01/32
Daily Herald
06/01/32
08/02/32
12/03/32
West London Observer
25/12/31
07/01/32Leicester Evening Mail
22/12/31
Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
26/12/31
Reynolds Newspaer
27/12/31
Western Daily Press
01/01/32
Sunday Sun (Newcastle)
03/01/32
Belfast Telegraph
04/01/32
05/01/32
12/02/32
Weekly Dispatch
23/01/32
28/02/32
14/02/32
Northampton Mercury
29/01/32
The People
17/01/32
31/01/32
Nottingham Evening Post
18/02/32
Graphic
20/02/32
Aberdeen Press and Journal
08/02/32
15/02/32
Sheffield Independent
25/01/32
Derby Daily Telegraph
15/01/32
Western Mail
18/01/32
Like many children living in Atlanta, Georgia in the early twentieth century, thirteen year old Mary Phagan no longer went to school. Instead she regularly worked ten hour days to help put food on her family’s table. Life was tough but the morning of 26th April 1913 Mary awoke excited; it was a holiday and she was looking forward to the parade later that afternoon. First she had to run an errand and collect her pay from the National Pencil Factory where she worked. Mary arrived just after midday but would never leave the factory. Over 12 hours later her murdered body was found in the dingy basement of the factory, triggering a tragic saga that continues to have wide reaching consequences over 100 years later.
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Sources
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-Frank
https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/girl-murdered-in-pencil-factory
https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/4819312002
https://www.famous-trials.com/leo-frank/38-ballad
https://www.famous-trials.com/leo-frank/27-home
https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/did-leo-frank-kill-mary-phagan-106-years-later-we-might-finally-find-out-for-sure/
https://law.jrank.org/pages/2788/Leo-Frank-Trial-1913-Little-Mary-Phagan-Murdered.html
https://law.jrank.org/pages/2789/Leo-Frank-Trial-1913-Prosecutors-Emphasize-Frank-s-Nervousness.html
https://law.jrank.org/pages/2793/Leo-Frank-Trial-1913.html
https://www.leofrank.org/the-troubling-testimony-of-alonzo-mann-in-the-murder-of-little-mary-phagan/
https://littlemaryphagan.com
https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/education-outreach/people-v-leo-frank-teachers-guide-the.pdf
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/leo-frank-case/
https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-divisive-death-of-mary-phagan-1317c5e0c981
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/books/who-killed-mary-phagan.htm
Oney, Steve. And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank. Random House. 2004.
Anne Noblett was last seen alive at 6.03pm on 30th December 1957. The 17 year old had just returned from a rock and roll dance class in a neighbouring village. She vanished on the short walk from the bus stop to her family's home on Marshall Heath Lane in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. A month later, her body was found in a secluded woodland around 17km away. Anne was fully clothed and her arms had been placed across her chest. Silver and gold coins adorned the ground and it looked like the body had been frozen before being so delicately posed in this macabre tableau.
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https://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/nostalgia/crimelibrary/annenoblett/
https://defrostingcoldcases.com/anne-theresa-noblett-1940-1957/
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1046
https://www.herts.police.uk/news-and-appeals/60-year-murder-anniversary-appeal-Anne-Noblett-1292G
https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/unsolved-case-of-anne-noblett-the-deep-freeze-murder-1957/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42341980
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=886&termRef=Mary%20Kriek
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-christmas-killing-shocked-nation-8277490.amp
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1279&termRef=Diana%20Suttey
British Newspaper Archive
Liverpool Echo
02/01/58
07/01/58
01/02/58
07/02/58
Leicester Evening Mail
02/01/58
06/01/58
07/04/58
Daily Mirror
03/01/58
07/01/58
23/01/58
05/02/58
06/02/58
17/02/58
03/04/58
14/04/58
15/04/58
Manchester Evening News
03/01/58
03/02/58
06/02/58
29/03/58
05/12/58
Daily News (London)
03/01/58
04/01/58
07/01/58
20/01/58
30/01/58
04/02/58
07/02/58
11/02/58
15/02/58
03/03/58
04/03/58
01/04/58
02/04/58
15/04/58
11/09/58
Daily Herald
04/01/58
08/01/58
10/02/58
15/02/58
26/02/58
29/03/58
03/04/58
03/07/58
05/12/58
Western mail
05/02/58
13/04/58
15/04/58
12/05/58
Halifax Evening Courier
01/02/58
06/02/58
Birmingham Daily Post
07/01/58
11/02/58
01/04/58
04/06/58
Shields Daily News
27/01/58
Sunday Mirror
02/02/58
Newcastle Chronicle
02/04/58
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This episode deals with issues including suicide, self-harm and anorexia. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.
When the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers walked off stage at the London Astoria on 21st December 1994, they left in their wake a mangled mess of guitars and amps. The band had signed off their last date on tour by smashing their instruments, which, in hindsight, signaled the end of an era. 6 weeks later, troubled lyricist and driving force of the band Richey Edwards disappeared on the eve of a promotional tour to the USA. He has not been seen by his family or his band mates since that day. A couple of weeks later his car was found abandoned near a notorious suicide spot, but no body has ever been found. Rumours of sightings and conspiracies have fueled the belief that Richey is still alive and a recent book has presented a compelling case that the 27 year old faked his own death and staged his disappearance in order to vanish into obscurity.
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- /https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers-disappearance-missing-25-year-anniversary-a9308046.html?amp
- https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/richey-edwards-disappearance/amp
- https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-evidence-emerges-suggest-richey-edwards-staged-disappearance-2438975?amp
- https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers-17661457.amp
- https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/jan/withdrawn-traces-richey-edwards-day-of-disappearance.html
- https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/29/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers
- https://www.indiependent.co.uk/the-legacy-of-richey-edwards-26-years-later/?amp=1
- https://repeatfanzine.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/withdrawn-traces-searching-for-the-truth-about-richey-manic/amp/
- https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/richey-edwards-family-pain-revealed-30952604.html
- https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/richey-edwards-share-your-memories-779334?amp
A crowd quickly gathered outside the Private Shop on Dilwyn Street, Swansea, following news of the horrific and shocking events of the morning. The body of 38 year old shop manager Sandra Phillips had been found inside in a pool of blood. The mother of four had been sexually assaulted, bludgeoned and strangled. Two homeless brothers, Wayne and Paul Darvell were among the onlookers in the crowd and were quickly arrested for the crime. This was the beginning of a dark tale of lies and injustice that continues to haunt South Wales to this day.
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- theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/14/ukcrime.stevenmorris
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8299042.stm
- www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/detectives-lied-to-murder-trial-court-told-brothers-convictions-for-sex-shop-killing-relied-on-forged-entries-in-police-interview-notebooks-1422873.html%3famp
- www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-made-up-statement-in-murder-inquiry-1533077.html%3famp
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/swansea-sex-shop-murder-latest-2075370.amp
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4087890.stm
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/detectives-lied-to-murder-trial-court-told-brothers-convictions-for-sex-shop-killing-relied-on-forged-entries-in-police-interview-notebooks-1422873.html?amp
- https://southwalesmedia.com/the-swansea-murder-with-a-south-wales-police-apology
- https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/family-backs-sex-murder-review-2460001http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4087890.stm
- https://alchetron.com/Rough-Justice-%28TV-series%29
- https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/big-response-sex-shop-killing-2371500.amp
- https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/swansea-sex-shop-murder-latest-2075370.amp
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4309800.stm
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The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in July 1981 brought two million people to the streets of London. It was a day of street parties and celebration for many in the UK but for the Mehrotra family, it was the start of a nightmare that has never ended. 8 year old Vishal disappeared shortly after returning to Putney from the family excursion into the city to join in the wedding celebrations. He was last seen walking home, 250m from his front door. Seven months later his remains were found in a remote Sussex wood, beginning a murder investigation dogged by accusations of racism and a list of potential suspects that include some of the most vile people ever to have walked the streets of the UK.
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- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-57415022.amp
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-54611873.amp
- https://www.easterneye.biz/vishal-mehrotra-father-condemns-as-police-scrap-public-appeal/
- https://scepticpeg.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/the-disappearance-of-vishal-mehrotra-pt2/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailyadvent.com/gb/news/amp/09dba39aca379fd0522591c79c2e8fcd-Vishal-Mehrotra-Police-scrapped-plans-for-schoolboy-murder-appeal
- https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/long-ago-murder-of-8-year-old-vishal-mehrotra/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456549/amp/The-hidden-police-files-prove-boy-eight-abducted-1981-WASN-T-killed-VIP-sex-ring.html
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/vishal-mehrotra-too-many-coincidences/amp/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/martin-allen-mystery-how-case-of-london-teenager-missing-for-35-years-could-be-linked-to-the-elm-house-paedophile-ring-10249285.html%3famp
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53335896
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/carl-beech-liar-who-made-false-claims-vip-child-abuse-ring-ordered-pay-almost-ps24000
Nairn is a small Highland town situated on the North East coast of Scotland. In 2004 it was the home of Alistair and Veronica Wilson and their two young boys. At the end of November that year, 30 year old Alistair was about to begin his last week working for the Bank of Scotland before starting a new job. It was a Sunday evening, the Wilson children had just been bathed and Alistair was reading them a bedtime story when the front doorbell rang. Veronica went downstairs and opened the door. The unidentified visitor asked for her husband by name, presenting him with a mysterious envelope. Minutes later Alistair was slouched at the entrance to the house, suffering from three fatal gunshot wounds. His assassin walked away into the night.
Almost two decades on The Doorstep Murder continues to draw speculation regarding numerous possible theories and potential suspects. Why would anyone want to harm this quiet, clever and devoted family man?
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- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54500357.amp
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-doorstep-murder-cops-take-25177579.amp
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/12/son-of-banker-shot-dead-16-years-ago-says-his-family-deserves-answers
- https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/2559112/alistair-wilson-timeline/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7043907/amp/Could-20bn-scandal-assassination-banker-doorstep.html
- https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/1899112/15-years-of-twists-and-turns-but-no-arrest-motive-or-suspect-in-the-alistair-wilson-murder-case/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/crime/scottish-football-club-linked-murder-nairn-banker-215122%3famp
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/242039/nairn-murder-of-banker-alistair-wilson-case-lead-after-john-beattie-radio-show/amp/
Providence House lay in the picturesque village of Peasenhall in East Suffolk. The large property was owned by Mr and Mrs Crisp and in 1900 Rose Harsent, a young local woman, came to live and work as their domestic servant. Rose was a colourful character with a love of music and she attracted a fair amount of male attention. The night of the 31st May 1902 witnessed a fierce storm, and as the wind howled and thunder roared Rose sat on her bed waiting for a visitor. They had promised to meet her at midnight in an unsigned letter she received earlier that day. The night passed and the people of Peasenhall woke up, completely oblivious to the horror that had occurred when they were tucked up in their cosy beds. That morning Rose’s body was found by her father at the foot of her staircase surrounded by a pool of blood.
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Sources:
- https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/britain-s-unsolved-murders-from-pen-sword-2617040
- https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-peasenhall-murder-rose-harsent/
- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.clermontsun.com/2020/12/09/marc-hoover-unsolved-the-tragic-killing-of-rose-harsent/amp
- http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-midsomer-murder-of-rose-harsent.html?m=1
- https://casebookclassiccrime.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/issue-1-e28093-conference-special-e28093-april-_15-e28093-free-download-just-open-the-page-and-click-the-link.pdf
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107381464/rose-annie-harsent
- http://murderrevisited.blogspot.com/2009/07/murder-in-peasenhall.html?m=1
- https://www.getthedata.com/peasenhall/where-is-peasenhall
British Newspaper Archive
Eastern daily press
02/06/02
22/01/03
Diss Express
06/06/02
13/06/02
Henley Advertiser
14/06/02
Derby Daily Telegraph
20/06/02
Halesworth Times and East Suffolk advertiser
01/07/02
Western Evening Herald
03/04/02
Gloucestershire Echo
03/09/02
13/08/04
Eastern Daily Press
30/10/02
Pall mall Gazette
06/11/02
Evening Star
07/11/0
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
24/01/03
Northampton Mercury
23/01/03
St James gazette
30/1/03.
Norwich Mercury
17/08/04
North Devon gazette
27/01/03
The observer and West Sussex Recorder
28/01/03
Yorkshire evening post
22/01/03
Norfolk News
15/11/02
31/01/03
4/04/03
Manchester Evening News
13/08/4
Derby Daily Telegraph
15/08/04
A move from London to the South Coast seemed like the perfect opportunity for a fresh start for Billie-Jo. The 9 year old had not had the easiest start to life and found herself placed into foster care with Lois and Sion Jenkins and their four daughters in London. Coincidentally Billie -Jo shared her foster family's last name. The family relocated to Hastings for Sion's new job as a deputy head teacher and Billie-Jo was happy go with them and leave the capital behind. The seaside town was in many ways an idyllic place to live but over the next five years life for Billie Jo and the Jenkins family was increasingly overshadowed by darker happenings. Billie-Jo complained that someone was following her, and the whole family were increasingly spooked by the presence of a prowler on their property. On 15th February 1997, when Billie-Jo was just 13 years old, a seemingly innocuous afternoon spent doing chores for pocket money ended in tragedy. So began one of the most infamous murder investigations of the last 25 years.
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- https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-murder-of-billie-jo-jenkins
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/sion-jenkins-saw-who-killed-2155743.ampamp.theguardian.com/uk/2010/aug/19/sion-jenkins-billiejo-murder-acquitted-compensation
- www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/billie-jo-in-an-extraordinary-attack-on-her-ex-husband-lois-jenkins-says-he-was-violent-and-a-liar-466364.html%3famp
- www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/billie-jo-jenkins-mum-calls-9819018.amp
- http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=17&termRef=Billie-Jo%20Jenkins
- www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133107/amp/Was-Billie-Jo-Jenkins-murdered-M25-rapist-Family-demand-police-investigation.html
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43340239.amp
- amp.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/21/ukcrime1
- www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/dramatic-evidence-in-billiejo-appeal-6962426.html%3famp
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4559077.stm
- https://asliceoftruecrime.wordpress.com/billie-jo-jenkins-murder/
- www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/inmate-admitted-billie-jo-murder-1622809.amp
In the mid 1980’s the bodies of numerous murdered women and girls were found alongside Interstates across the Bible Belt. Many of the victims remained Jane Does for decades, and even today some are unidentified. Most were vulnerable individuals, hitchhiking far from home. The most striking commonality was that they all had red hair. There has been much debate over whether this may be coincidence or if it is the work of an unknown serial killer. Thirty years later, answers are finally beginning to be uncovered , in no small part thanks to the work of a high school sociology class.
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The full list of sources for this episode is too numerous to add here. Please go to the Facebook page for more details.
Sources
- www.wbir.com/amp/article/news/investigations/appalachian-unsolved/appalachian-unsolved-the-trucker-intrigued-by-serial-killers/51-624ef38c-0372-42a4-8bee-25b2b1647c95
- www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/shadow-boxing/201805/redheads-and-serial-killers%3famp
- https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-forgotten-redhead-murders-a3bbb39691bd
- www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2018/10/09/Police-hunt-for-possible-serial-killer-in-1980s-redhead-murders/1571539111438/
- www.insidehook.com/article/crime/cold-case-redhead-murders/amp
- peoplepill.com/amp/people/redhead-murders
- https://grimhappenings.com/the-redhead-murders
- metro.co.uk/2018/04/30/serial-killer-feared-to-be-decapitating-ginger-women-after-two-heads-found-7510839/amp/
- www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1985-04-21-0290210184-story,amp.html
- https://theghostinmymachine.com/2018/08/27/unresolved-redhead-murders-bible-belt-strangler-inexact-art-identifying-serial-murder/
- fox17.com/amp/news/ferrier-files/ferrier-files-high-school-class-identifies-tennessee-serial-killers
- amp.knoxnews.com/amp/2697031001
- www.oxygen.com/blogs/is-death-row-inmate-glen-rogers-the-real-killer-in-the-oj-simpson-murder-case%3famp
March 26th 1991 witnessed the first local elections in South Korea for three decades. The country was a hive of activity and five school friends, all boys aged between 9 and 13, decided to take advantage of the day off from school and go on an adventure together. U Cheol Won, Jo Ho-Yeon, Kim Yeong-Gyu, Park Chan-In, and Kim Jong-Sik set off at 9am and headed towards the wooded slopes of Mount Waryong, which lay just a couple of kilometres from their homes on the western outskirts of Daegu. They never returned home, and so began the mystery of the Frog Boys.
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- https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2019/1/6/the-curious-case-of-the-frog-boys
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cnainsider/intrigue-scandal-heartbreak-case-south-korea-missing-frog-boys-774406
- www.mamamia.com.au/frog-boys/amp/
- https://defrostingcoldcases.com/remembering-the-frog-boys/
- aminoapps.com/c/conspiracytheory/amp/blog/the-frog-boys/z64d_J7BIxuNDxox5rgGxgWLNPKMo7an74
- https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=1909554
- https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2003/01/06/socialAffairs/Bodies-of-5-frog-boys-missing-since-1991-found-on-mountain/1909041.html
- elwood5566.net/2011/05/16/five-boys-meet-death-where-the-dragon-dwells/amp/
- https://medium.com/the-crime-scene/the-lost-kids-who-never-came-back-home-the-frog-boys-mystery-53f08e91eabe
- silentthrill.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/the-frog-boys/amp/
- https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/korean-frog-boys.1254315/
- https://apnews.com/article/0a1d42a98008fac400dccabbf502e991
- https://mydramalist.com/31991-come-back-frog-boys
- “In search of the Frog Boys” two part documentary: Watch it here https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/search-frog-boys/without-trace-1490911
Just a few weeks after the outbreak of the Second World War, 4 year old Joyce Cox was found murdered near a disused railway station in Cardiff, South Wales. Joyce had disappeared on her usual lunch time walk home from school on the 28th September 1939. Her body was found the following day. For decades the case has been shrouded in mystery, and there has been talk of a cover up, but in 2017 the police finally broke their silence on the case.
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Sources
British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
Western Mail
29/09/1939
30/09/1939
04/10/1939
05/10/1939
11/10/1939
31/10/1939
Gloucester Citizen
02/10/1939
Lincolnshire Echo
02/10/1939
Belfast News Letter
03/10/1939
Dundee Courier
02/10/1939
Weekly Dispatch (London)
01/10/1939
Sunday Mirror
01/10/1939
Sunday Post
01/10/1939
Derby Daily Telegraph
30/09/1939
Shields Daily News
30/09/1939
Hull Daily News
30/09/1939
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1108&termRef=Joyce%20Cox
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/prime-suspect-1939-murder-joyce-13673649.amp
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/584233/Police-involvement-investigation-murder-four-year-old/a
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3057124/amp/Family-girl-4-murdered-1939-accuse-Met-Police-cover-force-refuses-release-files-investigation-2040-unfair-mystery-suspect.html
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/what-is-shock-definition-causes-symptoms-different-types.html
The school bus dropped Muriel Drinkwater at her usual stop, leaving her to walk the last part of her journey home to the family farm in Penllergaer, West Wales. The 12 year old loved to sing and there was a skip in her step as she started on the winding path through the forest. Just before she entered the woods she looked up to see the farm in the distance. Her mother was in the kitchen and they exchanged a wave before Muriel disappeared from view. Muriel never made it home and her body was found the next day in the undergrowth. She had been assaulted and shot twice in the chest. No arrests were ever made but evidence unearthed in 2020 has produced the name of a new prime suspect.
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Sources
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/unsolved-murder-12-year-old-19232081.amp
- www.mamamia.com.au/muriel-drinkwater-murder/amp/
- www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08wg6fq
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47961404.amp
- http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=193&termRef=Muriel%20Joan%20Drinkwater
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/author-names-new-killer-drinkwater-2220319.amp
- www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/amp/i-know-who-killed-girl-158735/
- www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sheila-martin-murder-eleven-year-old-sheila-martin-found-murdered-83441942.html
- www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1219&termRef=Sheila%20Martin
- www.unsolvedcasebook.com/tag/sheila-martin/
- www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-odeon-cinema-murder-remains-5175163.amp
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/unsolved-murder-12-year-old-15290561
- http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1680&termRef=Norma%20Mary%20Dale
- https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/muriel-drinkwater-the-little-red-riding-hood-murder/
- https://www.theministryofhistory.co.uk/short-histories-blog/hammersmith-jack-the-stripper-murders
Three siblings: Michael, 29, Norah, 27, and Ellen, 18, set off for a Boxing Day dance at the small Queensland town of Gatton. The year was 1898 and their mode of transport was a sulky, a small horse-drawn carriage. They arrived at the hall to find the dance cancelled and, feeling disappointed, began to make their way back to the family farm. The following morning, when they failed to return, their brother-in-law was sent to search for them. He found the three siblings in a small wooded paddock a little way from the road, witnessing a scene like none other throughout the history of Australian crime.
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April chatted with some friends as she fussed over Judy the Donkey in a field in the hamlet of Metton, Norfolk. It was a couple of days after Easter 1969 and the 13 year old had stopped at “Donkey Field” on her way to her eldest sister’s house in the neighbouring village of Roughton. After a short time April was back on her bicycle and on her way. April never made it to her sister’s house and she has not been seen or heard from since that day.
Sources
- British newspaper archive (subscription required)
Coventry Evening Telegraph 10/04/69
Sunday Mirror 13/04/69
Newcastle Journal 16/04/69
Daily Mirror 10/06/69
Birmingham Post -5/01/79
Daily Mirror 02/04/80
Sandwell Evening Mail 20/05/94
Newcastle Journal 20/05/94
Newcastle Journal 11/06/94
Newcastle Journal 17/06/94
Dundee Courier 16/04/97
Aberdeen press and Journal 20/05/94
- https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/photograph-could-be-key-to-solving-case-of-missing-april-1620788
- https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/new-calls-after-april-fabb-s-50th-anniversary-appeal-1383474
- https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/april-fabb/
- https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/april-fabb
- http://davidhardy.bravesites.com/aprilfabb
- https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/last-chance-to-find-boy-who-disappeared-40-years-ago-276596
- https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/steven-newing
- https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/susan-long
- https://genettetate.devonlive.co.uk
- www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/robert-black-child-killer-whose-19820140.amp
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15464440.amp
- www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/serial-killer-peter-tobin-brags-23611118.amp
- https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-tobin
- www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/6894267/peter-tobin-serial-killer-confession-another-victim/amp/
- www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/who-peter-tobin-murder-remembering-12308912.
Two brothers travelled to the Clocaenog forest in North Wales in 2015 to watch a stage of the Wales rally GB event. Although it was well into November they decided to brave the wintry Welsh weather and wild camp in the forest rather than stay in a hotel or hostel. On their first night, whilst searching for firewood amongst the trees, they stumbled upon some bones that were very obviously human remains. So began the mystery of the Clocaenog Forest Man.
Sources
- https://locate.international/unidentified-bodies/clocaenog-forest-man/
- www.herald.wales/crime/clocaenog-forest-man-did-you-know-him/amp/
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46243092.amp
- www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/killer-peter-moore-claims-know-12697411.amp
- www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/twisted-crimes-north-wales-serial-15076351.amp
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/peter-moore-serial-killer-book-18950063.am
- www.herald.wales/crime/clocaenog-forest-man-did-you-know-him/amp/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/f6snei/clocaenog_forest_man/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=comments_view_all
- https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/uk-cerrigydrudion-wales-male-skeletal-54-in-
- woods-head-trauma-nov15.296179/
- www.herald.wales/crime/clocaenog-forest-man-did-you-know-him/amp/
- https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/227839.pdf
On Halloween 1966, Joseph Bates awoke early in the morning to find that his 18 year old daughter, Cheri Jo, had not slept in her bed the previous night. Cheri had been studying in the River City College library and it was completely out of character for her to stay out all night, so Joseph contacted the police. A short time later Cheri’s body was found face-down in an alleyway on the college campus. There was evidence of a struggle and Cheri had been stabbed multiple times. The local police had no unsolved murders on their books and expected to solve this terrible crime quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, the case proved far from straightforward.
Sources
- www.pe.com/2013/11/30/riverside-co-ed8217s-1966-slaying-still-a-mystery/amp/
- www.al.com/news/2020/10/did-the-zodiac-killer-murder-an-alabama-couple-in-1964.html%3foutputType=amp
- https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/the-cheri-jo-bates-autopsy-findings-part-three
- www.pe.com/2013/11/30/riverside-co-ed8217s-1966-slaying-still-a-mystery/amp/
- https://viewpointsonline.org/2013/11/05/its-time-to-remember-cheri-jo/?amp=1
- https://zodiacrevisited.com/cheri-jo-bates-evidence-analysis/
- www.sfweekly.com/news/yesterdays-crimes-news/yesterdays-crimes-dna-profiles-and-the-murderers-who-might-be-zodiac/amp/
- https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/cheri-jo-bates-the-timeline
- https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/cheri-jo-bates-the-complete-eyewitness-timeline
- https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Zodiac_Killer#cite_note-2
- https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/a-betrayal-of-trust
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GCHQ, the UK government’s intelligence and cyber agency, recruited Welsh-born Gareth Williams in 2000 when he was still at university completing a PHD. He had come to their attention due to his extraordinary intellect, problem solving abilities and computer wizardry. By the time Gareth was 31 he had spent a decade protecting the national security of the UK and had been involved in several projects and missions of global importance. In August 2010 whilst he was on secondment with MI6, the secret intelligence service, Gareth’s dead body was found curled up inside a holdall in the bath tub of his central London flat. The bag had been padlocked shut and the keys were found inside the bag under Gareth’s body. Gareth’s fingerprints were not found on the padlock or the bath tub and Gareth was not wearing gloves.
Sources
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56158160.amp
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/retired-police-boss-reveals-possible-19789399.amp
- www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi6-spy-gareth-williams-was-killed-russia-refusing-become-double-agent-former-kgb-man-claims-a6670196.html%3famp
- www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8924617/amp/NORMAN-BAKER-body-bag-spy-Gareth-Williams-murdered-Russians-smeared-MI6.html
- www.theweek.co.uk/66231/how-did-spy-in-a-bag-gareth-williams-die%3famp
- www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/extraordinary-life-death-spy-found-15308075.amp
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/secrets-of-the-spy-in-the-bag
- www.bbc.com/news/uk-24927078.amp
- https://www.channel4.com/news/search/Gareth+Williams
- www.thesun.co.uk/news/15348401/clues-spy-in-bag-gareth-williams-dna/amp/
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- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17922388.amp
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24927078.amp
- www.thesun.co.uk/news/15348401/clues-spy-in-bag-gareth-williams-dna/amp/
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/secrets-of-the-spy-in-th
Over an 18 month period between 1971 and 1973 three girls aged 10 and 11 years old were abducted and murdered in the City of Rochester upstate New York, USA. Their names were Carmen Colon, Wanda Walkowicz and Michelle Maenza. They all had first and second names that began with the same initial, and each girl’s body was found in a town which began with the same initial as their name.
Sources:
amp.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/26/alphabet-murderer
www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-alphabet-murders/
amp.democratandchronicle.com/
killertales.com/2020/05/22/the-dark-and-disturbing-double-initial-murders/amp/
https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/richard-davis-had-more-victims-3a1d2bbebdd8
https://philosophyofcrime.com/the-murder-of-michelle-maenza/https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/
amp.democratandchronicle.com/amp/77384622
eu.democratandchronicle.com/videos/news/2018/03/07/double-initial-murders-carmen-colon-10-killed-1971/32696431/
amp.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6mm3ml/the_alphabetdoubleinitial_killer_
https://13wham.com/news/local/state-police-pushing-for-new-leads-in-1973-double-initial-murder-case
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377768/amp/Double-initial-serial-killer-suspect-boxes-notes-detailing-grisly-plans-torture-kill-women.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20191228214839/https://www.whec.com/news/double-initial-murders-was-it-the-work-of-one-killer/5255196/
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ny-the-alphabet-killings-rochester.80812/
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=senproj_s2020
amp.democratandchronicle.com/
amp.democratandchronicle.com/amp/3757645
nbcmontana.com/amp/news/local/dna-identifies-killer-in-missoula-cold-case-46-years-later
It was the school holidays in April 1959 when the bubbly and confident 6 year old Carol Stephens was sent by her mum on an errand to the local shop in the Cathays area of Cardiff. When she returned she quickly dropped off the shopping and hurried back out of the front door determined not to let the rainy Welsh weather stifle her fun. Carol never came home and two weeks later her tiny body was found in a remote area of West Wales 90 km from her home.
Sources:
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Western Mail Archive from April to September 1959. (Subscription required)
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-murder-cathays-carol-schoolgirl-19261395.amp
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-murder-cathays-carol-schoolgirl-19261395.amp
BBC Wales “Darklands:Hunting the killers. 2020
During the summer of 1990, in Llangollen, North Wales, 52 year old antiques dealer Trevaline Evans put a sign on her shop door which read “back in 2 minutes”. She popped across to a local market stall and purchased some fruit for her lunch. Around an hour and a half later a witness saw Trevaline walking near her home, a short distance from her shop. There have been no confirmed sightings of Trevaline since then. Did she choose to disappear? Was there an unfortunate accident? Or was she the victim of foul play by persons unknown?
Sources
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mystery-disappearance-trevaline-evans-almost-16318987.amp
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/murderer-who-killed-two-women-20734326.amp
https://medium.com/mystery-confidential/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-trevaline-evans-8c9d6ebccd7c
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/truecrimeengland.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/unsolved-the-disappearance-of-trevaline-evans/amp/
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plaque-memory-antiques-dealer-mysteriously-19616661.amp
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-linked-to-21-year-old-case-152988.am
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/06/10/ligus-im-a-natural-born-killer/
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/trevaline-evans-new-appeal-over-8445933.amp
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37450337.amp
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/killer-christopher-halliwell-trophy-items-20322677.amp
On a Saturday afternoon in September 1956 Jean Chalinder took advantage of her day off from work and headed out on her bicycle. She had decided to make her way to some farmland just a half-hours ride away from her home in the Penylan area of Cardiff.
It should have been a pleasant time picking blackberries in the beautiful Welsh countryside and enjoying the autumnal sights and fresh air. What actually transpired was one of the most brutal murders the Welsh capital had ever witnessed and a hunt for a killer that continues to this day.
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Resources for this episode:
The Western mail archive at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (Subscription is required)
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/60-years-ago-week-newlywed-11931176
“Manuel. Portrait of a Serial Killer” by A.M Nicol. Black and White Publishing 2008. Buy it here https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AQXC720/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_b00aqxc720
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/search-for-relatives-of-a-derry-woman-who-was-killed-in-1954-40337592.html