Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases and UK true crime. Today's episode eleven of our twelve days of Missing person episodes throughout December, and we are going to be discussing the disappearance of Philip Frasier in twenty twenty one. Pelipe's disappearance hit the headlines and was reported on quite heavily at the time. However, since then there
has been little published about any progress on the case more recently. This episode is about a missing person and so does not contain any graphic details, but listener discretion is advised. The hut Nanni is a live music venue and events space located in the area of Brixton in South London in the London borough of Lambeth. It's a well known club where many people in the area flocked to see DJs, listen to live music and eat good food. It's a lively
and busy place which attracts lots of different types of people. Philippe Fraser had worked at the Huton Annie for around a decade by the time that twenty twenty one came around. He had a close connection to the club given that his aunt owned it. He had been working in hospitality for a long time and was a well known face at the Houghton Annie, known to many of the customers. His family have described him as being well loved at the venue and
said that customers knew him and his personality. During the COVID pandemic, the hospitality industry was hit hard, and therefore so was the Houton Annie. It closed during this time and the family instead spent a lot of time together. It reported that Philippe had spent day and night with his dad Alistair and his stepmom Jean, and they became very close. He was known to love nature and the outdoors and love to go out and his mountain bike into the countryside.
He was also a passionate photographer who would go out and photograph nature and interesting things that he came across. He was also described as a film buff who enjoyed going to the cinema, particularly His favorite cinema was the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, where he would go often. During the summer of twenty twenty one, COVID restrictions were beginning to relax and the world was going back to
some normality. This meant that the hospitality industry were able to get back to normal, and therefore so could the hut Nanni and all of its employees. On June the eighth, twenty twenty one, Philippe left his home, which was above the houton Any in Brixton. He was later shown on CCTV to believe in carrying two rucksacks. This, however, was the last known sighting of Philippe. He was a reliable person, and his stepmom would later say
about his disappearance, It's very unlike him. He always told his family where he was going. He always came to shifts, to the pub. He would never not turn up. That's why we were very concerned. When his family didn't hear from him, they quickly knew something must be wrong. Philipe always kept in contact and it was very out of character for him to go somewhere without telling someone. His family decided to reach out to the police to
report him missing, and they quickly began looking for him. Philippe's disappearance did capture the public's attention, particularly when high profile celebrities in the UK began talking about it. One of these people was the Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie Rose is Philippe's cousin and she appealed for information about his disappearance. She posted twelve days after Philippe was last seen, and it was also significant as the
twentieth of June was his birthday. She posted a video saying it's your birthday to day, but you've been missing since the eighth of June. Your friends and family are very worried about you, so please get in touch and a very happy birthday to you wherever you are. TV presenter John Snow also posted about Philip's disappearance and it thankfully did get publicity at the time. His family appealed to the public and also made searches of their own all over London.
They particularly focused on areas that they thought he would go to, such as q Bridge in Richmond and Epping Forest in Essex, which were two of his favorite photography spots. They put leaflets up in local supermarkets and cafes in the hope that someone had seen him. A description of him was also circulated. Philip was described as around five feet ten inches tall, of slim build, with brown hair and blue eyes. It was stated that he usually dressed in
neutral colors such as navy blue or black. The family stated that they looked all over London, working in shifts, trying to find him. They were even more concerned when they realized that Philippe had not taken any of his photography equipment with him, and so searching in these photography sparks seemed pointless given that he seemed to not have been heading to any of these. The family also got another shock when they were told that Philipe may not have been in London
at all. They found out that the day after he had last been seen, he had actually left the country. They were told that he may be in the Alps. His stepmom Jean stated, I wish we'd known before we launched that massive search in London. Now we're looking in the Alps. The Alps is a huge area. This was a massive surprise and changed the course of the investigation. If Philippe was not in London and in the Alps, he could be in numerous places, and this of course made the investigation all
the more difficult. It begged the question of why he'd wanted to disappear, what had made him leave that day and not contact his family, whom he was close with Gina stated in newspaper reports that Philippe had been looking forward to going back to work after the COVID restrictions were lifted. However, he may well have been feeling apprehensive about going back to work in the hospitality industry after
such a long time of being at home. It's been suggested that Philipe may well have been in a vulnerable or distressed state at the time that he left home, and this could have been a trigger for his disappearance. In the first couple of weeks after his disappearance, Philippe's family asked that if he was seen by anyone in the area of the Alps, that they should approach him
sensitively, as he may well have been distressed. I think it's so important to highlight the effect that COVID had on many people across the world, and the relaxing of restrictions did cause many people worry and genuine concern mental health following the COVID pandemic cannot be ignored. Whatever the reasons for Philip's disappearance, he has still not been located, and over two years since he vanished, there
has not been much reported on about his case. His family were and clearly are desperate to know what happened and where he is, and they just want to know that he is alive and well. His safety is what they care about most, and it's so crucial that if anyone has information about Philip's disappearance that they contact police on one oh one or the missing People website, which
I will link in the show notes. Philip's family have also listed an email address on some articles to contact them directly with information, and I will also link this in the notes. Thank you for listening to episode eleven of our twelve Days of Missing Person episodes throughout December. Listen in for the final episode twelve. If you'd like to support the podcast further, then you can on Patreon and contribute to the exclusive polls to get extra bonus episodes every month.
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