Across the UK there are 570 current unidentified people listed on the UK missing person unit website. These people all have varied amount of information known about them but they have one thing in common; they have no identity just clues to who they once were. In this episode we look at the current unidentified people in Scotland and their stories. Important information provided by: https://www.missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/case-search/ https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18535769.unsolved-name...
Apr 04, 2021•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ann Heron spent the afternoon of the 3rd of August 1990 sunbathing in her garden in Darlington, Durham. It was the hottest day of the year; roads had started to melt and moors began setting on fire. Peter Heron returned home at 6pm expecting his wife to greet him at the door but instead he found her lifeless in the living room. What happened to Ann? Important information provided by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-53637276 https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18603116.michael-benso...
Mar 20, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast I was thrilled to be able to speak to Jules from the Riddle Me That Podcast about Rebecca Coriam's disappearance. We chat about all things to do with the case and our own opinions. Please go and check Riddle Me That out on all of your favourite podcast apps and give Jules a follow on Social Media. Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riddle-me-that-true-crime/id1522402746 Find Jules on Twitter- @podcastriddle Important information provided by: http://www.rebecca-coriam.com/ http...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Suzy Lamplugh's case had started to become cold despite the police saying that they had a prime suspect. Witnesses came forward and a new reinvestigation began in 2000 however to this day we still do not know what happened to Suzy and crucially we do not know where she is. Important information provided by: The Vanishing of Suzy Lamplugh Documentary Channel 5- https://www.channel5.com/show/the-vanishing-of-suzy-lamplugh/ Suzy Lamplugh Trust https://www.suzylamplugh.org/suzys-story \ https://www....
Mar 07, 2021•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 28th of July 1986, 25 year old Suzy Lamplugh stepped out of her office at Sturgis and Sons in Fulham where she worked as an estate agent. She loved her job and was on her way to an appointment to conduct a viewing on Shorralds Road not far from the office. Despite the fact that this was a routine part of her day, Suzy would never return to the office. In fact she was never seen again. The investigation into her disappearance focussed on the man who made the appointment; Mr Kipper and his ...
Feb 28, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 15th of April 1994, 78-year-old Ron Cousins was found brutally murdered in his own home by two of his neighbours. His outside tap was dripping and his curtains had been drawn since the previous day. The neighbours however were not expecting to find the scene that greeted them. Ron had been stabbed and his body covered in white paint. Pages from the bible had been stuffed in his mouth. Who wanted to kill a man that everyone in his community in Moulsham in Chelmsford described as a 'kind an...
Feb 14, 2021•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Saturday May the 3rd 2003, 7 year old Daniel Entwistle went to the local shop in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. He was on an errand for his dad and was asked to get a bottle for his baby brother. Daniel did this happily, gave it to his dad and then went back out to play. Sadly this would be the last time they would see him and that night he disappeared without a trace. Unfortunately Daniel's story has been largely forgotten about. Important information provided by: https://www...
Jan 31, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast This was an episode that was published on Patreon in January 2020. Ruth's case needs more publicity and it has been suggested to me multiple times. On Monday 27th November 1995, the Wilson Family were in a rush trying to get out of the house for work and school. Ian and Karen Wilson were both teachers and were in a hurry to get to work while Ian's two daughters Ruth and Jenny were getting ready for school. 16 year old Ruth told her sister on this day however that she was not going to get on the ...
Jan 21, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On June the 6th 1991, 43 year old Penny Bell left her home in Denham in Buckinghamshire at 9:40am. The day was like any other for her family and she told builders in her home she was late for a meeting. By 11am however she had been found murdered in her car just 9 miles from her house. She had been stabbed upwards of 50 times. The investigation would uncover a strange crime scene and multiple odd witness sightings. Her case sadly still remains unsolved. Important information provided by: https:/...
Jan 17, 2021•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 16th of August 1980, 11 year old friends John Greenwood and Gary Miller were out playing in their local neighbourhood of Whiston in Merseyside. Later that evening their beaten bodies were found underneath a mattress by a passerby. The community were horrified and wanted answers. A man was arrested and went to trial for the murders but this did not go as planned. Just this year, police and the families have stated they want to take this same man to trial again. Important information provid...
Jan 03, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1979, Martin Allen was 15 years old and travelling to stay at his brother's house in the Holloway area of London. He regularly did this and travelled on the Underground every day to school however this day was different. He did not return and his family have been left with no answers to what happened to him. This is a special listener researched episode which has been put together by Rachel. If you want to get involved with the next one let me know! Important information provided by: BBC.co.u...
Dec 30, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Christmas Eve 1919 a farmer was walking along the sand on St Anne's beach in Lytham in Lancashire when he discovered the body of a young woman. The police found out that she was 26 year old Kathleen Elsie Breaks. When this was further investigated they discovered that had recently become close to a man who became their prime suspect. Important information provided by: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/retro/sandhills-murder-case-5000-reasons-why-kathleen-was-shot-dead-1345549 https://www.lan...
Dec 24, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Peter and Sylvia Stuart lived on Mill Lane in the village of Weybread in Suffolk. The couple were retired and enjoyed their time together; seeing family and going out and about. Therefore when neighbours hadn't seen them in a while, they grew concerned and contacted the couple's daughter. Police were soon on the scene and discovered a bizarre scene which led them to conduct a both murder investigation and search for a missing person. Important information provided by: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Dec 20, 2020•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 20th of October 1998, 40 year old Lyn Bryant went out for a walk with her Lurcher dog Jay in the village of Ruan High Lanes in Cornwall. At around 2:30pm a holidaymaker was travelling along a remote wooded lane when they discovered Lyn's body on the edge of a field close to the road. She had been attacked and brutally murdered. The question of who would have committed this was a huge mystery as Lyn was a mother and grandmother who was well liked in the village. A large investigation was c...
Dec 06, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 24th of August 1908 Caroline Luard was out for a walk with her husband in the village of Seal Chart in Kent. She returned home to have afternoon tea with her friend and her husband went on to the nearby golf club. When he returned home he found his wife's friend at the house but his wife was not there. It wasn't long before he found her on the path that she took on her way home. She had been shot. What followed was a huge investigation and a series of tragedies for the Luard family. Impor...
Nov 22, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early 1990's, Alan Leppard and Brenda Long had just started their new life together in Monkton in Thanet in Kent. They were both divorced from previous partners and knew that they had finally found the right one for them. On Easter Monday 1991, the couple had been having a quiet night in when a surprise knock on the door broke the silence. Alan went down to answer it and Brenda soon found him staggering back into the house. He had been shot on the doorstep. Police searched for any motive ...
Nov 08, 2020•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 18th of March 2009, 35 year old chef Claudia Lawrence went to work as usual at Goodricke College at the University of York. She had a usual 6am shift and would leave very early for work. At the time Claudia was walking to work while her car was in the garage. She returned home and carried out her usual routine. When she didn't go to work the next day however her friends and family became worried. When her father went into her home with his spare key he found everything as should be with h...
Oct 25, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast The families of the missing are constantly trying to find out what happened to their loved ones and need the public's help to find out new information and to get their story out there. In today's bonus episode we are covering the stories of Leah Croucher and John Tossell who both went missing in 2019. Find all information relevant to their investigations below. Important information provided by: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/we-think-police-got-it-wrong-say-parents-missing-milton-ke...
Sep 27, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 4th February 1975, one of Ivy Davies' neighbours entered her home in Holland Road in Westcliff-On-Sea. She had become concerned, along with some of Ivy's employees at the cafe she owned, that she had gone into work that day. As she entered the home her screams could be heard around the street. Ivy lay dead on the living room floor and the scene was bloody and violent. The police discovered that Ivy was a woman that everyone loved and there was not apparent motive for her murder, what exac...
Sep 06, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jaime Cheesman was 16 years old in 1993 when she decided to live her friend and her family in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Jaime was from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire and travelled regularly between the two places to see her parents who she was close to. Jaime was due to see her parents on Saturday the 5th of November that year and had arranged this with them. Her parents however received a phone call from Jaime's friend to say that she had left the house and they didn't know where ...
Aug 30, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Wednesday the 11th of July 1917, Eli Glasspool and his daughter Edith retraced the route usually taken by their daughter and sister Vera May Glasspool. She was working at a local estate called Longwood House in Owslebury, near Winchester in Hampshire. She regularly returned home a short distance away on her days off on Sundays and Tuesdays. That previous Tuesday however she did not arrive and her family became worried. Around half way along the route, her father and sister came across her bod...
Aug 23, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Wednesday May 21st 1986, 72 year old Georgina, or Jean as she was known to her friends, did not turn up for her shift as a nurse in Broughton in Salford. She had retired 18 months previously but still had patients who she treated and visited regularly. When her boss could not get in touch with her, she went out to her home to find that the pane of her window was broken. The police were quickly called and they discovered Jean's body in the her bedroom. It was initially thought she had died fro...
Aug 16, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Monday 26th July 1993, Harry and Megan Tooze went about their usual day in the village of Llanharry in South Wales. The couple left their 10 acre farm called Ty Ar y Waun and carried out some errands; visiting the post office to get their pensions and going to the supermarket. Neighbours saw them return at about 11am. That afternoon neighbours heard their phone ringing in the house but nobody answered. This was very unusual and the police were called. The police found the couple's house aband...
Aug 09, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 12th November 1989, locals in Rodborough near Stroud in Gloucestershire saw smoke billowing from a neighbouring cottage. They phoned the Fire Brigade who came out to the scene and sadly found the body of a woman in the wreckage. The surprising thing was that she had not died in the fire; she had been murdered before it had been started. What happened to Carmel Gamble and why? Important information provided by: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/unsolved-crime-murde...
Aug 02, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elizabeth Sutherland lived and grew up in the small Highland village of Culbokie in Scotland. She lived with her husband and two children just yards away from her childhood home and her parents. In 1984, she took her daughter to school and got on with some errands. When her daughter returned from school she found her mother on the floor of her bedroom. She had been stabbed multiple times. Elizabeth's murder caused fear and horror in the small community of 300 people and made people wonder who co...
Jul 26, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 22nd August 1986, a cleaner entered the public toilets on Midsummer Common in the city of Cambridge. They discovered something shocking and horrific. A man's body lay on the floor of the toilets with both his trousers and one shoe missing. The police were able to establish that the man was 55 year old John Malthouse however the question was what had happened to him? Important information provided by: https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/john-malthouse-unsolved-murder-crime-164564...
Jul 19, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Saturday the 10th September 1983, Janice Weston spent the day shopping, carrying out errands and working in the Notting Hill area of London. Janice was a successful solicitor and her friends described her as ambitious with a wide circle of friends. On Sunday the 11th September, a cyclist travelling along the A1 motorway near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire stopped at a lay-by on the side of the road. He found Janice's body and she had severe injuries. What happened to Janice that Saturday night? I...
Jul 12, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 18 year old Carol Lannen and 20 year old Elizabeth McCabe were both living in Dundee, Scotland during the 1970's. Tragically both women were murdered within 11 months of each other and their bodies were discovered just 150 yards away in Templeton Woods. The tragic murders of two young women caused panic and concern in the local area as questions of whether a serial killer could be on the loose circulated. Over the years, speculation has been rife about who committed these murders and sadly, desp...
Jul 05, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lillie Yolande Marie Rochaid was just 18 years old in 1906 and regularly travelled between her home in Dinard, France and her school in Rugby, Warwickshire in England. Princethorpe Priory was a religious school that Lillie had attended for most of her life. She was a seasoned train user and travelling between the two countries was not unusual for her. On the 18th January 1906, she was returning to England from the Christmas Holidays and planned on taking the train from Euston to Rugby as usual. ...
Jun 28, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Warren and Elizabeth Wheeler led a very quiet life in the hamlet of Boars Hill in Oxfordshire, just 10 minutes outside the city centre. Warren had spent most of his life working in the Navy as a stoker and as the 1970's came around the couple spent most of their time pottering around. They were now in their 70's and 80's and Elizabeth was suffering from arthritis which meant she spent most of the time at home. Warren had a very set routine; visiting the shops and going to the pub when it opened....
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