On the 6th June 1958, Harry Baker set out to visit his customers in the town of Bootle, just 3 miles from the city of Liverpool. He worked as a credit draper selling clothes door to door and collecting the money. He was reliable and punctual and was known as a kind man. After 1pm that day however he simply vanished. The investigation that followed was one of the largest the North West had ever seen. Important information provided by: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - Contemporary news articles htt...
Oct 20, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast 67 year old Jean Milne lived in a large mansion called Elmsgrove in Broughty Ferry, in the suburbs of Dundee, Scotland. Miss Milne was wealthy and loved to dine out at expensive restaurants. She also had quite an eccentric lifestyle living in what some people had labelled her 'Bleak House.' At the start of November 1912, the postman alerted police to the fact that her letterbox was full and he was concerned about Miss Milne. The police entered the home and found her battered and bruised at the f...
Oct 13, 2019•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 14th September 1954, 21 year old Jean Townsend was walking home from South Ruislip train station in Greater London. She was returning home from an evening out with her friends. She did not make it home. The next morning her body was found a piece of wasteland only a few streets away from the station. An investigation into her murder would uncover a number of other worrying incident in what was later described as Ruislip's murder mile. Important information provided by: For contemporary ne...
Oct 06, 2019•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 12th September 1907, Bertram Shaw returned home to find his mother waiting on his doorstep at St Pauls Road in Camden Town, London. She told him she couldn't get in and his common law wife Emily wasn't answering the door. Bertram forced the door open and when inside he found a horrible scene. Emily was in their bed and she had been murdered. An investigation ensued and a trial would happen in Emily Dimmock's case. Edward Marshall Hall or as he was known The Great Defender was part of the ...
Sep 22, 2019•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 20th November MP for Walsall North ,John Stonehouse went for a swim on the beach close to the Fontainbleu Hotel in Miami, Florida. When he didn't return for an appointment, his business associate James Charlton went out to look for him but found only a pile of his clothes in a beach hut. The police, Scotland Yard and the FBI became involved in searching for him and a huge investigation was launched. This case was however not what it appeared to be. Important information provided by: https...
Sep 08, 2019•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Foulness Island is located on the East Coast of Essex close to the seaside town of Southend On Sea. As the island only has around 150 residents, it is largely unknown to the average person however in 2014 it was thrust into the national headlines. This was due to a discovery that was made and the investigation that followed. Arrests and appeals would be made by the police in the years that have followed however sadly there are still many mysteries surrounding what happened. Important information...
Sep 01, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 29th September 1935, Susan Haines Johnson was walking over a bridge in Moffat, Dumfriesshire in Scotland. She noticed a parcel floating in the ravine. She was horrified to see that there was a human arm sticking out of it. When the ravine was examined, the police found a number of other parcels with body parts in. The investigation that was carried out would lead to other parts of the UK and to a suspect that at first glance did not appear capable of committing such crimes. Important info...
Aug 25, 2019•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast George Kelly and Charles Connolly had been arrested in the case of the Cameo Cinema Murders in 1949. They went to trial on the 12th January 1950 and it captivated the nation. The trial would lead to some surprising testimony and it would end in a shocking way. This case would have some repercussions in the following the years. Important information provided by: http://liverpoolcitypolice.co.uk/cameo-cinema-murder-1949/4554564880 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murder-cinema-h...
Aug 18, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 19th March 1949, a gunman entered the manager's office and opened fire on two of the managers. The man was seen by a number of employees but managed to flee before being caught. It was revealed that sadly Leonard Thomas and John Bernard Catterall had been killed in the incident. The murderer had not managed to get any of that evening's takings and it was the awful fact was that the two men had been murdered for what would have amounted to £50. A huge manhunt ensued and resulted in a compl...
Aug 11, 2019•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 6th January 1931, Evelyn Foster worked as a taxi driver at her father's car hire company in Otterburn, Northumberland. She was an independent woman who ran her own part of the business. On that evening she took a fare; a man who wanted to be take over 20 miles away. Evelyn decided to drive the man however it would end in tragedy with Evelyn losing her life. The question still remains who committed the crime and why? Important information provided by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-...
Aug 04, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 26th February 1889, 50 year old John Fletcher travelled into Manchester City Centre to attend a mill sale at the Mitre Hotel. He was later seen getting into a hansom cab with a younger gentleman. They did not reach their destination however as when the cabman looked into the back of the cab John Fletcher was unconscious and his friend was nowhere to be seen. This mystery gained national attention and well respected police inspector Jerome Caminada was put onto the case. What really happen...
Jul 21, 2019•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 19th January 1974 Glenis Carruthers attended a 21st birthday party in central Bristol. She left the party at around 10pm and never returned. Her body was later found not far from the party but what happened to her? A major investigation was launched into finding out what really happened to the 20 year old. Important information provided by: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/strangled-death-clifton-zoo-blackout-4360 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12105287 h...
Jul 14, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 20th of September 2004, a group of walkers were travelling along the Pennine Way in North Yorkshire. They had been climbing up the Pen Y Ghent fell when they stopped for a rest next to some caves called Sell Gill Holes. This is when they noticed something odd in the stream. They looked closer and discovered that it was the body of a woman face down in the stream. This would begin an investigation into the identification of the unknown woman that had come to be known 'The Lady of the Hills...
Jul 07, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 7th June 1972, 14 year old Judith Roberts set off on her bicycle from her home in Wigginton, Staffordshire. She had had a disagreement with her parents and had decided to go for a quick bike ride around the village. She set off at 5:30pm however a number of hours passed and Judith had not returned. Her parents reported her as missing and a huge search was carried out in the area. Unfortunately her body would later be found just a mile from her home. A 17 year old man named Andrew Evans wo...
Jun 30, 2019•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ormskirk is a small market town in West Lancashire which was generally quiet and unassuming. On May 5th 1956 however the brutal murder of elderly sisters Mary and Margaret Ormesher would disturb the tranquility of the town. Residents of Ormskirk began to worry that a savage murderer could strike again. Important information provided by: https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/ormskirk-nostalgia-tragic-story-ormeshers-11309902 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murder-most-foul-k...
Jun 23, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 18th August 1944, 6 year old Sheila Fox went to school at St James Primary School in Farnworth, Bolton as usual. She left school to walk home but was never seen again. Her case became national news and was known in the press as the Girl in the Green Mac. Over the years tips have come in and other crimes in the area have been investigated. What did happen to Sheila Fox? Important information provided by: http://www.historicbolton.yolasite.com/sheila-fox.php https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/...
Jun 09, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 16th June 2009 a man was discovered on Rosses Point beach in County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. 10 years later the man is yet to be identified.
Jun 02, 2019•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 3rd October 1922, Percy and Edith Thompson were on their way home from the theatre and had just arrived in Ilford, East London, close to where they lived. A man appeared out of the bushes and began to attack Percy while Edith looked on horrified.
May 26, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 18th November 1987, passengers at the Kings Cross St Pancras station were busy travelling home or visiting tourist attractions in the capital. It was around 7:30pm and one of the passengers would notice some flames appearing from underneath the escalator. At 7:45pm these flames would spread into one of the deadliest fires ever seen on the London Underground. Its effects were devastating and 31 people died and many more were fatally injured. One of these people however that could not be id...
May 19, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 13th May 1983, workers at Lindow Moss peat bog came across something unusual. While cutting the peat the men came across a preserved human head. This was taken to Macclesfield police who quickly made a connection to a missing woman by the name of Malika De Fernandez. The later investigation would uncover a number of secrets and a huge discovery would later change what everybody had initially thought. Malika's story would contain a discovery, a confession and a surprising link to Archaeolo...
May 12, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 8th August 1980, Marine Alan Addis went out on a mission with two other marines in the Falkland Islands. The men's job was to travel from the capital Stanley to an isolated settlement called North Arm on East Falkland. They were then to travel to Fitzroy, a settlement close to Stanley, to train some locals. That night at around 8pm the men went out to the social club in North Arm to wind down. It was only when the men set off the next morning back to Fitzroy that they noticed that Alan wa...
May 05, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 10th October 1947, the ship the Durban Castle was travelling from Capetown in South Africa to Southampton in the UK. 21 year old actress Eileen Gibson or Gay as was her stage name was travelling alone in first class cabin number 126\. In the early hours of the morning the lights outside her cabin were lit which alerted the nightwatchman Fred Steer. The next morning the passengers and staff on the ship were greeted with a strange mystery; Gay Gibson was nowhere to be found. Important infor...
Apr 28, 2019•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Saturday 8th October 1932, a boy named Robin Huber approached a cottage in Cutt Mill in Surrey. He was looking for some odd jobs to do to make a bit of extra money. He entered the home and found an awful scene that he had not been expecting. He found the body of a woman who had been beaten around the head and had severe injuries to her neck. The woman was Annie Keen and it was not long before the body of her husband was also found. He was not found in the house however he was found in the pon...
Apr 14, 2019•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 23rd October 1979, a woman had been out horse riding along one of the trails in Bedgebury Forest in Kent. This had been a normal day until she spotted something unusual in the undergrowth at the side of the trail. Looking closer the woman quickly discovered it was the body of a woman. The woman had been beaten to death and left by the side of the path. The police cordoned off the scene and began to investigate however they quickly realised that without any identification or witnesses they...
Apr 07, 2019•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 17th December 1993, Manchester city centre was busy and bustling on the last weekend before Christmas. Shoppers milled around trying to get last minute presents. This would have been a happy and relaxed atmosphere however close to Piccadilly train Station an awful discovery was made. The body of a man who alarmingly was headless. This discovery would set in motion an investigation which would span the entire country and have connection worldwide. Important information provided by: https:/...
Mar 31, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 6th March 1952, Lily Volpert was working in her shop on Bute Street in Cardiff. She owned the shop and frequently opened the shop at night for her customers. Around 8pm William Archbold entered the shop and found Lily in a pool of blood at the door. She had significant injuries to her neck and she was later pronounced dead. The police began an investigation which would lead to the trial of a man named Mahmoud Mattan. This arrest would cause long lasting effects on both the conviction and ...
Mar 24, 2019•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 24th May 1957, Emanuel Akinyemi at Gloucester Road tube station heard footsteps and some scuffling on the emergency stairs at the station. Next he heard a woman shout "Bandit!" When he went to investigate he found an elderly woman who had been stabbed in the chest. The investigation began and the police uncovered many shocks and surprises that they certainly had not been expecting. Important information provided by: With huge thanks to this important article: http://www.btp.police.uk/abou...
Mar 17, 2019•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 29th December 1969, Alick McKay returned home from work to his house in Wimbledon, London to discover that his wife was not at home. This was unusual as he was expecting her to be home and she hadn't mentioned that she was going out anywhere. The fire was on, the lights were on and the contents of her handbag were strewn all around the stairs. Alick phoned the police and as an executive at The Sun and News of the World newspapers he was able to get his wife's disappearance on the next day...
Mar 10, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 4th December 1979, Teresa De Simone went out to a nightclub with her friend. She went back to her car but did not return home that evening. The next day her body was found on the back seat of her car; she had been murdered. An investigation began and police would interview around 30 000 people. They eventually arrested a man named Sean Hodgson who had confessed to the crime. He would spend 27 years in prison for the murder but in 2008 new evidence came to light which made everyone questio...
Mar 03, 2019•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 12 men have been found dead in Merseyside between 1972 and 2018 and they all have one thing in common; they are all still unidentified. These men have been discovered in lots of different places in the area of Merseyside and due to lack of identification and a lack of information about them they still remain unidentified. Unfortunately their stories have been unable to be told. In this episode we look at the circumstances and try and understand who they were. Important information provided by: h...
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