On Friday June 8th 1996, Melanie Hall went out with her boyfriend Phillip and two of their friends to a nightclub called Cadillacs in Bath. The night was like any other however Monday came around and Melanie did not turn up for her shift at the hospital where she worked with her Mum. Her car remained in the car park of the hospital but there was no sign of Melanie. The case hit headlines across the country and everyone was wondering what had happened to her during that night out. As the years pa...
Jun 14, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 24 year old Rebecca Coriam was an adventurous young woman who loved to travel. In June 2010, she got a job working for Disney Cruise Lines after beating hundreds of other people at the interview. She went to work as part of the Youth Activities team and enjoyed her first contract on the ship which saw her travelling to the Bahamas. During her second contract travelling from Los Angeles to Mexico, something unusual happened. Rebecca didn't contact her family as she usually did and it would transp...
Jun 07, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In October 2016, Scottish Police got a phone call from a social worker telling them that there was a woman at risk and was potentially seriously unwell at a home in Inverkip, Scotland. The woman's named was Margaret Fleming. When the police attended the scene in the village they discovered a very strange situation but they did not find Margaret. Just two days later she was listed as a missing person. The investigation that ensued was extensive and lead to a shocking result. Important information...
May 31, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 7th December 2002, Debbie Remorozo went to work at Royal Oldham Hospital as a coronary care nurse as usual. She had moved from the Phillipines to Manchester just 2 years prior and was dedicated to her job, working hard to send money back home to her family. When she did not return to the hospital for her shift the next day her friends went to her flat and discovered a horrific sight. Important information provided by: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fa...
May 24, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arthur Brumhill was 76 years old and had officially retired however his love of animals was his passion. He worked part time at the local pet shop on Wellingborough Road in Northampton. He worked there for 11 years and was a well loved member of the community. On the 21st of January 1993, Arthur was brutally attacked and murdered in the shop. The investigation would span a number of years until as recently as 2017. Important information provided by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamp...
May 17, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 23 year old Maureen Mulcahy went to the local pub in Aberavon, Wales in February 1976 after a night out with friends. This wasn't unusual for Maureen who was a regular at the Green Meadow Pub. The next morning her body was found 600 metres away from the pub. She had been strangled. The investigation into her murder reminded the community that she was the 4th woman killed in the same way in the last 3 years. The police dubbed the killer the Saturday Night Strangler, was this who killed Maureen? I...
May 10, 2020•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 12th December 1945, a man walking along the foreshore of a beach in Aberdeen, Scotland came across something he wasn't expecting to see. There, lying amongst the boulders was a severed arm and hand. The police took only 4 hours to identify the remains however would spend much longer trying to figure out what happened to Betty Hadden. Important information provided by: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - for all contemporary articles. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12660623.screams-in-the...
May 03, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Sunday 15th June 1919, Mabel Greenwood was at home with her husband Harold and her children. She had not attended the normal Sunday church service which was unusual but she did not feel well that day and decided to stay at home. Her heath deteriorated throughout that Sunday and by 3:30am on Monday morning she sadly passed away. The events of that day would later be analysed intensely after the shocking news that Mabel had been poisoned was discovered. Important information provided by: http:/...
Apr 26, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 13 year old David Spencer and 11 year old Patrick Warren lived on the Chelmsley Wood housing estate in Solihull in the West Midlands. They were good friends who spent a lot of time together playing in the neighbourhood. On Boxing day 1996, the two boys were out playing the neighbourhood as usual and Patrick was excited to show off his new red Apollo laser bike he had received for Christmas. They were out until late that night which was not necessary unusual however the fact that they did not ret...
Apr 19, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fred Handford disappeared from his farm in New Mills, Derbyshire in 1976. There was no sign of foul play or a struggle. His beloved dogs had been left behind along with his distinctive flat cap. The police had no leads to go on. In 2011, a surprise confession would lead people to wonder what really happened to Fred Handford? Important information provided by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IROfOjI4nn0 ITV Documentary https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7402524/what-happened-to-fred-handford-how-did-h...
Apr 12, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 12th September 1985, 66 year old Alexander 'Sandy' McClelland had been shopping in Brighouse, West Yorkshire with his stepson Brian and his wife Elizabeth. They returned to Brian and Elizabeth's house at 8:15pm and Sandy drove off to go around the corner to his own home. He returned 5 minutes later with some cigarettes that Brian had left in his car and then left once again. It was a routine evening and Sandy was in high spirits. Why then was Sandy found stabbed in the boot of his Ford Co...
Apr 05, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 5th November 1961, 3 potholers were exploring the area of Brandy Cove on the Gower Peninsula in Wales. They entered a narrow mineshaft and found a skull, some bones and some jewellery hidden behind a rock. Little did they know that they had just discovered something that would unlock the 40 year old mystery of what happened to 26 year old Mamie Stuart. From a tumultuous marriage to a strange disappearance Mamie's life had been a sad and tragic one however her family would eventually get s...
Mar 27, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Sunday 17th December 1989, 38 year old Keith Burgess went to church to attend Mass in Clifton in Bristol. He worked as a railway steward for British Rail and was due on a shift later that afternoon. At 2pm the Bristol to London train departed however Keith was not on it. He had not turned up for his shift. It would later turn out that Keith had been murdered in his flat in a window of time only an hour and a half long. What did happen to Keith? Important information provided by: https://www.b...
Mar 08, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 20th June 1931, Hubert Chevis was enjoying an evening with his wife Frances at his home in Camberley, Surrey. The newly married couple had hosted a cocktail party and when their friends left sat down for their dinner. The cook had prepared a Manchurian partridge and Frances carved it putting some on her husband's plate and some on hers. Hubert ate some of the meat and complained that it tasted bad. Frances agreed and they ordered it to be taken away. Not long after Hubert began convulsing...
Mar 01, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 23rd July 1983 Diane and her husband Robert drove to the local pub in Coggeshall in Essex called the Woolpack. They had a drink and then travelled home. Diane got out of the car outside her house while Robert parked the car. When Robert went back to the house, Diane had disappeared. 9 days later he walked into the police station and reported his wife as a missing person. This case caused a huge media frenzy where speculation was rife. Later discoveries however would call into question wha...
Feb 23, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is our 100th episode this week and I have been taking listener suggestions for the case we should cover. The disappearance of Trevaline Evans has been suggested to me many times. On Saturday the 16th of June 1990, 52 year old Trevaline left her shop, Attic Antiques, in Llangollen and left a note in the window 'Be back in two minutes.' Sadly the shop never reopened and Trevaline has never been seen since. There were many sightings of her that day and the days prior but what happened to her has...
Feb 16, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are currently 17 unidentified people whose bodies have been discovered in the area of Yorkshire in the North of England. Who are these people? Where have they come from? What are their stories? Important information provided by: https://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/mystery-man-whose-body-washed-16687791 More listening on the subject: Episode: Season 3 episode 31 - The Lady of the Hills Season 1 Episode 17- The Nude in the Nettles If y...
Feb 12, 2020•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret was waiting for her twin sister Ann to come around on Sunday 25th March 1973. They had plans to take their children to the beach that day. The time they had arranged came and went and Ann had not arrived. She knew something was wrong. When she went to Ann's house she was told by her husband Gilbert that she had simply left the house the night before and had not returned. She didn't even take her handbag. The police logged Ann as a missing person and quickly began looking for her. A sear...
Feb 02, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 7th October 1977, Brenda Evans was on her way back from her lunch hour in the area of Poulton and Pulford in Cheshire. 17 year old Brenda had recently got engaged, bought a new house and found herself a new job. 1977 had been a very happy year for her. She was a reliable employee so when her boss realised she had not returned to work that afternoon he told her mother. A search party set out along the route from her Aunt and Uncle's house to find her. They did eventually find her but sadly...
Jan 26, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On January 12th 1920, Florence Nightingale Shore boarded a train to take her to the seaside resort of St Leonards in Hastings in Sussex. This was a journey many people took every day but today this one would be different. When the train pulled in at Bexhill a couple of hours later other passengers would realise Florence wasn't reading or sleeping, she was unconscious. She had been beaten around the head with the blunt object. Who would want to murder a celebrated war time nurse who had only live...
Jan 20, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 24th August 1991, a silver Vauxhall Nova GTE Saloon car was found by locals on a housing estate in Slough. The car attracted attention as the keys were left in the ignition, the sunroof was left open and it had not been seen on the estate before. The registration plate was ran by police and it was found to be registered to 21 year old Andrew Elphick who lived in the village of Normandy, Surrey which was just under an hour away. The problem that police encountered was that Andrew had not b...
Jan 12, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 2nd October 1988, 23 year old Laurence Winstanley had been working at his garage in Oldham, Greater Manchester. During his lunch break he popped into the local pub. While he was there he received a phone call which his friends say made him agitated. He returned to the pub that evening but this would be the last time anyone would see him alive. That night he disappeared. A year later Laurence's body was found in Baitings Reservoir. The investigation into Laurence's murder caused many to wo...
Jan 05, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast A quick update on the episodes in the coming weeks! To all my listeners have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2020 :)
Dec 19, 2019•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast In January 1953, aircraftsman Iain Hay Gordon was arrested on the charge of murdering 19 year old Patricia Curran close to her home in the village of Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Police were proud of their conviction and were glad that a brutal murderer was off the streets. Gordon was released quietly in 1960 and returned to Scotland. The communities in Northern Ireland continued to mourn Patricia and believed she had got justice. This would all be called into question however in...
Dec 15, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early hours of the 12th November 1953, Desmond Curran set out to look for his younger sister. She had not returned from university in Belfast, Northern ireland as she normally did and the family were concerned. As he set out into the grounds of their large home he had an awful shock. Lying in the undergrowth just short of their driveway was Patricia. She had been stabbed and it would later be found she had 37 injuries. The investigation became high profile as Patricia was the daughter of ...
Dec 08, 2019•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the course of 6 months between 1983 and 1984, two taxi drivers were murdered in the same area of London and their cabs were abandoned in the same area. Stephen Sylvester and Pardeep Sangha were both brutally stabbed to death. A year prior the murder of Gurcharn Singh Landa was committed in very similar circumstances in Nottingham. Were any of these unsolved murders connected? Important information provided by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiYyEoM2q_8&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com...
Dec 01, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 23rd March 1988 Deborah Linsley boarded a train headed for London Victoria. She had been visiting family in Bromley, South East London and was heading back up to Edinburgh where she worked as the head receptionist at a hotel.She boarded the train at 2:18pm and it pulled up to Victoria as planned at 2:50pm that afternoon. Staff went to check the train carriages for lost luggage but instead came upon a horrific sight. They found Deborah on the floor and the carriage covered in blood. This e...
Nov 24, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 13th July 1889, Edwin Rose was on holiday on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. He decided to climb the mountain of Goatfell as many other tourists were doing at the time. His trip appeared to be going as planned however when he did not return to London as scheduled on the 18th of July his brother and his friends became concerned. The police got involved in the search for the missing tourist and what initially seemed as though it was a tragic accident turned into a murder investigation and a ...
Nov 17, 2019•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 4th October 1949, Stanley Setty disappeared from London with £1500 in his pocket and simply vanished. His car was in its usual parking space and Scotland Yard could find no indications as to where he might have gone. Stanley was a used car dealer and it was feared he may have been robbed. Just under 3 weeks later a discovery was made by a man at the local salt marshes called Dengie Flats. A parcel containing human remains. The subsequent investigation would find a horrific story and a ver...
Nov 10, 2019•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 30th of September 1975, cowman Jock Stewart was walking just outside of the town of Ecchinswell in Hampshire. As he walked along he noticed something in an open drain behind a demolished cottage. As he got closer he noticed that it was a partially naked woman wrapped up in a bed blanket. The investigation began into who this woman was and due to her small features she became known as the Ecchinswell Doll. The investigation would last several years and would cross many different countries....
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