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Persons Unknown

92 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings

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.

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Stephanie Whittaker (Missing Person)

July 08, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 journey into town but she never arrived. Despite a couple of unconfirmed sightings over the next 24 hours Stephanie has not been heard of since. All her knew her agreed, that Stephanie would ...

Nurin Jazlin (Unsolved Murder) and Sharlinie Mohd Nashar (Missing Person)

June 24, 2024 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ...

Tatjana "Tanya" Kopric (Unsolved Murder)

June 10, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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...

Teresa Branch (Unsolved Murder)

May 27, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 wou...

Vaslui Hitchhiker Murders (Unsolved serial murders)

May 13, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 Mane...

The unsolved murder of Ann Heron-Part 2 (with Scottish Murders Podcast)

April 29, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 var...

Diana Moon Yoli and Mark Yoli (Endangered Missing)

April 15, 2024 04:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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....

Patricia Simpson (Closed Investigation)

April 01, 2024 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ...

Caroline Harris-Reed (Unsolved Murder)

March 18, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ...

Chaim Weiss (Unsolved Murder)

March 04, 2024 05:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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...

Betty Shanks (Unsolved Murder) Part 2

February 19, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 explored. Sources for the epsiode can be found here Promos Support the Show. Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook Email: [email protected] Website with Transcripts: https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

Betty Shanks (Unsolved Murder) Part 1

February 09, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 termin...

Today's episode is delayed

February 05, 2024 05:00 - 38 seconds - 475 KB

  The scheduled episode is delayed. It will be coming out towards the end of the week.  Sorry for keeping you waiting and thank you for your patience. John  Support the show Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook Email: [email protected] Website with Transcripts: https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

Nicole Morin (Missing Person)

January 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 i...

BONUS EPISODE: Allen Briscoe Jr and Christine Green (Missing Persons)

January 08, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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.   Sources for the episode can be found here   Support the Show. Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook Email: [email protected] Website with Transcripts: https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

Hugh Watson (Unsolved Murder)

January 08, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 situat...

NEW YEAR, NEW BINGE- Part 1

December 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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”) becau...

NEW YEAR, NEW BINGE- Part 2

December 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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”) becau...

Victoria Cafasso (Unsolved Murder)

December 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 s...

Robin Graham (Endangered Missing)

November 27, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 office...

Kyllikki Saari (Unsolved Murder) PART 2

November 17, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 Support the Show. Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook Email: [email protected] Website with Transcripts: https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

Kyllikki Saari (Unsolved Murder) PART 1

November 13, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. *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 ho...

Sandy Drummond (Unsolved Murder)

October 30, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 h...

Segametsi Mogomotsi (Unsolved Murder)

October 16, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ...

Danuta Kaczmarska (Unsolved Murder)

October 02, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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. All sources for the episode can be found here ...

Brian McDermott (Unsolved Murder)

September 18, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 Norther...

Toya Hill (Missing Person)

September 04, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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...

Ngatai “Mellory” Manning (Unsolved Murder)

August 21, 2023 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ou...

Adre’anna Jackson (Unexplained Death)

August 07, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 inves...

Patti and Griff Thomas (Mysterious Deaths)

July 24, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 satisf...

Kelly Cook (Unsolved Murder)

July 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. *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 babysitte...

Florence Broadhurst (Unsolved Murder)

June 12, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 ...

Raymond Lamar Green and Tavish Sutton (Missing Persons)

May 29, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 t...

Caroline Evans (Unsolved Murder)

May 15, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 bod...

Alan Addis (Missing Person)

May 01, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 bega...

Hattie Jackson (Endangered Missing)

April 17, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 standin...

Jo Jo Dullard (Suspected Murder)

April 03, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 vehic...

Rita Ellis (Unsolved Murder)

March 20, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 th...

Kirsty Jones (Unsolved Murder)

March 06, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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...

Guistina Macari (Unsolved Murder)

February 20, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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...

Ocean Beach Murders (Unsolved Serial Murders)

February 06, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 tha...

Peggy Knobloch (Unsolved Murder)

January 23, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 happene...

Leah Sousa (Unsolved Murder)

January 09, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 m...

East Lancashire Murders (Unsolved Murders)

December 26, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 murde...

Julie Pacey (Unsolved Murder)

December 12, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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. Jul...

Ludovic Janvier (Missing Person)

November 14, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 murd...

Peggy Hettrick (Unsolved Murder)

October 31, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

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 v...

Peggy Hettrick (Unsolved Murder)

October 31, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 investigati...

Renee Aitken (Missing Person)

October 17, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 extrao...

Kelso Cochrane (Unsolved Murder)

October 03, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. 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 c...