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It's New Years Day 2006 in Belfast. 21 year old Martin Kelly is out with friends at a bar in the docklands area watching a game of football. Somehow his friends leave the bar without him – perhaps assuming he got into the other of the two taxi’s they were taking. They realized he wasn’t with them when they reached their destination. They called his phone- he answered and said he'd join them after...

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A murder in 1931. A woman is found in her house, bludgeoned to death. The house is in good order, although things have been rifled through. Some money is missing, but other items of value are still there. All doors are reportedly locked when her husband comes home and discovers her body. This is Crimepedia and this is the case of the impossible murder of Julia Wallace. Get bonus content on Patreon...

It's been nearly 20 years since 7-year-old Alexis Patterson walked to school on the morning of May 3, 2002. When she failed to return home, and after an intensive search, many people lost hope that she would ever be found. But for her mother Ayanna, she still holds on to hope the one day Alexis will make her way home.  Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crime...

1980 in Whiston, two best friends left home to go out to play.  The 11 year old boys were inseparable. They attended Halstead Junior School and were both members of the local Scout Group. The boys walked a short distance to a local rubbish tip. Their bodies were found a short time later. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See aca...

On June 23, 1985, a body was discovered off of Sunrise Highway 30 in Mt. Laguna, California, along the eastern edge of the Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County. The female victim was found nude, beaten and strangled. How she ended up discarded on the side of the road is a mystery, but the story leading up to her untimely death is one that was heavily entangled in police corruption. Get bo...

In 1959, in Newham in East London, Mary Flanagan was preparing to go to her works New Years Eve Party.  She had woken up late and was on her way to the late shift before going off to celebrate the new year with her colleagues. Her family would never see her again.  This case has so many twists, from lost evidence to potential sightings and a family that never gave up. This is crimepedia and this i...

While a mother and father were frantically searching for their daughter who seemingly disappeared after a weekend getaway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, law enforcement agents were investigating a suspicious car fire 55 miles away in rural Florence County. Within 48 hours, these two events would be connected as a third mystery came to light.  Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http:/...

Your home is your safe place. A place you can be yourself and live with no fear. On Halloween night in 1908 in the South West of England, a young boy was tucked into his bed in a little terraced house in Fisherton, Salisbury by his mother. That night would be the last night she would ever do that. That night would see the brutal murder of that 12 year old boy. A murder that has puzzled police and...

Jelani, in Swahili, means “great, powerful,” full of strength and by all accounts, this fully represented who Jelani Day was as a person. He was a young man full of promise, beloved by family and friends, who had a smile as bright as his future. But when Jelani would go missing under unusual circumstances in August 2021, it would leave all those who knew him concerned and heartbroken.  Get bonus c...

It was July 1951 and one of the biggest title fights in boxing history was about to take place. The people of Windsor were excited to see one of the boxing legends arrive in town. However, this fight would forever be linked with a very sad story. On that day, 7-year-old Christine Butcher would leave her home and never return. She would be found dead two days later a mile away from home. Was she ki...

On an early Monday morning in January 2007, the body of a woman is found nude and posed off of a country road nearly 30 miles from she was last seen the night before. The woman was deemed a transient and drug addict, and her murder would quickly fall from the public eye. But this woman was a loving mother, who’s children refused to give up hope that her murder would one day be solved.  Get bonus c...

On 4th September 2017, 14 year year old Corey Junior Davis was shot and killed in a gang-related drive-by shooting just outside of a playground in Forest Gate, East London. On this episode, Cherry is joined by Keisha McLeod, CJ's mother, and gangs expert Martyn Linton about what lead to his death and failures of local agencies that could have protected him from a gang life. Get bonus content on Pa...

A night out with friends is something we all love. Carefree and with a spring In his step, Stefan Sutherland was doing just that. The 25 year old met with friends for a drink in a local hotel. Little did his family know that when they said goodbye to him that night, it would be the last time they saw him. 8 years have passed since that night, and the investigations have been exhausting, but we sti...

In the pre-dawn hours of July 6, 2007 a 9-1-1 call is made from Whitewater Township, just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. The caller would tell the operator that a woman had been shot and was believed to be dead. When police arrived at the 20-year-old woman’s apartment, they would find her sitting on her couch, dead from a single gunshot wound. While police initially believed her death to be of an ap...

Imagine back to when you were 14. What were you doing? Listening to Music in your bedroom, trying new make up, or maybe playing football? In March 2000 14 year old Sarah Benford’s life wasn’t so easy. She was self-harming, running away, taking drugs and having sex. Sarah’s mum was out of her mind with worry and even more so when Sarah vanished and was never seen again. Get bonus content on Patreon...

In the early morning hours of January 25th 2019, 29-year old Elizabeth Barazza was getting setup for an impromptu yard sale at her home in Tomball, Texas. Within just a few minutes of putting out items for sale, shots would be heard in ringing out in this quiet suburban neighborhood. Elizabeth would be found laying on her driveway bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. Get bonus content on Patreon...

Valerie and John Earl have a daughter called Jessie. In 1980 Jessie went missing. She was classified as a missing person until 9 years later when her remains were found. Valerie and John aren’t interested in revenge. They want justice for their Daughter, they want her death to be recorded and a murder and they want to know who was responsible Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://s...

In 1985, a 20-year-old woman travelled from her home Minnesota to Upstate New York to visit a young man that she met while on Spring Break in Florida a few months earlier. The two had developed a friendship over the months and romantic interests seemed to have been a possibility. On the third day of her trip, she would take a late night walk alone and never return. --- Support this podcast: Get bo...

Sligo is a small coastal seaport in County Sligo in North West Ireland. it’s known for its literary heritage and beautiful rugged countryside. Sligo County Museum displays memorabilia of local poet W.B. Yeats, paintings and Stone Age artefacts. It lies along  Sligo Bay  and the River Garavogue, between Lough Gill and the sea. Sligo’s Roman Catholic cathedral serves the Diocese of Elphin, and there...

In 1991, rumors of a serial killer began circulating throughout the streets of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For a 19 month period between 1991 and 1992, 5 women, 4 of which were known sex workers, disappeared and their bodies were later found dumped around the outskirts of the city. But then the killings suddenly stopped. Was one person responsible for these crimes, had the perpetrator being caught a...

In August 1985 the bodies of two women, a man and two small children were found at Whitehouse Farm in Tolleshunt D’Arcy in Essex, England. They had all been shot at close range. The Police believed it to be a family tragedy - a murder suicide but the only surviving member of the family, Jeremy Bamber was arrested and convicted of the murders. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://s...

In August 1985 the bodies of two women, a man and two small children were found at Whitehouse Farm in Tolleshunt D’Arcy in Essex, England. They had all been shot at close range. The Police believed it to be a family tragedy - a murder suicide but the only surviving member of the family, Jeremy Bamber was arrested and convicted of the murders. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://s...

On a dark morning in January 1998, 5-year-old Brittany Locklear stood alone waiting for the school bus at the end of her driveway on Gainey Road in Hoke County, North Carolina. But when the school bus arrived, the spot that Brittany occupied was empty and the young girl was no where to be found. Within the hour, a massive county-wide search would be launched. When the body of Brittany Locklear was...

Amy Fitzpatrick was 15 years old. She had moved from Dublin in Ireland to Mijas Costa in Malaga in Spain with her Mum, Brother and Mum’s partner. It was supposed to be a fresh start. On the 1st January 2008 she had been babysitting with her friend. They had been babysitting the friends younger brother. At 10pm she left her friends house to make the short walk home. She never made it home. There wa...