The Missing

This story is the all-too-frequent tale of a tragedy following a night out. Allan Bryant was a young lad enjoying what should have been a night of frivolity, an engagement party, and then a trip to the local nightclub. But when Allan didn’t return home, it soon became clear his night out had ended prematurely.  This episode hears from Allan’s dad, also called Allan, and examines the many theo...

Most missing persons cases begin with a name, a face, and a description of the person who has gone missing. But in the UK there are over 1,000 cases where the body has been found, but there’s nothing to identify them. This episode follows investigators from Locate International, as they attempt to solve one such riddle – the body of a man they know only as ‘Giorgios’. We’re with the team as they m...

After an ordinary evening playing darts in his local pub in Cambridge, 24 Terry McSpadden was caught on CCTV on his journey home. That was in 2007. And it was the last known sighting of him. We unpack the possible reasons for Terry’s disappearance - the potential he started a new life elsewhere, and the role of an unusual suspect For more information on this case, and every episode from every...

Natalie was just 17, a young mum, with an 11-week old baby, when she disappeared in 2003. Her family still haven’t given up hope of finding out what happened to her. This episode heard from her sister Rebecca – and explores a case which is still throwing up new information. And it reveals how years after the disappearance, police admitted their belief that Natalie had been killed, but lacked the e...

When 32-year-old Chad Gibson didn’t come home after a day out nobody was immediately concerned. He was a young man able to look after himself, and go where he pleased. But as the days turned into weeks, and nobody heard from him, the realisation that Chad was missing hit home. This episode hears from Chad’s mum Sharon, and reveals how it was on Christmas morning, with no word from her son that she...

It is ten years since Esra Uyrun went missing from her home in Ireland. The 38 year old was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her mother and stepmother, visiting from England. But on the day before they were due, Esra vanished. The only clues are some grainy CCTV pictures, and a puzzling set of keys. Her sister Berna is sure that someone knows what happened, and is desperate to get to the truth. For...

50-year-old Tony Haigh disappeared without a trace on Friday 23rd February 2018. A grandfather and dad-of-three, Tony was liked by everyone who knew him. But since his disappearance, his family and friends have questioned whether Tony had secrets which could provide the answers to what happened to him. They’re determined to get to the truth. For more information on this case, and every episode fro...

When the Simpson family waved goodbye to their Grandma Anne one Autumn afternoon in 2004, no-one realised it was the last they’d ever see of her. So what happened to the charismatic Anne Simpson, who’d recently relocated to a Lincolnshire seaside town to start a new life? Was she a victim of the sea or circumstance?  For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit...

Why do some missing persons cases get more attention than others – more newspaper inches and police man hours? In this episode we tell the story of Lana Purcell - a young mum who vanished from central London ten years ago. As police renew their interest in her case with a new £20,000 reward, we follow them into dark territories of depression and drugs in the hope of discovering what happened to La...

Arguably one of the most high profile missing women in Britain, we explore the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh. Suzy disappeared in 1986 in broad daylight, and in the middle of a working day, following an appointment with the mysterious unidentified Mr Kipper – whose identity still remains a mystery. But years of police investigation have unearthed plenty of clues as to what might have...

What would you do if a loved one nipped out one morning and never came home? That’s the scenario faced by Mohamed Mohamed-Ali, after his wife disappeared from their Newhaven home in February 2016. It’s a case with no explanation, but with new sightings and new theories emerging all the time, can we help solve this case? For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit h...

There are some scenarios which spring to mind when a 14 year old boy doesn’t come home - they're with friends, they've lost track of time, they’re misbehaving... And that's exactly what Kevin Gosden thought when his son, Andrew, failed to come home on the 17th of September 2007. Instead, Andrew had boarded a train to London – no-one knows why or what happened next, but Andrew hasn’t been seen...

Bernadette Cooper was last heard from in January 1993. She rang a friend from a pub in London, telling them she’d found the money she needed to save her bar in Spain, which was in dire straits. No one has heard from her since, and no one knows where she found the money, whether she did return to Spain, or what happened to her. In this episode, her nephew Leon reveals his theories about what happen...

This is a tale of every parent’s worst nightmare come true. Katrice Lee disappeared from a supermarket in West Germany on her 2nd birthday. Almost 40 years later, what happened to her remains a mystery. Her family have never given up hope and are still campaigning for answers – they believe Katrice could have been abducted and brought up by a different family. Can this episode unlock some answers?...

In our first episode we hear from the mother of a man who vanished in Canada over three decades ago. That man was Charles Horvath Allan. This episode takes us across the Atlantic into British Columbia’s backpacking circuit and into the life of his mother Denise, who is still desperate for answers. She lives in hope that a new cold case unit will bring some long-overdue answers. With your help, thi...

Can you help find ‘The Missing?’ Hosted by journalist Pandora Sykes, ‘The Missing’ is a new Podimo podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help. In this series, we ask you to become part of the search. With your help, some of these cases could be solved. In this series, we ask you to become part of the search. With your help, some of these cases co...