The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

DCS Bob Stewart, in charge of the Tina Sellars murder investigation had history. He had been the lead detective a famous case two years earlier and had secured life sentences for those involved. It was lauded as a great success. So he was the perfect man to lead this investigation. Or was he.... Facebook Group |  https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email |  blackpoolstreetmurderpodca...

The jury was certain. Francis Clarke had murdered Tina Sellars. But as we discovered in the last episode, there are serious doubts as to whether the time required to commit the crime tallied with the window of opportunity that Clarke had to commit it. As as we find out in this episode, there are other reasons to suspect there was a potentially entirely different explanation for the crime. But what...

Francis Clarke has been convicted of the murder of Tina Sellars and starts to serve his life sentence. But something's not quite right about this case. For more details Facebook Group |  https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email |  blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmail.com Ken Davies |  ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Me...

For DCS Bob Stewart the pressure to solve the Blackpool Street murder was intensifying, The violent nature of the killing suggest they were dealing with a man who had the potential to murder again. He needed to break the case and he needed to do it fast. For more details Facebook Group |  https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email |  blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmail.com Ken Davies |...

The night of the 15th June 1980 was drizzly and unseasonal. In the Midlands town of Burton upon Trent, an 18 year old student steps off the bus and walks back to her grandparents house. An hour later she was found murdered and mutilated, but what exactly happened in that next hour? Welcome to the Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook...

In Part 2 of our deep dive into Anthony Hardy, we're able to establish his exact whereabouts, we speak to those who knew him as a youngster and just maybe there's another Burton murder we need to concern ourselves with.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

In November 1972 a young women is murdered in a bedsit flat in Maida Vale, London. That murder is still unsolved. But how on earth could this be connected to our search for Fred? Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

As our research continues along the points we determined where key to moving the case forward, we're met with frustrating responses, but we're making progress in other key areas.    Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

Fred was found with a plain 9ct ring on his right wedding ring finger. Surely we've found all of the information we possible could about that - Well, maybe not.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

As we finish 2025. there's a lot going on with Fred and maybe we've just taken some more steps forward, but with an unexpected plot twist.    Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

There's a name that keeps appearing in this investigation - Brian Edge - and he's important, because in the early years of the investigation, he's the prime candidate to be Fred.  And, because we keep discovering more information, we've again narrowed the time window even more - and he's right in it. To contact me: fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com or through the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com...

Sometimes, when you least expect it, something happens quite of the blue, that changes everything.....   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

The plot thickens - Why does a seemingly impossible thesis - keep surprising us. Suggesting there might be more to this case than meets the eye.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  

The research team have been hard at work for a few months now, and we've got a lot to report on. But in the course of that research, something caught our eye - An unusual story that developed in Burton exactly a year before Fred was found....

Ever heard of super-recognisers - Well, it's a thing - people with exceptional ability to recognise people in a crowd - they are used by police and security services the world over - but what's that got to do with Fred?   Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Webs...

So, we have the perfect crime. The finance scandal of London in 1967, a faked death, a trusted accomplice leading police astray, a beauty queen, all culminating in a successful getaway. They'd done it, Disappeared, never to be seen again.  Or so they thought...... In our concluding episode, we try to track them down.   Links: Narrated, written and produced by Ken Davies, Managing Director, GSE Med...

Sunday, 16th July 1967 was destined to be the warmest day of the year in the South of England. But in the English Channel, there was a fog. A small dinghy pushed off the coast near Selsey on the Sussex coast, and set in motion a mystery that until this moment has never been solved. Involving missing cash, Miss World contestants and suspicious deaths, it was the scandal of the summer that has remai...

From our Fred of Head investigation, we stumble upon a new case - full of intrigue, danger and glamour in London at the height of the swinging sixties.  But after 60 years, impossible to solve surely......... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-case-of-michael-benedict/id1808672668

Our investigation gets into full swing, yielding its first results. We find a new report about the inquest, which unearths some new facts and we have p[progress on John Gick, and there's a very interesting side story developing. Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/...

2025 has started with bang, as we undertake our biggest research campaign to identify potential victims. I also have an opportunity to discuss the lifestyle of the person that Fred might have been with a key expert.

It's about time I gave you an update on plans for Fred in 2025 - Well here goes....

I receive a detailed theory from the ex police colleague of the original investigating officer, Peter Hough - and it seems a good place to pause and reflect as we reach the 50th episode and map out the way forward.   Links:   The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZdZyq4kWHyRDzdMQ3DZYZ?si=82fe5dce6630471c   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/group...

We take a closer look into the discovery story and particularly the claim that Garth Hamp-Gopsill was at the Grammar School instructing shooting. We also meet a man who the police believed may have been connected to John Gick's disappearance and learn some things that might prove useful. Links New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/ Website www.fredthehead.info Email...

It's time to revisit the original discovery story and go over it with a fine-toothed comb. A process that yields some interesting inconsistencies. And there's some unexpected developments from the Isle of Man.   Links New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/ Website www.fredthehead.info Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com