The Unseen Podcast

Day 11 of 12 in our mini series focusing on missing people throughout the UK. On the 31st of August, 16 year old Jordan Ratcliffe got a lift of his aunt Kimberley into Manchester City Centre. He was heading to a Men's hostel for a while as his Grandad was ill and they needed some space in the house for him to recover. He got out of the car on Tib Street in the Northern Quarter with his rucksack an...

Day 10 of 12 in our mini series about missing people throughout the UK. On the 22nd of April 2015, Luiri or Laura as she was known travelled with her family from Margate in Kent to London Heathrow airport. They had a planned trip to Egypt that day. When they arrived at the airport, she never boarded the plane. She disappeared at Heathrow that day and hasn't been seen since. Important information p...

Day 9 of 12 in our mini series focused on missing people throughout the UK. On the 23rd of April 1976, 3 year old Sandy Davidson was playing in his Grandparents' garden with his sister in Irvine in Ayrshire, Scotland, Their dog Kissy ran out of the newly opened gate and Sandy and his sister ran into the street after the dog. His sister Donna returned but Sandy didn't. He has never been since again...

Day 8 of 12 in our mini series focused on Missing People throughout the UK. On Sunday the 2nd of March 1986, 16 year old Kevin Hicks left his home in Croydon , South London to buy eggs for his home economics exam at school the next day. He left home with only £1 and the shop was only a few minutes away. He never returned. His younger sister has been advocating for him ever since and just wants ans...

Day 7 of 12 in our mini series focusing on missing people across the UK. On the 20th of May 2021, 19 year old Jamie Cannon left his home in Saltcoats in Scotland and hasn't been seen since. There has only been a few sightings of him in the local area but there has been no real information since then. Over 6 months later he has still not been found. If you know anything about the disappearance of J...

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Day 6 of 12 focusing on missing people in the UK. On the 12th of March 1999, Kevin Palmer travelled back from Spain to the UK to visit family and friends. He had been living there with his wife and daughter for about 10 years and flew back into Gatwick. He went for a night out with some friends that night but after that vanished. His family reported him missing with police believing foul play took...

Day 5 of 12 in December focusing on missing people around the UK. In February 1990, Paul Glover parked up on South Road in Southall, London and got out to use the cash machine and collect a takeaway. He left his 5 month old son in the back of the car while he nipped out and he locked the car as he got out. When he returned 15 minutes later, he had disappeared. Where is Ames Glover and what happene...

This is episode 4 of 12 in our mini series focusing on missing people throughout the UK. On the 24th January 1997, Marsha Wray took her two children to school just around the corner from their home in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. It was a Friday and the day was as normal as it usually was. She assured her children she would be there to pick them up when the school day ended and she drove away fro...

This is episode 3 of 12 in our mini series focusing on missing people throughout the UK. On August the 27th 1974, Pamela Exall was camping in Norfolk with her brother Peter and his friend after travelling with them on a tour of the UK. At around 11pm, Pamela decided to go for a walk to the beach however she never returned. Pamela has still not be found and she is still missing. Important informati...

This is episode 2 of 12 in our Mini series focusing on missing people throughout the UK. In April 1999, 19 year old Elizabeth Chau disappeared from Ealing after handing in an assignment at Thames Valley University. She was last spotted on CCTV passing Ealing police station but was never seen again. In January 2000, 27 year old Lola Shenkoya travelled to Ealing on a bus after being unable to get in...

This is episode 1 of 12 of our mini series throughout December focusing on missing people throughout the UK. In the early hours of the morning on New Years Eve 2012, Alan Vaughn was woken up by police officers telling him he was being arrested for drink driving and leaving the scene of a collision. Alan had been in bed and hadn't been driving that night. When they mentioned a silver Peugeot, he kn...

On the 5th of November 1988, Father of 3 Derek Brann headed out for his shift as a taxi driver in Folkestone, Kent. He had been doing the job for 6 weeks to earn some extra money for his family. He never returned. Speculation was rife with some connecting the murder to other killings of taxi drivers throughout the 1980's. Important information provided by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKazrIde5...

Thank you for supporting the podcast for 4 years! Patrons chose this bonus episode for you to hear on the anniversary of the release of the first ever Unseen Episode. On the 1st of February 1995, lyricist and frontman of the Welsh band Manic Street Preachers left his London hotel in his car and simply vanished without a trace. His car was later found however this just created more questions about...

On the 18th of January 1954, 44 year old Mother of two Penelope Mogano was found murdered in her own home in Coventry by her husband and son. Her injuries were extensive and the perpetrator had exerted a huge amount of force in the attack. The window of when this could have happened was at most 2 hours and no one could think of any reason why someone would have wanted to kill Penelope. She was wel...

On April 18th 1979, 15 year old Sean McGann was found dead in a cobbled alleyway in Abington in Northampton. He had left his grandparents house to visit a funfair just 800 metres away from their home. He never made it home. What happened to Sean on the way to or on the way back from the funfair and did he come across a predator? Important information provided by: https://www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/excl...

On Friday the 23rd of September 2016, 23 year old airman Corrie McKeague went out with two of his friends to the town of Bury St Edmunds. He was stationed at RAF Honington airbase and was planning on going out for some drinks and having a good time. Corrie was told to leave Flex nightclub that night and became separated from his friends. He went to a local takeaway and had a nap for a few hours ou...

On the 25th of March 1990, two men in a boat on the River Cam in Cambridgeshire spotted a black plastic bag floating down the river. They went to get a closer look and found the horrifying sight of a decomposing male body inside. Dental records identified the victim as 44 year old Ian Murray Erskine who had been missing from his Notting Hill home since the previous December. The investigation woul...

Kyle Clarke was just 27 when he was killed on the night of January 10th 2017. He had been getting petrol at a petrol station in Bristol when an altercation occurred between him and a garage worker. Kyle was tragically ran over on the forecourt by the passenger in the car and died at the scene. The circumstances however of what truly occurred that night are very different to this initial account an...

22 year old student Jessie Earl left her bedsit in the town of Eastbourne on May the 15th 1980 and was never seen again. Her parents searched for her and contacted anyone that they could think of but she wasn't located. Sadly 9 years later, her body was recovered at Beachy Head in Eastbourne in suspicious circumstances. She was not the only young woman to go missing in the 1980's. 18 year old Loui...

Sarah Millson worked as a housekeeper for the Bevington Brothers Leather Wholesalers which was based in Cannon Street in Central London. Sarah mostly kept to herself and didn't appear to receive many visitors. That was why it was strange on the 11th of April 1866, a stranger knocked on her door and she said she knew it was for her. After an hour her friend who was upstairs with her went down and f...

Ivy Davies was murdered in her home in Westcliff on Sea in Southend on Sea in Essex in February 1975. We covered this episode last year on the podcast and for this update episode I had the pleasure of speaking to Ivy's son Vic who has been fighting for justice for his mother for almost 50 years. Vic has relayed lots of new information to me about Ivy's case and the investigation and I hope that by...

Dorothy Leyden was walking home from Manchester City centre to her home in Harpurhey in April 1971 after a night out with friends. She never returned home and was later found murdered on a piece of wasteland along the route to her house. Many people believed that the 'Beast of Manchester' was involved with the murder however speculation has continued to be rife in this case for the last 50 years....

One Thursday night in 1995, 34 year old Robert Higgins went out with friends in Kirkliston in Scotland. Robert worked at a demanding job Monday to Thursday and enjoyed a weekend out. One thing that Robert always did however was let his family know where has; especially his Mum who he lived with. He didn't contact anyone that weekend and sadly his body was found on the Monday morning. Robert had be...

This is a special bonus episode for CrimeConversations where I talk to the fabulous Emily and Alisha from Murder in the Rain podcast. We talk about everything to do with True Crime; what got us interested in true crime, how we got into podcasting and the cases that have stuck with us. It's a great chat and I can't wait to have more chats like this in person at CrimeCon in September! CrimeCon is ha...