The Unsolved Podcast

In February 1968, Glasgow, Scotland found themselves living in horror when a woman, Patricia Docker, was murdered following a night attending Barrowland Ballroom. She had been severely beaten across her face and head, strangled with her own stocking and was found naked, missing her bag and with a used sanitary towel next to her body that was later revealed to be hers. It seemed to be an isolated m...

At the end of June 2014, Lars and 5 of his friends took a lads holiday to Bulgaria. This was Lars' first holiday outside of this home country, Germany, and unlike his usual trips to go fishing or diving. The week flew by filled with swimming, laughter, drinks and, with the World Cup being on - plenty of football. On the 3rd July 2014, Lars and his friends went to watch the Argentina V Netherlands...

This weeks episode comes from New Hampshire, America - and despite being classed as Unsolved, seems to have a pretty obvious ending, however, despite multiple witnesses - one of which including a confession - no one has ever been arrested in connection to the murder of Trish Haynes. Trish was 25 years old when in January 2018, she travelled from Florida to New Hampshire to attend a court date in r...

Lee Boxell was last seen by his parents on 10th September 1988, where he told them he was going out to meet a friend and maybe watch a football match. But when 15 year old Lee failed to come home that Saturday evening, his parents began to worry and he was soon reported as a missing child. Police instantly felt something sinister had happened to Lee, who was described as being independent and resp...

This weeks episode is a listener recommendation, thank you Sally. Johanna Young was just 14 years old when she left the family home on the 23rd December 1992. It is unknown where she was going, but her parents assumed she was going to either visit her boyfriend or a friend. On Christmas Eve, the family were awoken by Johanna's alarm going off for her paper round and when they popped in to wake her...

Melanie Hall's disappearance and murder has remained one of the UK's biggest unsolved crimes that now spans nearly 30 years. On 8th June 1996, England was buzzing as the start of the Euro 1996 tournament opened with England playing Switzerland at Wembley. Despite the anti-climatic game ending in 1-1 draw, in Bath, Somerset 25 year old Melanie had planned a night out with her boyfriend and some fri...

This weeks episode discusses the opinion of suicide - extra care must be taken when listening. Rey Rivera's case is one that has played on my mind for years, despite forgetting where I had first watched the case and Rey's name, I was reminded recently and decided to cover the case. Rey was in his early 30's, he had just married the love of his life, Allison and the couple were currently residing i...

It was November 1993 in Ipswich, England, snow had fallen on the ground and young couple Karen and Peter had started to prepare for their wedding following the birth of their daughter Emily. On Sunday 21st November, Peter had picked up a shift at work and offered to drop Karen to her parents, where she would usually go to spend time with them, however, on this Sunday Karen declined the lift and in...

On the 12th April 2016, 16 year old Mekayla got up and got ready for school like any other day. Her grandmother dropped her to Sacred Heart High School in Yorkton, Canada and watched her teenage granddaughter enter but when Margaret returned to picked Mekayla up - she wasn't there - and when she ventured into the school to see what had held her up, teachers tell her - Mekyala didn't attend any les...

It was the 28th December 1992 when 23 year old Steven Clark had a decision to make, go and watch the football with his father, Charles, or go for a walk with his mother, Doris. Charles had been trying to help Steven understand money management and had told him if he wanted to go to the football, he'd have to pay for his own ticket - with that being said, Steven chose not to go to the Middlesboroug...

WARNING - This Episode discusses the case of a murdered child with potential links to paedophile's - extra care must be taken when listening. The 29th July 1981 was a day that most people will remember as a day of celebration for Britain, they were gaining a new princess with the first Royal Wedding being televised to multiple countries. But whilst Britain celebrated along the streets of London, a...

On the 23rd January 2006, Jennifer Kesse returned to work following a vacation in the British Virgin Isle with her boyfriend, Rob. Her colleagues said she appeared her usual self, glowing from her recent trip. On the 24th January - Jennifer didn't show up for work, made no call in to say she was sick or needing PTO. Due to how uncharacteristic this was for Jen, her boss called her Dad, who tried t...

*This episode contains discussion of feeling suicidal, drugs and rape - due to quotes, there is also the presence of swearing by the host* Levi Davis was starting to become a household name throughout the UK, he played professional Rugby, he had starred on the Celebrity X factor and he was leading the way within sports as being the first openly bisexual rugby player in the mens game. But in Octobe...

It was August 1991 when 42 year old Vera Anderson answered a late night call from an unknown person, she then dropped her 7 year old son off to her neighbour and friend sitting she would be just 10 minutes - but 10 minutes soon turned into hours and Vera didn't return. At 3am the next morning, Vera's body was found in her Blue Ford Cortina - a bloody glove and a curtain sash were left at the scene...

Sage Smith was just 19 when she vanished in November 2012, she had just started learning to become comfortable with herself having come out as Transgender. She was living with two friends, hosting parties and hoping to get into cosmetology. On November 20th 2012, Sage left her apartment to go on a date in the early evening, but never arrived home. She had been spotted by her step sister at 6:30pm...

On this weeks episode, I cover the case of Tamla Horsford, who attended an adults sleep over in 2018 to celebrate a friends birthday, but who was found dead in the backyard the following morning after falling from a 15ft balcony. The case was deemed accidental and wasn't widely publicised, that is until 2020, when the death of George Floyd sparked the Black Live Matter protests and people began to...

Rebecca Coriam was 24 and working onboard the Disney Wonder cruise line within the Youth Entertainment team, her bright, bubbly and always happy nature secured her the job with Disney. On the 21st March 2011, the Disney Wonder set sail for it's Mexican Riveria cruise, the magic of the horns rang out "When You Wish Upon a Star" as the ship left the Port of Los Angeles, guests were queuing for a pic...

*WARNING* This episode discusses mental health, drug use and suicide. Kurt Cobain, a name that many people will know and maybe you're one of the 36 million monthly listeners on Spotify of Nirvana. Sadly, we've been left with three albums worth of music to listen to on a loop for 31 years because in April 1994, Kurt was found dead in his Seattle home. Police determined it to be a suicide, Kurt had...

This week, The Unsolved Podcast is giving you a three for one with the mini series of Gareth Williams.  Gareth William's was a highly intelligent 31 year old, who was working for MI6 in 2010.   In August 2010, following a call for concern, police visited Gareth's London flat, what they found would be the start of a story that to this day, is no closer to having a resolve, because in Gare...

This week, The Unsolved Podcast is giving you a three for one with the mini series of Gareth Williams.  Gareth William's was a highly intelligent 31 year old, who was working for MI6 in 2010.   In August 2010, following a call for concern, police visited Gareth's London flat, what they found would be the start of a story that to this day, is no closer to having a resolve, because in Gare...

This week, The Unsolved Podcast is giving you a three for one with the mini series of Gareth Williams. Gareth William's was a highly intelligent 31 year old, who was working for MI6 in 2010. In August 2010, following a call for concern, police visited Gareth's London flat, what they found would be the start of a story that to this day, is no closer to having a resolve, because in Gareth's bath was...

*WARNING* This episode covers the abduction and murder of a child, extra care must be taken prior to listening. It was the 1970's when The Grimmer family decided to spend a hot Australian's summer day on Fairy Meadow beach but what started with sandcastles and splashing in the sea, ended with he disappearance of the a three year old girl. The Grimmer family had not long moved to Australia from the...

On the 30th June 1999, a badly decomposed body was found in a corn field in Missouri, through finger prints police were able to confirm it was the body of 41 year old Ricky McCormick, although there was a small suspicion that he had been murdered, due to the decomposition and the wobbly timeline around his date of death, the case fell cold. To start with, Ricky's case wasn't well known, it got a s...

On the 26th January 2011, Sam Goldberg returned to his apartment he shared with his fiancé, Ellen Greenberg, following using the gym and found the door closed from the inside, he tired to gain access by calling Ellen's name, sending texts and banging on the door - eventually, he broke the door down and found Ellen lying on their. kitchen floor dead and surrounded by blood. The autopsy that followe...

On the 31st March 2006, 27 year old medical student, Brian Shaffer decided to go bar hopping with a friend in Columbus, Ohio to celebrate the end of his mid terms. On Monday 3rd April, he was due to fly to Miami with his girlfriend where it was thought he may propose, the vacation was a gift from Brian's mother who had recently passed away from cancer. The evening of drinking was normal, two young...