The Unseen Podcast

Day 2 of 12 days of missing person cases throughout December.

On the 1st December 1986 28 year old John Dobson headed to the University of Lancaster to
study for his postgraduate degree. There was nothing odd about this day however John failed to return home. He hasn't been seen since. John Dobson is still missing and his parents never found out what happened to him.


Important information provided by:


Crimewatch Reconstruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osl2vr4OMuk

UK missing person profile: https://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/case/06-024619


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Day 1 of 12 days of missing people throughout December.

On the 3rd of November 1999, 51 year old Ellen Coss Brown headed to Manchester Piccadilly station from the area of Langley in Middleton. She had been staying with her sister and was on her way back to Holyhead then on to Dublin where she lived. At some point on her journey however she disappeared and has not been seen since.


Ellen's missing person profile: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/ellen-coss-99-001440#


Important information provided by:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/waved-goodbye-piccadilly-never-seen-17174492

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/brother-irish-woman-missing-17-9340591

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/brother-issues-final-appeal-missing-20514489

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/man-whose-sister-vanished-20-17220386

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40275719.html


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Two cases of unidentified people from 1975 and 1990 have caused investigators to be baffled since their discoveries in London and Surrey. As of 2023, these people are still unidentified and they deserve their voices and identities back. I have used information provided by the charity Locate International as well as other press sources for this episode.

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https://locate.international/mile-end-man-appeal-2023/

https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/29/last-chance-to-finally-identify-mile-end-man-killed-in-the-1970s-19410634/

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In the early morning of Halloween 1980, a 24 year old nurse was cutting through the area of Brandon Hill in Bristol on her way to work at the hospital. She found a man lying face first in a pool of his own blood. This man was Derek Grain and he had been beaten with a sand filled traffic cone. Derek's murder is still unsolved today.

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All contemporary news articles: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/filton--bristol
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On August 29th 1986, police entered the home of Lorna Hayles in Tasman road in Clapham. Neighbours had reported that Lorna hadn't been seen in weeks and there were flies in the window of her home. When they entered they found Lorna's lifeless body. Her murder is still unsolved.


Important information provided by:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQmzU3BH5o - Crimewatch reconstruction.

https://crimewatch-uk.fandom.com/wiki/Lorna_Hayles


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On the 18th of April 1943, 4 boys were looking for birds nests in the area of Hagley Woods in Worcestershire. They made an unsettling discovery in the stump of a tree. They discovered a skull. This launched an investigation which would make this one of the most famous unidentified missing person cases in UK history. Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?

Important information provided by:
Contemporary articles- https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/is-this-the-bella-in-the-wych-elm-unravelling-the-mystery-of-the-skull-found-in-a-tree-trunk-8546497.html

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271

Link to Punt PI: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04c9dfn

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On the 25th of January 1919, 18 year old John Bianci met his cousin Elizabeth off the ferry in the Walkergate area of Newcastle. The pair had a lovely evening together before John offered to walk her to work at the local hospital. As they were walking along the road, John was brutally murdered. 104 years later it is still unsolved.

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All contemporary articles- https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/john-bianchi-murder-walkergate-newcastle-8529937

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On Thursday the 14th of November 1996, 47 year old Vera Holland headed out from her home in Shinfield close to Reading. She was on her way on a short journey to her local KFC to get dinner for her family. She never returned and her body was later found set alight around a mile away. What happened to Vera and who committed this?


Important information provided by:


https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - All contemporary articles.

https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/14908226.vera-holland-murder-police-review-case-into-callous-killing-of-mum-in-1996/

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/people-come-forward-information-20-12512965

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-38796347

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/14882976.vera-holland-was-found-dead-20-years-ago/


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On the 2nd of May 2000, mother of two Nicola Ray went out with her friend in Basildon in Essex where she lived. She set off walking home from her friends house at around 1:30 the next morning and has never been seen again. There have been some developments but her case is still unsolved and Nicola is still missing.
Important information provided by: https://www.missingandmurdered.co.uk/post/nicola-ray-missing-believed-murdered-2000
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265845/Nicola-Ray-Police-searching-missing-mother-dig-home.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/13/missing-woman-suspected-murder-arrest
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5494935.basildon-pals-fears-over-missing-nicola/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fianc-held-over-missing-bride-to-be-214499
https://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/18684511.south-essex-unsolved-murders-dating-back-20-years/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8623572.stm
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/8628608.police-release-suspect-in-nicola-ray-mystery/

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On the 23rd of May 1970, 25 year old Helen Kane went out for her wedding anniversary with her husband Joe and two other couples. They went out to the Leith area of Edinburgh in what should have been a fun, much needed night out. The next day however Helen's body was found beaten not far from where she had last been sighted. To this day, Helen's murder is still unsolved and her family do not have the answers they need.

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All contemporary newspaper articles- https://www.findmypast.co.uk/https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1856385/unsolved-scotland-helen-kane-worlds-end-angus-sinclair/https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-murder-helen-kane-remains-23779809
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/worlds-end-killer-questioned-edinburgh-23781496
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/hunt-helen-kanes-killer-potential-23824283
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/dna-evidence-might-finally-enable-23824896
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/helen-kane-murder-edinburgh-police-26798208
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29933928
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-worlds-end-murders-45-years-since-angus-sinclair-murdered-teenagers-christine-eadie-and-helen-scott-3881019

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