In August 1986, 21 year old Diane Sindell ran out of petrol as she drove home from working a shift at a local pub.

Witnesses recalled seeing her walking up Borough Road, in the direction of Tranmere - one witness even recalled seeing her arguing with a man.

When Diane's finance awoke the next day and she hadn't returned, he started to call around her family and employment to see if she had stayed there, when they confirmed she hadn't\t - panic began to set in, but before they could even report her as missing, a grim discovery was made by a dog walker. Diane's partially naked beaten and mutilated body.

And so, Merseyside Police found themselves dealing with the biggest murder inquiry in their history - they took descriptions from witnesses and suddenly, someone came on to Merseyside Police's radar.

Peter Sullivan - he sort of resembled the descriptions given, he was questioned and gave two different accounts of his whereabouts on the night Diane was murdered. Despite having a known learning difficulty, Peter was refused a solicitor or an appropriate adult whilst in custody.

Peter apparently made a confession - however, this was during a conversation that wasn't recorded. Peter was made the fit the evidence, and was convicted of Diane's murder - a jury also believed in the circumstantial evidence.

Despite being sentenced to life imprisonment, Peter continued to maintain his innocence. In 2021, the CCRC re-reviewed his appeal and it was found that a semen sample from Diane's body - it was tested for DNA, and miraculously - it didn't belong to Peter Sullivan!

Peter, by this point, had spent 38 years in prison.

If Peter didn't kill Diane, then who did?

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On 2nd October 1988, 23-year-old Laurence Winstanley left work and headed to a local pub in Shaw, Greater Manchester.

A seemingly ordinary day would end with Laurence being brutally murdered, his body later discovered in Baitings Reservoir in West Yorkshire.

But almost four decades later, the circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in unanswered questions.

Why did Laurence receive a mysterious telephone call at The Windsor pub? Why did a journey that should have taken just five minutes take around an hour? And why was his car later found abandoned at a scrapyard — only to be destroyed before police could properly examine it?

There was a Crimewatch appeal. There were witnesses who came forward. There was even a £25,000 reward offered by Laurence’s mother in the hope that someone would finally break their silence.

But despite all of this, nobody has ever been brought to justice for Laurence’s murder.

And perhaps most hauntingly, police believed Laurence may have had a part of his life that he had never revealed to those closest to him.

So, 38 years later, what really happened to Laurence Winstanley?

And does someone, somewhere, still know the truth?

Join me as we delve into one of Britain’s lesser-known unsolved murders.

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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 murder for 18 months, until Jemima McDonald. Jemima had planned an evening out to Barrowland Ballroom in August 1969, her sister staying at home to watch Jemima's three children, when Jemima failed to come home the following morning and with rumours of children finding a body in a derelict building a few doors down, her sister decided to take a look and their she found her sisters body - partially clothed, her bag missing and a sanitary towel left at the scene belonging to Jemima.

Police determined that Patricia and Jemima's murders were not linked, despite Jemima also being beaten across the head and face and strangled to death with her own stocking - however, more witnesses came forward this time and they managed to build a picture of the suspect.

Just over two months lack Helen Puttock and her sister Jean headed to Barrowland Ballroom, whilst there, the sisters began talking to two men, both named John. The John that Helen was talking too seemed quiet and reserved, however, joined the sisters in a taxi ride home and soon began to talk. He insisted on dropping Jean home first and John and Helen continued the taxi ride together - by the morning, Helen's body was found in her back garden, she had been beaten around the head and face, strangled with her own stocking and her sanitary towel was found on her being.

The nickname Bible John was formed from Jean's recollection of him quoting the Old Testament - but despite Jean getting a good look of Bible John, and with police now linking all three murders, they hoped to finally capture the man putting the fear of god into woman of Glasgow - but to this day, Bible John has never been found.

With multiple suspects, including one of Britains most dangerous killers - the question still stands, Who Is Bible John?

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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 match in a local bar, when they ran into an altercation with another group of lads over football. Following this fall out, Lars' friends headed to McDonalds, but Lars told them he was going to walk back to the hotel - when his friends returned - Lars wasn't there.

The next morning, Lars reappeared and told his friends he had been beaten up by a group of 4 men the bar had hired, although not looking like he had been beaten up, Lars did complain of ear pain and went to see a local doctor who diagnosed a burst eardrum. The doctor told Lars he would not be able to fly home on the 7th July as planned, but referred him to see another doctor in nearby city, Varna.

Lars saw this other doctor, who prescribed him some antibiotics.

Lars friends flew home as planned, despite offering to stay with Lars, the following day, Lars mum had paid for him to fly back to Hamburg but asked that he see the airport doctor prior to the flight to ensure he would be ok to fly.

Lars went to see the doctor, but as the consultation finished, he fled the office, fled the airport and ran into some nearby woodland - he has not been seen since.

Other strange events happened in the lead up to him fleeing - tune in now to find out what and to hear the theories around what happened to Lars Mittank.

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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 relation to a false allegation claim. Trish initially had stayed with a good friend, but due to the court date being pushed back and her feeling isolated, she moved in with an old "classmate" Ashlee Smith, her husband Doug Smith and the five children between them.

It was after this move, that family back in Florida started noting some red flags, Trish stopped communicating with them, had claimed to have lost her phone and was given a set time as to when she could use Ashlee's phone. Trish had always been exceptionally close to her maternal grandmother, Sandy and her great aunt, Val - and when this communication started to seize - Sandy and Val became concerned.

Ashlee told them that Trish wanted nothing more to do with the family, but not believing this, Sandy told Ashlee she wanted to hear this from Trish's own mouth and if she didn't contact within a set time, Sandy would report Trish as missing.

Following being filed as am missing person, New Hampshire Police received a tip off - search Grants Ponds - what they found was horrifying. At the depths on the pond was a washer dryer combo, inside were human remains - these belonged to Trish.

Despite this finding, Sandy was told by police not to tell anyone that they had found Trish's body.

Witnesses started to come forward as to how Ashlee and Doug had treated Trish - yet to this day, neither have been arrested in connection to her murder.

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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 responsible.

Over the years, revelations have come out as to a paedophile link from a local church by running an unofficial youth club, with the leader William Lambert, being jailed for 11 years for sexually assaulting four girls in the late 80's.

With the theory being that Lee may have stumble across something he wasn't to see and Lamber killing him to keep quiet.

In April 2026, the met police announced a full reinvestigation into Lee's case using modern forensic technology.

Will they ever find out what happened to Lee Boxell?

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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 up, they realised she wasn't there. The previous evening had been cold and foggy in Watton, Norfolk, and parents thought she must have decided to stay at a friends but when the news agents phoned at 7am to ask where Johanna was, panic began to set in.

After failing to locate Johanna by calling family and friends, she was reported missing and searches began around the small village in efforts to find her. Christmas went as a blue for the Young family, as despite organised search efforts by police and family, Johanna had still not been found.

On 26th December, Boxing Day in the UK, a dog walker found a pair of trainers neatly placed in some undergrowth and with the news of the missing teenager rushing through his mind, he called the police. Just 120 meters from her trainers, Johanna was found, face down in a pit.

A murder investigation was launched, arrests were made but 34 years on, no one has been charged with her murder.

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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 friends. They had ventured to Cadillac's Nightclub to let their hair down and enjoy the evening.

When her boyfriend came out of the toilet and saw Melanie dancing with another man, he left feeling hurt but knew Melanie was with friends. At 1:10am on the 9th June, the two friends Melanie was with also left, not knowing that this would mean leaving Melanie alone as they assumed her boyfriend was still there.

More assumptions happened over the weekend, her boyfriend assumed Melanie had gone back to her home she shared with her parents, her parents thought she was still with her boyfriend and so when she failed to turn up for work on Monday morning - alarm bells started to ring.

Avon and Somerset Police were on high alert from the first report, and as time went on with no word from Melanie, they knew they were dealing with more than just a missing persons case.

on 5th October 2009, 13 years after Melanie disappeared, human remains were found at the side of the M5 motorway - these remains, belonging to Melanie and so the murder investigation could be launched. Despite items being found by Melanie's body leaving evidence, no DNA was able to be determined.

Police looked in to multiple known serial killers who may have links, but these ended up being ruled out.

After 30 long years, Melanie's family are now desperate for answers - why was she murdered, and by who?

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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 in Baltimore, Maryland. Rey was a writer and his goal in life was to write screen plays however, in May 2006, he was writing newsletters and making videos for his oldest friend, Porter Stansberry for his company Stansberry and Associates.

However, Rey and Allison had recently made plans to move back to California, Rey had been writing a screenplay and had spoken to some big names in LA regarding it, they had also discussed plans to start a family.

On 16th May 2006, Allison was on a work trip and she tried to call Rey in the evening for the pair to catch up, but his phone went straight through to voicemail. When Allison spoke to their houseguest, she told Allison that Rey had taken a call and left abruptly.

When Rey hadn't returned by the next morning, Allison knew something was wrong, and so began a week long search with efforts from Allison, Rey's family and the police to find him.

A week later, his body was found in a hotel conference room, at first it seemed like a clear suicide but the more the case was looked into, the more questions arose.

Rey's body had extensive injuries including two breaks in his leg that the medical examiner deemed as not consistent with a fall from height.

So, what happened to Rey? Listen in to hear the twists and turns of his case.

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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 instead choosing to stay at home and do some housework. Peter left for work at 3:50pm, his future in laws stopped by to see him at work around 4:15pm and said they would pop in to see Karen, when they arrived to Karen and Peter's home on Lavenham Road, they were met with a shocking scene - Karen was dead, with multiple stab wounds and her body had been set alight - just feet away, sat 18 month old Emily.

Multiple witnesses recall seeing a man in the area, all describing him to be between 20-30 and wearing a Parker jacket, but to this day, no one has been charged with her murder.

But the biggest question has always been - why? Karen didn't appear to have enemies.

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