Persons Unknown

This week's episode is a little different. John guests on the excellent podcast Scottish Murders to examine the 1990 unresolved murder of Ann Heron.This is part two. You can listen to part one by visiting the Scottish Murders podcast at Home - Scottish Murders or wherever you listen to your podcasts.In part two we continue the story of Ann Heron’s murder with an arrest made

On a September afternoon in 1962, 7 year old Diana Moon Yoli took her younger sibling Mark to the local park. The 2 and a half year old loved to play on the slide and Diana always took great care of her little brother. The playground was less than two blocks from their family home which was situated close to Camp Lejeune, a Marine base just outside Jacksonville, North Carolina. An

Patricia Simpson moved to Cardiff, South Wales in 1961 looking for a fresh start. Originally from Cheshire in the north west of England, the teenager had experienced a difficult start to life. On the evening of Friday November 1st 1963 Patricia was seen leaving her home in the Adamsdown area of the city with her flatmate Mary. Twenty four hours later her strangled body was found te

In April 1981, 22 year old old student Caroline Harris-Reed went to stay with a friend in South London. Her friend was nervous about being alone in her new flat and Caroline thought the short visit would be a good opportunity to look for a summer job. On the evening of the 8th the pair were in the flat waiting for a mutual friend to join them when a violent intruder burst in, threa

Early in the morning of November 1st 1986 the body of 15 year old Chaim Weiss was found in his dorm room at Long Beach Yeshiva. He had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy, bladed weapon in a frenzied attack. The bright and gifted teenager had been at the Torah High School for two and a half years and on the surface it seemed he didn't have an enemy in the world. Police said

This is part 2 of Betty Shanks (Unsolved Murder). If you haven't done so already, please make sure you listen to part 1 first. In Part 2 the many theories and persons of interest surrounding this cold case will beexplored.Sources for the epsiode can be found herePromosSupport the Show.Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and FacebookEmail: [email protected] with

At 9.32 on the evening of Friday September 19th 1952, Betty Shanks stepped off the tram at the Grange terminus, in the Brisbane suburb of Wilston. The 22 year old had spent the evening with some colleagues attending a lecture at a local technical college. She was a couple of minutes walk from her parents home as she headed down Thomas Street. Betty never arrived and her severely be

Tuesday July 30th 1985 was a hot day in Toronto, Canada. 8 year old Nicole Morin made plans to go swimming with a friend in one of the outside pools at the apartment complex where she lived. Nicole said goodbye to her mother at 11am, stepped into the hallway of the penthouse and vanished. The friend waited in the lobby for Nicole to come down in the elevator but she never arrived.

In 1985 two 16 year olds from the same high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vanished within eight months of each other. Allen Briscoe Jr and Christine Green have not been seen or heard from since. Sources for the episode can be found here Support the Show.Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and FacebookEmail: [email protected] with Transcripts:https://personsun

On the evening of Tuesday December 9th 1975, Hugh Watson enjoyed a pint and a game of dominoes at the Pen-y-Bryn Hotel bar in Llanrwst, North Wales. At 9.30pm the 77 year old grabbed his two walking sticks and set out back to his makeshift home in a stable on a nearby farm. Many people saw the well-known figure of Hugh walking the short distance through the small market town that n