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Send us a Text Message.In the later half of 2000 three women were murdered whilst hitchhiking in eastern Romania. The bodies of Maria Bîru, Safta Ciubotaru and Marcela Tomozei were discovered along lonely forest roads near the city of Barlad. There were few clues and little in the way of forensic evidence. All went quiet and it was assumed the killer had moved away or possibly eve

Send us a Text Message.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 wi

Send us a Text Message.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 Jacksonvil

Send us a Text Message.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 stra

Send us a Text Message.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 i

Send us a Text Message.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 w

Send us a Text Message.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: personsunknownpod@gmai

Send us a Text Message.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 arri

Send us a Text Message.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

Send us a Text Message.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 Transcr