Crimes That Haunt Us

The Killing of an Asian Child | Nayantara Ali (1994)

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Guest: Nayantara Ali

In November 1994, 11-year-old Nayantara Ali left her home in East London and set off for school. She never reached the school gates. 25 days later, her naked body was discovered just 20 yards from her family home — wrapped in a bedsheet, concealed inside a piece of carpet and buried beneath rubble and debris.

Topics: About Nayantara · Day of Vanishing · Nayantara Leaves for School · Nayantara Vanishes · Police are Called · Police Question Family

HORROR IN THE CEMETERY | Wendy Sewell's Unsolved Murder

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Guest: Wendy Sewell's Unsolved Murder

On 12 September 1973, 32-year-old Wendy Sewell walked into Bakewell Cemetery to meet a man. Minutes later, she was the victim of a savage attack that would become one of Britain's most controversial murder cases. Within hours, 17-year-old cemetery groundsman Stephen Downing had been detained. Convicted of Wendy's murder in 1974, he spent 27 years behind bars before his conviction was dramatically quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Topics: About Wendy · Stephen Downing · Day of the Murder · Timeline of the Murder · Wendy is Found Attacked · The Crime Scene

Suzy Lamplugh: 40 Years Later – The Hunt for Mr Kipper

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Guest: Suzy Lamplugh

On 28 July 1986, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her office in Fulham to show a property to a client known only as "Mr Kipper." She was never seen again. Nearly four decades later, her disappearance remains one of Britain's most haunting unsolved mysteries.

Topics: About Suzy · Day of Disappearance · 12:45 Mr Kippper · Suzy Parks the Fiesta · Suzy Meets Mr Kipper · Several Mr Kipper Sightings

Somebody Knows What Happened to Claudia Lawrence

31K views · 3mo ago · 38:38

On the 19th of March 2009, 35-year-old University of York chef Claudia Lawrence disappeared without a trace. More than seventeen years later, despite four murder arrests, extensive forensic investigations and one of the largest police inquiries in North Yorkshire's history, nobody has ever been convicted.

Topics: About Claudia · Claudia Moves to York · The Nags Head · The Cyprus Connections · Acomb · Mystery Man

The Funfair Killer: Who Murdered Sean McGann?

9.7K views · 4mo ago · 23:28

On a spring evening in 1979, gentle 15-year-old Sean McGann left his grandparents' home in Northampton to visit the local Easter fair... and never returned. The next morning, his body was found strangled in a cobbled alleyway. His jacket and glasses were missing, eerie chalk graffiti reading "VERY SORRY" and "NO I'M NOT" was scrawled nearby, and a mysterious 1991 letter to his family claimed to know the killer.

Topics: About Sean · Day of the Murder · The Midsummer Meadow Fun Fair · Sean Vanishes · Sean's Body is Found · Murder Investigation Launched

The M50 Motorway Horror: Pregnant Marie Wilks Abducted & Murdered

19K views · 4mo ago · 33:51

In June 1988, 22-year-old Red Cross nurse Marie Wilks, seven-and-a-half months pregnant and mother to a 13-month-old son, broke down on the M50 motorway. What happened next remains one of Britain’s most disturbing unsolved cases.

Topics: About Marie · Day of the Murder · The Car Breaks Down · Marie Uses Emergency Phone · The Children are Left Stranded · The Police Find the Stranded Children

Who Was Chasing Janet That Night? 1996 Cold Case

7.3K views · 5mo ago · 36:33

On a warm June night in 1996, 20-year-old law student Janet Murgatroyd went out celebrating the end of her university exams with friends in Preston, Lancashire. Hours later she vanished during her walk home. CCTV captured Janet's final known movements through Preston's streets. Witnesses later reported seeing a man in a white shirt arguing with a woman matching her description near Penwortham Bridge.

Topics: About Janet · Day of Murder · Shopping with Fiona · Drinking with Fiona · Janet Begins Journey Home · CCTV Sightings