Forty-one-year-old Lily Volpert owned a clothing store on Bute Street in the docklands area of Cardiff, Wales. According to the media, she was also an “unofficial moneylender.” On the evening of March 6th, 1952, Lily had just closed the shop and was preparing to have dinner in the back of the store with her mother … More Lily Volpert

Thirty-two-year-old Kelso Cochrane was originally from Antigua, and at some point in his youth moved to the United States to marry. After that marriage failed, however, he was deported back to his home country. In 1954, though, he decided to move to England, where he eventually ended up living in the Notting Hill neighborhood of … More Kelso Cochrane

At around lunchtime on Saturday, September 24th, 1955, eleven-year-old schoolboy Peter Williams left his home in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, and walked to a nearby estate with his friends to pick blueberries. On the north side of the estate was a concrete pillbox from World War II, and a curious Peter peeked inside. At first, … More Alice Barton

Seven-year-old June Sheasby and her five-year-old brother Royston lived with their parents on Brockworth Crescent in Stapleton, Bristol, England. On Thursday, June 20th, 1957, the children walked off hand in hand to a nearby field to look at some horses. Sadly, they never returned. Their mother Barbara noticed their absence at around seven p.m. and … More June and Royston Sheasby

Forty-four-year-old Penelope Mogano and her husband Carlo were quite well known in the old-time dance circles of Radford, Coventry, England, and Penelope was also active in the Radford Townswoman’s Guild, though she resigned from it in the autumn of 1953, claiming she wanted to be able to rest in the afternoons. The Moganos had two … More Penelope Mogano

Nineteen-year-old Mary Kriek was Dutch, but had moved to Boxted, Essex, England, to work as an au pair at Bullbanks Farm; she had only started work about a month prior. At about ten-forty-five on the evening of Sunday, January 5th, 1958, Mary got off a bus at Foxes Corner in Eight Ash Green, less than … More Mary Kriek

At one-thirty on the afternoon of August 27th, 1959, eleven-year-old Miles Vallint told his mother that he was going to Croydon to look at bicycles. His birthday was coming up on September 17th, and his parents had promised to buy him a bike. The family lived in South Norwood, in southeast London, England. After agreeing … More Miles Vallint

Thirty-two-year-old Jean Chalinder of Roath, Cardiff, Wales, was the daughter of the couple who owned the newsagents’ shop in Llanishen. Just three months prior to the tragic end of her life, she had gotten married, to local grocer Tony Chalinder. On September 15th, 1956, Jean put on her red raincoat and hopped on her bicycle, … More Jean Chalinder

Seven-year-old Christine Butcher lived with her parents and her older brother in a house on Peascod Street, not far from Windsor Castle in England. Christine was fascinated by celebrities, especially boxers, and her favorite boxer of all was the American Sugar Ray Robinson, considered by some to be the best boxer of all time pound … More Christine Butcher

On June 7th, 1958, sixty-one-year-old credit draper Harry Baker was due to visit a house at a little past one p.m. It was a Friday, and he had a specific route he followed every week to collect payments from families who had bought textiles or drapery on credit. He never made his one-ten appointment, though … More Harry Baker