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
Forty-eight-year-old Andre Mizelas was a royal hairdresser in London, England, a wealthy part-owner of twenty salons in the fashionable Andre Bernard chain. He didn’t seem to have an enemy in the world. But on November 9th, 1970, a cyclist found him slumped over the steering wheel of his Triumph TR5 sports car in Hyde Park. … More Andre Mizelas
Easter Monday of 1991 fell on April 1st. Forty-three-year-old quantity surveyor Alan Leppard was at home with his wife Brenda Long in Monkton, Kent, England. A knock came at the door, and when Alan answered it, he was immediately shot in the chest with a 12-bore shotgun. Brenda, hearing the gunshot, rushed to see what … More Alan Leppard & Brenda Long
Thirty-seven-year-old Lorraine Turner was a former journalist who lived in Old Catton, Norfolk, England with her two children: ten-year-old Jordan and eight-year-old Jasmine. On Saturday, August 17th, 2002, Lorraine’s son and daughter returned home to find their mother lying in a pool of blood. She had been savagely beaten in the head and had died … More Lorraine Turner
On January 17th, 2004, a plastic barrel was discovered at the bottom of the cliffs at Beachy Head, East Sussex, England. Inside were the remains of a bound and gagged man whose face was slashed and who had been stabbed multiple times with what appeared to be a screwdriver. The cause of death was one … More Orville Gordon
Fifty-three-year-old Mabel Harper was a widow and a mother of three grown children, two of whom were in the military. She lived on Aubrey Avenue in Victoria Park, Cardiff, Wales. On the evening of August 12th, 1943, Mabel had been visiting her sister in Gelligaer Gardens and left at about ten-fifty p.m., but she evidently … More Mabel Harper
Twelve-year-old Linda Smith was a shy but friendly girl, the eldest child in her large family, which consisted of her parents Robert and Patricia, and five younger siblings. Linda lived with them in a house in Earls Colne, Essex, England. On the afternoon of January 16th, 1961, Linda had come home from school and then … More Linda Smith
Twenty-one-year-old Lesley McMurray was a third-year biology student at Southampton University in England. On June 2nd, 1969, she said goodbye to her boyfriend Charles Gore, then began walking along the Itchen Navigation Canal toward her student accommodations at Montefiore House. At some point along her journey, she disappeared. Friends and family could find no trace … More Lesley McMurray
Forty-seven-year-old Christine McGovern lived alone with her Rottweiler on Hamilton Road, Walthamstow, London, England. She was a sex worker and operated out of her flat. On the evening of Wednesday, June 21st, 1995, Christine was spotted outside her home with her dog at around six-thirty, but it was the last time she was seen alive. … More Christine McGovern
It was mid-October of 2001, and forty-three-year-old Brian Metcalfe had spent the evening in some of the pubs around Wath, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. His movements between Friday, October 12th, and Sunday, October 14th are not known. What is certain was that his body was found under a bridge on Station Road in Wath on … More Brian Metcalfe
