11-year-old Philip Green disappeared after leaving his home in Sea Mills. His body was later found on a snow-covered golf course near Shirehampton. The investigation became one of Bristol’s largest murder inquiries, involving thousands of statements, appeals to football crowds, suspected sightings, a community reward fund, and decades of unanswered questions…
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Read moreThe Man in the Wetsuit: An Unsolved Mystery at Claerwen Reservoir
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Read moreWadebridge Double Murder / Graham & Carol Fisher / Robert & Lee Firkins
In November 2003, Graham and Carol Fisher were found murdered at Perch Garage near Wadebridge, Cornwall. The couple had built a quiet life around their petrol station and bungalow on the A39, but a shattered window, a ransacked home and evidence of a violent double shooting left investigators searching for answers…
Read moreThe Pingle Bridge Murders / Janice & Connie Sheridan / Kevin Cotterell
In January 1999, 79-year-old Constance “Connie” Sheridan and her 56-year-old daughter Janice were found murdered inside their secluded home near Upwell, Norfolk. Surrounded by the dogs they loved, the mother and daughter had lived quietly, until a brutal double murder led the police into the world of dog shows, fingerprints, forensic evidence, and a pale car seen near Pingle Bridge…
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MUSIC:
Longing For You by Moments
Road To Nowhere by Caleb Etheridge
The Last Straw by CJ Oliver
Charlie by Cody Martin
Comeback by Cody Martin
Defender Trials by Cody Martin
Earn It by Cody Martin
Far From Home by Cody Martin
Firewall by Cody Martin
Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin
Loaves & Fish Cody Martin
Pull The Plug by Cody Martin
Relativity by Cody Martin
Seeking Answers by Cody Martin
Dungeons & Dragons by Cody Martin
Jun by Kevin Graham
Confession by Lone Canyon
Rex by Colossus
St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech
The Space Between by Chelsea McGough
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21st May 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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4th Apr 2000 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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20th Apr 2000 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
4th Apr 2000 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
5th Jun 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
1st Jun 1999 - Thanet Times
21st May 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
28th Apr 1999 - Fenland Citizen
28th Apr 1999 - Halifax Evening Courier
27th Apr 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
26th Apr 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
21st Apr 1999 - Fenland Citizen
15th Apr 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
9th Apr 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
7th Apr 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
31st Mar 1999 - Fenland Citizen
29th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
26th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
24th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
18th Mar 1999 - West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
17th Mar 1999 - Fenland Citizen
15th Mar 1999 - Nottingham Evening Post
13th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
13th Mar 1999 - Shropshire Star
13th Mar 1999 - Birmingham Mail
12th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
10th Mar 1999 - Fenland Citizen
10th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
9th Mar 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
3rd Mar 1999 - Fenland Citizen
26th Feb 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
24th Feb 1999 - Fenland Citizen
23rd Feb 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
19th Feb 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
17th Feb 1999 - Fenland Citizen
14th Feb 1999 - Sunday Express
12th Feb 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
12th Feb 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
10th Feb 1999 - Fenland Citizen
6th Feb 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
3rd Feb 1999 - Fenland Citizen
29th Jan 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
27th Jan 1999 - Fenland Citizen
20th Jan 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
20th Jan 1999 - Fenland Citizen
15th Jan 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
15th Jan 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
15th Jan 1999 - Birmingham Daily Post
15th Jan 1999 - Western Daily Press
14th Jan 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
14th Jan 1999 - Aberdeen Evening Express
14th Jan 1999 - Sandwell Evening Mail
13th Jan 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
13th Jan 1999 - Fenland Citizen
13th Jan 1999 - Liverpool Daily Post
12th Jan 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
12th Jan 1999 - Aberdeen Press and Journal
12th Jan 1999 - Daily Express
12th Jan 1999 - The Scotsman
12th Jan 1999 - Daily Mirror
12th Jan 1999 - Cambridge Daily News
12th Jan 1999 - Sandwell Evening Mail
12th Jan 1999 - Lincolnshire Echo
12th Jan 1999 - South Wales Daily Post
26th Oct 2001 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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5th Apr 2000 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
4th Apr 2000 - Dundee Courier
4th Apr 2000 - Belfast Telegraph
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4th Apr 2000 - Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
4th Apr 2000 - Wolverhampton Express and Star
3rd Apr 2000 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
3rd Apr 2000 - Edinburgh Evening News
3rd Apr 2000 - Shropshire Star
9th Nov 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
9th Nov 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
25th Aug 1999 - Fenland Citizen
24th Aug 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
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28th Jul 1999 - Fenland Citizen
7th Jul 1999 - Fenland Citizen
2nd Jul 1999 - Lynn Advertiser
9th Jun 1999 - Fenland Citizen
5th May 1999 - Fenland Citizen
4th May 1999 - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
4th May 1999 - Thanet Times
4th May 1999 - Cambridge Daily News
29th Apr 1999 - Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
29th Apr 1999 - Birmingham Daily Post
28th Apr 1999 - Wolverhampton Express and Star
28th Apr 1999 - Daily Mirror
28th Apr 1999 - Derby Daily Telegraph
28th Apr 1999 - Lincolnshire Echo
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CRIMEWATCH
https://youtu.be/ALK2wi4X1u0?si=3RE57d0dZ7VLQbMY
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Read moreThe Stately Home Raiders & The £80 Million Heist / The Johnson Gang
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Read moreElkin & Bell / The Gosport Funeral Home Scandal
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Read moreI Am Too Frightened to Tell Him / Lois & Francis Martin / Wernher Jordi
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Read moreThe Murder of Vicky Hall / Steve Wright: The Suffolk Strangler
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Read moreUnexplained Death In Glasgow: The Suspicious Case of Mikhail Ackrim
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Read moreClose Your Eyes / The Murder of Dawn Rhodes and The Killer Who Walked Free
In June 2016, Dawn Rhodes was killed at the family home in Redhill, Surrey. Her husband, carpenter Robert Rhodes, who cut Dawn’s throat and claimed self-defence, told the police that she had attacked him. In 2017, a jury at the Old Bailey believed him. He walked free. But in 2021, one of the couple's children disclosed the truth to a therapist…
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