Diana Maw

On the 4th February 1975, one of Ivy Davies' neighbours entered her home in Holland Road in Westcliff-On-Sea. She had become concerned, along with some of Ivy's employees at the cafe she owned, that she had gone into work that day. As she entered the home her screams could be heard around the street. Ivy lay dead on the living room floor and the scene was bloody and violent. The police discovered that Ivy was a woman that everyone loved and there was not apparent motive for her murder, what exactly had happened? Important information provided by: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15169596.i-heard-about-mums-murder-on-the-tv-news-sons-heartbreak-over-42-year-old-unsolved-killing-of-westcliff-cafe-owner-ivy-davies/https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15142531.new-hope-for-cold-case-detectives-probing-42-year-old-murder-of-westcliff-cafe-owner-ivy-davies/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/admit-that-you-killed-my-mother-207047/https://www.basildonstandard.co.uk/news/17569461.murder-westcliff-cafe-owner-gone-unsolved-44-years/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/3561416.stmhttps://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2019-06-25/he-should-never-come-out-calls-to-not-release-convicted-killer-up-for-parolehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/15/serial-killer-must-not-released-police-sure-did-not-murder-six/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6907591/UKs-longest-serving-inmate-brutally-murdered-11-people-soon-walk-FREE.htmlhttps://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/patrick-mackay-heinous-crimes-kents-3513734https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ For all contemporary articles used Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

6 Sep 202029min

Jaime Cheesman was 16 years old in 1993 when she decided to live her friend and her family in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Jaime was from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire and travelled regularly between the two places to see her parents who she was close to. Jaime was due to see her parents on Saturday the 5th of November that year and had arranged this with them. Her parents however received a phone call from Jaime's friend to say that she had left the house and they didn't know where she was. Jaime was officially a missing person but where was she and what had happened? Important information provided by:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35755692https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38174924https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/im-scared-ill-die-before-734894https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/house-searched-hunt-teenager-who-went-missing-more-20-years-ago-1802412https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5052005/Father-searches-daughter-24-years-vanished.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4846635/heartbroken-dad-still-searches-for-missing-daughter-in-the-street-every-day-24-years-after-she-vanished/https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/picture-missing-lincolnshire-woman-features-92828https://www.mirror.co.uk/features/father-missing-jaime-cheesman-spent-11467430https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-03-08/fresh-appeal-for-missing-jaime-23-years-onhttps://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/fresh-appeal-information-surrounding-long-term-disappearance-teenager-who-grew-wellingborough-789684https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35820509https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vyUToqkuoLink to Jaime's Missing People profile: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/jamie-cheesman-94-000234Thank you to the sponsor for today's episode June's Journey, link to download provided here: http://onelink.to/ykz5f2 Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

30 Aug 202025min

On Wednesday the 11th of July 1917, Eli Glasspool and his daughter Edith retraced the route usually taken by their daughter and sister Vera May Glasspool. She was working at a local estate called Longwood House in Owslebury, near Winchester in Hampshire. She regularly returned home a short distance away on her days off on Sundays and Tuesdays. That previous Tuesday however she did not arrive and her family became worried. Around half way along the route, her father and sister came across her body by the side of the road and it was clear she had been attacked and murdered. What happened in this small village that day? Important information provided by: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/All contemporary news articles https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/15352755.the-unsolved-murder-of-vera-may-glasspool-100-years-ago-next-month/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/hampshire-life/20191101/283888754840554https://www.hampshire-life.co.uk/out-about/places/facts-about-owslebury-in-hampshire-1-6409005Thank you to the sponsor for today's episode June's Journey, link to download provided here: http://onelink.to/ykz5f2 Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

23 Aug 202026min

On Wednesday May 21st 1986, 72 year old Georgina, or Jean as she was known to her friends, did not turn up for her shift as a nurse in Broughton in Salford. She had retired 18 months previously but still had patients who she treated and visited regularly. When her boss could not get in touch with her, she went out to her home to find that the pane of her window was broken. The police were quickly called and they discovered Jean's body in the her bedroom. It was initially thought she had died from natural causes however it became apparent that she was the victim of murder. Police discovered a very quiet lady with a very private life and set about trying to find out what happened. Important information provided by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTpaeZD8od8- Crimewatch Reconstruction https://crimewatch-uk.fandom.com/wiki/Georgina_Davieshttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/-Contemporary news articles Thank you to the sponsor for today's episode June's Journey, link to download provided here: http://onelink.to/ykz5f2 Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

16 Aug 202024min

On Monday 26th July 1993, Harry and Megan Tooze went about their usual day in the village of Llanharry in South Wales. The couple left their 10 acre farm called Ty Ar y Waun and carried out some errands; visiting the post office to get their pensions and going to the supermarket. Neighbours saw them return at about 11am. That afternoon neighbours heard their phone ringing in the house but nobody answered. This was very unusual and the police were called. The police found the couple's house abandoned in the middle of their dinner and their bodies in the cowshed. They had both been shot. What happened to Harry and Megan? Important information provided by: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/shocking-execution-style-shootings-elderly-15513527https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tooze-murders-killer-still-large-5097086https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23459713https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-who-killed-for-inheritance-jailed-for-life-man-given-life-for-murders-at-remote-farm-life-1614522.htmlhttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/murdertown/podcast/the-llanharry-murdershttps://www.pressreader.com/uk/wales-on-sunday/20181209/281616716449928https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1421215/Shotgun-clue-to-execution-of-couple.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooze+murder+breakthrough.-a097249762https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHp6PJnOfACrimewatch ReconstructionThank you to the sponsor for today's episode June's Journey, link to download provided here: http://onelink.to/ykz5f2 Recommendation: Murdertown Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/murdertown/id1434068072Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

9 Aug 202036min

On the 12th November 1989, locals in Rodborough near Stroud in Gloucestershire saw smoke billowing from a neighbouring cottage. They phoned the Fire Brigade who came out to the scene and sadly found the body of a woman in the wreckage. The surprising thing was that she had not died in the fire; she had been murdered before it had been started. What happened to Carmel Gamble and why? Important information provided by: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/unsolved-crime-murder-carmel-gamble-68566https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/murders-unsolved-shocked-gloucestershire-remain-2204311https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/18026646.nostalgia-pretty-walk-sinister-past/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOW+MANY+MORE+DID+HE+KILL%3F-a0117413989https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/axeman-detained-for-killing-parents-1558657.htmlhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11966191.search-for-murder-weapon/http://cyberspaceandtime.com/PrIhY7icSec.video+relatedhttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/-All contemporary news articlesMusic by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

2 Aug 202025min

Elizabeth Sutherland lived and grew up in the small Highland village of Culbokie in Scotland. She lived with her husband and two children just yards away from her childhood home and her parents. In 1984, she took her daughter to school and got on with some errands. When her daughter returned from school she found her mother on the floor of her bedroom. She had been stabbed multiple times. Elizabeth's murder caused fear and horror in the small community of 300 people and made people wonder who could have done such a thing? Important information provided by: https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/man-cleared-murder-after-18-years-prison-2513558https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039045.killer-to-appeal-after-key-witness-alters-testimony/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7152085.man-jailed-1985-murder-cleared-last/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4331220.stmhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1436401/Man-jailed-for-murder-freed-after-18-years.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzrWuLlJUE https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - All contemporary articles Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

26 Jul 202033min

On the 22nd August 1986, a cleaner entered the public toilets on Midsummer Common in the city of Cambridge. They discovered something shocking and horrific. A man's body lay on the floor of the toilets with both his trousers and one shoe missing. The police were able to establish that the man was 55 year old John Malthouse however the question was what had happened to him? Important information provided by: https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/john-malthouse-unsolved-murder-crime-16456419https://dailycambridge.co.uk/2019/06/22/the-brutal-unsolved-murder-of-john-malthouse-found-bludgeoned-in-a-public-toilet-near-midsummer-common/https://www.cambs.police.uk/assets/Cambs-FOI/FOI-2017/Cambs-FOI201701330-AnnexA-Dec2017.pdfhttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - All contemporary news articles Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen PodcastYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX9lQupoivDexPioj0b9Fw

19 Jul 202018min