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Can you help find ‘The Missing?’ Hosted by journalist Pandora Sykes.
‘The Missing’ is a returning podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help.
Brought to you in association with charities Locate International and Missing People, every week we explore a different case, hear original interviews with family and friends, and ask the questions that need to be answered. Where did they go? What happened to them? And does anyone listening have any information? In the UK alone, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds. In this series, we ask you to become part of the search. With your help, some of these cases could be solved. To learn more or if you have information on any of the cases covered in the podcast, please visit http://TheMissingPodcast.org
The Missing is a What's The Story original podcast series. If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
Signing up is quick and simple.
If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
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The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
The Missing is a What's The Story? original
https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
https://locate.international/
This series was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Missing What's The Story? Crime

    • True Crime
    • 4.6 • 86 Ratings

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Can you help find ‘The Missing?’ Hosted by journalist Pandora Sykes.
‘The Missing’ is a returning podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help.
Brought to you in association with charities Locate International and Missing People, every week we explore a different case, hear original interviews with family and friends, and ask the questions that need to be answered. Where did they go? What happened to them? And does anyone listening have any information? In the UK alone, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds. In this series, we ask you to become part of the search. With your help, some of these cases could be solved. To learn more or if you have information on any of the cases covered in the podcast, please visit http://TheMissingPodcast.org
The Missing is a What's The Story original podcast series. If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
Signing up is quick and simple.
If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
If you're listening on Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, Pocketcasts, or any other player - you can sign up directly here : WTS CRIME
With a couple of clicks, you'll receive all the exclusive content in your chosen platform.
The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
The Missing is a What's The Story? original
https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
https://locate.international/
This series was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    Jigsaw - The St Helier Woman

    Jigsaw - The St Helier Woman

    In this episode of Jigsaw - we shine the light on The St Helier Woman - discovered outside a hospital in London, seriously ill, but with nothing to identify her. Who brought her to the hospital? How did she get here? And what had made her sick?
    This is a story with multiple clues... investigators have been able to identify where she came from, a likelihood of where she was going, and even a NAME. But still - the identity of the woman is unknown. Can you help?
    Jigsaw is the brand new series from What's The Story - brought to you in association with Locate International. There are more an 1,000 unidentified bodies in the UK. All of them could be mothers or fathers, sons or daughters. Their lives have been cut short - but without an ending. Can you help reunite these people with their name?
    If you want to contribute to the search then join the discussion. Locate International have set up an online forum. Visit https://forum.locate.international and share your ideas and theories with real investigators and fellow listeners.
    We have ten episodes of Jigsaw for you to listen to, with a new episode every Wednesday. And we'll be back with more episodes of The Missing later in 2024.

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    • 13 min
    Jigsaw - The Balmore Man

    Jigsaw - The Balmore Man

    Welcome to Jigsaw - the brand new series from the makers of The Missing. Brought to you with Locate International.
    Jigsaw invites you to help pull together the pieces on an on-going case. There are more than 1,000 unidentified bodies in the UK. All of them will be mothers or fathers, daughters or sons. Their lives cut short - but without an ending. Can you help reunite these people with their name?
    This week we tell the story of The Balmore Man - discovered in Scotland, with several clues which might help to identify him. Can you make sense of why he was in the area? What about the injuries he had sustained? The clothing he was wearing? Or the possessions found in his bag?
    If you want to contribute to the search, and join the discussion, Locate International have set up a online forum. Visit forum.locate.international and share your ideas and theories with real investigators and fellow listeners.
    We have ten episodes of Jigsaw for you to listen to, with a new episode every Wednesday. And we'll be back with brand new episodes of The Missing later in 2024.

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    • 16 min
    Steven Durand

    Steven Durand

    The first twenty-four hours of a missing person case are the most crucial. Its of vital importance that the authorities are working with the most accurate and up to date information in order to best direct their search efforts. Steven Durand was 31 when he went missing in Salford, in the North West of England. He was a mixed race man who walked with a limp, due to cerebral palsy. He had learning difficulties and mental health problems and was known to the local police as vulnerable. When the police first began searching for him, they mistakenly described him as white, later correcting the error but wasting valuable time and resources, looking for the wrong man. The last sighting of Steven was on October the 20th, 2018. He was captured on CCTV, wearing a black coat, and grey sweatpants, holding a can of fizzy drink that he then purchased. Salford was not an area Steven usually visited - his family have no idea why he was there. And they are yet to find out. Because that CCTV footage of Steven? It’s the last anyone ever saw of him.
    For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit https://themissingpodcast.org
    And to visit details of the most recent appeals - like the one you may have heard in this episode, please visit : https://missingpeople.org.uk/recent
    If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
    What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
    As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
    Signing up is quick and simple.
    If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
    If you're listening on Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, Pocketcasts, or any other player - you can sign up directly here : WTS CRIME
    With a couple of clicks, you'll receive all the exclusive content in your chosen platform.
    The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
    https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
    The Missing is a What's The Story? original
    https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
    The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
    https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
    https://locate.international/
    This episode was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 36 min
    Charlene Downes

    Charlene Downes

    The disappearance of 14 year old schoolgirl Charlene Downes is one of the most notorious missing person cases in UK history. When Charlene vanished from Blackpool in the North West of England in November 2003, it resulted in a media frenzy, one monetized by tabloids cashing in on rumours and exploited for political purposes by the far-right. In the two decades since she vanished, countless theories have been suggested and dozens of suspects put forward, including members of Charlene’s own family. Very few missing person cases have received such coverage and scrutiny, yet, today, her loved ones are no closer to learning what happened to Charlene that night, than they were over twenty years ago.
    For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit https://themissingpodcast.org
    And to visit details of the most recent appeals - like the one you may have heard in this episode, please visit : https://missingpeople.org.uk/recent
    If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
    What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
    As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
    Coming up in January, we have a brand new sister show to The Missing - called Jigsaw - which is only available here. 
    And we have a brand new series of Smoking Gun, and a spin-off show called 'Under The Microscope', which is exclusive to subscribers. 
    Signing up is quick and simple.
    If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
    If you're listening on Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, Pocketcasts, or any other player - you can sign up directly here : WTS CRIME
    With a couple of clicks, you'll receive all the exclusive content in your chosen platform.
    The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
    https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
    The Missing is a What's The Story? original
    https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
    The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
    https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
    https://locate.international/
    This episode was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 51 min
    Sarm Heslop

    Sarm Heslop

    Sarm Heslop was never afraid to choose the road less travelled. The 41 year old from Southampton, couldn’t bear the thought of spending forty hours a week in an anonymous office, chained to a computer. Which is why, in the spring of 2021, she found herself working on a catamaran on St John in the US Virgin Islands. Sarm was working as the boat’s chef, captained by her partner at the time. One night, whilst moored at the harbour, the pair went ashore for dinner and drinks. Their return journey, as they approached the dinghy that would get them back to the boat, was picked up by CCTV. A short while later, In the early hours of the morning on March 8th, the police received a panicked phone call, saying that Sarm had vanished. That footage, taken from the harbour, would be the last ever taken of her.
    For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit https://themissingpodcast.org
    And to visit details of the most recent appeals - like the one you may have heard in this episode, please visit : https://missingpeople.org.uk/recent
    If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
    What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
    As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
    Coming up in January, we have a brand new sister show to The Missing - called Jigsaw - which is only available here. 
    And we have a brand new series of Smoking Gun, and a spin-off show called 'Under The Microscope', which is exclusive to subscribers. 
    Signing up is quick and simple.
    If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
    If you're listening on Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, Pocketcasts, or any other player - you can sign up directly here : WTS CRIME
    With a couple of clicks, you'll receive all the exclusive content in your chosen platform.
    The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
    https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
    The Missing is a What's The Story? original
    https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
    The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
    https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
    https://locate.international/
    This episode was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 42 min
    Marshal Iwaasa

    Marshal Iwaasa

    All of us have things that we associate with the people that we love: a smell of perfume they wear; a taste of something they might cook; a personal possession which they once gave us, or which once belonged to them. When it comes to her brother, Marshal, what pops into Paige Fogen’s head is his truck. Marshall drove a dark blue, 2009, GMC SIERRA pickup. It was his pride and joy. Marshall and Paige had driven thousands of miles together in it over the years. The siblings had gone through a lot, and the truck represented their journey together, both physical and emotional. So when the truck was found abandoned and burned out, by a group of hikers in a remote wooded area near Pemberton, Canada, Paige’s reaction was visceral. What was the truck doing there in the first place? And most importantly, where was its owner: her brother? That’s a question Paige has been trying to answer, for over four years now. 
    For more information on this case, and every episode from every series visit https://themissingpodcast.org
    And to visit details of the most recent appeals - like the one you may have heard in this episode, please visit : https://missingpeople.org.uk/recent
    If you want to listen to The Missing COMPLETELY ad-free, and help to support the show, then please subscribe to our channel.
    What's The Story? Crime is your home for the very best in true-crime podcasts. You can get early access to series, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and even exclusive series you can't hear anywhere else. We will never put episodes behind a paywall, because we want as many people as possible to listen and spread the word about these important cases. But if you love the show, your subscription helps to fund the episodes.
    As well as The Missing, there's a whole collection of shows on What's The Story? Crime. From the stories of the most pivotal assassinations throughout history, to series' dedicated to forensic science, limited series about extraordinary conmen, and investigations into miscarriages of justice - What's The Story? Crime has you covered.
    Signing up is quick and simple.
    If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, just search for What's The Story Crime, sign up, and all the exclusive content will be in your Apple Podcasts app.
    If you're listening on Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, Pocketcasts, or any other player - you can sign up directly here : WTS CRIME
    With a couple of clicks, you'll receive all the exclusive content in your chosen platform.
    The Missing is presented by Pandora Sykes
    https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes
    The Missing is a What's The Story? original
    https://www.whatsthestorysounds.com/
    The series is made with the support of two amazing charities, Missing People and Locate International
    https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
    https://locate.international/
    This episode was first produced in conjunction with Podimo

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 35 min

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