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It was the school holidays in April 1959 when the bubbly and confident 6 year old Carol Stephens was sent by her mum on an errand to the local shop in the Cathays area of Cardiff. When she returned she quickly dropped off the shopping and hurried back out of the front door determined not to let the rainy Welsh weather stifle her fun. Carol never came home and two weeks later her tiny body was found in a remote area of West Wales 90 km from her home.

Sources:

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Western Mail Archive from April to September 1959. (Subscription required)
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-murder-cathays-carol-schoolgirl-19261395.amp

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-murder-cathays-carol-schoolgirl-19261395.amp

BBC Wales “Darklands:Hunting the killers. 2020

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March 26th 1991 witnessed the first local elections in South Korea for three decades. The country was a hive of activity and five school friends, all boys aged between 9 and 13, decided to take advantage of the day off from school and go on an adventure together. U Cheol Won, Jo Ho-Yeon, Kim Yeong-Gyu, Park Chan-In, and Kim Jong-Sik set off at 9am and headed towards the wooded slopes of Mount Waryong, which lay just a couple of kilometres from their homes on the western outskirts of Daegu. They never returned home, and so began the mystery of the Frog Boys.

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• https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2019/1/6/the-curious-case-of-the-frog-boys
• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cnainsider/intrigue-scandal-heartbreak-case-south-korea-missing-frog-boys-774406
• www.mamamia.com.au/frog-boys/amp/
• https://defrostingcoldcases.com/remembering-the-frog-boys/
• aminoapps.com/c/conspiracytheory/amp/blog/the-frog-boys/z64d_J7BIxuNDxox5rgGxgWLNPKMo7an74
• https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=1909554
• https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2003/01/06/socialAffairs/Bodies-of-5-frog-boys-missing-since-1991-found-on-mountain/1909041.html
• elwood5566.net/2011/05/16/five-boys-meet-death-where-the-dragon-dwells/amp/
• https://medium.com/the-crime-scene/the-lost-kids-who-never-came-back-home-the-frog-boys-mystery-53f08e91eabe
• silentthrill.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/the-frog-boys/amp/
• https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/korean-frog-boys.1254315/
• https://apnews.com/article/0a1d42a98008fac400dccabbf502e991
• https://mydramalist.com/31991-come-back-frog-boys
• “In search of the Frog Boys” two part documentary: Watch it here https://www.channelnewsasia.com/wat

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Providence House lay in the picturesque village of Peasenhall in East Suffolk. The large property was owned by Mr and Mrs Crisp and in 1900 Rose Harsent, a young local woman, came to live and work as their domestic servant. Rose was a colourful character with a love of music and she attracted a fair amount of male attention. The night of the 31st May 1902 witnessed a fierce storm, and as the wind howled and thunder roared Rose sat on her bed waiting for a visitor. They had promised to meet her at midnight in an unsigned letter she received earlier that day. The night passed and the people of Peasenhall woke up, completely oblivious to the horror that had occurred when they were tucked up in their cosy beds. That morning Rose’s body was found by her father at the foot of her staircase surrounded by a pool of blood.

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Sources:

• https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/britain-s-unsolved-murders-from-pen-sword-2617040
• https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-peasenhall-murder-rose-harsent/
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.clermontsun.com/2020/12/09/marc-hoover-unsolved-the-tragic-killing-of-rose-harsent/amp
• http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-midsomer-murder-of-rose-harsent.html?m=1
• https://casebookclassiccrime.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/issue-1-e28093-conference-special-e28093-april-_15-e28093-free-download-just-open-the-page-and-click-the-link.pdf
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107381464/rose-annie-harsent
• http://murderrevisited.blogspot.com/2009/07/murder-in-peasenhall.html?m=1
• https://www.getthedata.com/peasenhall/where-is-peasenhall

British Newspaper Archive

Eastern daily press
02/06/02
22/01/03
Diss Express
06/06/02
13/06/02
Henley Advertiser
14/06/02
Derby Daily Telegraph
20/06/02
Halesworth Times and East Suffolk advertiser
01/07/02
Western Evening Herald
03/04/02
Gloucestershire Echo
03/09/02
13/08/04
Eastern Daily Press
30/10/02
Pall mall Gazette
06/11/02
Evening Star
07/11/0
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
24/01/03
Northampton Mercury
23/01/03
St James gazette
30/1/03.
Norwich Mercury
17/08/04
North Devon gazette
27/01/03
The observer and West Sussex Recorder
28/01/03
Yorkshire evening

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This episode deals with a crime committed against a child. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.
The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in July 1981 brought two million people to the streets of London. It was a day of street parties and celebration for many in the UK but for the Mehrotra family, it was the start of a nightmare that has never ended. 8 year old Vishal disappeared shortly after returning to Putney from the family excursion into the city to join in the wedding celebrations. He was last seen walking home, 250m from his front door. Seven months later his remains were found in a remote Sussex wood, beginning a murder investigation dogged by accusations of racism and a list of potential suspects that include some of the most vile people ever to have walked the streets of the UK.
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Sources
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• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-57415022.amp
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-54611873.amp
• https://www.easterneye.biz/vishal-mehrotra-father-condemns-as-police-scrap-public-appeal/
• https://scepticpeg.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/the-disappearance-of-vishal-mehrotra-pt2/
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailyadvent.com/gb/news/amp/09dba39aca379fd0522591c79c2e8fcd-Vishal-Mehrotra-Police-scrapped-plans-for-schoolboy-murder-appeal
• https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/long-ago-murder-of-8-year-old-vishal-mehrotra/
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456549/amp/The-hidden-police-files-prove-boy-eight-abducted-1981-WASN-T-killed-VIP-sex-ring.html
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/vishal-mehrotra-too-many-coincidences/amp/
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/martin

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A couple of days after Christmas 1888, seven year old John Gill got up early, as he did most mornings, to assist local milk man William Barrett with his deliveries around the area of Manningham in Bradford. It was an icy morning so John was wrapped up warm as the horse and cart trundled off and he waved goodbye to his mother. John was never to return. 48 hours later his mutilated remains were discovered in a stable close to his home. The young man who had stumbled upon the gruesome sight, immediately recalled the newspaper stories detailing five horrific murders that had occurred in the East End of London over the autumn of that year. He quickly sprinted for help yelling “Jack the Ripper has been!”
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British Newspaper Archive
Bradford Daily Telegraph
03/01/1889
04/01/1889
05/01/1889
06/01/1889
08/01/1889
09/01/1889
11/01/1889
12/01/1889
14/01/1889
18/01/1889
19/01/1889
25/01/1889
Hartlepool Northern Daily Press
29/12/1888
31/12/1888
Aberystwyth Observer
5 Jan 1889
South Wales Echo
31/12/1888
Freemans Journal
01/01/1889
South Wales Daily News
06/02/1889
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
03/02/1889
Portsmouth Evening News
04/02/1889
Eastern Daily Press
06/02/1889
Glasgow Herald
12/03/1889
Batley Reporter and Guardian
13/04/1889

Websites

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-posts/the-bradford-murder-mystery-jack-the-ripper-up-north.ph

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15601386.amp/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178303745/john-gill

https://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.shortstories101.com/story/the-john-gill-case/amp/

https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/manningham-cold-case/

https://crimeshop.org/tag/john-gill/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jack-the-ripper-revealed-they-all-love-jack-bruce-robinson/amp

https://victorianripper.forumotion.com/t1032-murder-of-john-gill

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