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Persons Unknown

Hosted by John Dobson · history · EN-GB

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About this Podcast:

A true crime podcast dedicated to unsolved murders and disappearances. Based in Wales, UK. Covering cases from Wales, the rest of the UK and the wider world.

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Booking probability

35%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is Persons Unknown about?

A true crime podcast dedicated to unsolved murders and disappearances. Based in Wales, UK. Covering cases from Wales, the rest of the UK and the wider world.

Who hosts Persons Unknown?

Persons Unknown is hosted by John Dobson. The show has published 123 episodes to date.

What has Persons Unknown covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Susan Donoghue (Unsolved Murder)" (19 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Lottie Snead (Unsolved Murder)" (21 September 2026, 19 minutes), and "Jerzy Strzadala (Unsolved Murder)" (7 September 2026, 37 minutes).

How often does Persons Unknown publish?

Persons Unknown publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 123 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Persons Unknown?

Booking probability for Persons Unknown is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Persons Unknown requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Persons Unknown's contact route on record: verified email.

About the host

John Dobson hosts Persons Unknown, a history podcast with 123 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #115

    Susan Donoghue (Unsolved Murder)

    Oct 19, 202630 min

    Sometime after 12:15 am on August 5, 1976, 44-year-old psychiatric nurse Susan Donoghue was bludgeoned to death and sexually assaulted inside her flat. The apartment was in the basement of a large Victorian house in...

  • Episode #113

    Lottie Snead (Unsolved Murder)

    Sep 21, 202619 min

    Lottie Snead was much loved and well respected in her small town of Chincoteague, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. In 1964, the 54-year-old mother of three was found murdered in her own home. There were no signs of a...

  • Episode #112

    Jerzy Strzadala (Unsolved Murder)

    Sep 7, 202637 min

    Jerzy Strzadala was a quiet and reserved man who first came to the UK as a prisoner of war. Originally from Poland, Jerzy trained as a miner and found employment at the Tir Herbert colliery near Aberdare, South Wales...

  • Episode #108

    Lori Pinkus (Unsolved Murder)

    Jun 22, 202620 min

    Lori Pinkus was a troubled young woman struggling with addiction issues and working as a sex worker in Ottawa, Canada. In August 1990, Lori suffered chest wounds in an alleged stabbing incident at her apartment. Two men...

  • Episode #107

    Velma Murray (Unsolved Murder)

    Jun 8, 202621 minS0

    <p>At age 13, Velma Murray began to struggle at school, and her mother, Clarissa, decided to send the teen to lodge with a family friend in Coventry. Velma settled in and over the next two years got on well in her new...

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  • Episode #106

    Kirsa Jensen (Missing Person)

    May 25, 202637 minS0

    <p>14-year-old Kirsa Jensen was passionate about animals, especially horses. Living in Napier on New Zealand's North Island, there were many beautiful places to go riding. On September 1st 1983, Kirsa set off on her...

  • Episode #105

    Michael and Pamela Mayfield (Missing Persons)

    Apr 27, 202626 minS0

    <p>On Thursday January 10th 1985, kindergarteners Michael and Pamela Mayfield vanished without a trace on their way home from school. At 2.45 pm, the bell rang, and the siblings left Betsy Ross Elementary in northeast...

  • Episode #104

    John "Jack" Armstrong (Unsolved Murder)

    Mar 30, 202630 minS0

    <p>It was Friday, 5th October 1979. A little after 1:00 pm, 58-year-old taxi driver Jack Armstrong was dispatched to pick up "Mr Williams" from outside the Fairwater Hotel pub in the west of Cardiff. 45 minutes later...

  • Episode #103

    Norah Bartlett (Unsolved Murder)

    Mar 16, 202619 minS0

    <p>Late at night on Thursday, 18th November 1943, an unconscious woman was found lying on her back in a lane in the Brynmill area of Swansea. Rather than seeking medical help, a police officer took her to a hotel to...

  • Episode #102

    Warren and Elizabeth Wheeler (Unsolved Double Murder)

    Feb 16, 202635 minS0

    <p>Retired couple Warren and Elizabeth Wheeler lived a simple, quiet life in the picturesque village of Boars Hill, Berkshire. In the middle of the day on October 8th 1973, a person or persons unknown gained entry to...

  • Episode #101

    Donna Healey (Suspicious Death)

    Jan 19, 202629 minS0

    <p>In March 1988, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Donna Healey left her family home in Bradford for the last time. She was never seen alive by her loved ones again. More than 15 years later, a DNA breakthrough would...

  • Episode #100

    Trevor Metcalfe (Unsolved Murder)

    Dec 8, 202528 minS0

    <p>Early in the morning of September 16th 1989, the battered body of 25-year-old Trevor Metcalfe was found on playing fields in Dormanstown, near Middlesbrough. This was a location Trevor had no known ties to, and...

  • Episode #99

    George Barksdale and Solomon Rose (Missing Persons)

    Nov 17, 202528 minS0

    <p>George Barksdale was just four years old when he disappeared from Baltimore, Maryland in April 1969. The little boy was last seen sitting on the steps of a church opposite his home. One lead suggests he may have been...

  • Episode #98

    Mary Joe Frug (Unsolved Murder)

    Nov 3, 202531 minS0

    <p>Through the 1970s and 1980s, Mary Joe Frug was a well-respected and prominent law academic. As a part of the Critical Legal Studies movement, she looked to analyse the legal system from a feminist perspective. On the...

  • Episode #97

    Hannah Williams (Unsolved Murder)

    Oct 6, 202545 minS0

    <p>Hannah Williams, a 78-year-old widow, lived with her daughter, Elizabeth, in an isolated cottage six miles from Cardiff. On the morning of Saturday November 10th 1900, Elizabeth walked to market to sell produce from...

  • Episode #96

    Abdur Rashid (Unsolved Murder)

    Aug 5, 202511 minS0

    <p>Abdur Rashid was a 46 year old Muslim spiritual teacher who came to the UK from Bangladesh in the late 1970s. Abdur lived and worked in London's East End and was known in the local community as a good man. In April...

  • Episode #95

    Christina "Sister Jacinta" Bracken (Missing Person)

    Jul 21, 202518 minS0

    <p>Christina or Christine Bracken was a 39 year old nun, originally from Ireland, who in the later part of 1978 moved to Swansea, Wales, to begin a new chapter in her life. After 6 months in Wales Christina, who went by...

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    Kevin Mison (Unsolved Murder)

    Jul 7, 202518 minS0

    <p>Kevin Mison was a football mad teenager from an estate in West London. In early August 1980 the body of the 18 year old was found in an empty house close to where he lived. He had been murdered in a sexually...

  • Persons Unknown

    Annette Morgan (Unsolved Murder)

    Jun 9, 202528 minS0

    <p>Annette Morgan was about to start a new chapter in her young life. The 18 year old had recently left her science course at the University of Sydney for a new role as a trainee radiologist. On Friday October 28th 1977...

  • Episode #92

    Michelle "Jolene" Lakey (Missing Person)

    May 12, 202540 minS0

    <p>In the late afternoon of August 26th 1986, Michelle "Jolene" Lakey went to visit her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. After giving her mother a teddy bear as a get well present the 11 year old left to make...

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