Persons Unknown

By: John Dobson
  • Summary

  • 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.
    © 2024 John Dobson
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Episodes
  • Tuula Lukkarinen and Maarit Haantie (Unsolved Murder and Missing Presumed Murdered)
    Oct 21 2024

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    On a Spring day in 1991 the body of Tuula Lukkarinen was found in woods near the disused Hausjarvi gravel pits in Southern Finland. The 28 year old had gone missing the previous day after leaving the mental hospital where she was temporarily staying. It was a brutal slaying, with the killer displaying disturbing and sadistic tendencies. Two years later 40 year old Maarit Haantie disappeared in the same area during a night out with friends. She has never been seen since and the Finnish police believe she was murdered. Two earlier attacks on women have also been linked to these cases and investigators believe there is a connection, with one perpetrator being responsible for all the crimes. Over the past three decades, the small towns and forests of southern Finland have been the backdrop to the search for, a rarity in Finnish criminal history, a serial killer.

    If you have information about the Hausjarvi murders you can email the Finnish Police at rikosvihje.ksp@poliisi.fi

    Sources for the episode can be found here

    Cold Case Western Australia
    They're the crimes that continue to haunt grieving family members and the wider...

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    Persons of Interest

    From murderers to money launderers, thieves to thugs – police officers from the...

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    Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook

    Email: personsunknownpod@gmail.com

    Website with Transcripts:
    https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

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    39 mins
  • Joan Maschek (Unsolved Murder)
    Oct 7 2024

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    The body of Joan Maschek was found by her landlord on the evening of July 13th 1976. The 48 year old divorcee had been bludgeoned to death with a flat instrument inside her bedsit on Douglas Road, Nottingham. Police investigating the seemingly motiveless killing soon discovered that Joan herself was equally enigmatic. She was an eccentric character whom neighbours said had visitors at all times of the day and night. Nevertheless, they could find few individuals who knew Joan well, and those who did were not keen on making themselves known. The investigation would go on to focus on two separate men who police believed could hold vital information, but it was well over a decade later that the case suddenly moved in a new direction.


    Sources for the episode can be found here

    Cold Case Western Australia
    They're the crimes that continue to haunt grieving family members and the wider...

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

    Persons of Interest

    From murderers to money launderers, thieves to thugs – police officers from the...

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

    Support the show

    Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook

    Email: personsunknownpod@gmail.com

    Website with Transcripts:
    https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

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    43 mins
  • Olive Walker (Unsolved Murder)
    Sep 16 2024

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    It was early winter 1970 in the city of Rotorua on the North Island of New Zealand. On the evening of Friday May 15th, 18 year old Olive Walker wrapped up warm and set out on foot to her sister's house across town, to babysit her nieces and nephews. Around an hour later Olive was spotted near the Odeon cinema in the centre of Rotorua, only ten minutes from her destination. This was the last time Olive was seen alive. A short time later multiple witnesses reported hearing screams from a nearby residential area. Within hours a group of teenagers discovered Olive's body in a highway rest area just out of town. The killer was long gone but had left some vital clues to their identity.

    Sources for the episode can be found here

    Cold Case Western Australia
    They're the crimes that continue to haunt grieving family members and the wider...

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

    Persons of Interest

    From murderers to money launderers, thieves to thugs – police officers from the...

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

    Support the show

    Follow Persons Unknown: Instagram and Facebook

    Email: personsunknownpod@gmail.com

    Website with Transcripts:
    https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com/

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    51 mins

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