On 14 September 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden vanished after leaving his home in Balby, Doncaster, and travelling alone by train to King’s Cross Station in London. He bought a one-way ticket, left his family with no note or warning, and was last seen on CCTV walking out of King’s Cross—then seemingly disappearing without a trace. Andrew was described as quiet, intelligent, and not the type of teenager to run away, making his sudden disappearance even more disturbing. In the weeks and months that followed, police received multiple reported sightings across London and beyond, but none were ever confirmed. The investigation later faced serious criticism, including delays in securing vital CCTV footage, and claims that officers placed too much pressure on Andrew’s father, Kevin Gosden, during the early stages. Despite national media coverage, Crimewatch reconstructions, and countless theories online, there is still no clear explanation for what happened to Andrew. In December 2021, two m...

In May 1980, 22-year-old art student Jessie Earl disappeared from her home in Eastbourne. When her remains were discovered nine years later near Beachy Head, the case should have changed everything. Instead, her death was met with an open verdict, lost evidence, and decades of unanswered questions. This Radio Espial episode examines the disappearance of Jessie Earl, the circumstances surrounding the discovery of her body, and the long campaign by her family to have her death formally recognised as murder. In 2022, more than forty years after Jessie vanished, a new inquest finally ruled that she was unlawfully killed by a third party.  No one has ever been charged with Jessie's murder.  

In 2009, 35-year-old chef Claudia Lawrence left work in York and was never seen again—what followed became one of the UK’s most baffling and high-profile missing person cases . #claudialawrence #claudialawrencemurder #truecrimeuk