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5: The Baker Street Robbery Jul 21, 2018

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On the evening of the 11th September 1971, Robert Rowlands was in his fifth floor flat on Wimpole Street Central London. He had been having a relaxed evening using his ham radio. It was late around 11:15pm on a Saturday evening when he was surprised hear that he had picked up something on one of the frequencies. He listened hard to the transmissions and after a short time realised what he was actually listening to. He was listening to people discussing a robbery that was about to take place at a bank. This bank robbery would become one of the most infamous in British history.
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Punt Pi Series 7 episode 2 The Baker Street Robbery
Documentary about the heist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71MWyQw1VNk
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bank-job-that-opened-the-door-on-a-royal-293740
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/11/film.ukcrime
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/hatton-garden-ringleader-brian-reader-also-masterminded-lloyds-baker-street-heist-45-years-ago-a6814956.html
https://theunredacted.com/the-baker-street-robbery-vault-of-secrets/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3671166/Revisiting-the-riddle-of-Baker-Street.html
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4: The Green Bicycle Murder Jul 14, 2018

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On the 5th July 1919, a farmer by the name of Joseph Cowell was working on his farm in the village of Stretton Parva, Leicestershire. The area was a relatively quiet and sleepy place and Mr Cowell was finishing off a number of things he needed to get done. It was quite late, past 9'clock and Mr Cowell had to go and get some cows and bring them back to the farm. He went to go and collect them and as he was walking back along the road he noticed something lying in the middle of it. As he got closer he realised that it was the body of a woman. This woman would later be identified as Annie Bella Wright but the question was what had happened to her?
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The Leicester Daily
The Daily Herald
The Lincolnshire Echo
Leicester Daily Post
Nottingham Journal
The Illustrated Police Newspaper
Cheltenham chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic
Derby Daily
Birmingham Gazette
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3: Dorset's unidentified Jul 08, 2018

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In England there are currently 554 unidentified people who are listed on the UK missing persons unit website. These people are yet to be identified and their deaths are yet to be solved. In this episode we delve into just one area of the UK and document the stories of these unidentified people. This episode discusses the 12 people currently listed as unidentified in the county of Dorset, South East England. We look at the descriptions, locations and other facts known about them in the hope that they eventually get identified.
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http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15191629.Who_are_they__Mystery_of_Dorset___s____unclaimed_dead____police_are_still_working_to_identify/
https://www.dorset.police.uk/news-information/missing-persons/
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2: The mystery of Ada Constance Kent Jun 30, 2018

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In 1939, worried friends of Ada Constance Kent went to police to explain that they had not seen her for a number of months. Ada lived in the small village of Fingringhoe, close to Colchester in a traditional thatched cottage. The residents of Fingringhoe did not see Ada often as she kept herself to herself and lead a relatively reclusive lifestyle. Police did a check on Ada's house but found nothing and importantly they didn't find Ada. 10 Years later, Ada had still not been located and everyone had almost given up hope of solving the mystery. That was until a discovery changed everyone's perception of what might have happened to her.
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https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-ada-constance-kent-the-skeleton-in-the-bedroom
Punt PI Series 9 Episode 2 The reclusive skeleton of Fingringhoe
http://essexandsuffolksurnames.co.uk/the-fingringhoe-skeleton/
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Ada_Constance_Kent
http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2013/03/newspaper-clipping-of-day_27.html
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/12973905.COUNTY_CURMUDGEON__Coffee__murder_and_mysteries/
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1: The Great Mull Air Mystery Jun 23, 2018

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On Christmas Eve 1975, Peter Gibbs set off in a Cessna-150 civilian aircraft from the Glenforsa airstrip on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. He was staying at the Glenforsa hotel with his girlfriend and as he was an experienced pilot he had decided to try a circuit of the bay in the plane before returning back to the airstrip. After half an hour of being in the air his girlfriend grew alarmed as he had not returned. She went back to the hotel and after two hours of waiting, the police were called. A hunt for both Peter and the plane ensued and this would be start of a mystery that has continued for over 40 years.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-riddle-of-the-lost-flight-69672.html
Punt PI episode Series 8 Episode 3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066fqcr
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20161217/282102046316944
https://mysteryinksite.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/the-mull-air-mystery/
http://www.journal.com.ph/editorial/mysteries/the-great-mull-air-mystery
https://www.historicmysteries.com/peter-gibbs-great-mull-air-mystery/
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/10/the-great-mull-air-mystery/
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26: The disappearance of Lionel Crabb Jun 02, 2018

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On the 19th April 1956, former Royal Navy diver Lionel Crabb went on an MI6 operation to investigate a soviet cruiser docked in Portsmouth harbour. After 2 hours under the water Lionel had still not emerged and the operation was aborted. Around 14 months later, a body was discovered wearing a diving suit but was missing its head and hands. Was this the body of Lionel Crabb and if it was him what had happened to him? The mystery of his disappearance is still ongoing and continues to baffle those who hear about it.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-nicholas-elliott-1370833.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6089952.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series11/index_mobile_phones_bugging.shtml
https://web.archive.org/web/20071111015318/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article3143239.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7097646.stm
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/11/featuresreviews.guardianreview14
http://spartacus-educational.com/SScrabb.htm
http://time.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/5068860.stm
http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/Buster%20Crabb%20Enigma.htm
Further reading:
Knowles, Sydney (2009). A diver in the dark : Experiences of a pioneer Royal Navy clearance diver (1st ed.). Bognor Regis: Woodfield Publishing. pp. 21–22\. ISBN 1846830826.
Houghton, Harry (1972). Operation Portland. Hart-Davis. pp. 49–50\. ISBN 0246105488.
Hale, Don (2 November 2007). The Final Dive: The Life and Death of Buster Crabb. NPI Media Group Ltd. p. 288\. ISBN 978-0-7509-4574-5.
Wright, Peter (1987). Spycatcher. New York and London: Viking Penguin Inc. ISBN 0670820555
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25: The Blazing Car Murder May 26, 2018

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At around 1:50am in the early morning hours of the 6th November 1930, two men were walking back from a Guy Fawkes dance in the centre of Northampton. They both noticed a fire in the distance. Both men dismissed it as it had been Bonfire night and a fire was not unusual to see. The men then noticed a man coming towards them dressed in professional clothes and carrying an attaché case. The men thought it was odd to see a man dressed for work at that hour but they conversed for a minute and the men parted ways. As they approached the fire they realised that it was not just any fire but it was actually a car engulfed in flames. The investigation that ensued was bizarre and led to a very baffling outcome.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-41886193
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30207217
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/how-cold-blooded-womanising-killer-1049530
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140114091840.htm
https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2014/january/murder-mystery-remains-dna-rules-out-briggs-as-blazing-car-victim
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75730952
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61589264
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-17899027
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/724019/Northamptonshire-Every-tombstone-tells-a-story.html
Further reading:
The Butchers by Brian Lane (1991)
Murder in the 1930's by Colin Wilson (1992)
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24: The Brighton Trunk Mystery May 19, 2018

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On the 17th June 1934 workers at Brighton Railway station were going about their usual duties. William Joseph Vinnicombe, in the process of his shift, noticed a terrible smell at the station. He did a quick search of the area of the station and discovered that the smell appeared to be emanating from the left luggage room. It seemed to be permeating throughout the station and Vinnicombe noticed there was a plywood trunk that had been left in the room. The trunk got his attention and the location of the trunk itself seemed to match up with the awful smell. Vinnicombe attempted to open the trunk to see what the foul smell was however he was unable to as it was locked. When the trunk was opened they would make a gruesome discovery. The dismembered torso of an unidentified woman. This discovery would lead to the discovery of a second trunk and ultimately a controversial trial that would cause uproar in the community.
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https://the-line-up.com/the-brighton-trunk-murders-of-1934
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6817.aspx
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/brighton-trunk-murders
http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/sussex_murders/another-odious-smell
https://elvirabarney.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/doctors-and-patients-1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAP3m21ikXw
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