The Missing

When it comes to long term missing person's cases, you never quite know when you're going to catch a break. Most lay dormant for years at a time, with nothing in the way of new clues or leads, leaving relatives and authorities alike feeling like they've exhausted every avenue of inquiry... Such was the case for Lauren Saffery, whose mother Lisa Pour was last seen in Willesden Green in north west London on the 16th of January, 2013. For close to a decade, there wasn’t a shred of fresh evidence regarding Lisa’s whereabouts. Then, out of the blue, an anonymous phone call was made to the Metropolitan police…and the mysterious voice at the end of the line claimed to have information vital to the case… For more information on every episode from all five series visit https://themissingpodcast.org [https://themissingpodcast.org/] New episodes every Monday. Presented by: Pandora Sykes https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes [https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes] From Podimo and What's The Story Sounds https://podimo.com/uk [https://podimo.com/uk] https://whatsthestorysounds.com/ [https://whatsthestorysounds.com/] The series is made with the support of Missing People and Locate International https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/ [https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/] https://locate.international/ [https://locate.international/] The series is Researched and Produced by Jack O’Kennedy Executive Producers for Podimo: Jake Chudnow & Matt White Executive Producers for What’s the Story: Darrell Brown & Sophie Ellis

It's a sad fact of life that in the major cities of the world, missing person cases are a dime a dozen. In places like London, New York and Tokyo, tens of thousands of people vanish every year, to the point where they’re barely even newsworthy. But in a quiet seaside village like Killala, on the west coast of Ireland, the disappearance of just one person can upend an entire community. That’s what happened when twenty eight year old Sandra Collins left her home on a wet December night in the year 2000…and never came back. For her brother Patrick, her disappearance has cast a long, dark shadow over the region and has haunted the Collins family ever since. For more information on every episode from all five series visit https://themissingpodcast.org [https://themissingpodcast.org/] New episodes every Monday. Presented by: Pandora Sykes https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes [https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes] From Podimo and What's The Story Sounds https://podimo.com/uk [https://podimo.com/uk] https://whatsthestorysounds.com/ [https://whatsthestorysounds.com/] The series is made with the support of Missing People and Locate International https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/ [https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/] https://locate.international/ [https://locate.international/] The series is Researched and Produced by Jack O’Kennedy Executive Producers for Podimo: Jake Chudnow & Matt White Executive Producers for What’s the Story: Darrell Brown & Sophie Ellis

On the 23rd of March 2020, due to the growing threat posed by the coronavirus, the United Kingdom locked down. For most of us, it marked the start of many months spent trapped in our homes, where the lack of freedom and face to face contact with others, had a profound effect on our collective mental health. One such person was James Miller, a thirty-seven year old mechanic, who on the night of December 22nd 2020 walked out of his family home, never to return. James was already wrestling with depression and the break up of his marriage…Did he reach the end of his tether after spending the better part of a year unable to meet his friends in the pub, or watch his beloved Warrington Wolves in action? It's a question his sister, Emma, desperately needs answered… For more information on every episode from all five series visit https://themissingpodcast.org [https://themissingpodcast.org/] New episodes every Monday. Presented by: Pandora Sykes https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes [https://www.instagram.com/pandorasykes] From Podimo and What's The Story Sounds https://podimo.com/uk [https://podimo.com/uk] https://whatsthestorysounds.com/ [https://whatsthestorysounds.com/] The series is made with the support of Missing People and Locate International https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/ [https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/] https://locate.international/ [https://locate.international/] The series is Researched and Produced by Jack O’Kennedy Executive Producers for Podimo: Jake Chudnow & Matt White Executive Producers for What’s the Story: Darrell Brown & Sophie Ellis