The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

Ken Davies
Shteti Mbretëria e Bashkuar
Zhanret True Crime, History
Gjuha EN
Episode 71
I/E fundit 14.06.2026

They say that in the case of a mysterious death the first 48 hours are critical. If investigators don't get a lead in this time - the chances of solving the crime are greatly diminished. But what if you don't get a lead in in the first 48 hours, or 48 days. What if you don't get a lead in 48 years? Welcome to the mysterious case of Fred the Head - One of the UK's most curious, baffling and unsolved crimes.

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  • The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder | Episode 4 | Maybes and Certainties 14.06.2026 20min
    The jury was certain. Francis Clarke had murdered Tina Sellars. But as we discovered in the last episode, there are serious doubts as to whether the time required to commit the crime tallied with the window of opportunity that Clarke had to commit it. As as we find out in this episode, there are other reasons to suspect there was a potentially entirely different explanation for the crime. But what about the scientific evidence? That's incontrovertible surely? For more details: Fire UK Public Information Film https://youtu.be/o7jsDUEvPBA?si=fz7AG97RAAcFkR2R   Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmaiLcom Ken Davies | ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.  
  • The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder | Episode 3 | Reasonable Doubt 06.06.2026 34min
    Francis Clarke has been convicted of the murder of Tina Sellars and starts to serve his life sentence. But something's not quite right about this case. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmail.com Ken Davies | ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.
  • The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder | Episode 2 | The Clearest of Evidence 02.06.2026 45min
    For DCS Bob Stewart the pressure to solve the Blackpool Street murder was intensifying, The violent nature of the killing suggest they were dealing with a man who had the potential to murder again. He needed to break the case and he needed to do it fast. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmail.com Ken Davies | ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.
  • The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder | Episode 1 | The Last Bus Home 30.05.2026 29min
    The night of the 15th June 1980 was drizzly and unseasonal. In the Midlands town of Burton upon Trent, an 18 year old student steps off the bus and walks back to her grandparents house. An hour later she was found murdered and mutilated, but what exactly happened in that next hour? Welcome to the Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmail.com Ken Davies | ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.
  • Episode 64 | Tracking Hardy 16.05.2026 22min
    In Part 2 of our deep dive into Anthony Hardy, we're able to establish his exact whereabouts, we speak to those who knew him as a youngster and just maybe there's another Burton murder we need to concern ourselves with.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 63 | Much More Than Anyone Imagines 12.04.2026 25min
    In November 1972 a young women is murdered in a bedsit flat in Maida Vale, London. That murder is still unsolved. But how on earth could this be connected to our search for Fred? Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 62 | Progress & Frustrations 23.02.2026 27min
    As our research continues along the points we determined where key to moving the case forward, we're met with frustrating responses, but we're making progress in other key areas.    Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 61 | Rings within Rings 24.01.2026 27min
    Fred was found with a plain 9ct ring on his right wedding ring finger. Surely we've found all of the information we possible could about that - Well, maybe not.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 60 | Analytical Clues 28.12.2025 26min
    As we finish 2025. there's a lot going on with Fred and maybe we've just taken some more steps forward, but with an unexpected plot twist.    Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 59 | Close to the Edge 23.11.2025 27min
    There's a name that keeps appearing in this investigation - Brian Edge - and he's important, because in the early years of the investigation, he's the prime candidate to be Fred.  And, because we keep discovering more information, we've again narrowed the time window even more - and he's right in it. To contact me: fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com or through the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast?locale=en_GB  
  • Episode 58 | The Pathologist's Notes 25.10.2025 24min
    Sometimes, when you least expect it, something happens quite of the blue, that changes everything.....   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com
  • Episode 57 | Our Man from Stapenhill 16.08.2025 29min
    The plot thickens - Why does a seemingly impossible thesis - keep surprising us. Suggesting there might be more to this case than meets the eye.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  
  • Episode 56 | The River Garden Mystery 07.06.2025 19min
    The research team have been hard at work for a few months now, and we've got a lot to report on. But in the course of that research, something caught our eye - An unusual story that developed in Burton exactly a year before Fred was found....
  • Episode 55 | Face to Face 24.04.2025 14min
    Ever heard of super-recognisers - Well, it's a thing - people with exceptional ability to recognise people in a crowd - they are used by police and security services the world over - but what's that got to do with Fred?   Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Website www.fredthehead.info   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  
  • The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict | Episode 2 | Water is Thicker than Blood 17.04.2025 14min
    So, we have the perfect crime. The finance scandal of London in 1967, a faked death, a trusted accomplice leading police astray, a beauty queen, all culminating in a successful getaway. They'd done it, Disappeared, never to be seen again.  Or so they thought...... In our concluding episode, we try to track them down.   Links: Narrated, written and produced by Ken Davies, Managing Director, GSE Media Ltd ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com   Fred the Head Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - the content of this podcast, including the audio recordings, scripts, and any original material, is subject to copyright protection. © 2025 GSE Media Ltd
  • The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict | Episode 1 | Death of a Red Shirt 16.04.2025 21min
    Sunday, 16th July 1967 was destined to be the warmest day of the year in the South of England. But in the English Channel, there was a fog. A small dinghy pushed off the coast near Selsey on the Sussex coast, and set in motion a mystery that until this moment has never been solved. Involving missing cash, Miss World contestants and suspicious deaths, it was the scandal of the summer that has remained unsolved ever since..... Until Now.   Links: Narrated, written and produced by Ken Davies, Managing Director, GSE Media Ltd ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com Fred the Head Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - the content of thus podcast, including the audio recordings, scripts, and any original material, is subject to copyright protection. © 2025 GSE Media Ltd  
  • Teaser - Spin Off Podcast | The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict | Friday 18th April 2025 16.04.2025 1min
    From our Fred of Head investigation, we stumble upon a new case - full of intrigue, danger and glamour in London at the height of the swinging sixties.  But after 60 years, impossible to solve surely......... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-case-of-michael-benedict/id1808672668
  • Episode 54 | The Missing and The Lost 12.04.2025 36min
    Our investigation gets into full swing, yielding its first results. We find a new report about the inquest, which unearths some new facts and we have p[progress on John Gick, and there's a very interesting side story developing. Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Website www.fredthehead.info   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  
  • Episode 53 | The Hive Mind 22.02.2025 32min
    2025 has started with bang, as we undertake our biggest research campaign to identify potential victims. I also have an opportunity to discuss the lifestyle of the person that Fred might have been with a key expert.
  • Episode 52 - The Vanished Men 19.01.2025 22min

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