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Hi, and welcome to The Unseen
Podcast, a podcast dedicated to missing people,

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unresolved cases, and UK true crime. Today we're going to be exploring

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two cases of unidentified people that have
been brought to my attention by Locate International.

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As you may already know, I'm
constantly checking over their website and their

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appeals, and I recently shared the
case of the Deep Dean Man on social

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media. However, having read more
about him and the other case we're going

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to talk about today, the Mile
End Man, I knew I wanted to

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cover their cases on one of our
Unidentified and Missing Person episodes. This episode

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is about unidentified people, and while
nevographic, may contain some descriptions that some

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listeners may find distressing, including some
discussion of possible suicide. Mile End is

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located in the Tower Hamlets district of
East London. As in an area full

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of contrasts. It's made up of
old Victorian buildings as well as newer apartments,

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and it's an area which is developing
quickly as a place for people to

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settle down in a commuter area.
Mile End Tube station is a very busy

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station with links to Hammersmith and City
District and Central lines, which is very

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helpful for people traveling into the city
as well as the tube station. However,

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Mile End is interesting for another reason. It's one of the only stations

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in a tunnel that has cross platform
interchange between deep tube lines on the Central

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Line and the sub surface trains on
the District and Hammersmith and City lines.

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Nineteen seventy five was the year that
Margaret Thatcher became the first female Conservative leader,

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Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was released, and
Wilma McCann became Peter Suckcliffe's first victim.

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On Thursday, the eighth of May
nineteen seventy five, a man walked

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into Mile n tube station and sadly
lost his life. A man was discovered

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having been hit by a train on
the station around nine thirty five am.

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This was clearly an absolute tragedy and
was devastating for people that witnessed or were

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there at the time that this happened. The other sad part of this story

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is that when this man's death was
investigated, he was unable to be identified.

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This man had many things on him
that could have been identifiable, including

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his clothing. However, despite this, he did not have any formal identification,

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and so this became a stumbling block
in trying to locate where he was

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from or who he was. This
how he became known as mile End Man.

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There was a huge effort to try
and trace this man's identity and it

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was hoped that by distributing these facts
to the public that someone would come forward

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to identify him. Locate International have
collated all of this information in a recent

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appeal, and we do know quite
a bit about the mile End Man.

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He was estimated to be between the
ages of forty to fifty and around six

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feet tall. He was white European
and was clean shaven, with brown eyes

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and black receding hair. It was
thought that he had false teeth in the

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upper part of his mouth. The
distinguishing feature about the mile End Man is

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that he was described as dressing extremely
well and was very smart. On the

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day that he died, he was
wearing a blue dress shirt and a navy

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blue blazer from the shop Burton.
This blazer had yellow embossed buttons. He

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also wore navy smart trousers along with
black leather lace up shoes, which were

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the brand Moss Brothers. These were
a size seven as well as these things.

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He was wearing a white vest,
wye front style underpants, and long

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gray socks. The description paints the
picture of a man who was smartly dressed,

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who looked as though he could have
just been heading on his way to

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work. Who was this man,
where was he going and how did this

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end up happening to him that day? As well as the clothing, this

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man had several other items with him
that could help someone identify him. One

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of the most distinctive items was a
Tudor Oyster brand watch. It was engraved

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with the model number seven eight zero
four and serial number eight six four one

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four. This was an expensive watch
which was originally made by Rolex and would

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have cost a thousand to two pounds
in today's money. He also had a

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ballpoint pen embossed with the words PTL
Motors Western Road E seventeen. As well

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as this, he had a white
metal cigarette lighter which had the words ronson

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Vara flame printed on it. He
also had seventy six and a half pence

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on him as well as this.
An investigation began to try and identify this

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man, and it was hoped that
these belongings may help to do this.

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While his possessions didn't make him stand
out in the crowd of people who would

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have been traveling from my Lend station
that day. They did indicate that he

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was someone who had some means,
given that he was wearing an expensive watch

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and was smartly dressed. They also
indicated some connection to a general local area.

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The pen that the man had was
embossed with the words PTL Motors Western

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Road E seventeen. Western Road E
seventeen is located around eight miles from Mile

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End Station in the area of Walthamstow. It's reported in the Metro newspaper that

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Western Road is a relatively sharp road
with just a few buildings, including a

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pizzeria, dry cleaner and sheltered accommodation. The fact that this man had a

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link to this particular car company is
a big clue, given that someone may

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remember him. Locate International have suggested
some questions that could help jog someone's memory

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of the man. Two of these
relate to PTL Motors. They asked if

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anyone remembers the emblem or branding of
PTL Motors, or did you or anyone

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you know have connection to it during
the nineteen seventies. They also asked if

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anyone had any connection to garages in
the general area of Walthamstowe during this time

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and could help. Given the lack
of real information about this man, Locate

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International have also collated some other questions
that could help someone remember anything about this

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person. They are were you part
of the underground network or employed at Mile

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End station in the nineteen seventies?
Alternatively, did you witness any incidents there

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during that time? Do you know
someone who owned a metal ronson Vara flamelighter?

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Did you have any relatives or friends
who were involved in this area during

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the nineteen seventies. Did you or
anyone you know have any ties to individuals

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who might have frequented Mile End during
the nineteen seventies. Have you heard any

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stories or anecdotes from friends or family
about an unidentified man who matches the description

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provided. Locate International has been very
clear that time is running out to try

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and identify Mile End man. He
would now be in his nineties if who

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are alive today, and therefore the
people that will have any memory of him

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will be getting older too, and
so it's really crucial that if anyone does

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know a tiny little bit of information
that they get in touch with them straight

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away and it may help to solve
this aging mystery. Civilian investigator Victoria Shepherd

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told the Metro if you are still
alive, Mile End man and his contemporaries

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would now be aged around ninety.
This means that this might be the last

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chance to identify him. The chances
are that anyone who can now identify him

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is at least sixty years old now, so if you are in that age

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group, please have a look at
the image in case you recognize him,

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and if you're younger, please share
it with anyone older who may be able

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to help. Two pictures of the
man have been produced, and one of

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these is a drawing and the other
is a living depiction which has been created

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by forensic artist Hugh Morrison. I
will link the man's appeal for from Locate

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International in the show notes so you
can have a good look. I would

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also encourage you to look at the
other images of similar lighters to the one

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that the man had, and also
similar clothing to see if you or anyone

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you know recognizes him. It's such
a shame that after all this time this

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man is still unidentified. Someone must
know him and have met him. In

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his life and he means something to
someone, he deserves his identity back even

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after all this time. The other
case I want to talk about today takes

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place in an area named Deep Dean, which is a forest and park located

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close to Darking in Surrey. Deep
Dean was the name of an estate and

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country house situated to the southeast of
the market town of Darkin. There had

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been a manor on the estate since
sixteen fifty two, and it was remodeled

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extensively in the eighteen hundreds. The
house was then used as offices for the

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Southern Railway Company and a hotel.
However, it was demolished in nineteen sixty

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seven and was replaced by an office
block. Many of the gardens which belonged

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to the house remained in some capacity, However, during the decades that followed

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they became neglected. In twenty ten, the gardens were restored and reopened to

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the public under the name the Deep
Dean Trail. The area remained though with

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the forest and park during the decades
that the gardens were out of use.

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It was in the Deep Dean Forest
area on Tuesday April seventeenth, nineteen ninety

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that a dog walker was on a
normal journey when they came across something in

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the undergrowth. They had discovered the
partial remains of a body, and when

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these remains were analyzed, they were
found to belong to a man. There

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were several clues that could point to
some features of this man. However,

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he had no idea with him,
and so an investigation was launched to try

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and find out who he was.
It reported that these remains had been found

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following heavy gales that had been in
the area that had knocked over several trees.

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It's unclear if this contributed to the
discovery of the man's body that day.

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When the man's remains were analyzed,
it was found that the date of

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death was probably between nineteen seventy five
to nineteen eighty five, and that he

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was between the ages of fifty five
to seventy when he died. It was

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between five feet four and five feet
seven inches At the time of his death.

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He was wearing a beige v neck
jumper and a single breasted brown jacket

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with double vents at the rear.
He was also wearing brown lace up shoes

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in a size eight and a watch
with a one and a half inch white

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face with only our marks on.
It was known that he was wearing red,

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green, yellow and black herringbone trousers. This is important due to the

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label that was found inside them.
Inside the trousers were a label that stated

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N. Hamilton Litt twenty five dot
three dot seventy five. Locate International have

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stated that they strongly believed that this
label was a laundry label from the Nethern

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Hospital, which was nearby to Deep
Dean. Nethern Hospital was founded in nineteen

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oh five and had been brought about
by overcrowding in the Brookwood Asylum in Woking.

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It was originally called the Surrey County
Asylum and was built to house nine

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hundred and sixty patients. Nethern had
a good reputation from the outset and was

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thought to be at the forefront of
treatment into mental illness, and in the

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nineteen twenties the word asylum was dropped
from the name as it was now not

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seen as the correct term. During
the Second World War I OR the hospital

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was also used as a convalescent home
for those that were injured. After the

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Second World War, the hospital came
under the newly formed NHS and as time

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progressed, as did the treatments for
mental illness. People were then being treated

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in their local communities rather than being
housed in a facility, and the number

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of patients at Nethern was reduced during
this time. By nineteen ninety there were

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only one hundred and fifty patients in
the facility built for almost one thousand.

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By nineteen ninety four, Nethern was
converted into a new development called Nethern on

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the Hill, which has around four
hundred and forty houses, a nursing home,

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a shop and a pub. If
this unidentified man had resided at Nethern,

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then Locate International believed that the lit
part of the label refers to the

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Littleton, a close supervision unit at
the hospital. This could be a big

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help to figuring out who this man
was and if he had been a patient

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at the hospital, some one may
well remember him. Locate International have published

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four questions that they want to appeal
to the public about in the hopes that

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it helps jog some memories. They
have asked, does n Hamilton Litt mean

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anything to you? Did you or
any one you know work at Nethern Hospital

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in the nineteen seventies and our eighties? Did you lose contact with someone resembling

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this description. In the nineteen seventies
or eighties. Do you remember seeing a

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man resembling this description in Deep Dean
Woods. Some one must have some recollection

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of this man and know something about
him. It's a shame that he has

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not been identified after all these years. And while there is a lot less

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information about him in comparison to the
Mile End man, the connection between him

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and the Nethern Hospital is an important
one. This information is important along with

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some possessions that were found with him. He had a yellow tobacco tin containing

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tobacco and matches, along with a
brown leather fold over wallet. He also

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had two keys on a split ring
fob and a circular emblem of the Double

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Diamond beer brand. He also had
fifty three pence in coins dated between nineteen

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sixty seven and nineteen seventy five.
Who was this man and why was he

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in Deep Dean Woods? Had he
been a patient at Nethern and if he

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had, why had he ended up
where he did? A lot of this

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is obviously unknown. However, this
man was known to someone. He was

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someone's son, brother, or father, and he must have been missed by

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someone. If you recognize any of
this information, please contact locate international and

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tell them what you know. It's
so important. I will link this man's

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information in the show notes so you
can have a look for yourself. Thank

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you for listening to today's episode.
I just want to let you know that

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I will now be taking a break
so I can prepare for the twelve Days

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of Missing People episodes I will be
releasing in December. These will start on

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