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

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people, unresolved cases and UK true
crime. Today's episode eleven of our twelve

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days of Missing person episodes throughout December, and we are going to be discussing

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the disappearance of Philip Frasier in twenty
twenty one. Pelipe's disappearance hit the headlines

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and was reported on quite heavily at
the time. However, since then there

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has been little published about any progress
on the case more recently. This episode

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is about a missing person and so
does not contain any graphic details, but

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listener discretion is advised. The hut
Nanni is a live music venue and events

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space located in the area of Brixton
in South London in the London borough of

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Lambeth. It's a well known club
where many people in the area flocked to

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see DJs, listen to live music
and eat good food. It's a lively

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and busy place which attracts lots of
different types of people. Philippe Fraser had

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worked at the Huton Annie for around
a decade by the time that twenty twenty

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one came around. He had a
close connection to the club given that his

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aunt owned it. He had been
working in hospitality for a long time and

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was a well known face at the
Houghton Annie, known to many of the

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customers. His family have described him
as being well loved at the venue and

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said that customers knew him and his
personality. During the COVID pandemic, the

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hospitality industry was hit hard, and
therefore so was the Houton Annie. It

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closed during this time and the family
instead spent a lot of time together.

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It reported that Philippe had spent day
and night with his dad Alistair and his

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stepmom Jean, and they became very
close. He was known to love nature

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and the outdoors and love to go
out and his mountain bike into the countryside.

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He was also a passionate photographer who
would go out and photograph nature and

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interesting things that he came across.
He was also described as a film buff

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who enjoyed going to the cinema,
particularly His favorite cinema was the Ritzy Cinema

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in Brixton, where he would go
often. During the summer of twenty twenty

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one, COVID restrictions were beginning to
relax and the world was going back to

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some normality. This meant that the
hospitality industry were able to get back to

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normal, and therefore so could the
hut Nanni and all of its employees.

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On June the eighth, twenty twenty
one, Philippe left his home, which

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was above the houton Any in Brixton. He was later shown on CCTV to

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believe in carrying two rucksacks. This, however, was the last known sighting

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of Philippe. He was a reliable
person, and his stepmom would later say

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about his disappearance, It's very unlike
him. He always told his family where

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he was going. He always came
to shifts, to the pub. He

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would never not turn up. That's
why we were very concerned. When his

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family didn't hear from him, they
quickly knew something must be wrong. Philipe

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always kept in contact and it was
very out of character for him to go

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somewhere without telling someone. His family
decided to reach out to the police to

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report him missing, and they quickly
began looking for him. Philippe's disappearance did

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capture the public's attention, particularly when
high profile celebrities in the UK began talking

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about it. One of these people
was the Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie

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Rose is Philippe's cousin and she appealed
for information about his disappearance. She posted

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twelve days after Philippe was last seen, and it was also significant as the

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twentieth of June was his birthday.
She posted a video saying it's your birthday

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to day, but you've been missing
since the eighth of June. Your friends

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and family are very worried about you, so please get in touch and a

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very happy birthday to you wherever you
are. TV presenter John Snow also posted

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about Philip's disappearance and it thankfully did
get publicity at the time. His family

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appealed to the public and also made
searches of their own all over London.

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They particularly focused on areas that they
thought he would go to, such as

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q Bridge in Richmond and Epping Forest
in Essex, which were two of his

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favorite photography spots. They put leaflets
up in local supermarkets and cafes in the

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hope that someone had seen him.
A description of him was also circulated.

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Philip was described as around five feet
ten inches tall, of slim build,

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with brown hair and blue eyes.
It was stated that he usually dressed in

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neutral colors such as navy blue or
black. The family stated that they looked

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all over London, working in shifts, trying to find him. They were

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even more concerned when they realized that
Philippe had not taken any of his photography

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equipment with him, and so searching
in these photography sparks seemed pointless given that

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he seemed to not have been heading
to any of these. The family also

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got another shock when they were told
that Philipe may not have been in London

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at all. They found out that
the day after he had last been seen,

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he had actually left the country.
They were told that he may be

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in the Alps. His stepmom Jean
stated, I wish we'd known before we

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launched that massive search in London.
Now we're looking in the Alps. The

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Alps is a huge area. This
was a massive surprise and changed the course

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of the investigation. If Philippe was
not in London and in the Alps,

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he could be in numerous places,
and this of course made the investigation all

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the more difficult. It begged the
question of why he'd wanted to disappear,

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what had made him leave that day
and not contact his family, whom he

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was close with Gina stated in newspaper
reports that Philippe had been looking forward to

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going back to work after the COVID
restrictions were lifted. However, he may

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well have been feeling apprehensive about going
back to work in the hospitality industry after

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such a long time of being at
home. It's been suggested that Philipe may

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well have been in a vulnerable or
distressed state at the time that he left

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home, and this could have been
a trigger for his disappearance. In the

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first couple of weeks after his disappearance, Philippe's family asked that if he was

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seen by anyone in the area of
the Alps, that they should approach him

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sensitively, as he may well have
been distressed. I think it's so important

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to highlight the effect that COVID had
on many people across the world, and

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the relaxing of restrictions did cause many
people worry and genuine concern mental health following

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the COVID pandemic cannot be ignored.
Whatever the reasons for Philip's disappearance, he

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has still not been located, and
over two years since he vanished, there

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has not been much reported on about
his case. His family were and clearly

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are desperate to know what happened and
where he is, and they just want

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to know that he is alive and
well. His safety is what they care

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about most, and it's so crucial
that if anyone has information about Philip's disappearance

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that they contact police on one oh
one or the missing People website, which

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I will link in the show notes. Philip's family have also listed an email

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address on some articles to contact them
directly with information, and I will also

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link this in the notes. Thank
you for listening to episode eleven of our

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