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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to do a bit of housekeeping before

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<v Speaker 1>we start today's episode. I just wanted to apologize if

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<v Speaker 1>episodes have seemed a little more sporadic recently, as well

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<v Speaker 1>as social media posts. I'm really busy with work at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment and have lots of other personal things happening.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing bad or anything, but just very hectic, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm struggling a little to keep up with schedules and things.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hoping to be back on track with the episodes

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<v Speaker 1>and posts from this month, but apologies if I seem

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<v Speaker 1>a little all over the place. It also explains some

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<v Speaker 1>of the shorter episodes I've been posting recently, just like

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<v Speaker 1>today's for example. I do have some longer episodes in

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<v Speaker 1>the works and have lots of research done, so we

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<v Speaker 1>should be back to normal soon. So please stay with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going anywhere today. We're going to be covering

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<v Speaker 1>the murder of thirty two year old Philip Nixon in Stoke,

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<v Speaker 1>Newington in London in nineteen eighty five. I came across

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<v Speaker 1>this case while reviewing Crime Watch cases that remained unsolved,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was completely perplexed by it. There is very

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<v Speaker 1>little information about this case, however, it appears to have

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<v Speaker 1>been completely forgotten by time, and as many of you

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<v Speaker 1>regular listeners know, those are the cases that I'm always

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<v Speaker 1>interested in covering and hope to bring them back into

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<v Speaker 1>the light. This episode contains some descriptions of violence, so

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<v Speaker 1>listener discretion is always advised. Stone Newington is an area

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<v Speaker 1>in the London borough of Hackney, located around five miles

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<v Speaker 1>from central London. It's a residential and diverse area, with

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<v Speaker 1>many people commuting into central London for work due to

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<v Speaker 1>the proximity. Thirty two year old Philip Nixon lived on

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<v Speaker 1>Petherton Road in Stoke Newington and worked as a civil servant.

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<v Speaker 1>There has been very little reported about Philip's life and

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<v Speaker 1>what he did in his job. However, it was known

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<v Speaker 1>that on November sixth, nineteen eighty five, he had taken

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<v Speaker 1>the day off from work. He had attended a fireworks

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<v Speaker 1>party the evening before and had decided to take the

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<v Speaker 1>day off following it. At around five pm, he left

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<v Speaker 1>his home to go and do some shopping. The route

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<v Speaker 1>that Philip took that day was established. After leaving his home,

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<v Speaker 1>he walked down Ferntower Road and visited his local grocer,

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<v Speaker 1>where he proceeded to do his shopping. There was nothing

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<v Speaker 1>unusual about this, and it was something that he was

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<v Speaker 1>known to do on a regular basis, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a place he always went to. After leaving the grocer,

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<v Speaker 1>Philip decided not to go straight home and instead went

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<v Speaker 1>down Newington Green Road, heading in the direction of the

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<v Speaker 1>railway bridge. It was known that he reached the railway bridge. However,

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<v Speaker 1>this was as far as Philip got on his journey.

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<v Speaker 1>A passing motorist who was traveling along this route along

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<v Speaker 1>the railway bridge would later encounter Philip Nixon. He was

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<v Speaker 1>lying prone on the pavement on his back, with his

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<v Speaker 1>bag of shopping strewn next to him. He was clear

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<v Speaker 1>to the motorists that he was injured, and they acted

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<v Speaker 1>quickly by placing Philip into their car and taking him

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<v Speaker 1>to Whittington Hospital. Despite this person's quick thinking and good

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<v Speaker 1>Samaritan behavior, Philip was pronounced dead on arrival. What had

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<v Speaker 1>possibly happened to him after he bought his shopping and

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<v Speaker 1>began walking down the road. Nothing prior to this indicated

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<v Speaker 1>there was anything amiss, and he was only thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>years old. The case became extremely strange when it was

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<v Speaker 1>discovered that Philip had died from a violent blow to

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<v Speaker 1>his head. This violent blow had caused his death. How

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<v Speaker 1>this had happened, though, seemed somewhat incomprehensible, given that prior

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<v Speaker 1>to around five twenty five pm, he had been simply

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<v Speaker 1>out to do his shopping, and there was also another

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<v Speaker 1>fact he had died on a busy main road where

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<v Speaker 1>many people passed through on their way to London. If

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<v Speaker 1>he had been attacked while walking, surely someone had seen it.

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<v Speaker 1>This seemed to be a complete mystery, and they could

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<v Speaker 1>find no evidence as to what had happened to Philip

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<v Speaker 1>that evening or why. If this had been a random attack,

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<v Speaker 1>where had the perpetrator disappeared to after that? Where they

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<v Speaker 1>still a danger to people in the community. A crime

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<v Speaker 1>watch reconstruction was made in the hope that someone would

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<v Speaker 1>come forward with information. In particular, they were interested in

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<v Speaker 1>the many people who would have passed Philip as they

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<v Speaker 1>drove or walked on New into Green Road. Who was

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<v Speaker 1>speculated that hundreds of people may have passed by him

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<v Speaker 1>that evening while he was lying on the ground that

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<v Speaker 1>these passers by may have just assumed that perhaps he

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<v Speaker 1>was drunk and simply ignored him. This is, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>in hindsight, a tragic idea, given that we know he'd

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<v Speaker 1>suffered a brutal injury. The sharp crime watch segment seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be the only piece of information that exists about

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<v Speaker 1>Philip's case, and I can find no updates as to

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<v Speaker 1>if anything was found out after this. I have scoured

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<v Speaker 1>newspaper archives and found no reference to his death at all,

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<v Speaker 1>and no references to an investigation having been conducted by

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<v Speaker 1>the police. This seems very odd given that the cause

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<v Speaker 1>of death has been described as a violent blow to

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<v Speaker 1>the head. This somewhat indicates that he was attacked in

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<v Speaker 1>the street by someone. It seems there are no witnesses, evidence,

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<v Speaker 1>or any suspects that have ever been found, and so

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<v Speaker 1>the case from the outside anyway, seems to have gone cold.

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<v Speaker 1>According to a link on the Unsolved Murder's website, which

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<v Speaker 1>has provided some information as well as the crime Watch segment,

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<v Speaker 1>Philip's mother did send a memorial notice into the newspaper

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<v Speaker 1>for him. It reads, in loving memory of my dear

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<v Speaker 1>son killed by one as yet unknown on the streets

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<v Speaker 1>of London, sixth of November nineteen eighty five. Only one

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<v Speaker 1>to all the world, but all the world to me.

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<v Speaker 1>He lives forever in my heart, loving mother and family.

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<v Speaker 1>This absolutely breaks my heart as it appears that little

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<v Speaker 1>was done in the case to locate who committed this,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was certainly little evidence to go on. Police

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<v Speaker 1>may of course have been involved in this case, it

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<v Speaker 1>just might not have been published or be easy to find,

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<v Speaker 1>but from my research very little exists. I would love

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<v Speaker 1>to know more about this case and more about Philip,

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<v Speaker 1>so if anyone does know any more about it, please

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<v Speaker 1>do get in touch. If you do have vital information,

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<v Speaker 1>please pass this on to police at one oh one

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<v Speaker 1>or at crime Stoppers on eight hundred five five five

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<v Speaker 1>one one one. As I said, this is a sharp

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<v Speaker 1>bonus episode this week, but I will be back with

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<v Speaker 1>normal episodes very soon when my life is a little

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<v Speaker 1>less hectic. There will be one up next week as usual.

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