Case 264
Andrew Gosden
*** Content warning: Child victim, child abuse, suicide, grooming ***
When 14-year-old Andrew Gosden mysteriously disappeared from his home in the UK suburb of Doncaster, evidence emerged to indicate that he’d left of his own free will. But Andrew was a gifted, intellectual teenager who came from a loving and supportive family – not your typical teenage runaway.
As the questions began to stack up and the days passed by with no word from Andrew, his worried family were forced to face the unthinkable: had Andrew been lured away and fallen victim to foul play?
CREDITS
EPISODE
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
PREMIUM
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RESOURCES
VIDEOS
Missing Live April 2008 – BBC
The Disappearance of Andrew Gosden – Missing People
ONLINE ARTICLES
Family appeals to gay community to find missing son – Pink News
Mystery man plea over missing boy – BBC News
Our last chance of finding runaway son is at Muse gig – The Mirror
River scan machine used in Andrew Gosden search – BBC News
A perfect son, a model family — so what made him run away? – The Times
Family hold vigil to mark ten year anniversary since Doncaster teen went missing – ITV
Father of young Yorkshire man missing for 12 years describes ‘endless torture’ over disappearance – Yorkshire Post
Runaway child: ‘How can a kid disappear from the face of the earth?’ – Daily Mail
Fathers search goes on for missing son – Yorkshire Post
‘My son vanished 16 years ago and we don’t know what happened – it’s a living nightmare’ – The Mirror
Dad of missing Andrew Gosden’s plea as he marks another Christmas without son – Metro UK
Andrew Gosden: The boy who disappeared – BBC News
Andrew Gosden’s family speak out after two men arrested over disappearance – The Guardian
Interview with Kevin Gosden – ForenSeek
Two men released from investigation into disappearance of Andrew Gosden – South Yorkshire Police
OTHER
Missing Andrew Gosden Facebook Page
Missing boy – can you help? – Kerrang
Disappearance of Andrew Gosden – Reddit
Thin Air podcast – Andrew Gosden
Oak symbolism and meaning – Thorn & Claw
The history of oak trees and why people worshipped them – Plant Me Green