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The Missing

Gary Burns

The Missing

Darrell Brown

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Gary Burns was working in the Turkish resort of Icmeler when he disappeared without a trace, in the summer of 2016. Originally from Birkenhead, Gary had lived in Turkey for several years, after starting a relationship with a Turkish woman during a holiday. Gary’s family became worried when they didn’t hear from him for a few months, and his brother – Terry – reveals what the years since have been like for the Burns family.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This season we're launching a new episode of The Missing every week, but if you don't want to wait, all episodes are currently available completely ad-free on what's the story crime. Signing up is really easy.

0:15.0

Just follow the link in our show notes.

0:17.0

You're guaranteed to find your new favorite true crime listen.

0:21.0

From con men to missing people, forensic investigations to miscarriages of justice,

0:27.0

what's the story crime is the home for all true crime fans who want bingeable, addictive, crime-based content. Every time someone goes missing it prompts a series of questions. What's made them disappear? Who made them disappear?

0:56.8

Was there something going on that I wasn't aware of?

1:01.2

Sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, siblings and best friends.

1:07.0

They all feel the pain when someone they love disappears.

1:12.0

But there are some cases where those questions keep circling.

1:17.0

When Gary Burns went missing, it made his brother Terry contemplate their relationship

1:22.2

and whether he could have done more.

1:24.0

So if someone's done something to him, he's probably thought

1:28.0

and it's all that he hasn't probably got a family or he hasn't got that much family

1:32.0

you know it shouldn't be a problem if we were to get

1:34.4

rid of them not knowing that we're all at home obviously doing every time to find them.

1:39.6

I'm Pandora Sykes and you're listening to the missing a podcast series brought to you

1:44.2

with support from the charity missing people and investigation specialists

1:48.9

locate international they believe that all of the cases in this series could still be solved.

1:57.8

This is the missing. Gary Burns.

2:19.0

This episode is about two brothers, siblings and mates who took it in turns to look out for the other one.

2:22.0

Terry was the younger. I grew up on the state called the Ford Estate.

2:25.0

I had, I grew up that he was three years older than me.

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