Maria Bernadette Aldridge

The Missing

Darrell Brown

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Maria Bernadette Aldridge was a 17-year-old cadet nurse, who disappeared some time during the summer of 1968, during her second year at a nurse cadet course at City Hospital. Her sister Cathy tells Maria’s story, including the details of a mysterious letter found decades later.

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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.
0:37.0	Please be aware that this episode covers graphic description of murder, which some listeners may find distressing. When a person goes missing time becomes paramount. The sooner they're reported is missing, the sooner the search can begin
1:05.6	witnesses can be traced evidence gathered and clues preserved
1:11.8	Any delay in that process, well it creates holes. There can be
1:17.0	missing periods of time, gaps in the information. Important details can be lost. The longer a case goes on, the more challenging the
1:26.8	search can be. Geography can change. Names can change. Memories fade and facts become distorted.
1:35.0	Simple things like knowing when and where that person was last seen.
1:39.0	Over time, even they can change.
1:48.0	Across this series we've dealt with cases from as recent as three years ago to as far back as 30.
1:50.0	But in today's episode we go even further back to 1968 to one of the oldest
1:57.4	missing persons reports on record, the case of Maria Aldridge.
2:05.0	Despite delays in reporting her missing and 50 years without any trace of her,
2:10.0	we'll hear how there is still hope that the mystery can be solved.
2:14.8	As long as I haven't got a body and they haven't found it,
2:18.1	there is the possibility that she's alive out there somewhere.
2:21.6	That is my hope. That is my lifeline.
2:26.0	I'm Pandora Sykes and you're listening to The Missing, a podcast series produced by What's the Story Sounds and brought to you with help from the charities
2:35.4	Missing People and Locate International.
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