The Man in the Wetsuit: An Unsolved Mystery at Claerwen Reservoir
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
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A body was found in Claerwen Reservoir in Wales. The man was wearing only a wetsuit. No identification. No belongings. No vehicle. The police still do not know who he is…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes. |
| 0:12.8 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:17.5 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:22.4 | In the summer of 2004, a man arrived at a reservoir in a remote mountainous region in the middle of Wales. |
| 0:32.4 | No one knows why or who he was. |
| 0:36.1 | What is known is that he didn't leave alive. It's the fact that there was no |
| 0:42.2 | belongings, nothing found around the banking or no vehicle left nearby. Welcome to they walk |
| 0:51.4 | among us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 0:57.5 | This is the 62nd in a series of bonus episodes. |
| 1:08.0 | Tucked away in the Cambrian Mountains, roughly 10 miles as the crow flies from the nearest town, |
| 1:15.1 | sits a large body of water. Few people in the UK are likely to have ever heard of the Clairwen |
| 1:21.9 | Reservoir. It is the biggest and most remote of five dams in the Ellen Valley in Powers. |
| 1:29.7 | The hydro station at Clarewen provides enough electricity for around 2,500 to 3,000 households. |
| 1:38.6 | The dam and imposing 183 foot concrete structure is reached by a single-track lane that winds up through green hills. |
| 1:48.5 | Even in the height of summer, there aren't many visitors. It's not generally a place that someone |
| 1:54.2 | would choose to go out of their way to visit. Warning signs are posted intermittently, advising against swimming and boating. |
| 2:03.7 | The chair of a local rambling group had never once seen anyone disregard the warning signs. |
| 2:10.7 | Alan Austin frequently walked in the area and knew how dangerous it could be. |
| 2:15.7 | He told reporters, the water can get very cold, |
| 2:20.1 | and water from the reservoir pours over the dams when it's been raining. |
| 2:25.7 | Even at the height of summer, |
| 2:27.5 | entering the water would be not just deeply uncomfortable, |
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