Two Girls From Soham: Remembering Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman | Ep. 235
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.6 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In August 2002, two ten-year-old best friends left their homes in the quiet Cambridgeshire town of Soham to buy some sweets. It was a warm summer evening during the school holidays, and the sort of trip they’d made plenty of times before. But when Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman didn’t return home, a simple errand quickly turned into one of the biggest missing persons searches Britain had ever seen. Two little girls had seemingly vanished without a trace.
Holly and Jessica had grown up side by side. They went to school together, played together, and spent most days wandering around with the kind of freedom kids in tight knit communities often have. But one evening, something went terribly wrong. Within days, the entire country was watching as the search unfolded, and at the centre of it all stood a local school caretaker who claimed he might have been the last person to see the girls alive.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:14.4 | In August 2002, two 10-year-old best friends left their homes in the quiet Cambridgeshire town of Soham to buy some |
| 0:22.2 | sweets. It was a warm summer evening during the school holidays and was the sort of trip they'd made |
| 0:28.0 | plenty of times before. But when Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman didn't return home, a simple errand |
| 0:34.6 | quickly turned into one of the biggest missing person searches Britain had ever seen. |
| 0:40.7 | Two little girls had seemingly vanished without a trace. |
| 0:44.7 | Holly and Jessica had grown up side by side. |
| 0:47.7 | They went to school together, played together, and spent most days wandering around |
| 0:52.3 | with the kind of freedom kids in tight-knit communities often have. |
| 0:57.0 | But one evening, something went terribly wrong. |
| 1:00.8 | Within days, the entire country was watching as the search unfolded, |
| 1:04.8 | and at the centre of it all stood a local caretaker, |
| 1:09.0 | who claimed he might have been the last person to see the girls alive. |
| 1:14.0 | In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, |
| 1:16.7 | I take a chronological look at the murders of Holly and Jessica, |
| 1:21.0 | a case that devastated two families, gripped the nation, |
| 1:25.2 | and exposed serious failures in the systems meant to protect children. |
| 1:30.6 | It's the story of two best friends and a crime that would change the country forever. |
| 1:37.1 | Before we get going, please make sure you're following the podcast or subscribed on YouTube. |
| 1:42.1 | Like the video, leave a comment, share it with someone. |
| 1:45.0 | Those small actions have a huge impact on how far the show travels. |
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