What Happened to Brett Dryden?
REAL
Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On the 21st of July 2024, 35-year-old British man Brett Dryden was found dead in his home in Mojacar, Spain. The police initially told his mother Sandra, that he had died a violent death.
But what followed has left Brett's family distraught. They have been left high and dry by the Spanish authorities, so Sandra and her husband Rob have had to do what no parent should ever have to do - they are now investigating their son's death.
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 0:05.5 | Please use discretion. |
| 0:08.0 | On last week's episode, I said that one of the most impactful things when doing podcasts like these is thinking of those left behind, |
| 0:17.9 | the ones who are left to navigate the pain and loss of their loved ones, who didn't |
| 0:22.4 | die naturally, they were taken, stolen. If we're unlucky enough for that to happen to someone |
| 0:29.4 | we love, then the least we can expect is the support and dedication from the police to get |
| 0:35.2 | justice. But in today's case, we're going to hear from a mother |
| 0:39.7 | who has had to become an investigator in her son's case |
| 0:43.6 | because she says the police have left her high and dry. |
| 0:49.1 | This isn't a historical case. |
| 0:52.1 | Her son died less than a year ago. I'm So he's called Brett Robert James. |
| 1:37.4 | He was called Robert after my dad and James after my grander. |
| 1:42.1 | This is Sandra Adams. |
| 1:44.0 | She's talking to me from her home in Gateshead in the north of England. |
| 1:48.3 | From the moment she joins our video call, she looks fragile. |
| 1:52.4 | The weight of the world is on her and I can see it. |
| 1:56.0 | And it wasn't long before tears started to fall. |
| 1:59.8 | It was beautiful. |
| 2:00.7 | He had lots of Jeff Blackhe. I was 20 when I had |
| 2:04.3 | him and he was just adored by everybody. My parents adored him. She's talking about her son, Brett Dryden. |
| 2:14.7 | He'd been raised by his mum, his stepdad Rob, and he had a younger sister called Shannon. |
| 2:20.7 | I split up with Brett's dad when I was expecting Brett. Brett's dad was never in his life. So I met |
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