Untold Brighton
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- Mar 27, 2019
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A new investigative podcast based in Brighton is appealing to Seagulls fans for help.
Michael Trower, from Hove, went missing aged 14 in 1966. His remains were found near Waterhall the following year.
Sussex Police turned to Albion supporters for help as they strove to catch his killer.
On the evening of February 1, 1967, Michael’s picture was displayed inside and outside the Goldstone Ground, where Albion were playing Aldershot in a cup match.
Detective Superintendent Jim Marshall addressed 29,000 supporters. He told them: “Next time it could be your child.”
His team was allowed to use manager Archie Macaulay’s office under the main stand to take statements from people who came forward.
More than 50 years later, Michael Trower's murder remains unsolved. Much about his story has never been properly discussed.
Our podcast will explore the tragedy and ask what it can tell us about those days and present times.
If you can remember anything at all about the case, we would like you to help us tell this story. Just email untoldbrighton@gmail.com
Perhaps you were at the Goldstone that night. Did you talk to the police?
Did you know Michael Trower's family? Or did you or a family member work as a police officer in the case?
Were you one of the 3,000 holidaymakers who detectives traced from seafront photographs?
Were you among the 10,000 schoolboys who were addressed by officers in assemblies, or the 500 seafront workers they interviewed in their inquiry?
Did you used to go to the Jacey Cinema in North Street? Did police knock on your door in the Brangwyn estate in Patcham as part of their house-to-house checks?
Did you or a family member know Michael at Downs View School?
To share your memory, or for more information about the podcast, please email untoldbrighton@gmail.com
Michael Trower, from Hove, went missing aged 14 in 1966. His remains were found near Waterhall the following year.
Sussex Police turned to Albion supporters for help as they strove to catch his killer.
On the evening of February 1, 1967, Michael’s picture was displayed inside and outside the Goldstone Ground, where Albion were playing Aldershot in a cup match.
Detective Superintendent Jim Marshall addressed 29,000 supporters. He told them: “Next time it could be your child.”
His team was allowed to use manager Archie Macaulay’s office under the main stand to take statements from people who came forward.
More than 50 years later, Michael Trower's murder remains unsolved. Much about his story has never been properly discussed.
Our podcast will explore the tragedy and ask what it can tell us about those days and present times.
If you can remember anything at all about the case, we would like you to help us tell this story. Just email untoldbrighton@gmail.com
Perhaps you were at the Goldstone that night. Did you talk to the police?
Did you know Michael Trower's family? Or did you or a family member work as a police officer in the case?
Were you one of the 3,000 holidaymakers who detectives traced from seafront photographs?
Were you among the 10,000 schoolboys who were addressed by officers in assemblies, or the 500 seafront workers they interviewed in their inquiry?
Did you used to go to the Jacey Cinema in North Street? Did police knock on your door in the Brangwyn estate in Patcham as part of their house-to-house checks?
Did you or a family member know Michael at Downs View School?
To share your memory, or for more information about the podcast, please email untoldbrighton@gmail.com