EPISODE · Apr 28, 2019 · 32 MIN
22: The Porthole Murder
from The Unseen Podcast · host The Unseen Podcast
On the 10th October 1947, the ship the Durban Castle was travelling from Capetown in South Africa to Southampton in the UK. 21 year old actress Eileen Gibson or Gay as was her stage name was travelling alone in first class cabin number 126\. In the early hours of the morning the lights outside her cabin were lit which alerted the nightwatchman Fred Steer. The next morning the passengers and staff on the ship were greeted with a strange mystery; Gay Gibson was nowhere to be found. Important information provided by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-43478495https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1947/10/18/actress-eileen-gay-gibson-cruise-ship-murder-on-durban-castle/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j88dghttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/Music by: www.dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen Podcast
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On the 10th October 1947, the ship the Durban Castle was travelling from Capetown in South Africa to Southampton in the UK. 21 year old actress Eileen Gibson or Gay as was her stage name was travelling alone in first class cabin number 126\. In the early hours of the morning the lights outside her cabin were lit which alerted the nightwatchman Fred Steer. The next morning the passengers and staff on the ship were greeted with a strange mystery; Gay Gibson was nowhere to be found. Important information provided by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-43478495https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1947/10/18/actress-eileen-gay-gibson-cruise-ship-murder-on-durban-castle/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j88dghttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/Music by: www.dl-sounds.comFollow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen Podcast
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