S. 8 Episode 24: Where Is Nicola Payne?

In December 1991, 18-year-old mother Nicola Payne vanished during a six-minute walk across a foggy stretch of Coventry, England, and has never been seen again. Decades of searches, conflicting witness accounts, questionable alibis, lost evidence, DNA testing, and even a murder trial have failed to answer what happened to her. More than 30 years later, Nicola’s family is still waiting for the answer that matters most: where is Nicola? 

Grab a drink and join us for this rollercoaster of an episode as Kat does a deep dive into this 30 year-old case. 

References: 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lyBagGEdSU
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3f5jij5KL8
3. https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23520720.new-evidence-nicola-payne-murder-30-years/
4. https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/what-happened-nicola-payne-one-uks-biggest-unsolved-cases
5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/missingpersonssupport/posts/2971929222958764/
6. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/69xyqt/the_1991_disappearance_of_teenage_mother_nicola/
7. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/g12z5z/missing_since_1991_nicola_payne/
8. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-25417081
9. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/16/two-men-cleared-of-nicola-payne-murder
10. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr3r8mmpv3o
11. https://news.sky.com/story/opinion-its-been-26-years-i-cant-die-without-finding-my-nicola-11171784
12. https://www.instagram.com/popular/nicola-payne-son-owen-now/?hl=en
13. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34515445
14. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34701954
15. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/nicola-payne-murder-trial-brother-10252911
16. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34526680
17. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nicola-payne-murder-suspect-tried-6626824
18. https://crimeimmemorial.com/2025/11/29/nicola-payne/
19. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11998729/Nicola-Paynes-family-break-down-in-court-as-Nigel-Barwell-and-Thomas-OReilly-cleared-of-murder.html
20. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/30406980/sister-disappearing-foggy-path-window-murdered/
21. https://www.thesun.ie/news/13812433/sister-disappearing-foggy-path-window-murdered/
22. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34643073
23.  https://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-11-16/timeline-the-nicola-payne-case-since-1991
24. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1396999187093926/posts/on-december-14th-1991-nicola-payne-an-18-year-old-mother-left-her-boyfriends-hom/9400669476726817/
25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tobin
26. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/nicola-payne-timeline-what-happened-26963939
27. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/victims-of-serial-killer-peter-tobin-248076 

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