The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

Sometimes, when you least expect it, something happens quite of the blue, that changes everything.....   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com

The plot thickens - Why does a seemingly impossible thesis - keep surprising us. Suggesting there might be more to this case than meets the eye.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  

The research team have been hard at work for a few months now, and we've got a lot to report on. But in the course of that research, something caught our eye - An unusual story that developed in Burton exactly a year before Fred was found....

Ever heard of super-recognisers - Well, it's a thing - people with exceptional ability to recognise people in a crowd - they are used by police and security services the world over - but what's that got to do with Fred?   Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Website www.fredthehead.info   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  

So, we have the perfect crime. The finance scandal of London in 1967, a faked death, a trusted accomplice leading police astray, a beauty queen, all culminating in a successful getaway. They'd done it, Disappeared, never to be seen again.  Or so they thought...... In our concluding episode, we try to track them down.   Links: Narrated, written and produced by Ken Davies, Managing Director, GSE Media Ltd ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com   Fred the Head Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - the content of this podcast, including the audio recordings, scripts, and any original material, is subject to copyright protection. © 2025 GSE Media Ltd

Sunday, 16th July 1967 was destined to be the warmest day of the year in the South of England. But in the English Channel, there was a fog. A small dinghy pushed off the coast near Selsey on the Sussex coast, and set in motion a mystery that until this moment has never been solved. Involving missing cash, Miss World contestants and suspicious deaths, it was the scandal of the summer that has remained unsolved ever since..... Until Now.   Links: Narrated, written and produced by Ken Davies, Managing Director, GSE Media Ltd ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com Fred the Head Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   The Mysterious Case of Michael Benedict is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - the content of thus podcast, including the audio recordings, scripts, and any original material, is subject to copyright protection. © 2025 GSE Media Ltd  

From our Fred of Head investigation, we stumble upon a new case - full of intrigue, danger and glamour in London at the height of the swinging sixties.  But after 60 years, impossible to solve surely......... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-case-of-michael-benedict/id1808672668

Our investigation gets into full swing, yielding its first results. We find a new report about the inquest, which unearths some new facts and we have p[progress on John Gick, and there's a very interesting side story developing. Links:   Abigail's 2025 London Marathon https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-davies   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Website www.fredthehead.info   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  

2025 has started with bang, as we undertake our biggest research campaign to identify potential victims. I also have an opportunity to discuss the lifestyle of the person that Fred might have been with a key expert.

It's about time I gave you an update on plans for Fred in 2025 - Well here goes....

I receive a detailed theory from the ex police colleague of the original investigating officer, Peter Hough - and it seems a good place to pause and reflect as we reach the 50th episode and map out the way forward.   Links:   The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZdZyq4kWHyRDzdMQ3DZYZ?si=82fe5dce6630471c   New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Website www.fredthehead.info   Podcast Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Ken Davies ken.davies@gsemedialtd.com  

We take a closer look into the discovery story and particularly the claim that Garth Hamp-Gopsill was at the Grammar School instructing shooting. We also meet a man who the police believed may have been connected to John Gick's disappearance and learn some things that might prove useful. Links New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/ Website www.fredthehead.info Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com  

It's time to revisit the original discovery story and go over it with a fine-toothed comb. A process that yields some interesting inconsistencies. And there's some unexpected developments from the Isle of Man.   Links New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/ Website www.fredthehead.info Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com  

I travel to the Isle of Man in search of more information about John Gick and return to speak to someone connected with the case who has a very clear idea of what may have happened to Fred. Oh,.... and by the way, there's something quite important I've been meaning to tell you!   Links New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/ Website www.fredthehead.info Email fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com  

There's a number of interesting conversations that reveal some new ideas, an eagle eared listener spots a very strange coincidence and there's news of our new website. Show Notes for Episode 46 www.fredthehead.info contact@fredthehead.info fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com   Steve the Transit Camper YouTube Episode  https://youtu.be/MsrB6gQ13Dk?si=yfM6l7grACDteUo1      

What would you do in John Gick's shoes? - Our investigation in to that thought yields an astonishing potential connection - One, absolutely nobody, saw coming! Want to contact us? - email us at: fredtheheadpodcast@gmail.com

Summer's over, so its back to work on the investigation. There's a few interesting developments to update you on on John Gick, on the Kun family emigration and the first Fred the Head meet up which was such a great success. 

John Gick disappears without trace on Saturday 1st February 1969, leaving the scout group he had brought with him from the Isle of Man without its leader. In this episode we track down the second in command on that trip and explore what he remembers about that fateful journey and what he remembers about John Gick and the clues that emerged from the investigation that followed his disappearance.

Episode 42 - Digging Deeper - We take our investigations into the missing scoutmaster to the next level, as we try to establish how the unsolved disappearance of a man in February 1969 could be related to our case.