About this episode

The episode discusses the case of Milly Dowler, her disappearance, and the subsequent media scandal that affected the investigation.

On a March afternoon in 2002, 13‑year‑old schoolgirl Milly Dowler disappeared while walking home from the train station in Surrey, turning an ordinary journey into a national nightmare. Her abduction and murder exposed both a dangerous predator hiding in plain sight and a shocking media scandal, after it emerged that journalists had hacked Milly’s voicemail while she was missing, interfering with the investigation and tormenting her family even further.

People in this episode

Host: Georgia Marie

Topics covered

• abduction
• murder
• media scandal
• investigation
• true crime

Keywords

• Milly Dowler
• abduction
• murder
• media scandal
• voicemail hacking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: journalists

Places: Surrey

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