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Sword and Scale Nightmares

Incongruity

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In 1986, a young Navy Seaman went missing from Gibraltar, a British naval base, after the ship The Illustrious docked for a few days. Simon Parkes’s grief-stricken parents would search for him for more than fifteen years, until 2001 when a connection was made between Simon and two other young cadets who went missing. Their bodies would surface, but Simon’s would not. Investigators would later discover the grim reality that they may have encountered one of the worst serial killers in England’s history.

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0:00.0	On December 12, 1986, the parents of Simon Park secretly awaited his return home from
0:21.8	his first tour in the Royal Navy.
0:24.9	It was almost Christmas and his mother couldn't wait to see him again.
0:29.4	Simon was excited to go home too, and he'd spent a lot of his shore leave buying presents
0:34.5	for his family, his friends, and his girlfriend.
0:38.5	He called his parents when the ship first made dock at their last stop on tour and told
0:43.6	his mother not to worry, and that he would be home soon.
0:48.0	Days later, on December 14, his ship would leave without him.
0:54.4	His parents would be told that he likely ran off with a girl he met during shore leave.
1:00.0	The Navy didn't seem all that concerned, so even though this was way out of character,
1:05.7	his parents just waited for him to call or just show up.
1:10.2	And they would wait for 13 years before having any idea what happened to Simon.
1:24.4	Welcome to Sword and Scale Nightmares, true crime for bedtime, when nightmare begins now.
1:54.0	On December of 1986, the HMS Illustrious, which was a massive aircraft carrier in the Royal
2:01.1	Navy, was on the last leg of its world tour.
2:06.3	A tour is a time spent at sea doing operational duties like patrol, combat, or even just
2:13.0	helping out an ally.
2:15.1	The illustrious had been at sea for nine months around Southeast Asia and Australia.
2:21.7	18-year-old Simon was newly enlisted and served as a radio operator aboard the ship.
2:28.4	And although he was young and boyish with his innocent face, he performed admirably at
2:35.1	his duties.
2:36.8	He was living a dream he had since he was a kid.
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