Hi, Park enthusiasts. I'm your host, Dilya DeAmbra.

And the story I have for you today may be infamous to you, or it might not.

It all depends on which side of the Atlantic ocean you live on.

It takes place in Wild Park Local Nature Reserve in Brighton, England, about two hours south of London on the coast.

According to the City Council website, Wild Park is several hundred acres of dense woods and grasslands

that are all interconnected by small footpaths.

Locals and tourists are drawn to its beauty because it's a great place to take a nature walk or catch a stunning view of the city.

Since the year 2000, the town itself has been called Brighton and Hove, but back when this crime happened, it was just Brighton.

There are sheep and other livestock that graze on the reserve, which I think really adds to its English charm vibe.

The park is often dubbed an oasis in suburbia, but back in the fall of 1986, that image was shattered forever.

Two young girls got a snack from a fish and chip shop near the park, and then they went to play in the grass.

Everything was idyllic, until it wasn't. Both girls vanished without a trace.

The gruesome scene and boggling mystery that unfolded after they disappeared haunted police and the public for decades.

Until one day, the truth of what really happened in the woods finally surfaced.

This is Park Predators.

On Friday, October 10, 1986, shortly before 5 o'clock in the evening, two local teenagers named Matthew Marshont and Kevin Rowland were trudging through the outskirts of Wild Park Local Nature Reserve in their hometown of Brighton, England.

A few hours earlier, the boys had decided to join a search party of nearly 50 police officers who were out scouring for nine-year-old Nicola Fellows and nine-year-old Karen Hadaway.

Nicola and Karen hadn't been seen for almost 24 hours. The last time anyone had noticed them was around 6.30 p.m. on Thursday night, October 9.

They'd been spotted at a fish and chip store across the street from an entrance to the park.

The girls lived in a tight-knit community, which was less than a mile from the park. So in a small way, the boys felt that they owed it to these girls to at least join in the efforts to help find them.

Matthew and Kevin, like everyone else in Brighton, had figured Nicola and Karen were just lost in the park somewhere.

But now that a night and a full day had passed with no sign of them, finding the pair seemed even more urgent.

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