A shopkeeper in North Wales seemingly vanishes into thin air after hanging a sign on her antique store saying she’ll be back in two minutes. Investigators search high and low for Trevaline Evans for decades, trying to track down a so-called “mystery man” in a suit who she’d been seen with in the days before she disappeared. But they find no trace of the 52-year-old grandmother. Her case becomes one police call the most confusing they’ve ever worked. And it becomes even more baffling when…nearly 40 years after Trevaline vanished…brand new tips roll in from two brothers in the UK who say they’d found her remains, and had proof. But those remains seemed to vanish too, leaving this mystery still unsolved.
Duration
1h 15m
Broadcast on
20 Oct 2025
Audio Format
other
This episode appears to contain dynamically inserted ads. Transcript timestamps may be approximate.
A shopkeeper in North Wales seemingly vanishes into thin air after hanging a sign on her antique store saying she’ll be back in two minutes. Investigators search high and low for Trevaline Evans for decades, trying to track down a so-called “mystery man” in a suit who she’d been seen with in the days before she disappeared. But they find no trace of the 52-year-old grandmother. Her case becomes one police call the most confusing they’ve ever worked. And it becomes even more baffling when…nearly 40 years after Trevaline vanished…brand new tips roll in from two brothers in the UK who say they’d found her remains, and had proof. But those remains seemed to vanish too, leaving this mystery still unsolved.
Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ to view the current membership options and policies.
Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp is one of the world's leading online therapy services. Now, insurance options may be available nationwide, with average copays of just $23 per session for eligible members. Because isn't the only thing holding people back, most of us weren't taught stress management. Therapy gives you tools to keep stress from building. BetterHelp works with more than 125 health plans, making it easy to get started with low-cost sessions. Don't have eligible insurance? Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/crimejunky. Cost and coverage may vary. Discount cannot be combined with insurance. Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Brit. And you guys buckled the fuck up, because I'm about to take you for a ride today. Brit, you know this, my famous last words are like, "Oh, you know, this case seems interesting. It could make like a quick mini episode, because no one else has done anything super meaty on it." Yes, super quick. Yeah, yeah, there just might not be a lot there. Well, we're wrong again. This case out of North Wales is one that police have called the strangest case they've ever worked. A woman named Trevelyn Evans vanished into thin air in the middle of a busy town 35 years ago after being seen with a mystery man. And in 2019, two guys in North Wales got a tip about where her body might be. And for the first time ever, we're gonna report on their full story. And we have the never before published photos that they say prove they found her. And in 20 seconds, we're looking at that body right in front of us, in exactly the place where the bad smell was coming from. There she is. I can see her face staring at me with what appeared to be a hole in the side of the skull. I can see the hair. And photos that show someone might still be trying to cover up a murder. They invited us back and asked us to have another look again with our camera. My blood ran cold. We were both in so-called dumbfounded shock up to realisation that the bodies that we'd seen
Transcription truncated.
A shopkeeper in North Wales seemingly vanishes into thin air after hanging a sign on her antique store saying she’ll be back in two minutes. Investigators search high and low for Trevaline Evans for decades, trying to track down a so-called “mystery man” in a suit who she’d been seen with in the days before she disappeared. But they find no trace of the 52-year-old grandmother. Her case becomes one police call the most confusing they’ve ever worked. And it becomes even more baffling when…nearly 40 years after Trevaline vanished…brand new tips roll in from two brothers in the UK who say they’d found her remains, and had proof. But those remains seemed to vanish too, leaving this mystery still unsolved.
