Just before Christmas in 1982, a grim discovery was made in the cellar of a house in the Greater Manchester town of Bolton. Human remains, belonging to a woman, were found in a partially-mummified state. But how long had she been there? And why could no one work out who she was? This is the story of ‘Mary Ellen’, which grows stranger and more complex with every new detail and connection that emerges…

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BBC Articles:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-63726889

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy03z7lg75eo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl5k08nd2jjo

Manchester Evening News Article: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/i-started-clearing-round-through-28512171

The Forgotten Dead Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dny6v9/episodes/guide

Bolton News Article: https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24320190.family-speak-mary-ellen-appear-bbc-podcast/

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24337891.bolton-family-owned-house-mary-ellen-found/

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10063568.mystery-woman-found-in-cellar-on-missing-persons-website/

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10152818.could-body-found-in-cellar-be-brenda/