Day 12 of 12 days of missing person episodes.
In 1968, 17 year old Maria Aldridge was training to be a nurse in Birmingham. She has just moved out to live on her own when her family got some unexpected news. Maria had disappeared from her quarters at the hospital without taking any of her belongings with her. She has been missing every since.
Important information provided by:
Missing People profile: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/maria-aldridge-03-000658
The Missing Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/themissingpodcast/episodes/maria-bernadette-aldridge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c740541jyz4o
https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/october/appeal-for-information-to-help-find-woman-missing-since-1968
/https://www.itv.com/news/central/2017-01-15/sister-of-nurse-missing-for-50-years-says-i-hope-shes-dead
https://www.nursingtimes.net/hospital-nursing/police-re-open-case-of-missing-nurse-from-1960s-13-09-2009/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2600569/maria-aldridge-student-nurse-vanished/
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