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Join me on a journey through some of the most heinous, macabre, and enigmatic murders from across the globe and throughout history in this immersive exploration of solved and unsolved...
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Join me on a journey through some of the most heinous, macabre, and enigmatic murders from across the globe and throughout history in this immersive exploration of solved and unsolved shocking true crime cases. In this independently run show, I dive deep into the stories of the victims, as well as the killers and the detectives who put them behind bars, bringing to life detailed, vivid, and objective re-tellings of disturbing murders.
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1 NOV 2024 · In December 1938, Ernest Percival Key never made it home for Christmas. His body was discovered by his own son, with only one notable clue left behind—a lone bowler hat, possibly dropped by his killer. But would this single item be enough to unlock the mystery of this true crime case and uncover the person responsible for this brutal crime?
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23 OCT 2024 · In 1803, Hammersmith was gripped by fear after multiple sightings of a supposed ghost. Amid the panic, a vigilante named Francis Smith took drastic action, believing he had shot the ghost—only to discover he had killed an innocent man, bricklayer Thomas Millwood. What followed was a trial at the Old Bailey, an unexpected twist, and a revelation about who was behind the ghostly scare. This true story became a landmark case in British legal history.
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17 OCT 2024 · This little known true crime case is set in the rural village of Curry Mallet in Somerset. The year is 1933. The crime is murder. In a family which harbours a dark secret and incestuous relationships, a tragedy is about to take place.
Sources: Daily Mirror 25 March 1933 Daily Mirror 9 June 1933 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 09 March 1933
Music:
ES_Exile - Lo Mimieux "Long Note Two" and “Lightless Dawn” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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10 OCT 2024 · How do you go about finding someone who walks round a corner and disappears, seemingly without a trace? This is what happened in the curious case of Benjamin Bathurst…
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7 OCT 2024 · In World War II London, most people came together to fight for victory, whether on the frontlines, in factories, or on farms. But there were some who took advantage of the chaos of war to indulge in their own depraved desires, hoping they would get away with their crimes by slipping away into the blackout, with fewer police on the streets to catch them. Most people wearing a military uniform automatically inspired trust and respect for the sacrifice they were making for their country. But as 21-year-old Iris Deeley tragically found out on Valentines Day 1944, not everyone wearing medals could be trusted…
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Sources:
Daily Mirror
UK Prison Commission Records
National Archives
Music: Unusual Suspects Eternal Moment by Farrell Wootten
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1 OCT 2024 · Here's another collection of short but gruesome vintage true crime cases from the 1800s. Let’s go back in time for a whistle-stop tour of three Victorian crimes that are intriguing, shocking, and little known, including a spate of unidentified body parts which appeared all over Norwich, a sinister servant who bludgeoned his employer with a rolling pin, and the first murder case ever to be solved by a bloodhound.
Sources Blackburn Standard, April 1 & April 8 1876 Cheshire Observer - Saturday 01 August 1868 Daily News, April 8 1876 Essex Weekly News - Friday 23 April 1869 Famous Crimes Past & Present, 1903 IPN, April 15 & May 6 1876 Kentish Gazette - Tuesday 26 January 1869 Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 01 August 1876 & Friday 21 August 1868 Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, April 9 1876 Magnet (London) - Monday 14 August 1876 Old Bailey Trial Account 17 August 1868 Penny Illustrated Paper 22 April 1876 Reynolds Newspaper, April 16, 23, 30 1876, & 24 May 1868 Rochdale Times - Saturday 29 July 1876 Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 August 1876
Music:
"Long Note Two" and “Long Note Three” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Eternal Moment by Farrell Wooten
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18 JAN 2024 · It was inevitable that George Joseph Smith would end up in jail one day. The only question was, how long would it take for his cunning crimes to be uncovered? George was a master of deception who swindled a string of lovers out of their life savings and ensured he was named as the beneficiary in the wills of his many wives. He had a curious obsession with the sea, and it was only fitting that his method of murder would also feature water…
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I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
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Music:
Coma Visions, Martin Klem Eye For Detail, Miles Avida Even If I Go, Jay Varton
Sources:
British Newspaper Archive
‘Caroline Beatrice (Thornhill) Davies (abt. 1880 - 1969)’, Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thornhill-700
Dorset History Centre, ‘Child criminals: young offenders in Victorian Dorset’, https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/285067/Learning+pack+-+Child+criminals+in+Dorset.pdf/5f965df6-c030-bf49-d506-2e7541c4c023#:~:text=At%20this%20time%2C%20children%20from,12%20years%20old%20being%20hanged
Goodman, Jonathan, ‘Seaside Murders: Thirteen Classic True Crime Stories’, 1985, Allison & Busby Honeycombe, Garden, ‘Murders of the Black Museum 1870 - 1970’, 1982, Hutchinson
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3 JAN 2024 · When Shelly Walsh dropped her kids off at her dad’s on the evening of 30th June 2008, she had no idea it would be the last time she would ever see her son, daughter, and mother alive. What made an ordinary, loving grandfather in New South Wales, Australia, turn into a mass murderer overnight, killing his entire family without warning?
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Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below:
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I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap
Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap
Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap
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Music:
"Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Alexander, H, Emerson, D, and Kennedy, L, ‘Man arrested after axe murders’, June 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-arrested-after-axe-murders-20080630-2zfj.html Flanagan, Padraic, ‘Viking fanatic kills lover then smothers son, 4’, January 2009, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/82051/Viking-fanatic-kills-lover-then-smothers-his-son-4 Hill, Ben, ‘Serial killer, 79, earns another life sentence for 'coldly' bashing his cellmate to death with a Sunbeam sandwich press - inside Long Bay's 'frail offenders' unit’, August 2018, Daily Mail Australia, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6089041/Man-jailed-killing-wife-two-grandchildren-admits-murdering-fellow-inmate.html Mitchell, Georgina, ‘I work in cold rage: Child killer John Walsh’s glib description of crimes’, August 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-work-in-cold-rage-child-killer-john-walsh-s-glib-description-of-crimes-20180823-p4zzca.html Murderer John Walsh wanted cellmate 'gotten rid of', killed him with sandwich press, August 2018, 9 News, https://www.9news.com.au/national/john-walsh-frank-townsend-murder-bashed-inmate-sandwich-press-2017/d126fd1b-d6fa-40b7-a882-b222f3740901 O’Neill, Marnie, ‘John Walsh: From Cowra axe murderer to Sandwich Press Killer’, August 2018, News.com.au, https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/john-walsh-from-cowra-axe-murderer-to-sandwich-press-killer/news-story/b81566848f8afb02ed770527303006b6 ‘Townsend Cell Killing’, Justice Action, https://justiceaction.org.au/townsend-cell-killing Wells, Jamelle, ‘Sandwich press murderer John Walsh receives life sentence for cellmate’s death’, August 2018, ABC News, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/john-walsh-sandwich-press-murder-sentencing/10155464
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14 DEC 2023 · What happened to 14-year-old Thora Chamberlain, who was abducted on the way to watch a school football game one Friday afternoon? The main suspect, who had a cunning ruse and a bold disguise, went on the run across America with the FBI hot on his trail. Even after he was captured, he continued to protest his innocence until the end.
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Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below:
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I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap
Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap
Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap
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Sources:
Good, Meaghan, ‘1948: Thomas Henry McGonigle [sic], murder without a body’, February 2018, ExecutedToday.com, https://www.executedtoday.com/2018/02/20/1948-thomas-henry-mcgonigle-murder-without-a-body/ Herhold, Scott, ‘Eerie echoes of 1945 case in Sierra Lamar’s fate’, May 2017, Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/21/a-forerunner-to-sierra-lamar-case/ Kackley, Rod, ‘The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story’, December 2021, Lyons Circle Publishing Inc
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Aug 18 1957, Newspapers.com
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8 DEC 2023 · In 1984, a serial burglar and rapist was at large in England, his crimes spanning several Home Counties as well as the northeast of the country. He was armed, masked and dangerous, and he had an unusual calling card – in every house he broke into, he built himself a blanket fort in the living room and made himself at home, watching television and drinking cups of tea. His habit of den-building and the way he slunk off into the countryside after his assaults soon led to him being given the nickname ‘The Fox’. People were fearful, and the police had a tough job on their hands as his attacks crossed multiple jurisdictions. They were learning more about him each time he struck, but they needed to catch him fast before his violence escalated. Who was The Fox, and how would they find him?
Update 29th May 2024
72 year old Malcolm Fairley A.K.A The Fox died at HMP Hull yesterday (Tuesday 28th May) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dde87035po
Note: Thank you to those of you who have correctly pointed out that Malcolm Fairley should not be referred to as a "Geordie", as he was from Sunderland, which makes him colloquially known as a "Mackem". This is a common error and derived from the Brampton victim stating on 18 August 1984 that they recognized his accent as being from "somewhere in the northeast" and erroneously referring to him as a Geordie. I quoted it from there without fully understanding the differences. Apologies for the inaccuracy.
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
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- https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap
- Email prashsmurdermap@gmail.com
Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below:
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk
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*****
I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap
Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap
** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!**
Sources: https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/malcolmfairley/whowasmalcolmfairley/
https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/crime/thirty-five-years-on-from-crime-spree-that-shook-tring-1995858
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/08/03/islander-buys-sketches-by-uks-most-violent-inmate/
https://wearsideonline.com/malcolm-fairley-aka-the-fox/
Liverpool Echo, February 1985
Daily Mirror, July 1984 and February 1985
The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, December 1938
Evening Chronicle, February 1985
Sunday Mirror, March 1985 Luton/Dunstable on Sunday, November 1999
Leighton Buzzard on Sunday, October 1999
Join me on a journey through some of the most heinous, macabre, and enigmatic murders from across the globe and throughout history in this immersive exploration of solved and unsolved...
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Join me on a journey through some of the most heinous, macabre, and enigmatic murders from across the globe and throughout history in this immersive exploration of solved and unsolved shocking true crime cases. In this independently run show, I dive deep into the stories of the victims, as well as the killers and the detectives who put them behind bars, bringing to life detailed, vivid, and objective re-tellings of disturbing murders.
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| Organization | Prash Ganendran |
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| prashsmurdermap@gmail.com |
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