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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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13 NOV 2024 · Joseph Waller was born in St Mary Cray near Chislehurst, Kent, in 1857 and seemed by all accounts to be a perfectly ordinary child. He aspired to join the police force and went to London to become a constable with the Metropolitan Police, having no inkling that his dream profession would lead to his downfall.
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10 NOV 2024 · This is the curious case of a killer who handed himself in more than 20 years after committing murder. What made him come forward after so long, when he could have continued to lay low, safe in the knowledge that he was unlikely to ever be found, in the days long before the advent of DNA?
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Sources
Bondeson Jan, ‘Victorian Murders’, 2017, Amberley Publishing
Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 03 July 1857
Morning Advertiser - Thursday 16 July 1857
Leeds Times - Saturday 18 July 1857 https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpdef1-147-18551217 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187716259 https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name=18791020
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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!!
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap
Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap
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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?
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
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- https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/
- 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:
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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
***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!*****
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
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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