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8: The Murder of Gertrude O'Leary Jan 12, 2019

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Gertrude O'Leary was a popular former landlady of a pub in Bristol. After leaving the pub she had decided to run a shop in the city and she was well loved and respected within the community. Why then had someone decided to murder her on the 30th June 1949? This was the question that police had to ask themselves and this would lead them to a number of suspicious people and false leads.
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https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/pub-landlady-brutally-killed-man-4346
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7: The Victoria Street Swindler Dec 29, 2018

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In 1895, Adolf Beck stepped out of his doorway on Victoria Street in London to be greeted by a woman who accused him of tricking her and stealing her jewellery. Beck was adamant that he had nothing to do with this crime but police were sure they had enough evidence to convict him of this and other crimes relating to fraud. In the years that followed further evidence came out and another conviction occurred. This case would turn out to be one of the most notorious wrongful convictions in UK legal history.
Important information provided by:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-strange-case-of-adolf-beck-535209.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beck_case
http://www.julianburnside.com.au/law/the-adolf-beck-case/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-terrible-cases-mistaken-identity4.htm
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18960224-name-287&div=t18960224-277#highlight
Further Reading:
Coates, Tim (1999). The strange story of Adolph Beck. London: Stationery Office
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6: Marion Gilchrist and Oscar Slater Dec 22, 2018

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In 1908 the murder of 83 year old Marion Gilchrist shocked the city of Glasgow. Marion was a wealthy but reclusive woman who kept herself to herself. When she was found murdered in her own home the police were determined to find the perpetrator. A man named Oscar Slater appeared as a potential lead and after investigating, he was put on trial and found guilty. Years passed however and influential people began to get involved in the case including Sherlock Holmes creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They believed that Oscar Slater may not be the person they were looking for after all.
Important information provided by:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/the_curious_case_of_oscar_slater.shtml
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16355683.new-novel-sheds-further-doubt-on-key-murder-witness/
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1202651h.html
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1202631h.html
Important books on the subject:
The trial of Oscar Slater by William Roughead
The Case of Oscar Slater by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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5: The Murder of Stanley Blackmore Dec 15, 2018

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On August 2nd 1963, taxi driver Stanley Blackmore went to work as usual. He was a hardworking man who took his job seriously and despite not feeling well that day, he still carried on working. After dropping off a passenger at 5 pm Stanley drove onto a main road out of the town of Yeovil where he both lived and worked. Unfortunately, this would be the last time that anyone would see Stanley alive. The investigation, in turn, found out a number of concerning things including that Stanley had actually been murdered. What did happen to Stanley Blackmore?
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https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/murders-carried-out-somerset-never-707969
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
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4: The Winshill Man Dec 08, 2018

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On the 27th March 1971, a special constable walking along the River Trent in the village of Winshill came across a gruesome discovery. What he had originally thought was a bag of cement sticking up from the ground turned out to be a human skull. On closer inspection by police a whole body was discovered. A man kneeling with his hands and feet tied behind his back and wearing only socks had been found buried in a shallow grave. The police have spent the next 50 years trying to figure out some important questions. Who was this man and what happened to him?
Important information provided by:
www.findmypast.co.uk
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/who-fred-head-murdered-mans-849215
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/fred-head-murder-cops-baffled-142217
https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/bbc-one-crimewatch-roadshow-reveals-142702
https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/history/mysterious-case-fred-head-grisly-2291243
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/riddle-kneeling-body-pink-socks-13400356
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/face-man-found-dumped-shallow-10697436
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-40407011
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-45561514
http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home
Crimestoppers contact number: 0800 555 111
Further Reading: Fred the Head and other unsolved mysteries by Michael Posner
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3: GEC Marconi Mystery 1987-1988 Dec 01, 2018

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During the years 1987-1988 several deaths occurred of workers in the defence industry that caused many people to speculate what had actually happened to them. Since these deaths, many questions have lay unanswered despite an inquiry carried out about them. Were any of the deaths connected? What were the causes of these deaths? Were the jobs at all relevant to what happened? In this third and last episode in this series we delve into all these questions.
Important information provided by:
Collins, T (1990) Open Verdict An account of 25 mysterious deaths in the defence industry. London: Sphere books Macdonald & co publishers ltd.
https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/
http://projectcamelot.org/marconi.html
https://www.acast.com/thinkingsidewayspodcast/gec-marconi-deaths
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2: GEC Marconi Mystery 1987 Nov 24, 2018

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During 1987, a spate of deaths of scientists, computer programmers and workers in the defence industry started to cause alarm. People from this industry were dying in very odd and unusual ways and in many cases their deaths were ruled with an open verdict. This often meant that the deaths could not be determined to be an accident, suicide or murder. These deaths have been left unsolved and without a conclusion since then. What happened to these people and why did their deaths occur?
This is part 2, please listen to part one of the story first in the previous episode.
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mportant information provided by:
Collins, T (1990) Open Verdict An account of 25 mysterious deaths in the defence industry. London: Sphere books Macdonald & co publishers ltd.
https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/
http://projectcamelot.org/marconi.html
https://www.acast.com/thinkingsidewayspodcast/gec-marconi-deaths
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1: GEC Marconi Mystery 1982-1986 Nov 17, 2018

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During the 1980's a number of deaths came to light due to the bizarre and unusual nature in which they occurred. Some of these deaths were ruled as accidents, some suicides and some were ruled with an open verdict. These deaths came to be known in later years as the GEC Marconi deaths because of the industry that all of the people connected were involved in; the defence industry. More than 20 people have been connected with this but the question has always remained: were the deaths linked or was it all a coincidence?
Important information provided by:
Collins, T (1990) Open Verdict An account of 25 mysterious deaths in the defence industry. London: Sphere books Macdonald & co publishers ltd.
https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/
http://projectcamelot.org/marconi.html
https://www.acast.com/thinkingsidewayspodcast/gec-marconi-deaths
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17: The Disappearance of Glenn Miller Oct 20, 2018

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On the 15th December 1944, a plane was about to fly from the UK to Paris. The plane, a single engine UC 64 Norseman had been based at RAF Twinwood farm, just outside Bedford in Clapham. The plane set off on the short journey across the English channel heading for Paris. The flight however did not go as planned as the plane never arrived at its destination. Along the journey, the plane seemed to have vanished. The thing that surprised everyone however was that on the plane had been the American performer and composer Glenn Miller. Miller’s band was still in the UK and were going to join him in Paris when he had got set up. They were extremely concerned to learn that Miller and the plane that he was on had simply disappeared and many people were wondering what could have possibly happened?
Important information provided by:
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/70-years-later-mystery-glenn-millers-disappearance-may-be-solved
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/the-disappearance-of-glenn-miller/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/894773/world-war-two-glenn-miller-death-book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-16517128
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02f31cy
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/15/humanities.research
https://www.dennismspragg.com/
Further Reading- Glenn Miller Declassified ISBN-10: 1612348955
ISBN-13: 978-1612348957 Dennis M Spragg
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16: Bristol Unsolved Oct 13, 2018

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On the 7th January 1949, a man was noticed by witnesses outside a Lloyds Bank branch in Knowle in Bristol. A number of phone calls were made to police about this odd looking man but little did the police or witnesses know that this man was about to commit a murder. The investigators carried out a huge man hunt across the country to discover the identity of this man and along the way would make links to other murders and crimes that had occurred in other parts of the country. What really happened that day?
Important information provided by:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/haloween-horror-killer-trilby-unsolved-9054
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/lloyds-bank-robber-murder-unsolved-4281
https://www.findmypast.com/
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
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