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15: The murder of Amala Ruth De Vere Whelan Oct 06, 2018

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On the 16th November 1972, decorators entered a fourth floor flat in Maida Vale, London. They had been sent to decorate the flat on Randolph Avenue but when they entered they found something that they weren't expecting. They had discovered the body of a woman covered in bruises and with a towel placed over her head. The police arrived at the scene and quickly identified the woman as Amala Ruth De Vere Whelan who had been renting the flat for 3 weeks. The question was why had someone wanted to kill her and why had the word ripper been written on the floor of the flat?
Important information provided by:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38515815
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/750555/ripper-murder-Amala-Ruth-de-Vere-Whelan-1972-maida-Vale-fresh-police-appeal
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-4090668/Police-appeal-1972-ripper-murder-Amala-Ruth-De-Vere-Whelan.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-reopen-44-year-old-9567543
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/maida-vale-murder-fresh-appeal-after-woman-brutally-beaten-raped-and-strangled-a3432896.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dna-breakthrough-sheds-new-light-on-1972-murder-of-student-nshpq6gpx
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ripper-murder-amala-ruth-de-vere-whelan-in-1972-is-subject-of-fresh-police-appeal_uk_586e0d11e4b00729cab30def?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=L2yOARypoG6yLYRrzFC4RA
https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/uk/police-appeal-over-1972-ripper-murder-amala-ruth-de-vere-whelan/
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14: The Dominici Affair Part 2 Sep 29, 2018

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After the Drummond family murders, the Dominici family were at the centre of the investigation at La Grand Terre farm. The investigation began to look at testimonies from lots of different people but when Gaston Dominici was arrested people were shocked by the evidence against him. What really did happen to the Drummonds?
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https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2004/apr/17/weekend7.weekend8
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/french-alps-shooting-unsolved-riddles-1365107
https://www.findmypast.co.uk
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13: The Dominici Affair Part 1 Sep 22, 2018

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Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Ann and his daughter Elizabeth travelled to France in July 1952\. Jack was a renowned biochemist who had helped to design the rationing program in the UK during the Second World War. The family were on their way to visit friends in the South of France and had stopped at a farm by the name of Le Grand Terre. What happened afterwards shocked the world and hit the headlines in both the UK and France, who murdered the Drummond family?
Important information provided by:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/19/features.foodanddrink
https://gizmodo.com/the-mysterious-murder-of-a-heroic-chemist-who-was-prob-1725286553
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2004/apr/17/weekend7.weekend8
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9402000/9402414.stm
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12: The Hitchhiking Murders Sep 15, 2018

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On Saturday 14th March 1970, a farmer who lived at Knowles Pit Farm had left his home at around 9:30pm. He was on his way to feed his sheep some hay and had quickly left the house to do this errand. Knowles Pit Farm was located close to Mere in Knutsford, a town in the county of Cheshire around 14 miles South West of the city of Manchester. As Ted Whittaker, the farmer, went to feed his sheep he noticed something unusual in a small group of trees. It looked like clothing had been left in the trees at first glance. When Ted got closer to the area however he discovered that it was not just clothing that he had found it was in fact the body of a woman lay face down in the trees. The body would turn out to be 18 year old Jacqueline Ansell-Lamb. 7 months later the murder of Barbara Mayo in very similar circumstances would lead some to believe that these cases were possibly linked to the same killer.
Important information provided by:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-probe-hitchhiker-murder-1011242
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/serial-killer-who-stalked-young-14618227
https://reallifeishorror.blogspot.com/2017/12/who-killed-jackie-ansell-lamb-and.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569434/Police-find-remains-in-house-of-horrors.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580075/Recluse-admits-murder-from-beyond-the-grave.html
https://www.findmypast.com/
https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/susan-long
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11: Stories of the Unidentified Sep 01, 2018

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In 1975 an unidentified woman was found alongside the A1 motorway and in 1991 an unidentified man was found in some undergrowth in West Sussex. What do they both have in common? As of 2018 both of their cases remain unsolved and most importantly both of the victims remain unidentified. In this episode, we look at the stories of both of these people and the circumstances in which they were found. In recent years the cases have gone cold but there is still some hope that they can finally be identified.
Important information provided by:
http://www.missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34737343
https://www.heart.co.uk/dunstable/news/local/lady-afghan-coat/
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8151356.Three_men_ruled_out_of_Bolney_torso_case/
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9298428.New_clues_in_Bolney_Torso_mystery/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-15256742
https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/bolney-torso-police-travel-to-germany-1-831524
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6712688._Bolney_torso__riddle_still_baffles_police/
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10: The Meon Hill Murder Aug 25, 2018

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Lower Quinton is a civil parish in the Stratford upon Avon district of Warwickshire. In 1945 and largely today it has a small population and a mostly sleepy village feel. On the 14th February 1945 75 year old Charles Walton went out to work as an agricultural labourer as normal. When his niece returned home that evening at around 6pm and found that her uncle had not returned she was immediately worried. The reserved Charles did not often spend time with friends after work so his absence was strange. The gruesome and brutal scene was found not long after in a field on Meon Hill. What had happened to Charles Walton and more importantly who had done it?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Walton_(murder_victim)
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/03/the-mysterious-witchcraft-murder-of-charles-walton/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/weird-warwickshire/1945-witchcraft-murder.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8662635.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2006/06/26/weird_witchcraft_murder_feature.shtml
http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/charles.htm
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9: The mysterious death of Alfred Loewenstein Aug 18, 2018

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On the 4th July 1928, a monoplane landed on a beach close to Dunkirk, Northern France. The beach was home to a local army unit who were extremely surprised to see the small plane landing there as nobody had been expecting it and it wasn’t a usual occurrence. The army members who were there ran to the plane to see who was in it and why it was there. Six people exited the plane and when asked what they were doing on the beach and in military territory. The group proceeded to tell an extraordinary and bizarre story about what had just happened to them. The group explained that in the course of the flight that they had just taken their boss had disappeared. Their boss however was well known, he was the multi millionaire business man and investor Alfred Loewenstein. But what had happened to him in the course of the flight?
Important information provided by:
http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2018/03/alfred-loewensteins-final-flight-review.html
Newspapers from the time- https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
BBC program Punt PI Series 7 episode 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00krfns/episodes/guide
https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-strange-mystery-of-alfred-loewenstein
Further reading: The Man Who Fell from the Sky: The True Story of the Gaudy Life and Bizarre Demise of 20's Tycoon Alfred Loewenstein by William Norris
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8: John Bodkin Adams Part 2 Aug 11, 2018

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The trial of Dr John Bodkin Adams had become a national sensation and it appeared that everyone had an opinion about his guilt or innocence. The newspapers discussed his wealth and where it was suspected that this wealth may have come from while some of his loyal patients exclaimed that he was an excellent doctor who had only tried to help them. It was undeniable that going into his trial in March 1957, it was going to be a huge story. John Adams was facing 2 counts of murder for the deaths of Edith Morrell and Gertrude Bobby Hullet. The trial involved mysterious evidence reemerging, expert witnesses disagreeing and an unusual move by the defence. The trial all led to the eventual question of was Dr John Bodkin Adams innocent or guilty of the crimes?
Important information provided by:
Cullen, Pamela V. (2006). A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams. London: Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 1-904027-19-9.
https://www.biography.com/people/john-bodkin-adams-17172156
http://www.strangerinblood.co.uk/html/case.htm
https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/john-bodkin-adams-a-curious-and-dubious-doctor/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07175zg
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
Recommended reading on the subject:
Cullen, Pamela V. (2006). A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams. London: Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 1-904027-19-9.
Hoskins, Percy (1984). Two men were acquitted: The trial and acquittal of Doctor John Bodkin Adams. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0-436-20161-5.
Devlin, Patrick (1985). Easing the passing: The trial of Doctor John Bodkin Adams. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 0-571-13993-0.
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7: Dr John Bodkin Adams Part 1 Aug 04, 2018

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Dr John Bodkin Adams was a general practitioner doctor in Eastbourne in Sussex from the 1930’s onwards but in 1956 his career would be put on hold and his reputation scrutinised. John Bodkin Adams was accused of the murder of 2 of his patients in 1957 and questions surrounded why so many of his patients had given him something in their wills. He had gained a list of wealthy and famous patients and was a huge part of Eastbourne society for a number of years. When he was accused of murder and forgery this changed but were the accusations just malpractice or something more sinister?
In this first part we look at the life of Dr John Bodkin Adams, his rise in Eastbourne society and the investigation that lead up to his arrest. The second part will look at what was dubbed The trial of the century and the repercussions that were felt around the country after it.
Important information provided by:
Cullen, Pamela V. (2006). A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams. London: Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 1-904027-19-9.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/exclusivebrethren_1.shtml
https://www.biography.com/people/john-bodkin-adams-17172156
http://www.strangerinblood.co.uk/html/case.htm
https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/john-bodkin-adams-a-curious-and-dubious-doctor/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07175zg
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
Recommended reading on the subject:
Cullen, Pamela V. (2006). A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams. London: Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 1-904027-19-9.
Hoskins, Percy (1984). Two men were acquitted: The trial and acquittal of Doctor John Bodkin Adams. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0-436-20161-5.
Devlin, Patrick (1985). Easing the passing: The trial of Doctor John Bodkin Adams. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 0-571-13993-0.
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6: The disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine Jul 28, 2018

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In 1924, a British expedition to conquer the summit of Mount Everest took place and experienced climber George Mallory was the climbing leader. They were accompanied by a number of other climbers including Andrew Irvine, one of a number of less experienced mountaineers. During the 1920's Britain and the world were in a period of change and there were lots of records being broken and explorers setting off on dangerous pursuits. Conquering Everest was a dream for many climbers. The expedition would end however with the team losing two of their climbers questions were asked. What happened to them and did they manage to reach the summit?
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This episode would not have been possible without Edward Norton's book and it is an excellent read for anyone interested in climbing or even just crucial parts of our history.
Norton E F, The Fight for Everest 1924: Mallory, Irvine and the Quest for Everest, Vertebrate Publishing (2015)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/7925594/Mallory-and-Irvines-Everest-death-explained.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7946840/Mallory-and-Irvine-could-not-have-reached-Everest-summit-claim-scientists.html
http://www.thepostmortempost.com/2015/10/01/george-leigh-mallory/
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