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Join me for the final episode in the Albert Pierrepoint series. In this instalment I will look at the what lead to the abolition of capital punishment, and visit some key cases, from the hanging of Edith Thompson to the final executions of Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans. Follow the show on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/mupnorth X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/murderupnorth and YouTube @itsmurderupnorth4448 Resources Pierrepoint: Executioner an autobiography https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b47213&seq=673&format=plaintext Report from the Select Committee on Capital Punishment together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and the Minutes of evidence, taken before the Select Committee on Capital Punishment in 1929-1930, together with Appendices and Index. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 9th December, 1930 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/58#:~:text=An%20Act%20to%20abolish%20penal,law%20relating%20to%20the%20proceedings https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/the-clerkenwell-explosion-and-why-the-fenians-mattered/ https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/today-in-terrorism-december-13-1867-clerkenwell-outrage/ https://dbpedia.org/page/Clerkenwell_explosion http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Timeline/Execution.htm https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/timeline.html https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/wells.html https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/modern-britain/capital-punishment-in-uk/#:~:text=The%20'new%20drop'%20gallows%20were,fell%20through%20a%20trap%20door.&text=The%20'long%20drop'%20was%20introduced,the%20convict%20dying%20by%20suffocation. https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/short%20drop.html https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging1.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgx94xs/revision/4 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/longdrop.html https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/child.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28688474 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/36/enacted https://core.ac.uk/reader/74371960 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Smith_(infanticide)#:~:text=Rebecca%20Smith%20(n%C3%A9e%20Prior%3B%20chr,publicly%20hanged%20at%20Devizes%2C%20Wiltshire. https://www.facebook.com/WiltshireMuseum/photos/tale-of-a-famous-devizes-executionthe-story-of-rebecca-smithpainting-from-the-co/10157672868944195/?locale=sr_RS&paipv=0&eav=AfYMzJaRmcd9_i1P14hgIX8I1VVyMYds1IZfwZ6oHYUG_cJbgG4fhUolv7HBDGODfMg&_rdr https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Rebecca%20Smith.html https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1931/jun/18/sentence-of-death-expectant-mothers-bill https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/21-22/24/enacted#:~:text=An%20Act%20to%20prohibit%20the,for%20other%20purposes%20connected%20therewith. https://first100years.org.uk/abolishing-juries-of-matrons/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleading_the_belly https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Ann-Cotton Daily Mirror - Thursday 18 March 1982 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 12 July 1983 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 12 August 1964 Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) - Saturday 11 July 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Alan_West https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-28687221 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/allen_evans.html https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/story-preston-men-who-were-18513267 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/britain-last-executions-hanging-criminals-low-key https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/10/the-last-executions/ https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/evans-gwynne.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allen-peter-anthony.htm https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2722104/Cell-doors-flung-open-12-pace-walk-hanged-Last-moments-final-two-men-executed-Britain-remembered-50-years-on.html https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-two-men-who-walked-to-their-death-and-into-the-history-books-1836919 https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2015/nov/09/death-penalty-uk-fifty-years-1965-capital-punishment https://jaquo.com/last-men-hanged-britain/ https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/16431793.cumbria-murderer-was-victim-of-miscarriage-of-justice/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42370943 https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1692238/capital-punishment-gwynne-evans-peter-allen-spt https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/cumbrian-murder-led-last-executions-18250260 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/son-last-man-hanged-britain-7080170 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-walton-prison-saw-last-7561447 https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/a-gruesome-anniversary-in-manchester/ https://www.m-sport.co.uk/dovenby-hall-history https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1914-1945/mental-deficiency-between-the-wars/ https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap28653/stoke-park-colony https://beyondthepoint.co.uk/a-history-of-mental-asylums/ https://www.ft.com/content/754d511d-2c08-437d-b3a9-c09e2c69533d
DURING THE 1940'S AND 1950S THERE WERE A SERIES OF CASES THAT INVOLVED CHILDREN IN THE VICINITY OF WIGAN, SOME OF WHICH REMAIN UNSOLVED TO THIS DAY. WHILE ANOTHER PERPETRATED BY NORMAN GREEN WOULD BE THE CASE THAT BECAME ALBERT PIERREPOINT'S FINAL EXECUTION. JOIN ME AS I EXPLORE THE SOLVED AND UNSOLVED CASES, AND WHAT LED TO THE MOST RECOGNISABLE EXECUTIONER IN BRITISH HISTORY HANGING UP HIS NOOSE. RESOURCES Pierrepoint: Executioner an autobiography Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 17 June 1942 Bradford Observer - Wednesday 17 June 1942 Liverpool Evening Express - Thursday 18 June 1942 Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 19 June 1942 The Scotsman - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 31 August 1954 The Scotsman - Thursday 14 October 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 08 September 1954 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 28 August 1954 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 06 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 07 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 14 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 09 November 1954 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 22 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 28 August 1954 Manchester Evening News - Friday 17 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 08 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 30 August 1954 https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=5&id=31073&gallery=Scholes&offset=0 Belfast News-Letter - Monday 21 June 1954 Daily Mirror - Monday 21 June 1954 Edinburgh Evening News - Monday 21 June 1954 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 19 July 1954 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 21 June 1954 Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 20 June 1954 Cambridge Daily News - Friday 01 October 1954 Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 01 October 1954 Daily News (London) - Monday 21 June 1954 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 19 July 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 21 June 1954 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6026743.the-madman-who-was-never-caught/ Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 21 November 1945 Daily Dispatch (Manchester) - Thursday 22 November 1945 Manchester Evening News - Thursday 20 December 1945 Daily Mirror - Wednesday 24 October 1945 Manchester Evening News - Monday 21 August 1944 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 19 December 1944 Manchester Evening News - Monday 28 August 1944 Daily Herald - Wednesday 14 April 1948 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 23 August 1944 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 22 August 1944 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 12 September 1944 Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 19 September 1944 Manchester Evening News - Friday 01 September 1944 Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 24 October 1945 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 06 September 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sheila_Fox https://historicbolton.yolasite.com/sheila-fox.php https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jun/06/helencarter http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2513&termRef=Sheila%20Fox https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/732dfuk.html https://medium.com/@yasminscherrer/she-wanted-to-walk-back-home-from-school-a8ecd9a24638 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/search-continues-60-years-on-1119203 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6022930.the-last-time-i-saw-sheila-alive/ https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6025598.heartbreak-missing-sheilas-sister/ https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6026474.she-left-the-classroom-and-was-never-seen-again/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-51530/Garden-dig-body-girl-vanished-57-years-ago.html https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/unsolved-mysteries-the-girl-in-the-green-mac/ https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30014732.html https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-dig-goes-on-in-hunt-for-missing-1186258 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11727259/The-people-vanished-without-trace-Anguish-unsolved-missing-persons-cases.html Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 13 April 1955 Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 11 July 1955 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 16 April 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Tuesday 12 April 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 14 April 1955 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 12 April 1955 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=5.0&lat=56.00000&lon=-4.00000&layers=1&b=1 Maps Lower Ince 1907, Published: 1908 (OS 25 inch 1892-1914) Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 27 July 1955 Western Mail - Friday 01 July 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 07 July 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 30 June 1955 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 12 April 1955 (photo of Back Hope Street) Liverpool Echo - Thursday 14 April 1955 Daily Herald - Tuesday 05 July 1955 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 05 July 1955 Manchester Evening News - Monday 04 July 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 14 May 1955 Portsmouth Evening News - Wednesday 06 July 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Wednesday 27 July 1955 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 06 July 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 02 July 1955 Manchester Evening News - Monday 27 June 1955 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 12 May 1955 Leicester Evening Mail - Thursday 30 June 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 15 April 1955 Manchester Evening News - Friday 23 April 1948 Manchester Evening News - Thursday 03 June 1948 Manchester Evening News - Saturday 17 April 1948 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 08 February 1949 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 08 February 1949 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6019700.murdered-boys-friend-recalls-stabbing-horror/ https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6026743.the-madman-who-was-never-caught/ http://www.britishexecutions.co.uk/execution-content.php?key=876&termRef=Norman%20William%20Green Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 11 May 1955 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 07 July 1955 Aberdeen Evening Express - Friday 29 April 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Saturday 16 April 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 07 July 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 14 May 1955 Manchester Evening News - Friday 22 April 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Wednesday 11 May 1955 Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 06 May 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Wednesday 27 July 1955 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 April 1955 Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 11 July 1955 Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 02 July 1955 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 05 July 1955 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 06 July 1955 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 11 May 1955
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955. Join me for this the third part of the Ruth Ellis story. Resources Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/newsid_2525000/2525427.stm#:~:text=The%20strike%20has%20kept%20newspapers,which%20is%20printed%20in%20Manchester. https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/history/woman-hanged-ruth-ellis-hampshire-4192091 https://abortionrights.org.uk/history-of-abortion-law-in-the-uk/ https://care.org.uk/cause/abortion/examining-the-arguments-what-about-backstreet-abortions https://www.historyandpolicy.org/docs/abortion_act_1967.pdf https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/birth-control-on-the-nhs/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/141218-birth-control-pill-contraception-science-medicine-ngbooktalk#:~:text=In%20the%201940s%2C%20available%20birth,and%20intrauterine%20devices%20(IUDs).&text=When%20Pincus%20and%20Rock%20first,obtaining%20women%20for%20their%20trials. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/sep/12/health.medicineandhealth#:~:text=It%20was%20introduced%20in%20the,ages%20of%2016%20and%2049. https://youtu.be/Wo1tVpaNxmw https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16903503.ruth-ellis-basingstoke-connection-last-woman-executed-uk/ https://www.churchannulment.com/blog/a-guide-to-adultery-and-catholic-annulment#:~:text=Wondering%20whether%20you%20can%20get%20a%20Catholic%20annulment%20after%20you,as%20if%20it%20never%20existed. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/encephalitis-lethargica#:~:text=The%20cause%20of%20encephalitis%20lethargica,a%20year%20after%20the%20illness. https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/other/encephalitis-lethargica/#:~:text=Modern%20reports%20suggest%20that%20perhaps,results%20in%20serious%20neurological%20disability. https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,%2D1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,-1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914) https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/refugees-tracing-the-belgian-refugees#:~:text=The%20largest%20influx%20of%20refugees,the%20conflict%20after%20Germany%20invaded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/12/ruth-ellis-files-bbc-documentary-murder-case-cant-let-go https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/ruth-ellis-the-model-who-smiled-at-her-executioner-1.3690704 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ruth.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ruth-ellis-tragedy-little-boy-27590506 https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/ruth-ellis-hanging-capital-punishment-death-penalty/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-woman-hanged-for-murder-in-great-britain
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955. Join me for this the second part of the Ruth Ellis story. Resources Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/history/woman-hanged-ruth-ellis-hampshire-4192091 https://abortionrights.org.uk/history-of-abortion-law-in-the-uk/ https://care.org.uk/cause/abortion/examining-the-arguments-what-about-backstreet-abortions https://www.historyandpolicy.org/docs/abortion_act_1967.pdf https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/birth-control-on-the-nhs/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/141218-birth-control-pill-contraception-science-medicine-ngbooktalk#:~:text=In%20the%201940s%2C%20available%20birth,and%20intrauterine%20devices%20(IUDs).&text=When%20Pincus%20and%20Rock%20first,obtaining%20women%20for%20their%20trials. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/sep/12/health.medicineandhealth#:~:text=It%20was%20introduced%20in%20the,ages%20of%2016%20and%2049. https://youtu.be/Wo1tVpaNxmw https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16903503.ruth-ellis-basingstoke-connection-last-woman-executed-uk/ https://www.churchannulment.com/blog/a-guide-to-adultery-and-catholic-annulment#:~:text=Wondering%20whether%20you%20can%20get%20a%20Catholic%20annulment%20after%20you,as%20if%20it%20never%20existed. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/encephalitis-lethargica#:~:text=The%20cause%20of%20encephalitis%20lethargica,a%20year%20after%20the%20illness. https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/other/encephalitis-lethargica/#:~:text=Modern%20reports%20suggest%20that%20perhaps,results%20in%20serious%20neurological%20disability. https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,%2D1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,-1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914) https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/refugees-tracing-the-belgian-refugees#:~:text=The%20largest%20influx%20of%20refugees,the%20conflict%20after%20Germany%20invaded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/12/ruth-ellis-files-bbc-documentary-murder-case-cant-let-go https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/ruth-ellis-the-model-who-smiled-at-her-executioner-1.3690704 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ruth.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ruth-ellis-tragedy-little-boy-27590506 https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/ruth-ellis-hanging-capital-punishment-death-penalty/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-woman-hanged-for-murder-in-great-britain
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955. Join me for this the first part of the Ruth Ellis story. Resources Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/history/woman-hanged-ruth-ellis-hampshire-4192091 https://abortionrights.org.uk/history-of-abortion-law-in-the-uk/ https://care.org.uk/cause/abortion/examining-the-arguments-what-about-backstreet-abortions https://www.historyandpolicy.org/docs/abortion_act_1967.pdf https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/birth-control-on-the-nhs/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/141218-birth-control-pill-contraception-science-medicine-ngbooktalk#:~:text=In%20the%201940s%2C%20available%20birth,and%20intrauterine%20devices%20(IUDs).&text=When%20Pincus%20and%20Rock%20first,obtaining%20women%20for%20their%20trials. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/sep/12/health.medicineandhealth#:~:text=It%20was%20introduced%20in%20the,ages%20of%2016%20and%2049. https://youtu.be/Wo1tVpaNxmw https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16903503.ruth-ellis-basingstoke-connection-last-woman-executed-uk/ https://www.churchannulment.com/blog/a-guide-to-adultery-and-catholic-annulment#:~:text=Wondering%20whether%20you%20can%20get%20a%20Catholic%20annulment%20after%20you,as%20if%20it%20never%20existed. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/encephalitis-lethargica#:~:text=The%20cause%20of%20encephalitis%20lethargica,a%20year%20after%20the%20illness. https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/other/encephalitis-lethargica/#:~:text=Modern%20reports%20suggest%20that%20perhaps,results%20in%20serious%20neurological%20disability. https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,%2D1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6 https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-93.html#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated%20six,-1918%2C%20Bruges%3A%E2%80%A6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914) https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/refugees-tracing-the-belgian-refugees#:~:text=The%20largest%20influx%20of%20refugees,the%20conflict%20after%20Germany%20invaded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/12/ruth-ellis-files-bbc-documentary-murder-case-cant-let-go https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/ruth-ellis-the-model-who-smiled-at-her-executioner-1.3690704 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ruth.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ruth-ellis-tragedy-little-boy-27590506 https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/ruth-ellis-hanging-capital-punishment-death-penalty/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-woman-hanged-for-murder-in-great-britain
Styllou Christofi was the penultimate woman to hang in England, although she received little media interest, despite the fact that her crime was arguable more brutal, and sensational than that committed by Ruth Ellis the final woman to go to the noose, six months later. Join me as I delve into the case of Styllou Christofi, a true mother in law from hell. Resources Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry Dundee Courier - Wednesday 15 December 1954 The Scotsman - Thursday 16 December 1954 Cambridge Daily News - Friday 13 August 1954 Cambridge Daily News - Thursday 26 August 1954 Cambridge Daily News - Wednesday 04 August 1954 The Scotsman - Tuesday 14 December 1954 Dundee Courier - Wednesday 25 August 1954 Evening Despatch - Thursday 28 October 1954 https://cyprusscene.com/2015/08/11/cypriot-culture-and-traditions-of-the-past-by-ismail-veli/ https://www.roughguides.com/cyprus/culture-etiquette/ https://sammiswinton.com/2021/06/09/what-you-should-know-about-cypriot-culture-norms-traditions/ https://www.justaboutcyprus.com/traditions/?utm_content=cmp-true https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6066/1/416825.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styllou_Christofi https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/bbc-the-story-of-styllou-christofi-the-penultimate-woman-to-be-executed-in-the-uk/ https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-judge-rules-on-styllou-s-conviction https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/christofi.html https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/christofi-styllou.htm https://www.cyprusalive.com/en/the-story-of-styllou-the-cypriot-murderer-which-as-a-bride-killed-her-mother-in-law-and-as-a-mother-in-law-killed-her-daughter-in-law https://lifestylelibre.blogspot.com/2021/05/murderous-mother-in-law-case-of-styllou.html https://en.famagusta.news/lifestyle/tileorasi/stylloy-christofi-i-kypria-fonissa-se-ntokimanter-toy-bbc-me-protovoylia-toy-eggonoy-tis/ https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/murdering-mother-in-law-goes-to-the-gallows/ https://gizmodo.com/the-case-of-the-killer-who-really-really-hated-her-in-1721361474 https://thecinemaholic.com/is-styllou-pantopiou-christofi-dead-or-alive/ The_Bewildered_Peasant_Family_Migration.pdf https://file///D:%5CDesktop%5Cthe%20Pierrepoints%5CEp%2016%20Ruth%20Ellis%20July%201955%5CStylllou%20Christofi%5CThe_Bewildered_Peasant_Family_Migration.pdf The bewildered peasant: family, migration and murder in the Greek Cypriot community in London By Panikos Panayi De Montfort University, United Kingdom Andrekos Varnava Flinders University, Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Wuppertal_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Silverman Daily Mirror - Thursday 28 October 1954 https://www.ojpas.com/2011_2_2_42-fulltext.html#:~:text=Non%20systematized%20delusion%20extends%20into,a%20plan%20to%20harm%20them. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 13 May 1955 The Scotsman - Wednesday 06 July 1955 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/lloyd.html http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/16447/Sarah%20Lloyd Newcastle Journal - Saturday 07 May 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 10 February 1955 Halifax Evening Courier - Tuesday 05 July 1955 Bradford Observer - Saturday 12 March 1955 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 08 February 1955 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 10 February 1955 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 05 May 1955 The Scotsman - Saturday 07 May 1955 Bradford Observer - Friday 06 May 1955 Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 22 June 1955
17 years after Albert Pierrepoint assisted his Uncle Tom in the execution of Dorothea Waddingham he would act as the main executioner for Louisa May Merrifield another woman whose chosen weapon was poison. Resources Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd. Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography Bradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 22 July 1953 Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 04 August 1953 Shields Daily News- Friday 04 September 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 27 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 25 July 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 20 July 1953 Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 06 August 1953 The Scotsman - Wednesday 12 August 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 27 July 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 25 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 22 April 1953 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 30 April 1953 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 15 May 1953 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 23 April 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 May 1953 Daily News (London) - Monday 20 April 1953 Bradford Observer - Monday 20 April 1953 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953 Dundee Courier - Monday 20 April 1953 Daily Record - Monday 20 April 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/merrifield-louisa.htm https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-poisoner-drunkard-who-murdered-17079890 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/merrifield.html https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/spoonful-jam-rat-poison-story-25417279 https://www.personsunknown.net/p/the-strange-case-of-louisa-merrifield https://beyondtheblackpool.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/louisa-may-merrifield/ https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/mrs-merrifield-and-mrs-ricketts-1953/ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://crimescribe.com/2018/09/18/on-this-day-in-1953-louisa-merrifield-the-blackpool-poisoner/comment-page-1/
In today’s episode I delve into the part Albert Pierrepoint played after the war crime tribunals which occured at the close of the Second World War, and the 1948 execution of a transgender man, whose identity and sexuality may have contributed to them not having their sentence commuted to life in prison. Resources Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd. Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Monday 30 August 1948 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 31 August 1948 Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 01 September 1948 Daily Mirror - Friday 24 September 1948 Manchester Evening News - Thursday 23 September 1948 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 12 January 1949 https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6066/1/416825.pdf DEAD WOMAN WALKING: EXECUTED WOMEN IN ENGLAND & WALES 1900-1955 Anette Ballinger Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy September 1997 https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/allen-margaret.htm https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/margaret-bill-allen-menopausal-man-25743029 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/allen.html https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/16165677.odd-man-bus-conductor-maggie-allen-really-commit-murder/ https://murderworld771665864.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/the-last-five-women-to-be-hanged-in-britain-no-4-margaret-bill-allen/ https://www.executedtoday.com/2018/01/12/1949-margaret-bill-allen-transgender/ https://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/new-book-places-question-marks-14519762 https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2020/10/margaretbill-wanted-a-smoke.html Liverpool Echo - Thursday 02 September 1948 Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 04 January 1949 Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 12 January 1949 Manchester Evening News - Thursday 13 January 1949 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 18 September 1948 Western Morning News - Monday 30 August 1948 Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 31 August 1948 Dundee Courier - Monday 30 August 1948 Yorkshire Evening Post - Tuesday 31 August 1948 Daily News (London) - Monday 30 August 1948 Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 01 September 1948 Halifax Evening Courier - Saturday 18 September 1948 Daily Mirror - Thursday 02 September 1948 Belfast News-Letter - Wednesday 01 September 1948 Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 23 September 1948 Gloucester Citizen - Monday 30 August 1948 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 30 August 1948 Halifax Evening Courier - Tuesday 31 August 1948 https://murderworld771665864.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/the-last-five-women-to-be-hanged-in-britain-no-4-margaret-bill-allen/ http://www.bergenbelsen.co.uk/pages/trial/TrialContents/TrialContents.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsen_trial
In today’s episode I cover the case of the woman, whose execution would be the first female hanging Albert would witness while working as an assistant for his uncle, and lead executioner, Thomas Pierrepoint. Resources Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 30 January 1936 Daily Mirror - Saturday 18 January 1936 Daily Herald - Thursday 30 January 1936 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 07 February 1936 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1449357&resourceID=19191 https://www.workhouses.org.uk/BurtonUponTrent/ http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/belvedere-road-workhouse-general-history Daily News (London) - Wednesday 26 February 1936 Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 29 March 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 28 February 1936 Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 04 March 1936 Western Mail - Tuesday 31 March 1936 Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 30 March 1936 Daily News (London) - Monday 24 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 28 February 1936 Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 22 September 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 20 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 07 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 16 April 1936 Dundee Courier - Friday 10 April 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 23 January 1936 Cornishman - Thursday 06 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 14 February 1936 Portsmouth Evening News - Monday 13 April 1936 Daily Herald - Friday 14 February 1936 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 24 February 1938 Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd. Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography https://juletrwsll.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/the-lover-the-nurse-and-the-thief-incredible-story-of-three-criminals-hanged-for-murder-at-birmingham-prison/ https://institutionalhistory.com/homepage/prisons/major-prisons/hmp-birmingham-or-birmingham-county-gaol/ https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-10120449.html https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ANGEL+OF+DEATH%3B+Revealed+after+70+years+...+the+Shipman-like+killings...-a0116126885 https://thecinemaholic.com/louisa-baguley-and-ada-baguley-murders-how-did-dorothea-waddingham-die/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/waddingham-dorothea-1899-1936 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tragic-story-last-woman-hanged-13992671 https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/waddingham-dorothea.htm https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/burton-nurse-murder-executed-892388 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/wadding.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Waddingham#:~:text=Despite%20a%20recommendation%20of%20mercy,by%20his%20nephew%20Albert%20Pierrepoint. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
Join me in this episode as I delve into the capture, confessions and conviction of John Christie. resource https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/bad-voslau.htm https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/christies-life-in-halifax/ http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield6/ethelchristie.htm https://youtu.be/7wBIU_dXs_A https://youtu.be/Za1C7_7n4ko https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/johnchristie/ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/a-timeline-of-john-christies-crimes-and-their-discovery-and-the-bits-rillington-place-missed-out/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/timothy-evans-john-christie https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/plymouth-girl-murdered-sick-necrophile-2336843 Frenzy Neil Root The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. John L Curnow https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/31/christie-and-evans/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer)s This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
After the death of his wife, Ethel, JohnChrsite claimed that in the proceeding weeks Christie would go on to commit three murders, but before they were his victims they were Rita Nelson, Kathleen Maloney and Hectorina Mclennan each had her own story which I explore in this episode. Resources https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/how-killers-trail-of-death-led-to-ulster/28076551.html https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-true-crime-podcast-55-the-other-side-of-10-rillington-place-part-eight-rita-elizabeth-nelson https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/history/christie/trial_10.html https://youtu.be/_I3aTSUWqHE?si=_loDgw9670LVpOKR the sinking of the Princess Victoria https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/bad-voslau.htm https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/christies-life-in-halifax/ http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield6/ethelchristie.htm https://youtu.be/7wBIU_dXs_A https://youtu.be/Za1C7_7n4ko https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/johnchristie/ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/a-timeline-of-john-christies-crimes-and-their-discovery-and-the-bits-rillington-place-missed-out/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/timothy-evans-john-christie https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/plymouth-girl-murdered-sick-necrophile-2336843 Frenzy Neil Root The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. John L Curnow https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/31/christie-and-evans/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
At the conclusion of Timothy Evans' trial, his mother confronted John Christie, branding him a murderer to which his wife Ethel responded “Don’t you dare call my husband a murderer, he’s a good man.” I wonder how much Ethel truly believed these words as she spoke them, whether deep down she had a gnawing suspicion that something was wrong, that just yards from her bedroom window lay the bodies of two women, and that within 3 years of Evans’ trial she too would die at her husbands hand. Join me I as I explore the life of Ethel Christie. Resources http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield6/ethelchristie.htm UK Census John Christie of Rillington Place - Biography of a Serial Killer by Jonathan Oates Murder with a Difference - Molly Lefebure (1958) Find My Past Sheffield Indexers Sheffield History Forum Daily Mail (London); Jul 9, 1998; p. 32 Sunderland Echo dated 22rd April 1953 and 22nd June 1953 https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/742961/rillington-place-ethel-christie-know-about-john-murders-bbc-2016 https://www.crimetraveller.org/2022/02/10-rillington-place/ https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/johnchristie/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12316289/rillington-place-murders-brother-claims-real-killer/ https://www.murdermap.co.uk/historical-murders/ten-rillington-place-the-home-of-john-reginald-christie/ https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/John_Christie_(murderer)#Murder_of_Ethel_Christie https://razs-midnight-macabre.com/2022/08/29/real-life-horror-john-christie/ This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
in the second part of this 5 part miniseries, covering the crimes of John Christie I cover the stories of Ruth Fuerst and Muriel Eddy who died at the hands of the infamous serial killer. episode resources https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=209962&WINID=1688988551430 https://chrissyhamlin.blogspot.com/2017/09/george-lansbury-and-history-of-hutton.html https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/visit-canning-town-east-london/ https://londonsroyaldocks.com/centenary-1917-silvertown-explosion-happened/ https://heritagecalling.com/2017/01/19/the-silvertown-tragedy-explosion-on-the-home-front/ https://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/19/20-may-1918 https://greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/riots-and-hooligans/ https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/poplar-upper-north-street-school-disaster/ https://timedetectives.blog/2018/07/05/terror-from-the-skys-in-the-20th-century/ This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
Join me for this first part of a 5 part miniseries, in which I cover the life and crimes of John Reginald Halliday Christie who would ultimately met his end at the hands of Albert Pierrepoint. In this episode I look into the early life and crimes of Christie. Resources John Christie of Rillington Place: Biography of a serial killer by Johnathan Oates Frenzy by Neil Root The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. byJohn L Curnow https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/bad-voslau.htm https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/christies-life-in-halifax/ http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield6/ethelchristie.htm https://youtu.be/7wBIU_dXs_A https://youtu.be/Za1C7_7n4ko https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/johnchristie/ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/a-timeline-of-john-christies-crimes-and-their-discovery-and-the-bits-rillington-place-missed-out/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/timothy-evans-john-christie https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/plymouth-girl-murdered-sick-necrophile-2336843 https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/31/christie-and-evans/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
At the time of his execution few had sympathy for Timothy Evans’ plight, after all he had been charged with the murders of his pregnant wife and 13 month old daughter. Add to this reports that he had been verbally and physically abusive to his wife throughout their marriage, on the surface he appeared to be the type of person the death penalty had been designed for, in that it removed a violent and dangerous individual who posed a threat to the public. However three years after his execution, new revelations would call into question whether he should have gone to the noose. Join me as I delve into the story of Timothy Evans, and the murders of his wife Beryl and daughterGeraldine. Episode resources John Christie of Rillington Place: Biography of a serial killer by Johnathan Oates Frenzy by Neil Root The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. byJohn L Curnow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Merthyr_Tydfil http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/MountPleasant.htm https://www.merthyr-history.com/?tag=merthyr-vale https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1953/jul/29/evans-case-report-of-inquiry https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18636293.brother-murdered-beryl-evans-reveals-story-inside-rillington-place/ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/west-sussex-man-reveals-truth-about-his-sisters-murder-in-10-rillington-place-2959838 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/beryl-susanna-thorley-24-1dk871q https://www.10-rillington-place.co.uk/the-principal-characters/ https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-true-crime-podcast-50-the-other-side-of-10-rillington-place-part-three-beryl-susanna-evans https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/timothy-evans-rillington-place-murder-18051253 https://medium.com/@andrewpaulshakespeare/timothy-evans-an-innocent-man-hanged-for-murder-he-did-not-commit-8418b336dba4 https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2021/09/crime-of-the-century-the-case-of-timothy-evans/ https://www.southwales.ac.uk/research/research-news/criminologist-explores-life-trial-and-execution-timothy-evans/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/cdc56160-91eb-366d-ae0e-5d9c5a676fe2 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1961/jun/15/timothy-john-evans https://allthatsinteresting.com/timothy-evans-john-christie https://owlcation.com/humanities/Timothy-Evans-Wrongfully-Executed https://georgepallas.com/blog/2021/07/timothy-evans/ https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/timothy-evans-45501.php https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/rillington-place-the-tragic-real-life-story-of-the-trial-of-timothy-evans/ https://flashbak.com/christie-done-it-the-last-words-trial-and-official-murder-of-timothy-evans-in-1950-17935/ https://www.buggedspace.com/timothy-evans/ https://thecrimewire.com/institutional/Timothy-Evans-Wrongfully-Executed https://headstuff.org/culture/history/timothy-evans-convicted-killer/ https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/leader/4650878.righting-wrongs/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rillington-place-murders-brother-victim-22469318 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 13 January 1950 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 14 January 1950 Leicester Evening Mail - Thursday 15 December 1949 Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 04 December 1949 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 15 July 1953 Bradford Observer - Friday 16 October 1953 Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 15 October 1953 Shields Daily News - Friday 26 June 1953 The Scotsman - Friday 13 January 1950 The Scotsman - Wednesday 08 March 1950 Shields Daily News - Friday 06 November 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 10 June 1961 https://cadw.gov.wales/sites/default/files/2019-05/Merthyr%20Tydfil-%20Understanding%20Urban%20Character_1.pdf This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4545427/advertisement
During what Albert Pierrepoint would refer to as the “stormiest period of my life.” a number of key trials, and an inquiry into the validity of the death penalty would impact the increaing support for its abolition. In this episode I will explore a case that bacame known as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in English law. When 19 year old Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of PC Sidney Miles, despite the fact that Derek had not fired the fatal shot. RESOURCES Executioner: Pierrepoint https://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/joint-enterprise-debate-pack.pdf http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/http:/www.nickelinthemachine.com/2010/02/sample-post.html/blackfriars-road/ https://nelsonsquare.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/blog-post-title-3/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/71/a2029871.shtml http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/BristolKingswoodRfy/ How FOUR words got this man HANGED | The Case of Derek Bentley | Well, I Never https://youtu.be/n0Utx75Hnqs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley,_London Derry Journal - Monday 03 November 1952 Shields Daily News - Monday 17 November 1952 Bradford Observer - Tuesday 18 November 1952 Western Mail - Tuesday 18 November 1952 Bradford Observer - Friday 07 November 1952 Daily Herald - Wednesday 05 November 1952 Daily Record - Friday 07 November 1952 Croydon Times - Saturday 08 November 1952 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/28/newsid_3393000/3393807.stm https://www.derekbentley.com/ https://www.derekbentley.com/chron_crime.html https://www.derekbentley.com/db_stmt.html https://nswbar.asn.au/docs/webdocs/BN03_2016_Bentley.pdf https://www.thejusticegap.com/a-victim-of-british-injustice-derek-bentley-remembered/ https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/let-him-it-bristol-connection-7412084 https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/crime-and-punishment-in-britain/derek-bentley-case/ https://daily.jstor.org/sentenced-to-death-and-other-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-language/ https://www.barrybaines.co.uk/derek-bentley-miscarriage-of-justice/ https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-craig-and-bentley.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1525505017304833 https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1953/jan/28/fromthearchive Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 11 December 1952 Dundee Courier - Wednesday 28 January 1953 Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 20 July 1998 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 02 October 1992 Sunday Independent (Dublin) - Sunday 06 October 1991 Shields Daily News - Saturday 03 August 1957 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 03 November 1997 Shields Daily News - Tuesday 15 September 1953 Shields Daily News - Thursday 22 January 1953 Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 14 January 1953 Sunday Mirror - Sunday 04 February 1990 Daily Record - Friday 12 December 1952 Dundee Courier - Wednesday 29 January 1992 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 01 October 1992 Croydon Times - Friday 03 December 1954 Croydon Times - Friday 12 February 1954 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 02 November 1991 Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 31 July 1998 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6522705/sidney-miles https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9835248.book-retells-controversial-death-of-croydon-copper/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072819/bio https://www.edwardianteddyboy.com/page7.html https://learninglink.oup.com/static/5c0e79ef50eddf00160f35ad/casebook_45.htm http://netk.net.au/UK/Bentley.asp
John George Haigh would claim the lives of 6 individuals, with his disposal method earning him the monika of "The Acid Bath Killer" his belief he had committed the perfect murders would however lead him to his death at the hands of Albert Pierrepoint. John George Haigh references https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-acid-bath-murders/ http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Haigh.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-george-haigh https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/john-george-haigh-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-acid-bath-murderer-and-his-links-to-wakefield-2914653 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/john-haigh-the-acid-bath-murderer https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/yorkshire-choirboy-acid-bath-killer-21591695 http://www.crawleysussex.co.uk/miscellaneous/john-george-haigh-the-acid-bath-murderer https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/sick-london-serial-killer-who-22250234 https://www.aahorsham.co.uk/content/acidbath https://www.grunge.com/474673/the-dark-story-of-john-george-haigh-the-acid-bath-killer/ https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/john-george-haigh-timeline https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/acid-bath-murderer-whose-ghoulish-4311167 The Scotsman - Tuesday 19 July 1949 Lincolnshire Echo - Tuesday 19 July 1949 Bradford Observer - Wednesday 20 July 1949 Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 25 March 1949 Daily Mirror - Saturday 12 March 1949 Gloucester Citizen - Friday 22 July 1949 Manchester Evening News - Saturday 02 April 1949 Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday 18 July 1949 Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 29 July 1949 Londonderry Sentinel - Saturday 26 March 1949 Evening Despatch - Monday 18 July 1949 https://www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org/ https://outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk/a-walk-along-ledger-lane.html https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/17788271.walk-past-clacks-family-heart-acid-bath-murder/ https://www.alittlebithuman.com/acid-bath-murderer-john-george-haigh/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Alexandre_Sarret https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/FArgus-1 https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-the-right-to-vote/the-right-to-vote/birmingham-and-the-equal-franchise/1928-equal-franchise-act/ https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-82-sulphuric-6-henrietta-helen-olivia-robarts-durand-deacon
As the 2nd World War came to an end, Albert Pierrepoint was settling down to married life, while running a pub in Lancashire. But he was still carrying out his duties as an executioner, and in this episode I delve into what led up Neville Heath's date with the hangman's noose. Neville heath references https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93005343/margery-aimee_brownell-gardner https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/tag/margery-gardner/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgmf2nb/revision/2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_in_the_United_Kingdom https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp258-275 https://www.theministryofhistory.co.uk/historical-biographies/nevilleheath https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14585940.neville-heath-murderer-who-brought-horror-to-bournemouth-70-years-ago/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/angel-face-sadistic-killer-handsome-12583385 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296704/Neville-Heath-suave-psycho-killer-New-book-examines-turned-charming-man-savage-murderer.html https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/neville-heath https://www.murderuk.com/neville-heath.html https://www.murdermap.co.uk/historical-murders/neville-heath-murder-margery-gardner-notting-hill/ https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/features/snapshotsofthepast/9543337.the-tragic-tale-of-wren-doreen-marshall-who-was-murdered-in-bournemouth/ FRENZY!: HEATH, HAIGH AND CHRISTIE - HOW THE TABLOID PRESS TURNED THREE EVIL SERIAL KILLERS INTO CELEBRITIES BY NEIL ROOT PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE, 2012 Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 11 July 1946 Western Morning News - Wednesday 10 July 1946 Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Tuesday 09 July 1946 Northern Whig - Wednesday 10 July 1946 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 09 July 1946 The Scotsman - Wednesday 07 August 1946 The Scotsman - Tuesday 30 July 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 10 July 1946 Dundee Courier - Tuesday 09 July 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Tuesday 16 July 1946 Nottingham Journal - Wednesday 10 July 1946 Northern Whig - Tuesday 09 July 1946 Londonderry Sentinel - Tuesday 16 July 1946 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 15 July 1946 Daily News (London) - Wednesday 10 July 1946 The People - Sunday 14 July 1946 Bradford Observer - Monday 15 July 1946 Daily News (London) - Tuesday 09 July 1946 Western Morning News - Monday 08 July 1946 https://www.opcdorset.org/BranksomeParkFiles/BranksomePark.htm https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2016/06/a-dorset-life-for-me-17/ Daily News (London) - Tuesday 30 July 1946 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 14 October 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Friday 20 August 1937 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 08 October 1946 Bradford Observer - Wednesday 25 September 1946 Larne Times - Saturday 28 August 1937 Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 24 September 1946 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 24 September 1946 Daily Record - Thursday 15 August 1946 Bradford Observer - Thursday 15 August 1946 Northern Whig - Thursday 17 October 1946 Gloucester Citizen - Tuesday 06 August 1946 Gloucester Citizen - Tuesday 24 September 1946 Staffordshire Sentinel - Thursday 26 September 1946 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Friday 27 September 1946 Daily Herald - Thursday 26 September 1946 Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 22 September 1946 Gloucester Citizen - Wednesday 14 August 1946 Harrow Observer - Thursday 08 August 1946 Western Gazette - Friday 01 October 1937 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 24 June 1946 Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 20 August 1937 Sunday Post - Sunday 07 July 1946 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 08 July 1946 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 15 October 1946 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 14 August 1946 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Wednesday 02 October 1946 Halifax Evening Courier - Wednesday 16 October 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Friday 27 September 1946 Daily News (London) - Tuesday 25 June 1946 Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 27 September 1946 Bradford Observer - Thursday 03 October 1946 Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press - Saturday 29 June 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Tuesday 09 November 1937 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 24 June 1946 Daily Mirror - Friday 12 November 1937 Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Wednesday 02 October 1946 Daily Herald - Friday 28 June 1946 Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 26 June 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 16 October 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 13 July 1938 Dundee Courier - Tuesday 15 October 1946 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 10 October 1946 Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 22 June 1946 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 26 September 1946 https://www.mylearning.org/stories/women-at-war-the-role-of-women-during-ww2/478? https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/05/04/women-and-the-second-world-war/ https://www.forces.net/services/raf/raf-pilot-honoured-quick-thinking-during-kabul-evacuation-mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Haigh#:~:text=After%20feigning%20interest%20in%20a,it%20in%20his%20next%20crime.
Joan was a troubled 19 year old whose young life had been tainted by grief. Living a nomadic life, she believed she had found love, only for her life to be taken from her, and in the papers of the time, she even lost her name, instead becoming known as "The Wigwam Girl" Episode resources https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sangret-august.htm https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/75-years-on-after-wigwam-murder-185746 https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/09/august-sangret/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2016/10/09/the-wigwam-murder-a-ww2-murder-case/ https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Carrier https://elsteadvillage.co.uk/elstead-military-land/ https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/Surrey%20History%207-4.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankley_Common#:~:text=In%20September%201942%2C%20Hankley%20Common,as%20%22the%20Wigwam%20Murder%22. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-access-to-military-areas#hankley-and-elstead-commons http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004371.pdf https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/intriguing-history-once-formidable-atlantic-19596566 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsWMdpvQo4 Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 February 1943 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Daily News (London) - Wednesday 13 January 1943 Dundee Courier - Monday 07 December 1942 West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 04 March 1943 West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 14 January 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Shields Daily News - Friday 26 February 1943 Shields Daily News - Thursday 29 April 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 12 January 1943 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 03 March 1943 Belfast Telegraph - Monday 19 October 1942 Belfast Telegraph - Monday 01 March 1943 Dundee Courier - Tuesday 08 December 1942 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 13 January 1943 Dundee Courier - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Belfast Telegraph - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 01 March 1943 Sunday Mirror - Sunday 18 October 1942 Daily Record - Saturday 27 February 1943 Daily Mirror - Friday 26 February 1943 Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 17 October 1942 Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 17 October 1942 Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 07 December 1942 Leicester Evening Mail - Thursday 25 February 1943 Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 23 October 1942 Liverpool Evening Express - Tuesday 12 January 1943 Gloucester Citizen - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 19 January 1943 Daily Mirror - Monday 30 November 1942 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Saturday 17 October 1942 Birmingham Mail - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Birmingham Mail - Saturday 17 October 1942 Portsmouth Evening News - Tuesday 12 January 1943 Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 09 January 1943 Gloucester Citizen - Tuesday 12 January 1943 Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 13 September 1955 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 05 October 1960 Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 09 March 1955 Birmingham Mail - Wednesday 24 February 1943 Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 17 April 1943 Surrey Advertiser Saturday 23 January 1943 – Daily Herald - Tuesday 13 October 1942 Daily Herald - Tuesday 09 August 1932 The Scotsman - Monday 01 August 1932 Northern Whig - Saturday 30 July 1932 Northern Whig - Thursday 28 July 1932 Dundee Courier - Saturday 30 July 1932 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/153489 https://www.thursleyhistorysociety.org/recent-articles/the-bossom-air-crash-part-1 http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/wars/secondworldwar.htm
As the Second World War began, Blackouts were enforced, with the aim of offering protection from the German bombs, but the darkness was also the perfect cover for those with ill intentions, including Gordon Cummins who would gain the moniker, The Blackout Ripper. Gordon Cummins resources A special thanks goes to Mike, the host of Murder Mile, whose episodes and Youtube videos aided in researching this episode. https://www.murdermiletours.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@murdermileuktrue-crimepodc6719 https://www.stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/content/amenities/clubs-societies/lords-cricket-ground/royal_air_force_in_st_johns_wood_in_the_2nd_world_war https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/the-memoirs-of-james-colin-burch-air-bomber-young-crew/ https://www.keymilitary.com/article/blackout-ripper http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/57108#:~:text=Located%20in%20the%20village%20of,had%20a%2020ft%20wide%20proscenium. https://youtu.be/cREG96eW8CA https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-blackout-ripper-a-serial-killer-in-wartime-london Scenes of Murder Then and Now, By Winston Ramsey, and After the Battle Bradford Observer - Wednesday 11 February 1942 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 10 March 1955 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 12 March 1942 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 28 April 1942 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 24 April 1942 https://www.napier.govt.nz/napier/about/history/early-napier/ https://www.rowntreesociety.org.uk/explore-rowntree-history/rowntree-a-z/new-earswick/ http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/20th-century/new-earswick https://www.britannica.com/event/the-Blitz http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/blackout.htm https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Blitz/ http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/blitz.htm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blitz-begins https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-blitz-around-britain#:~:text=The%20'Blitz'%20%E2%80%93%20from%20the,September%201940%20until%20May%201941. https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cummins-gordon.htm https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-blackout-ripper-a-serial-killer-in-wartime-london https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otkwVaVzTxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaYqmCphsAw https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-serial-killer-worse-ripper-21267680 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4167276/How-Blackout-Ripper-killed-horrifically.html https://www.northantslive.news/news/history/serial-killer-worse-jack-ripper-5789346 https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9464389.book-tells-of-york-born-killers-reign-of-terror/ https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/charming-fake-aristocrat-who-led-20701147 https://www.keymilitary.com/article/blackout-ripper https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-raf-airman-who-used-german-air-raids-to-mask-his-heinous-crimes.html?chrome=1 https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/edith-oatley-anchorsholme-to-the-west-end-gordon-cummins-the-blackout-ripper/ Daily News (London) - Friday 13 February 1942 Shields Daily News - Friday 13 February 1942 Shields Daily News - Thursday 12 February 1942 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 11 February 1942 Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 13 February 1942 Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 13 February 1942 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 11 February 1942 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Wednesday 11 February 1942 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 24 April 1942 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 28 April 1942 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 12 March 1942 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 10 March 1955 Bradford Observer - Wednesday 11 February 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cummins#:~:text=In%20the%20early%20hours%20of,the%20company%20of%20a%20client
Albert Pierrepoint’s life and career spanned some of the most pivotal moments in history, with him carrying out the executions of some of the 20th century’s most notorious criminals. Join me for this series of episodes during which I shall chronicle Albert’s life as one of Britain’s last executioners and the changing attitudes to capital punishment with each episode focusing on one case in which Albert was called upon to deliver the final sentence. In this first episode I shall delve into the history of capital punishment including the roles of Albert’s predecessors their experiences, and some of their most notable executions. 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At the age of 8 Gary Allen was already showing violent and disturbing behaviour, which continued into adulthood, with his developing a deep rooted hatred for women, particularly sex workers. In 2000 he would be charged and acquitted of murder, but would a change in the law, and amendments to the information jurors can be provided lead to him being brought to justice.? Crime watch appeal regarding the murder of Samantha Class (starts at 23 minutes 49 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1TZ5L6hqN0 Complete audio of Gary and Alena's interaction courtesy of South Yorkshire Police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LXJbj2ylM4 South Yorkshire Police reconstruction of Alena's last known movements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpyZW3ASy5A Episode Sources https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/all-areas-hull-prostitution-problem-3371769 https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2019-04-10/body-found-in-rotherham-confirmed-as-missing-alena-grlakova https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47896089 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/police-set-continue-examining-spot-where-womans-body-was-found-rotherham-40710 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/body-found-on-land-is-that-of-missing-rotherham-woman-430449 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47960144 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47934732 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47911688 https://www.shefnews.co.uk/2019/05/09/police-launch-a-witness-appeal-for-mother-of-four-found-dead/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpyZW3ASy5A&t=169s https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2019-04-09/womans-body-found-in-rotherham https://www.independent.co.uk/news/terrified-prostitutes-say-murder-police-slow-to-act-1170559.html https://riding377.rssing.com/chan-5861683/all_p228.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9717393/Woman-hating-double-killer-jailed-37-years.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57552189 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57481459 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57331321 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57485497 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57255771 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57242483 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57162790 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57149762 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56815583 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56805176 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/gary-allen-found-guilty-murdering-5531100 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/live-updates-gary-allen-sentenced-5563366 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/fears-hulls-gary-allen-could-5542589 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/killer-gary-allen-most-evil-5541546 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-killers-cruel-childhood-attack-5531205 https://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,jury-out-in-alena-grlakova-and-samantha-class-murder-trial_38833.htm https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/gary-allen-found-guilty-murdering-20838604 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/17/families-pay-tribute-as-man-convicted-of-two-murders-21-years-apart https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-gary-allen-handed-two-life-sentences-for-double-murder/ https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/alena-grlakova-double-murderer-gary-allen-loses-challenge-against-convictions-and-sentence-3673866 https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/man-convicted-of-murdering-two-women-decades-apart-40550137.html https://www.cps.gov.uk/yorkshire-and-humberside/news/gary-allen-convicted-murdering-two-women-yorkshire-after-double https://news.sky.com/story/gary-allen-double-murderer-convicted-of-killing-women-21-years-apart-may-have-committed-unsolved-violent-crimes-say-police-12334805 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/R-v-Gary-Allen-Sentence-Note.pdf https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-gary-allen-convicted-of-two-murders-21-years-apart/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-how-case-became-syps-biggest-murder-investigation-in-several-years/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-how-syp-teamed-up-with-humberside-police-for-history-making-double-jeopardy-double-murder-trial/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-post-verdict-statement-from-senior-investigating-officer/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-chilling-audio-recordings-reveal-gary-allens-rage-before-alenas-murder/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-alenas-family-welcomes-verdict/ https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2021/june-2021/alena-grlakova-gary-allen-handed-two-life-sentences-for-double-murder/ Aberdeen Evening Express - 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For 12 days the people of Accrington came together to search for missing Lindsay Birbeck. When her body was found no one could expect the twist the case would take. @murderupnorth https://www.facebook.com/groups/mupnorth https://www.patreon.com/Itsmurderupnorth Resources https://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/the-accrington-pals/3/ http://warnerstreetpractice.co.uk/THE%20HISTORY%20OF%20ACCRINGTON%20PDF.pdf https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9868321/Lindsay-Birbeck-murder-Detective-reveals-chilling-moment-wheelie-bin-killer-CCTV.html https://lindsaybirbeck.lancs.live/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53776839 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53767259 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53756221 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53741162 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53684841 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53650850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53642030 https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19501950.the-hatred-felt-unbelievable---lindsay-birbecks-family-say-never-able-rebuild-lives/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-officer-describes-moment-found-24704114 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/new-documentary-examines-polices-hunt-21254493 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lindsey-birbeck-murder-case-accrington-18771014 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-say-missing-mum-strangled-16822284 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/body-found-accrington-cemetery-lancashire-16818079 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lindsay-birbeck-children-tribute-murder-16834530 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lindsay-birbeck-death-lancashire-accrington-16831676 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/lindsay-birbecks-father-speaks-out-16795088 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/organised-determined-overwhelming-numbers-join-16788405 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/police-confirm-widened-search-missing-16788273 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/it-brought-tears-eyes-community-16781505 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/whats-known-far-disappearance-lindsay-16774083 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/police-believe-missing-huncoat-woman-16767595 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/police-update-lindsay-birbeck-search-16780357 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/police-release-new-details-relating-16774977 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/live-community-searching-lindsay-birbeck-16793779 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/what-learned-inside-lindsay-birbeck-16794749 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hundreds-people-gather-say-goodbye-16955619 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/who-rocky-price-lindsay-birbecks-18748174 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/first-lindsay-birbeck-trial-collapsed-18748338 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8627271/Teenage-traveller-17-named-Rocky-Marciano-jailed-life.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daughter-says-its-unforgivable-mums-22521022 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18648844.lindsay-birbecks-teenage-killer-named-rocky-marciano-price/ https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18952439.burnley-primary-school-dedicates-new-building-former-teacher-lindsay-birbeck/ https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/police-granted-extra-time-question-16832229 https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/police-extend-search-bid-find-burnley-teacher-now-missing-nine-days-681354 https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/do-you-recognise-man-lindsay-birbeck-investigation-946086 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/family-murdered-mum-open-up-21258770 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/tim-birbeck-moment-told-delete-21292310 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/cctv-cameras-were-not-working-17868769 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/lindsay-birbeck-murder-trial-teachers-17862012 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/lindsay-birbeck-murder-trial-teen-17814827
18 year old Ellen Higginbottom had dreams of becoming a vet, and plans of marrying her boyfriend of two years, but all these hopes would be torn away on a bright summers afternoon. Support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Itsmurderupnorth follow the podcast on Twitter @murderupnorth join the discussion group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/mupnorth and leave a review on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/its-murder-up-north/id1493727239 resources for the episode https://www.college.police.uk/app/major-investigation-and-public-protection/missing-persons/missing-person-investigations https://www.baytrustradio.org.uk/uk/man-arrested-over-murder-of-wigan-student-ellen-higginbottom/ https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-killed-teenager-sexually-motivated-13569773 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/murdered-wigan-student-named-ellen-higginbottom-1626786 https://cumbriacrack.com/2017/06/20/preston-man-charged-murder-ellen-higginbottom-18-orrell-water-park/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/murdered-teen-ellen-higginbottom-family-tribute_uk_594a2a31e4b0177d0b8a68ad https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/16139600.search-murdered-teenager-delayed-four-hours-watchdog-finds/ https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2017-09-14/man-to-be-sentenced-for-murdering-teenager-ellen-higginbottom https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/15535352.mark-buckley-jailed-for-minimum-of-31-years-for-ellen-higginbottoms-murder/ https://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/inquest-opens-ellen-higginbottoms-death-2084085 https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/14/man-jailed-for-31-years-over-sexually-motivated-murder-of-student-ellen-higginbottom-6927549/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15536326.sex-killer-jailed-life-sexually-motivated-murder-18-year-old-student/ https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15535561.mark-buckley-jailed-for-life-for-murder-of-ellen-higginbottom-from-worsley-in-orrell-water-park-wigan/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4850624/Man-51-admits-murdering-level-pupil-Ellen-Higginbotham.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/moment-ellen-higginbottoms-killer-arrested-11172523 https://www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/national/16140150.police-force-apologises-four-hour-delay-search-murdered-teenager/ https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/ellen-higginbottom-murder-agencies-attempt-piece-together-vicious-killers-background-1082235 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/indication-of-police-misconduct-in-ellen-higginbottom-case https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/05/search-murdered-student-delayed-four-hours-officer-shortages-watchdog https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/854382/predator-stalker-killer-jailed-for-life https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/818557/Ellen-Higginbottom-murdered-Wigan-student-police-search-killer https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/sadistic-killer-stalked-his-teenage-victim-intention-committing-brutal-sex-attack-1084566 https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/ellen-higginbottom-murder-crime-shocked-borough-1082661 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ellen-higginbottom-father-murder-sentence-13619472 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ellen-higginbottom-murder-sentence-live-13618167 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ellen-higginbottom-murder-burn-evidence-13571813 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/nobody-deserves-pain-feel-right-13214093 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ellen-higginbottom-murder-death-wigan-13362061 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/so-sorry-couldnt-you-time-13207620 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43656388.amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43526485 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41264245 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41149608 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40531580 https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/polices-urgent-appeal-murder-probe-info-1110263
On the 22nd of May 2017, excited fans attended a concert at the Manchester Arena, a night which promised to be made of incredible memories became a nightmare, as a bomb tore through the foyer injuring hundreds and claiming the lives of 22 people. Today I wish to respectfully mark the 5th anniversary, by praising the people of Manchester, and remembering those who were affected by the bombing. Rest in peace Saffie Roussos Eilidh MacLeod Nell Jones was Sorrell Leczkowski Olivia Campbell-Hardy Megan Hurley Chloe Rutherford, Courtney Boyle Philip Tron Liam Curry, Georgina Callander John Atkinson, Martyn Hett Kelly Brewster Michelle Kiss Elaine McIver Angelika Klis Marcin Kilis Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Wendy Fawell Jane Tweddle
Its Murder up North is a true crime podcast that focuses of cases linked to the north of England, delving into the infamous and obscure. If you like what you hear please like, subscribe. Support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Itsmurderupnorth follow the podcast on Twitter @murderupnorth join the discussion group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/mupnorth and leave a review on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/its-murder-up-north/id1493727239
In this episode I explore the case of a man who tried to run from his past, changing his identity, and presenting the image of a respectable doctor, yet behind the façade was a man consumed by jealousy, whose paranoid mind would drive him to murder. please be aware this episode contains references to suicide, and the loss of a child. help or support can be found through the following UK services Samaritans – for everyone Call 116 123 Email jo@samaritans.org Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day Visit the webchat page Papyrus – for people under 35 Call 0800 068 41 41 – 9am to midnight every day Text 07860 039967 Email pat@papyrus-uk.org Childline – for children and young people under 19 Call 0800 1111 – the number will not show up on your phone bill SOS Silence of Suicide – for everyone Call 0300 1020 505 – 4pm to midnight every day Email support@sossilenceofsuicide.org Message a text line If you do not want to talk to someone over the phone, these text lines are open 24 hours a day, every day. Information: Shout Crisis Text Line – for everyone Text "SHOUT" to 85258 Information: YoungMinds Crisis Messenger – for people under 19 Text "YM" to 85258 Support for those who have suffered the loss of a child •The Miscarriage Association is a charity that offers support to people who have lost a baby. They have a helpline (01924 200 799) and an email address (info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk) and can put you in touch with a support volunteer. •Cruse Bereavement Care helps people understand their grief and cope with their loss. They have a helpline (0808 808 1677) and a network of local branches where you can find support.
Every year thousands of taxi journeys are made, and while most of these are uneventful, many drivers suffer verbal and physical abuse, while just doing their job. In this episode I take a look at some underreported cases where these attacks proved to be fatal.
Is the Manchester Pusher real, or an urban legend born from the need to explain the unexplained deaths that have occurred in the waterways of Manchester. In todays episode I take a closer look at a number of these deaths, and explore the circumstances surrounding them, while hopefully providing insight into the nature of Manchester and its waterways. CONTENT WARNING this episode does contain references to suicide which some listeners may find distressing
14 year old Judith Roberts life was cut short when she was found murdered in a field near her home, and 17 year old Andrew Evans was found guilty of the murder, but was he the perpetrator?
