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Welcome to this the first episode in a new series documenting the crimes of individuals who have been residents of Wakefield Prison, otherwise known as monster mansion, due to its reputation for housing some of Britain’s most brutal, and notorious criminals. Join me for this instalment, in which I explore the history of the prison, what life behind its walls was like, and delve into the crimes of some of its long forgotten inmates.
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Wakefield prison resources https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Yorkshire https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wakefield_(England) https://imfromyorkshire.uk.com/wakefield-history/ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/secret-history-wakefield-1806630 https://outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk/facts-about-her-majestys.html https://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-great-visitation-of-1604-the-plague-in-york/ https://www.tudorsociety.com/walter-calverley-d-1605-a-murderous-man/ https://www.urbanfantasist.com/home/the-real-lives-of-the-ghosts-in-my-stories-1-sir-walter-calverley http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=27839 https://experiencewakefield.co.uk/guide/history-heritage/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z88fk7h/revision/6 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 29 January 1932 (pg 7) Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 March 1872 (pg 3) Burnley Express - Saturday 13 October 1934 Wakefield Free Press - Saturday 29 June 1895 Bradford Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 04 April 1871 Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 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9 year old Alice Barnes went to herd cows in the middle of the day, walking the same route she had traversed many times before, and encountering multiple people along the way. Nothing about that scenario speaks of the danger she was soon to encounter, join me as I discuss the brazen nature of a crime which shocked the town of Blackburn.
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Leeds Times - Saturday 24 December 1892 Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 10 November 1892 Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser - Saturday 26 November 1892 Blackburn Standard - Saturday 26 November 1892 Blackburn Standard - Saturday 04 November 1893 Henley Advertiser - Saturday 26 November 1892 Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 11 November 1892 Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser - Saturday 19 November 1892 Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 10 November 1892 Holyhead Mail and Anglesey Herald - Thursday 28 December 1893 Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 11 November 1892 Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Wednesday 14 December 1892 Waterford Standard - Wednesday 04 January 1893 Northern Guardian (Hartlepool) - Monday 12 December 1892 Maryport Advertiser - Saturday 17 December 1892 Huddersfield Daily Chronicle - Thursday 15 February 1894 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/story-behind-murder-nine-year-18392940 (pictures) https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/16692054.nostalgia-spot-near-witton-stocks-tramway-scene-blackburn-murder/ https://maggiebdickinson.blog/2019/01/05/alice-barnes-the-victorian-murder-of-a-young-girl/ https://www.cottontown.org/Housing/Parish%20histories/Pages/Witton-Eyes-Days-gone-Bye.aspx https://www.daysofhorror.com/episode/the-tragic-tale-of-alice-barnes-1892-true-crime-s1-ep5/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn#:~:text=From%20the%20mid%2D18th%20to,Blackburn. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-blackburn/#google_vignette https://blackburn.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/pdfs/Witton-Park-historical-report.pdf https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/parks/parks-and-open-spaces/witton-park/witton-park-history https://www.cottontown.org/Education/Pages/default.aspx -
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in this episode, I explore the murder of 14 year old boy in his own living room, but was the person sentenced for the crime really the perpetrator? Join me as I delve into the case of Alan Livesey.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35871897 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3504832/Police-open-investigation-tortured-14-year-old-died-hands-mother-amid-claims-wrongly-convicted.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tortured-teen-alan-liveseys-murder-7611848 https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016-03-23/police-review-murder-of-lancashire-teenager-alan-livesey https://www.insidejustice.co.uk/news/rough-justice-changed-my-life/26 https://www.lep.co.uk/news/cold-case-review-timeline-events-leading-murder-tortured-teen-786158 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/story-behind-lancashires-most-notorious-15514747 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1983/nov/15/margaret-livesey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78T6bqjEWQs Daily Mirror - Saturday 24 February 1979 Newcastle Journal - Friday 06 July 1979 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 26 July 1979 Liverpool Echo - Monday 02 July 1979 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 04 July 1979 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 03 July 1979 Daily Record - Tuesday 09 December 1986 Birmingham News - Wednesday 17 December 1986 Birmingham News - Tuesday 09 December 1986 Liverpool Echo - Friday 23 February 1979 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 28 February 1979 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 12 July 1979 http://chorleyinnsandtaverns.blogspot.com/p/bamber-bridge-queens-inn.html https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5915509.hotel-make-way-homes/ https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/murderers-child-abuse-drug-deals-16638667 https://armycadets.com/who-we-are/our-history/ http://roughjusticetv.co.uk/liveseybg.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35871897 (features artist impression of crime scene.) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/algor-mortis https://www.chem.fsu.edu/chemlab/chm1020c/Lecture%208/02.php https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2059&context=etd https://youtu.be/SSntp5x3VVc?si=zBsJK5FBMOOQrnTs The Lindy Tapes: the mystery behind the famous quote: "A dingo’s got my baby" | 7NEWS Spotlight https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231019-the-mother-wrongly-convicted-of-murder-who-always-insisted-a-dingo-killed-her-baby https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10079223/Dingo-expert-shown-Lindy-Chamberlain-did-not-kill-baby-Azaria-Uluru.html -
In this episode I delve into 2 murders in Liverpool which occured a year apart, while the murder of 12 year old Lesley Hobbs would be solved, the case of 27 year old Maureen Dutton is still unanswered.
Thank you to Erica for suggesting this case.
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https://liverpoolmurders.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-random-killing-of-lesley-hobbs.html https://medium.com/@anncarney51/murder-in-the-fog-ca45e36b0218 http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/8372/Peter%20William%20Rix https://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?48548-Childwall-Thingwall-Road-area-murder-about-1965-67 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 18 December 1962 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 13 December 1962 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 11 December 1962 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5781345 Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 19 December 1962 Western Daily Press - Tuesday 12 February 1963 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Tuesday 18 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 18 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Monday 10 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 11 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 12 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 13 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Friday 14 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 15 December 1962 Liverpool Echo - Monday 17 December 1962 Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 12 February 1963 Liverpool Echo - Monday 11 February 1963
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In this episode I will take you back to the 1970’s and the murder of a devoted mother and wife, committed in broad daylight as she undertook her 8 minute walk to work. it would take 23 years to bring her killer to justice. In that time speculation regarding who had committed the crime would spread, was it her husband, or maybe a local sex offender? Or had she been a victim of Peter Sutcliffe, AKA the Yorkshire Ripper? Join me as I delve into the case of Mary Gregson.
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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.
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Pierrepoint: Executioner an autobiography
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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://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://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://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 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. -
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 -
After the death of his wife, Ethel, John Chrsite claimed that “after she had gone, the way was clear for me to fulfil my destiny.”
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) -
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/ -
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/ -
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) -
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 - Vis mere
