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Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast
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Prash’s Murder Map is a true crime podcast created and hosted by British true crime author Prash Ganendran. Each episode explores real murder cases from history and around the world through original, in-depth research that uncovers overlooked facts and forgotten details. Told objectively and without sensationalism, the series places every case in its true historical and social context, offering thoughtful, evidence-based storytelling.
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95 | The Wife in the Well Murder: The 1885 Botched Execution of Robert Goodale
3w ago00:23:39Tap to summarizeIn 1885, in the Fenland village of Walsoken near Wisbech, Bathsheba Goodale was last seen alive with her husband, Robert. That night, he returned home alone, his trousers soaked and his boots thick with mud. He showed little concern when his wife failed to come back from the fields, and his strange indifference quickly stirred suspicion among the villagers. The discovery of Bathsheba’s body at the bottom of a well was followed by a murder charge, a trial, and a guilty verdict. Robert Goodale was condemned to death. Yet it was not the crime that would secure his place in history, but its notorious aftermath. His execution became infamous as one of Britain’s worst botched hangings.📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl HultenSubscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:Epidemic Sound"Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry.co.uk Census Records (1851, 1861, 1871, 1881) Lincolnshire Free Press, Tuesday 22 September 1885 Lynn News & County Press, Saturday 26 September 1885 Eastern Evening News - Saturday 14 November 1885 Eastern Evening News, Saturday 28 November 1885 Norfolk News, Saturday 5 December 1885 Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday 10 November 1888 The A-Z of Curious Norfolk, Sarah Doig Norfolk Murders, Neil R. Storey Trove, National Library of Australia, newspaper article: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111013766
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94 | The Vampire of Kraków: Karol Kot and the Murders That Shocked Poland
Apr 1800:26:12Tap to summarizeIn 1960s Kraków, Poland, a string of random, brutal stabbings shocked the city and left police hunting a killer with no apparent motive. At first, nobody suspected Karol Kot; a polite, intelligent teenager hiding an obsession with knives and violence. The two murders and multiple attempted murders he committed would earn him the nickname ‘The Vampire of Kraków.’📘 Learn more about my latest bookWartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hultenhttps://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music: Epidemic Sound"Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Karol Kot – Wizja Lokalna, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-et-kqwcJwcSeryjni mordercy – Był sobie chłopiec – Karol Kot (2008)Karol Kot. Wampir z Krakowa. Przed maturą chodził… polowaćM jak morderca. Karol Kot – wampir z Krakowa, Przemyslaw SemczukMurder Casebook Volume 2, Prash Ganendran“Case 95: The Vampire of Kraków”, Casefile Podcast, 2019 Nucleus, “#0289, Vampire of Kraków Karol Kot”, November 2021, The True Crime Database“The Vampire of Krakow, Karol Kot, Poland”, Evidence Locker Podcast, 2022Harriet Williamson, “In cold blood: sex maniac teen serial killer dubbed ‘Vampire of Kraków’ went on stabbing spree so he could drink victims’ blood”, The Sun, October 2018, https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7626084/teen-serial-killer-vampire-of-krakow/
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93 | The Murderess of Newington Butts: The Strange Case of Agnes Norman
Apr 1100:19:23Tap to summarizeIn Victorian London, 15-year-old Agnes Norman was working as a nursemaid when a 14-month-old girl in her care died suddenly and mysteriously. When suspicions were raised, police uncovered a disturbing pattern. Over the previous three years, Agnes had worked in several households, and each time, a string of sudden deaths – children and pets alike - followed in her wake. Was it cold-blooded murder, or a stunningly tragic coincidence?Check out my latest true crime book: Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl HultenSubscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:Epidemic Sound"Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - ending Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseSources:Ancestry.co.uk, including Census Records for 1851, 1861, and 1871.England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1954, FamilySearch.Old Bailey Online.Sun & Central Press, Saturday 6 May 1871.Norwood News, Saturday 13 May 1871.Public Opinion, Saturday 2 September 1871.Essex Times, Wednesday 19 July 1871. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Saturday 20 May 1871.Simon Read, Scotland Yard: A Bloody History (Headline).Paul Thomas Murphy, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane.
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92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang
Apr 400:25:20Tap to summarizeIn November 1884, 68-year-old Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse was brutally murdered in her home in Babbacombe, Devon. As investigators pieced together the crime, suspicion fell on a household member, leading to a trial that gripped the public. But the story didn’t end in the courtroom, as the fate of the accused would take an extraordinary turn that made headlines across Victorian England.📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl HultenSubscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:"Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/“Long Note Two” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry.co.ukHome Office Records, HO 144/148//A38492: Criminal Cases: Lee, JohnExeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams - Monday 19 September 1881Express and Echo - Monday 17 November 1884Wigan Observer and District Advertiser - Friday 21 November 1884Herald of Wales - Saturday 06 December 1884North London News - Saturday 07 February 1885North Devon Journal - Thursday 28 January 1909Rope, Knife and Chair by Guy Logan, 1928The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee by Michael Holgate, 2005
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91 | The Saint-Cloud Murders: The Crimes of Serial Killer Eugen Weidmann
Mar 1200:21:39Tap to summarizeEugen Weidmann, a German-born criminal, carried out a spree of theft, kidnapping, and murder in Paris in the late 1930s, in a case that involved foreign victims, buried bodies, ransom notes, and multiple accomplices. His calm, deceptive charm helped him evade the police for two years before he was finally captured. In 1939, Weidmann became the last man to be publicly guillotined; a controversial method of execution that would remain in use in France until 1977.📘 Learn more about my latest bookWartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hultenhttps://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:“Long Note Two” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry.co.ukDaily Herald – Thursday 30 December 1937San Francisco Chronicle – Sunday 25 December 1938Bradford Observer – Tuesday 14 March 1939Bradford Observer – Wednesday 15 March 1939Daily News (London) – Thursday 16 March 1939Daily Express – Friday 17 March 1939Daily Express – Thursday 30 March 1939Birmingham Mail – Saturday 01 April 1939Leicester Evening Mail – Tuesday 16 May 1939Hull Daily Mail – Saturday 17 June 1939Halifax Evening Courier – Saturday 17 June 1939Sunday Post – Sunday 18 June 1939https://www.guillotine.dk/pages/history.html
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90 | Murder in Birkenhead: Lock Ah Tam and the Chinatown Tragedy
Feb 2600:20:53Tap to summarizeAfter a birthday celebration in Birkenhead in 1925, the Tam family’s life of respectability and success suddenly unravelled in a violent tragedy. This episode explores the life of Lock Ah Tam, his role as a respected figure in Liverpool’s Chinese community, and the fateful events that led to one of the most shocking family murders of the era, set against the backdrop of Liverpool’s Chinatown and surrounded by the eerie coincidences that haunted the case long afterwards.📘 Learn more about my latest bookWartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hultenhttps://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:"Long Note Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry.co.ukNational Library of WalesLiverpool Echo – Wednesday 02 December 1925Lancashire Evening Post – Wednesday 02 December 1925Evening Express – Thursday 03 December 1925Northampton Chronicle and Echo – Friday 22 January 1926Liverpool Evening Express – Wednesday 27 January 1926Liverpool Echo – Friday 05 February 1926Westminster Gazette – Saturday 06 February 1926Leeds Mercury – Saturday 06 February 1926Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 Shields Daily Gazette - Wednesday 13 August 1924 Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 (duplicate entry)Widnes & Runcorn Chronicle – Saturday 27 March 1926Sunday Sun – Sunday 28 March 1926 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 10 December 1925 Witness History – “The Scandal of Liverpool’s Missing Chinese Sailors”, 2020LiverpoolEcho.co.uk – January 2022 Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 11 February 1926 Daily Express - Wednesday 24 March 1926 Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer Sat, Nov 25 The Curious Disappearance of Mr Foo (Podcast), 2023Murder Casebook 86 Friends of Flaybrick Memorial Gardens https://flaybrick.org/catherine-cecelia-and-doris-tam-1926/ Seal, L. & Neale, A., (2019) “Race, Racialisation and ‘Colonial Common Sense’ in Capital Cases of Men of Colour in England and Wales, 1919–1957”, Open Library of Humanities 5(1), 64. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.471
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89 | Murder in Wartime Folkestone: Did Dennis Leckey Get Away With It?
Feb 1900:21:14Tap to summarizeOn the streets of Folkestone, Kent, amid World War II, 18-year-old Caroline Trayler disappeared after being seen drinking at the local pub one Sunday evening in June 1943. When Police Constable Lewis entered a bombed-out grocer’s shop several days later in the hunt for the missing woman, he discovered a tragic scene which confirmed that the missing person’s case had now become a murder enquiry.📘 Learn more about my latest bookWartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hultenhttps://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:"Long Note Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.ukProfessor Keith Simpson: An Autobiography, 1978, Harrap LtdA Lance for Liberty, J.D. Casswell, George Harrap & Co LtdBritish Newspaper Archive, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukDaily News 22 June 1943Folkestone Herald, 24 July 1943Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 25 September 1943Hull Daily Mail - Tuesday 02 November 1943Daily Mirror - Tuesday 02 November 1943Liverpool Echo - Saturday 06 November 1943Sunday Sun (Newcastle) - Sunday 07 November 1943Daily Herald - Saturday 24 February 1945Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 24 February 1945Stockport Advertiser and Guardian - Friday 23 March 1945Kensington News and West London Times - Friday 23 August 1946Wells Journal - Friday 04 October 1946https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/dennis-leckey?category=19https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports-recommendations/publications/investigation/cambridge-house-knowl-view-rochdale/part-f-other-institutions/dennis-leckey.html
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88 | Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten: Wartime London’s “Bonnie and Clyde” - Author Discussion
Feb 1300:13:45Tap to summarizeIn this special author discussion episode, Prash and Melissa Ganendran share their experiences of writing their latest book, which examines the 1944 crime spree of Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten, culminating in the murder of private car hire driver George Edward Heath. The case became known as the 'Cleft Chin Murder', while some newspapers at the time described the pair as London's 'Bonnie and Clyde'.In the episode, we talk about how we discovered and researched the case, the lives and fateful meeting of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten, and some of the new information we uncovered.For further information about Wartime London’s Bonnie and Clyde: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten, please visit: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/B7S_4DKxLa8You can also find more about the book and our work on my website: https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/Thank you
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87 | Murder in a Lincolnshire Village: The Ethel Major Poisoning Case
Feb 500:22:47Tap to summarizeIn Lincolnshire in 1934, 44-year-old Arthur Major died suddenly. He had previously been healthy, and his wife seemed unusually eager to arrange his funeral. The ensuing investigation revealed a troubled marriage, and the circumstantial evidence against Ethel Major began to mount, in this vintage true crime case that captured the attention of both the local community and the national press, with Ethel later being dubbed the “corned beef killer.”Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com💡 Support my workPatreon (ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Sources:Ancestry.co.uk; National Archives; Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology; Hull History Centre. Newspaper coverage:Lincolnshire Echo, 29 May 1934; Daily Mirror, 30 May 1934; Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 2 June 1934; Nottingham Journal, 1 August 1934; Daily Mirror, 3 August 1934; Nottingham Journal, 3 August 1934; Louth Standard, 4 August 1934; Boston Guardian, 4 August 1934; Lincolnshire Echo, 31 October 1934; Daily Express, 2 November 1934; Western Mail, 2 November 1934; Leicester Evening Mail, 19 December 1934, p.10; Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, 26 December 1934; Taunton Courier, Bristol and Exeter Journal.
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86 | Murder in Chantilly Forest: The 1978 True Crime Case of Alain Lamare
Jan 2300:26:39Tap to summarizeA routine patrol in northern France uncovered an abandoned car in May 1978, sparking a terrifying manhunt. Over months, shootings, bombings, and stolen vehicles terrorised the Oise region, while anonymous letters taunted law enforcement. When the pieces fell into place, it revealed a shocking truth: the Oise Killer had been hiding in plain sight all along.Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.comYouTube:📺 youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Sources:Intégrale l'Affaire Alain Lamare - Au bout de l'enquête, 2023Alain Lamare - Les affaires criminelles qui ont marqué la Picardie
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