The Black Panther: How Donald Neilson Terrorised Britain
In the dead of night, a man in black cut the phone lines, slipped into a quiet Shropshire home, and took 17-year-old Lesley Whittle from her bed. The only things left behind were a ransom note for £50,000 and a box of Turkish Delight.
That man was Donald Neilson — the prolific burglar turned armed robber who became known as the Black Panther. Before the kidnapping, he had already murdered three postmasters during a deadly crime spree across northern England and the Midlands.
Host Alexander Lawson traces Neilson’s path from hundreds of silent break-ins to the underground drainage shaft where…
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