The Old London Affair - The Unrung Bell - Australian True Crime

Strewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcast · Mar 24, 2026 · 24m

Australian True Crime - Part 1 of 2

On April 17, 1991, a stranger walked in off the street and stood behind the hairdresser without making a sound. The door had a bell. It hadn't rung. He watched her in the mirror, told her he didn't like hairdressers, and said he'd be back. Claire Acocks locked up and went home early. She told her friends she had never, in her life, been so frightened. On May 3, tragedy struck Claire and a customer in that very salon. In part one of The Old London Affair, we trace the crime, the victims, and the single most unsettling detail in this case: a stranger who knew…