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Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? The Unsolved Mystery of Hagley Wood | The Missing Archive
In this episode of The Missing Archive, host Janice Logan investigates the chilling and enduring mystery of 'Bella in the Wych Elm,' one of Britain’s most famous unsolved true crime cases. Set against the backdrop of World War II in April 1943, four young boys in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, discover a human skull hidden inside a hollow wych elm tree. What begins as a secretive discovery turns into a national obsession when the police identify the victim as a woman aged 25 to 40, dressed in wartime clothing, with evidence suggesting she was placed in the tree while still alive. This narrative…
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