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Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? The Hagley Mystery | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Una Graham investigates the haunting Hagley Mystery: 'Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?' This true crime deep dive explores one of Britain’s most enduring unsolved cases, where four boys discovered a skeleton hidden inside a hollow tree trunk in Worcestershire during World War II. The narrative reconstructs the grim discovery from April 1943, detailing the forensic evidence found on the unidentified woman, including her distinctive clothing and dental records, which pointed to a death date around 1941 but failed to identify her name.
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