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The Vintage Murders Podcast
Exploring the crimes & misdemenours committed in the West Country of England in bygone days, there causes, reasons and eventual outcomes., that affected families as well as communities for many years after the unspeakable events took place. These episodes cover murderous acts committed between 1900 and 1950.
Episodes
The Vintage Murders PodcastCase 82 The Brutal Railway Murderer, Brighton 1881
A train passenger stumbles off a train covered with blood, which starts a search for the answer to this mystery and the discovery of a dead body on the rail…
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Case 81. The Cold Hearted Murder By Train. Salt Hill, England 1845
A ground breaking case of a murderer who was caught by the use of the recently invented telegraph machine to track him down and bring him to justice. The…
The Vintage Murders PodcastOutrageous & Sickening Workhouse Scandals
During the Victorian era the poor and unemployed had to resort to a workhouse, their only option. Most were run well, but some flouted the rules. The YouTube…
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Case 80 The Deadly Mystery Red Barn Murder Of Maria Marten. Suffolk 1827
A shallow grave discovered in a barn outside a quiet village reveals the remains of a young woman who supposedly left months earlier to get married. The…
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Case 79 The Forbidding Crossdresser Killer Margaret Allen. Lancashire 1948
A woman from a difficult upbringing self identifies as being a man and falls foul of expected societal norms of the time and eventually falls into debt. A spur…
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Case 78 The Sinister Blood Princess Hungary 1600
Known as perhaps the most prolific female serial killer of all time, this untouchable aristocrat wreaked murder & torture on countless innocent victims until…
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Case 77.The Valet Who Murdered His Master London 1840
A disgruntled Peer upsets his valet which leads to a bloody killing, a staged robbery and a houseful of staff under suspicion. And a killer at large. The…
The Vintage Murders PodcastThe Radioactive Quaker Oats Scandal 1949 USA
A secret long term experiment between Quaker Oats, MIT and a school for disadvantaged children, all in the name of profit. There were inevitable consequences…
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Case 76 Murder Of Sweet Fanny Adams 1867 Hampshire, England
A lazy hot summers day and three children are playing in a field near where they live, where they run into a strange man. One of them is forced into an…
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Case 75 The Prince Of Poisoners Dr Palmer
Greed, accumulated debt and a wayward lifestyle led to a catalogue of premature & unexplained deaths. His desperate acts finally exposed, it all ended with a…
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The Yelverton Marriage Scandal 1857
A couples scandalous romance, two marriages, abandonment & recriminations lead to years of court cases and a change in the law. The YouTube video version is…
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Case 74 The Disturbing Murderers Leopold & Loeb Chicago 1924
Two teenage friends decide to find out what it would be like to kidnap and murder an innocent victim as a social experiment. The YouTube video version is…
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Case 73 The Vanishing Of Mamie Stuart. West Wales 1919
A young woman disappears without trace, and her husband is implicated but never charged. The mystery is only solved in 1961 with a chance discovery. The…
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The Zinoviev Letter Election Scandal 1924
The extraordinary story of the 1924 General Election where it was claimed that the Soviet Union was exerting undue influence on the outcome which would ferment…
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Case 72 Mary Ann Cotton. The Black Widow Murders 1873
21 deaths over many years, including three husbands & her own children by poisoning, so that she could claim the insurance money. Justice finally caught up…
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Case 71 The Unexplained Murder Of Lord Erroll. Kenya 1941.
The death of Jocelyn Hay has never been fully explained or solved, despite a number of theories. His checkered journey to East Africa and settling among…
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Horatio Bottomley, The Man Who Scammed Britain 1900s
The extraordinary lifetime of a media mogul, journalist, fraudster, financier and MP. He perfected schemes that fleeced the public so that he could enjoy an…
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Case 70. The Deadly Reading Baby Farmer. England 1896
During the Victorian era the shocking practice of ‘baby farming’ was prevalent. One person, Amelia Dyer, took it to an unprecedented murderous level. The video…
The Vintage Murders PodcastThe Bradford Sweets Scandal, England 1858
The mass poisoning of hundreds of people within a 24 hour period and the subsequent deaths of 20 people. The race was on to find the cause before more people…
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Case 69 ‘The Cold Hearted Kate Webster’ London 1849.
One of the most notorious crimes during the Victorian period when a housemaid with a not so illustrious past murders her employer in a fit of rage. The video…
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Case 68 ‘The Menacing Martha Needle’ Australia 1894
Was she mad or just bad, insane or calculating. The prolific serial poisoner of family and friends made her the most notorious murderer in her country to this…
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The South Sea Bubble Scandal London 1711
The boom and bust story of greed and corruption in high places that bankrupted thousands but is seen as the birth of modern capitalism with all its benefits &…
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Case 67 The Camden Town Postcard Murder. London 1907
The slaying of a woman in her home during the night & the discovery by the police of a postcard with a cryptic message leads to a number of suspects being…
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Case 66 Hollywood Murder Of A Film Director. LA 1922
A real Tinsel Town whodunnit with a diverse cast of suspects and characters associated with the mysterious murder of a successful film director, movie studio…
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The Astor Place Riot Scandal, New York 1849
The two leading Shakespearian actors of their day, one English and one American, have professional differences which come to a head during two separate…
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Case 65 ‘The Perplexing Case Of The Murder Of Kate Jackson’ West Wales 1929.
The murder of a woman late one night in the far west of Wales leads to scrutiny of her earlier life in London which might holds the clues to her death. All…
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Case 64 'Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?' The Midlands 1941
Mysterious graffiti appears months after a murdered woman’s body is discovered in the local woods. Who was she and how did she get there? Some surprising clues…
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The Cleveland Street Scandal London 1889
The Victorian scandal about a male brothel frequented by the upper echelons of English society and the perceived cover up by the government.
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Case 63 'The Philadelphia Poison Ring' 1932-38
Philadelphia and two Italian immigrant cousins set up an insurance scam that involves murder. As their gang members increase so does the body count. The video…
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‘Three Sinister & Mystifying Murders Compilation’
‘Three Sinister & Mystifying Murders Compilation’ This episode covers 3 separate murder cases from across England from the early part of the 20th century all…
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Case 62 The Bermondsey Murder Horror London 1849
A desire for money, 2 men and a woman. Which one should she marry, and which one should she rob? A desperate decision and a deadly deed ensue.
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The Hola Massacre Scandal Kenya 1959
Kenya in 1949 and a British concentration camp which detains those of the local population who oppose the theft of their lands and their colonial overlords…
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Case 61 The Sadistic Killings Of Neville Heath
London 1946. A murder spree committed against women uncovers a murderer with a chequered history of impersonation, crime and deception. The Vintage Murders…
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The Prohibition Money Laundering Scandal
The unintended consequences of Prohibition in the US that led to the creation & perfection of a new strand of crime that has spread worldwide and is prevalent…
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Case 60 'The Sinister Secret Of Constance Kent' Somerset 1860
A three year child is abducted and horrifically murdered. Many suspects, for different reasons. No one is caught and the killer would appear to have gone free…
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Case 59 'The Love Triangle Murder' Miami 1932
Aviation’s golden couple and a suspicious death. Tragedy follows a complicated trial with another unforeseen event. The Vintage Murders channel explores the…
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Case 58 'The Croydon Poisoner' 1927-28
Two interconnected families have three suspicious deaths within a few months, preceded by another death thought to be by natural causes. Was it murder or just…
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The Infamous Zong Massacre 1781
At the height of the lucrative 18th century slave trade, a routine voyage from the west coast of Africa to the plantations of Jamaica ends with a suspect…
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Case 57 ‘The Mysterious Demise Of A Good Wife’ Hay on Wye 1921
The famous case of the Hay on Wye poisoner and the only solicitor ever to be executed. Some say that he was framed, but the evidence was damning and led to the…
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The Panama Canal Scandal
After the resounding success, and the profits generated, by the building of the Suez Canal by the French, eyes are cast westwards to the narrow strip of land…
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Case 56 'THe Horrific Slaughter Of Emily Kaye' Eastbourne 1924
A senseless murder by a philanderer and convicted thief which was made more terrible by the gruesome aftermath. The Vintage Murders channel explores the true…
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Case 55 'The Seige Of Sidney Street' London 1911
A botched robbery of a jewellers shop in London leads to a triple murder and manhunt for the culprits. It ends tragically for those involved, and more deaths…
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The Leroy Henry Scandal 1944
A black American GI, stationed in England in the lead up to the Normandy invasion, knocks on the door of a local house at night looking for directions back to…
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Case 54 ’The Ill Fated Death Of Irene Munro’ Eastbourne 1920
A young woman decides to take a summer break on the south coast of England. All goes well until she meets two local men, which culminates in a brutal murder on…
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Case 53 ’The Killer Priest’ New York 1916
In February 1916, the only clergyman to face capital punishment in America was executed for murdering and dismembering a pregnant woman. He was also a rapist…
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Case 52 ’The Bodies Under The Bridge’ Lancaster 1935
This episode is about one of the most notorious multiple murder cases from the 1930s. One of the reasons that it was so renowned was the innovative forensic…
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Case 51 ’The Chalk Pit Murder’ 1947
A successful Australian politician, as well as businessman, seems conveniently to have any who oppose him to disappear, which culminates with the discovery of…
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The Vicar Of Skiffkey Scandal
1920. Events that rocked the Church by a wayward and eccentric Norfolk vicar which challenged the moral values of the time & Christian views as a whole. Was…
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Case 50 ’The Acid Bath Murders’ London &SE England 1945-49
The account of the gruesome murders of several innocent people in the pursuit of money by a supposed gentleman, and the grotesque disposal of their remains…
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The Vassall Spy Scandal 1950s
During the Cold War a number of high profile scandals rocked the government of the day. But this one went largely under the radar and not only rocked the…
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Case 49 ’The Devious Mr Gregory’ 1930
London. The extraordinary life and times of a character who was a fixer & fraudster as well as a probable double murderer. The Vintage Murders podcast explores…