Prash's Murder Map : True Crime Podcast

When a pair of legs washed up in Clifford Pier Harbour in Singapore, the police knew something was very wrong. That same week, a South African tourist who had travelled to the country to buy the latest electronics was reported missing. He would never make it home. Somehow, in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world and a draconian criminal justice system, he fell prey to British serial killer John Scripps, who travelled the world murdering unsuspecting tourists and butchering their bodies. Who was Scripps, and how did the police track him down? My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us ***** I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Music: Awakening, An Agent Alone by https://www.purple-planet.com "Constance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We’ve made it to the end of a gruelling, terrifying, emotional journey through London’s East End in the Autumn of Terror of 1888. Thank you so much for joining me as we explored each of the Jack the Ripper murders and the historical context of the time. Now, we conclude by reviewing some of the key suspects in this mini-series wrap-up. Can we ever uncover who the perplexing, outrageous, shadowy figure really was – that killer whose nickname everyone knows, but whose real identity remains a mystery? If you’d like to read more about Jack the Ripper, then please check out my book Jack the Ripper: Straight for the Jugular available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and hardcover formats. It contains extra information which is not in the series. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jack-Ripper-Straight-Investigation-Whitechapel/dp/B09MH38MCC/ Here’s how you can get in touch with comments , suggestions and donations: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook Podcast: fb.me/prashsmap Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap What to buy merchandise? https://artful-detective-designs.creator-spring.com Want to listen to Murder Casebook Volume 1 ? Check out the Audible Links to .COM AND .UK https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Thanks to Peter Bleksley, Philip Hutchinson, Carl Koppack, Erik Rivenes, Emily G. Thompson, Eileen and Charlie, Jenny, and Adam. No part of this episode may be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of Prash’s Murder Map. Sources: • Ackroyd, P & other contributors, 2008, “Jack the Ripper and the East End”, Chatto & Windus, in association with the Museum in Docklands & Museum of London • Adam, David, March 2019, “Does a new genetic analysis finally reveal the identity of Jack the Ripper?”, Science Mag, https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/does-new-genetic-analysis-finally-reveal-identity-jack-ripper • “A Victorian Mental Asylum”, June 2018, Science Museum London, https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/victorian-mental-asylum • Clack, Robert & Hutchinson, Philip, 2009, “The London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now”, The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, Derby • Daley, Jason, March 2019, “No, We Still Cannot Confirm the Identity of Jack the Ripper”, Smithsonian Mag, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jack-rippers-dna-collected-shawl-though-doubts-linger-180971726/ • “Dr Francis Tumblety”, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/francis-tumblety/ • Evans, Stewart P., “Ex-Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and Jack the Ripper”, Casebook, https://www.casebook.org/dissertations/spe3.html • Evans, Stewart P., & Rumbelow, D, 2006, “Jack the Ripper – Scotland Yard Investigates”, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucestershire • Evans, Stewart P., & Skinner, K, 2001, “The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook An Illustrated Encyclopedia”, Robinson London • Hannaford, Scott, “Anderson and the Swanson Marginalia”, Casebook, https://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-andr.html • Jones, Richard, “Aaron Kosminski”, JacktheRipper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/kosminski.htm • Jones, Richard, “Donald Sutherland Swanson”, JacktheRipper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/swanson.htm • Jones, Richard, “Frances Coles – Murdered 13th February 1891”, JacktheRipper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/frances-coles.htm • Jones, Richard, “Montague John Druitt”, JacktheRipper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/druitt.htm • Jones, Richard, “The Pinchin Street Torso”, JacktheRipper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/pinchin-street-torso.htm • Jones, Richard, “The Suicide of Dr Thomas Bond”, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-suicide-of-dr-thomas-bond/ • “Melville Macnaghten”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Macnaghten • Osborne, Derek F., “The Man Who Shielded Jack the Ripper – George Hutchinson and his Statement: An Analysis”, Casebook, https://www.casebook.org/dissertations/ripperoo-hutch.html • “Suspects”, Casebook, https://www.casebook.org/suspects/ • “The Macnaghten Memoranda”, Casebook, https://www.casebook.org/official_documents/memo.html

In this fourth instalment of my Jack the Ripper miniseries, we’ll look at the murder of Liz Stride in Berner Street on 30th September 1888. What made her death different from the other victims, and can we really count her amongst the canonical 5? My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Podcast Page https://www.facebook.com/PrashsMap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us ***** I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!*****

We’re back for part 3 of this miniseries, so buckle up for a hair-raising, spine-chilling ride as the most famous serial killer of all time claims his second canonical victim… and for the first time, claims his name – Jack The Ripper. We’ll learn about Annie Chapman and tell her story, as we try to piece together the events of the Autumn of Terror. It’s not for the faint-hearted. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us ***** I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!*****

Welcome back to foggy, lamplit London as we embark on the second episode of this miniseries on one of the most notorious serial killers of all time - Jack the Ripper. We’ll look at the first of the canonical murders; that of Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly, who was found in Bucks Row with her throat slashed and her abdomen mutilated. Wrap up warm and keep looking over your shoulder, because the Autumn of Terror has just begun... My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us ***** I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Sources: • Ackroyd, P & other contributors, 2008, “Jack the Ripper and the East End”, Chatto & Windus, in association with the Museum in Docklands & Museum of London • Author Interviews, 2015, “Dirty Old London”, NPR, https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392332431/dirty-old-london-a-history-of-the-victorians-infamous-filth?t=1594571339515&t=1594657184121 • Blomer, Steve E, 2019, “Inside Bucks Row – Mary Ann Nichols: An Anatomy of Murder, The Whitechapel Murders Project Book 1” • “Bucks Row, Now Durward Street”, Jack The Ripper 1888, Jack The Ripper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/bucks-row-then-and-now.htm • “Bucks Row”, Casebook.org, https://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/sitepics.w-bucks.html • Clack, Robert & Hutchinson, Philip, 2009, “The London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now”, The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, Derby • Evans, Stewart P., & Rumbelow, D, 2006, “Jack the Ripper – Scotland Yard Investigates”, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucestershire • Evans, Stewart P., & Skinner, K, 2001, “The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook An Illustrated Encyclopedia”, Robinson London • “Jack the Ripper Murder Sites Then and Now - Buck’s Row”, Jack the Ripper Tour, Feb 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQ_c1JlBZU • Johnson, Ben, “The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894”, History Magazine, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/ • Jones, Richard, January 2019, “Drinking in the East End”, Drinking and Drunkenness in the Victorian East End, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/drinking-in-the-east-end/ • Jones, Richard, “The East End Common Lodging Houses”, Jack The Ripper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/common-lodging-houses.htm • Jones, Richard, July 2020, “The View from Liverpool”, The High Rip Gangs and the Jack the Ripper Murders, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-view-from-liverpool/ • “Walter Purkis”, July 2009, https://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/walter-purkis/ from Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, 9th September 1888

When a family man desperate for excitement in his mundane life created a fake online persona and swiped right on a beautiful young woman on Tinder, he intended to take advantage of her naivety and hook up with her for casual sex. But neither of them knew it would be a match made in hell...and it was only a matter of time before deception escalated to murder. Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk ***** I’m an independent podcaster and produce these episodes from a spare bedroom in my home, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show monthly on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!*****

Jump in a hansom cab and come with me to the foggy, lamplit streets of London’s East End as we embark on this 7 part mini-series on the gruesome murders of arguably the most infamous serial killer of all time… Jack the Ripper. Pack your doss money and a penny for the newsboy and let’s get started with two killings that occurred just before the Autumn of Terror. Could Emma Smith and Martha Tabram have been early Ripper victims? Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash My Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Support the show monthly on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Special thanks to: Peter Bleksley https://peterbleksley.com/ Karl Coppack’s podcast Sherlock: From Adler to Amberley http://www.casebook.org/podcast/listen.html?id=256 Philip Hutchinson’s theatre company: https://www.luckydogtheatreproductions.com/ Charlie & Eileen – Crimelapse podcast https://www.crimelapsepodcast.com/ Jenny – It’s Murder up North podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/its-murder-up-north_1 Emily G. Thompson – Morbidology podcast https://morbidology.com/ Erik Rivenes – Most Notorious and Where Blood Runs Cold podcasts https://www.mostnotorious.com Adam, host of UK True Crime podcast https://www.uktruecrime.com/ No part of this episode may be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of Prash’s Murder Map. Sources: • Ackroyd, P & other contributors, 2008, “Jack the Ripper and the East End”, Chatto & Windus, in association with the Museum in Docklands & Museum of London • Author Interviews, 2015, “Dirty Old London”, NPR, https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392332431/dirty-old-london-a-history-of-the-victorians-infamous-filth?t=1594571339515&t=1594657184121 • Clack, Robert & Hutchinson, Philip, 2009, “The London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now”, The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, Derby • Evans, Stewart P., & Rumbelow, D, 2006, “Jack the Ripper – Scotland Yard Investigates”, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucestershire • Evans, Stewart P., & Skinner, K, 2001, “The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook An Illustrated Encyclopedia”, Robinson London • Johnson, Ben, “The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894”, History Magazine, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/ • Jones, Richard, January 2019, “Drinking in the East End”, Drinking and Drunkenness in the Victorian East End, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/drinking-in-the-east-end/ • Jones, Richard, “The East End Common Lodging Houses”, Jack The Ripper.org, https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/common-lodging-houses.htm • Jones, Richard, July 2020, “The View from Liverpool”, The High Rip Gangs and the Jack the Ripper Murders, Jack The Ripper Tour, https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-view-from-liverpool/ Some of the pictures used in the episode were taken from. www.jack-the-ripper.orgcommon-lodging-houses.htm workhouses.org.uk

What kind of killer could chisel out the panel of a door and creep inside without waking a soul? How was he so light on his feet that nobody heard him coming on the dark, moonless nights on which he struck? That’s what the people of New Orleans were asking themselves when their city was terrorised by a mysterious Axeman who targeted Italian grocers, leaving nothing behind but blood, fear, and a discarded weapon - and taking nothing with him except the secret of his identity. He came and went like a phantom, spreading a wave of brutality through the City of Festivals that would not easily be forgotten. Who was the Axeman of New Orleans? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap I’m an independent podcaster and produce these episodes from a spare bedroom in my home, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Sources: The Axe Man of New Orleans: The True Story by Miriam C Davis A Treasury of XXth Century Murder Compendium 1 by Rick Geary The Mysterious Axman's Jazz by Joseph John Davilla

In this episode, we’ll be tackling a cross-border killer who sparked an investigation on both sides of the English Channel, involving both the British and French police. This case includes science experiments, missing bodies, bin bags, chickens and frogs…not to mention the clever forensics that put this quirky perpetrator behind bars. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter/X https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Podcast Page https://www.facebook.com/PrashsMap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us ***** I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Sources Baker, Keiligh, “Daniel Rosenthal appears in British court charged with murdering his father in France more than three decades ago”, Daily Mail, Jun 2015, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3126831/Man-appears-court-charged-murdering-father-34-years-ago.html Berry-Dee, Christopher, “Prime Suspect – The True Story of John Cannan”, John Blake, Jul 2007 “Daniel Rosenthal”, MurderUK.com, https://www.murderuk.com/daniel-rosenthal.html Dixon, Hayley, “Convicted murderer missing from psychiatric hospital”, The Telegraph, Aug 2013, https://web.archive.org/web/20130814015222/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10235821/Convicted-murderer-missing-from-psychiatric-hospital.html “Indelible Evidence S01E02 A Family Story”, BBC2, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39EDIi266sA “Missing murderer Daniel Rosenthal ‘was allowed out’”, BBC News, Aug 2013, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23670291 Smith, Vicky, “Daniel Rosenthal: How did one of Britain’s most brutal murderers walk free from hospital?”, Mirror, Aug 2013, https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daniel-rosenthal-how-one-britains-2153069 “The mad scientist who cut up his parents with a hacksaw”, Daily Echo, Jan 2008, https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1972979.the-mad-scientist-who-cut-up-his-parents-with-a-hacksaw/

Last time, in the first part of this double episode, I told the story of the disguise-wearing, letter-writing serial killer operating in California’s Bay Area in 1968 and 69, who christened himself Zodiac. His choice of victim changed, as did his MO, so how do you catch a killer whose only motive is achieving infamy and mocking the police? Join me for Part 2, where we’ll analyse the killer’s behaviour and review some of the popular suspects and theories, and we’ll hear from Zodiac expert Michael Butterfield. It’s a case that’s now over 50 years old, so will the killer ever be named? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Podcast Page https://www.facebook.com/PrashsMap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below: AUDIBLE US https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us AUDIBLE UK https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk ***** I’m an independent podcaster and produce these episodes from a spare bedroom in my home, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!! Support the show monthly on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap ***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!***** Credits: Special thanks to Zodiac writer and consultant Michael Butterfield http://zodiackillerfacts.com/ who kindly took time out of his busy schedule to contribute to the making of this episode. Starring the amazing voice acting talents of Ben (The Zodiac, Brian Hartnell and police officer), Mariah (Nancy Slover, Kirsty Martire and disclaimer), Steven (Mike Mageau) and Alan Smith (Rick Marshall, Richard Gaikowski) Sources: • Arntfield, Michael, May 2018, “The preferred jobs of serial killers and psychopaths”, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-preferred-jobs-of-serial-killers-and-psychopaths-96173 • Bauer, Craig P, 2018, “The Zodiac Ciphers: What We Know”, History.com https://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-ciphers-what-we-know • Butterfield, Michael, Zodiac Killer Facts website http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/case.htm • Calhoun, Bob, 2018, “Yesterday’s Crimes: The Zodiac Killer’s First Known Victims Died 50 Years Ago”, SF Weekly, https://www.sfweekly.com/news/yesterdays-crimes-news/yesterdays-crimes-the-zodiac-killers-first-known-victim-died-50-years-ago/ • Gaikowski/Zodiac Connection/Timeline, TapaTalk forum, https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/zodiackillerfr/gaikowski-zodiac-connection-timeline-t2742.html • Graysmith, Robert, 2007, “Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer”, Titan Books • Grinell, Richard, Zodiac Ciphers website https://www.zodiacciphers.com/ • Heidelberg, April 2018, “Can estimates from forensic handwriting experts be trusted in court?”, Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/can-estimates-from-forensic-handwriting-experts-be-trusted-in-court-/15635428 • Martire, K, Growns, B & Navarro, D, April 2018, “What do the experts know? Calibration, precision and the wisdom of crowds among forensic handwriting experts,” Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 2346-2355 https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-018-1448-3 • Officer Down Memorial Page for Eric A Zelms, https://www.odmp.org/officer/14665-officer-eric-a-zelms • Schillemat, Brandon, 2012, “Has the code of the Zodiac Killer been cracked?”, Neighbor News, Patch, https://patch.com/california/fostercity/has-the-code-of-the-zodiac-killer-been-cracked • “Understanding the Birthday Paradox”, BetterExplained.com https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/ • Voigt, Tom, Zodiac Killer website http://www.zodiackiller.com/index2.html • Voigt, Tom, YouTube Channel, “Handwriting Expert Sherwood Morrill discusses The Zodiac Killer”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPtxcvRQko • Was Donald Gene Harden the Zodiac Killer Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/pg/Was-Donald-Gene-Harden-the-Zodiac-Killer-189393988058502/posts/ • Wayback Machine Web Archive, Coroner’s Report of Paul Lee Stine, https://web.archive.org/web/20070327182656/http://www.thezodiacmansonconnection.com/autop_stine_1.html • Wayback Machine Web Archive, New Realities Video, Richard Gaikowski’s website https://web.archive.org/web/20010411015131/http:/www.slip.net/~richgaik/index.html • Zodiac film, 2007 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/ • Zodiac Killer Fandom page, “Ross Sullivan”, https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Ross_Sullivan • ZodiacKillerIdentified YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Zeppelin196818/videos • ZodiacKillerVideos YouTube channel, “Lake Herman Road – The Funeral of David Faraday” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPMg8XfOck • Zodiac Killer Wiki https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Zodiac_Killer_Wiki • Zodiologists.com, 2009, “The Riverside Desktop Poem,” http://www.zodiologists.com/riverside_desktop_poem_introduction.html

How do you catch a serial killer who picks his victims at random, and whose only motive is to taunt the police? In Part 1 of this 2-part investigation into California’s Zodiac Killer, I’ll present the story of one of the most bizarre yet compelling unsolved cases in criminal history. Coincidences, letters, ciphers, phone calls and costumes – they’re all here. Join me again next time for Part 2 where we’ll do some more analysis and a review of the suspects. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermap Facebook Podcast Page https://www.facebook.com/PrashsMap Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash With the amazing voice acting talents of Ben (The Zodiac, Brian Hartnell and police officer), Mariah (Nancy Slover), lunamist (Cecilia Shepard and disclaimer) and Steven (Mike Mageau) Sources • Bauer, Craig P, 2018, “The Zodiac Ciphers: What We Know”, History.com https://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-ciphers-what-we-know • Butterfield, Michael, Zodiac Killer Facts website http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/case.htm • Calhoun, Bob, 2018, “Yesterday’s Crimes: The Zodiac Killer’s First Known Victims Died 50 Years Ago”, SF Weekly, https://www.sfweekly.com/news/yesterdays-crimes-news/yesterdays-crimes-the-zodiac-killers-first-known-victim-died-50-years-ago/ • Graysmith, Robert, 2007, “Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer”, Titan Books • Grinell, Richard, Zodiac Ciphers website https://www.zodiacciphers.com/ • Officer Down Memorial Page for Eric A Zelms, https://www.odmp.org/officer/14665-officer-eric-a-zelms • Schillemat, Brandon, 2012, “Has the code of the Zodiac Killer been cracked?”, Neighbor News, Patch, https://patch.com/california/fostercity/has-the-code-of-the-zodiac-killer-been-cracked • Voigt, Tom, Zodiac Killer website http://www.zodiackiller.com/index2.html • Was Donald Gene Harden the Zodiac Killer Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/pg/Was-Donald-Gene-Harden-the-Zodiac-Killer-189393988058502/posts/ • Zodiac film, 2007 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/ • ZodiacKillerIdentified YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Zeppelin196818/videos • ZodiacKillerVideos YouTube channel, “Lake Herman Road – The Funeral of David Faraday” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPMg8XfOck • Zodiac Killer Wiki https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Zodiac_Killer_Wiki

A birdwatching getaway in the Peak District that should have been uneventful was the inspiration for this episode, with my wife and I accidentally choosing to stay just a few hundred yards from the scene of a notorious set of murders, which we learned about by chance. It seems that true crime follows me everywhere… (my wife still doesn’t believe that I really didn’t know when we booked it!) The lives of an escaped criminal and an unsuspecting family converge in a dramatic and bloody home invasion set against the cold, bleak, back-drop of Beeley Moor in 1977, a period which would become known as the ‘Year of the Knife’. This episode covers the Pottery Cottage murders and culminates in an explosive finale, while the next instalment will explore the Gunn Hill killings, which took place just a month later. ************************************************************************************** One off donations gratefully received: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap If you wish to support the show, please consider buying me a coffee by visiting: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook Podcast: fb.me/prashsmap Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/ Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/ Casebook Volume 1 Audible Links to .COM AND .UK https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BP9P9S2D/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_us https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BP8ZGB53/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-331751&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_331751_rh_uk Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash No part of this episode may be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of Prash’s Murder Map Sources ATV Today, “Cremation of mass murderer William Hughes”, Jan 1977, Mace Archive, https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-25011977-cremation-mass-murderer-william-hughes ATV Today, “Escaped Convict”, Mace Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-13011977-escaped-convict ATV Today, “Escaped Prisoner - William Hughes – Murders”, Mace Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-18011977-escaped-prisoner-william-hughes-murders ATV Today, “Escaped Prisoner’s Murders – William Hughes”, Mace Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-17011977-escaped-prisoners-murders-william-hughes ATV Today, “Inquest into death of escaped convict, William Hughes”, Mace Archive, Apr 1977, https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-27041977-inquest-death-escaped-convict-william-hughes Belfast Telegraph, British Newspaper Archive, Nov 1977, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19771102/081/0007 Birmingham Daily Post, British Newspaper Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002135/19770118/114/0005?browse=False Coventry Evening Telegraph, British Newspaper Archive, Sep 1978, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19780930/392/0029 Harper, Christopher and Roper, Matt, “Police inspector recalls Chesterfield massacre that still haunts him to this day”, Derby Telegraph, Mar 2020, https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/police-inspector-recalls-derbyshire-massacre-3917798 Howse, Peter and Lee, Carol Ann, “Bloodbath in the Snow”, Scottish Daily Mail, Mar 2020, https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20200303/282080573881508 Howse, Peter and Lee, Carol Ann, “Final heartstopping extract of The Pottery Cottage Murders”, Read Sector, Mar 2020, https://readsector.com/final-heartstopping-extract-of-the-pottery-cottage-murders/ Howse, Peter and Lee, Carol Ann, “The Pottery Cottage Murders: The First-hand Account of a Family Held Hostage”, New York City, Little Brown Book Group, 2020 Hurndall, Alan R, “Pottery Cottage: The Peak District Killings That Shook Britain”, Sheffield, Northend Publishing Ltd, 2019 Lane, Bran, “Real-Life Crimes”, London, England, Eaglemoss Publications Ltd, 1993 Newcastle Evening Chronicle, British Newspaper Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19770117/001/0001 Osman, Arthur, “Police shot Hughes ‘to save woman hostage’”, The Times, The Times Digital Archive, Gale Primary Sources, Apr 1977, https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=kccl&id=GALE%7CCS68386972&v=2.1&it=r&sid=TTDA&asid=21d25d15 Reading Evening Post, British Newspaper Archive, Jan 1977, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19770117/005/0001 Sunday Mirror, British Newspaper Archive, Aug 1983, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002137/19830807/031/0004?browse=true