During the blackout nights of WWII London, under the haunting wail of air raid sirens and the devastation of the Blitz, one of the city’s most chilling true crimes was quietly buried beneath the rubble. In this episode, we uncover the twisted tale of Rachel Dobkin, whose dismembered and burned body was discovered in a bombed-out chapel in 1942. As Londoners struggled through nightly raids and rationing, someone used the chaos of war to commit murder—and almost got away with it.
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Sources:Ancestry
Murderous History London Blitz Killer, Channel 5
Evening Despatch - Thursday 27 August 1942
Daily Mirror - Saturday 12 September 1942
Daily Express - Wednesday 18 November 1942
Daily Herald - Friday 20 November 1942
Derby Daily Telegraph 23 November 1942
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 24 November 1942
Daily News 24 November 1942