It’s time for a new episode of Switchblade Sisters Social Club! Dee and Emma are back to shine a lantern (possibly pilfered from an old crime scene) on the eerie twists and scandalous turns of the Teddington Towpath Murders of 1953. This is case of the double murders of Christine Reed and Barbara Songhurst by the despicable Alfred Charles Whiteway.
That’s right by our houses, y’all!
Dee and Emma discuss all the beautiful everything about Twickenham, from the Naked Ladies (safe for work, we promise, and also not us) and Jackie Radio.
Also why is no one applying to date us?
Sources:
The Towpath Murders: Death on the River Bank on crimeandinvestigation.co.uk
Frogmen Search Thames for Body in Sydney Mirror. 5 June 1953.
River Murder: Police Called In in Manchester Evening News. 5 June 1953.
Second Girl in Thames inLeicester Evening Mail. 6 June 1953.
Towpath Case: Whiteway in Box in Evening Sentinel. 29 October 1953. T
Man Sentenced to Death for the Murder of a Girl in The Evening Advocate. 3 November 1953.
Towpath Murders: Accused Man in Box in The Daily Telegraph. 30 October 1953.
And of course, our love, the University of Wikipedia
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