Its Murder Up North
True crime stories from the north of England, from the infamous to the obscure.
Episodes
March 10, 2024 • 74 mins
Join me for the final episode in the Albert Pierrepoint series. In this instalment I will look at the what lead to the abolition of capital punishment, and visit some key cases, from the hanging of Edith Thompson to the final executions of Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans.
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March 3, 2024 • 69 mins
During the 1940's and 1950s there were a series of cases that involved children in the vicinity of Wigan, some of which remain unsolved to this day. While another perpetrated by Norman Green would be the case that became Albert Pierrepoint's final execution. Join me as I explore the solved and unsolved cases, and what led to the most recognisable executioner in British history hanging up his noose.
Resources Pierrepoint: Executione...
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February 18, 2024 • 62 mins
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.
Join me for this the third part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
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Join me for this the third part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
http://news.bbc.co....
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February 11, 2024 • 48 mins
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.
Join me for this the second part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
https://www.hamps...
Join me for this the second part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
https://www.hamps...
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February 4, 2024 • 48 mins
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.
Join me for this the first part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
https://www.hampsh...
Join me for this the first part of the Ruth Ellis story.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
A Fine Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
https://www.hampsh...
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January 28, 2024 • 36 mins
Styllou Christofi was the penultimate woman to hang in England, although she received little media interest, despite the fact that her crime was arguable more brutal, and sensational than that committed by Ruth Ellis the final woman to go to the noose, six months later. Join me as I delve into the case of Styllou Christofi, a true mother in law from hell.
Resources
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography Daughters of Cain by Renee...
Resources
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography Daughters of Cain by Renee...
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January 21, 2024 • 40 mins
17 years after Albert Pierrepoint assisted his Uncle Tom in the execution of Dorothea Waddingham he would act as the main executioner for Louisa May Merrifield another woman whose chosen weapon was poison.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
Bradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 22 July 1953 Nottingham J...
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
Bradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 22 July 1953 Nottingham J...
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January 14, 2024 • 36 mins
In today’s episode I delve into the part Albert Pierrepoint played after the war crime tribunals which occured at the close of the Second World War, and the 1948 execution of a transgender man, whose identity and sexuality may have contributed to them not having their sentence commuted to life in prison.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
To...
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
To...
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January 7, 2024 • 34 mins
In today’s episode I cover the case of the woman, whose execution would be the first female hanging Albert would witness while working as an assistant for his uncle, and lead executioner, Thomas Pierrepoint.
Resources
Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 30 January 1936 Daily Mirror - Saturday 18 January 1936 Daily Herald - Thursday 30 January 1936 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 07 February 1936 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/...
Resources
Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 30 January 1936 Daily Mirror - Saturday 18 January 1936 Daily Herald - Thursday 30 January 1936 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 07 February 1936 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/...
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December 24, 2023 • 56 mins
Join me in this episode as I delve into the capture, confessions and conviction of John Christie.
resource
https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/bad-voslau.htm https://w...
resource
https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/bad-voslau.htm https://w...
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December 17, 2023 • 30 mins
After the death of his wife, Ethel, John Chrsite claimed that “after she had gone, the way was clear for me to fulfil my destiny.”
in the proceeding weeks Christie would go on to commit three murders, but before they were his victims they were Rita Nelson, Kathleen Maloney and Hectorina Mclennan each had her own story which I explore in this episode.
Resources
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/how-killers-trail-of-death-led-t...
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December 10, 2023 • 30 mins
At the conclusion of Timothy Evans' trial, his mother confronted John Christie, branding him a murderer to which his wife Ethel responded “Don’t you dare call my husband a murderer, he’s a good man.”
I wonder how much Ethel truly believed these words as she spoke them, whether deep down she had a gnawing suspicion that something was wrong, that just yards from her bedroom window lay the bodies of two women, and that within 3 years o...
I wonder how much Ethel truly believed these words as she spoke them, whether deep down she had a gnawing suspicion that something was wrong, that just yards from her bedroom window lay the bodies of two women, and that within 3 years o...
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December 3, 2023 • 46 mins
in the second part of this 5 part miniseries, covering the crimes of John Christie I cover the stories of Ruth Fuerst and Muriel Eddy who died at the hands of the infamous serial killer.
episode resources
https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=209962&WINID=1688988551430 https://chrissyhamlin.blogspot.com/2017/09/george-lansbury-and-history-of-hutton.html https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/visit-canning-town-east-lo...
episode resources
https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=209962&WINID=1688988551430 https://chrissyhamlin.blogspot.com/2017/09/george-lansbury-and-history-of-hutton.html https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/visit-canning-town-east-lo...
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November 26, 2023 • 40 mins
Join me for this first part of a 5 part miniseries, in which I cover the life and crimes of John Reginald Halliday Christie who would ultimately met his end at the hands of Albert Pierrepoint. In this episode I look into the early life and crimes of Christie.
Resources
John Christie of Rillington Place: Biography of a serial killer by Johnathan Oates
Frenzy by Neil Root
The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. byJohn L C...
Resources
John Christie of Rillington Place: Biography of a serial killer by Johnathan Oates
Frenzy by Neil Root
The Murders myths and reality of 10 Rillington place. byJohn L C...
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November 19, 2023 • 59 mins
At the time of his execution few had sympathy for Timothy Evans’ plight, after all he had been charged with the murders of his pregnant wife and 13 month old daughter. Add to this reports that he had been verbally and physically abusive to his wife throughout their marriage, on the surface he appeared to be the type of person the death penalty had been designed for, in that it removed a violent and dangerous individual who posed a ...
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March 12, 2023 • 66 mins
During what Albert Pierrepoint would refer to as the “stormiest period of my life.” a number of key trials, and an inquiry into the validity of the death penalty would impact the increaing support for its abolition.
In this episode I will explore a case that bacame known as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in English law. When 19 year old Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of PC Sidney Miles, despite the fact that De...
In this episode I will explore a case that bacame known as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in English law. When 19 year old Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of PC Sidney Miles, despite the fact that De...
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February 26, 2023 • 76 mins
John George Haigh would claim the lives of 6 individuals, with his disposal method earning him the monika of "The Acid Bath Killer" his belief he had committed the perfect murders would however lead him to his death at the hands of Albert Pierrepoint.
John George Haigh references
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-acid-bath-murders/ http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Haigh.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-george...
John George Haigh references
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-acid-bath-murders/ http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Haigh.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-george...
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February 12, 2023 • 85 mins
As the 2nd World War came to an end, Albert Pierrepoint was settling down to married life, while running a pub in Lancashire. But he was still carrying out his duties as an executioner, and in this episode I delve into what led up Neville Heath's date with the hangman's noose.
Neville heath references https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93005343/margery-aimee_brownell-gardner https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/tag/margery-gardner/...
Neville heath references https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93005343/margery-aimee_brownell-gardner https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/tag/margery-gardner/...
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January 29, 2023 • 61 mins
Joan was a troubled 19 year old whose young life had been tainted by grief. Living a nomadic life, she believed she had found love, only for her life to be taken from her, and in the papers of the time, she even lost her name, instead becoming known as "The Wigwam Girl"
Episode resources
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sangret-august.htm https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/75-years-on-after-wigwam-murder-185746 https://history-roo...
Episode resources
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sangret-august.htm https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/75-years-on-after-wigwam-murder-185746 https://history-roo...
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January 15, 2023 • 70 mins
As the Second World War began, Blackouts were enforced, with the aim of offering protection from the German bombs, but the darkness was also the perfect cover for those with ill intentions, including Gordon Cummins who would gain the moniker, The Blackout Ripper.
Gordon Cummins resources
A special thanks goes to Mike, the host of Murder Mile, whose episodes and Youtube videos aided in researching this episode.
https://www.murdermilet...
Gordon Cummins resources
A special thanks goes to Mike, the host of Murder Mile, whose episodes and Youtube videos aided in researching this episode.
https://www.murdermilet...
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