Found Headless on the Marshes: Scotland Yard Casebook 1865
News of the Times | Episode 570| 1865 
Welcome to another chilling episode of News of the Times.

In 1865, a gruesome discovery on the Plaistow Marshes stunned Victorian London: a man’s headless body, dumped in the reeds — his head buried nearby in a shallow grave. The case would soon unravel into an international mystery of betrayal, greed, and grim disposal methods, involving a heavy-set Prussian, a suspicious German companion, and two locked boxes hiding grim secrets.

⚖️ Was it cold-blooded murder? Or a calculated plot that spiralled out of control?

In this episode:
The shocking crime scene that drew thousands to an East End hotel
The eerie clues uncovered in the marshes — from a bloody hatchet handle to a discarded white-handled knife

The suspects' descent into suspicion, and the trial that captivated the public

A community left reeling, and a crime that has haunted the area for generations

🕯️ Step into the gaslit streets and eerie marshes of 1860s East London, where not all those who vanish stay buried…

👻 And in today’s Further Particulars…
As if Victorian true crime wasn’t theatrical enough — we’re off to Covent Garden, where the lights were low, the waltz was in full swing, and the only thing more shocking than the price of champagne… was the ghost in full armour who decided to join the party.

Yes — not your usual moaning hallway phantom. This one hovered across the dancefloor like Siegfried on a celestial zipline, causing the conductor to drop his baton and the drummer to question his life choices.

Because nothing says sophisticated London evening like a haunted opera house and a ghost in metalwork.
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