Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast

Pack your tent and sleeping bag, because in this episode we’re going to spend a night on the shores of Lake Bodom, the scene of one of Finland’s most famous unsolved murder cases. But it’s not the rustling leaves or the hoot of an owl that you should fear, as a vicious killer stalks the campsite. You’d better leave your flashlight switched on…

Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:

Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]

Credits:

Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash

Character Voices: Simon Hensby, Ian and Jurgen.

Translations from Finnish to English by my friend Marcus who burnt the midnight oil to transcribe everything I threw at him including audio and video interviews. Thank you Marcus!

Recommended Podcast:

True Crime Finland  https://truecrimefinland.squarespace.com/

Music:

Randolph Smeets

https://www.dl-sounds.com/

"Heartbreaking" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/



Sources:

“Archaeology students plan dig at Lake Bodom murder site,” https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/archaeology_students_plan_dig_at_lake_bodom_murder_site/10780763

IncapableofGuile; “The Lake Bodom Murders,” April 2015, https://imgur.com/gallery/ToNes

“Lake Bodom murders” https://solvedandunsolvedcrimes.wordpress.com/2019/08/11/lake-bodom-murders-1960/

Lahettananyt T.K., “Case- Bodomjarven Murhat 1960”, http://rikos-uutiset.blogspot.com/2016/07/case-bodomjarven-murhat-1960.html

Serena, Katie; “The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland’s Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide”, August 2019 https://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders

Yle Uutisten artikkeliarkisto, “Suspect in 1960 murder case pleads innocence,” June 2008, https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5156265

https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/10/28/esbopolitiker-ar-saker-pa-att-han-vet-vem-bodommordaren-var


https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2or0mp/another_unsolved_finnish_crime_the_murder_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3ecpwe/in_1960_three_teenagers_were_murdered_at_lake/ctdvjly/

https://pastebin.com/raw/9s48TBY9



https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/bodomjarven-surmaajaa-etsittiin-poliisin-ja-vapaaehtoisten-voimin



https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/professori-palo-ei-uskonut-gustafssonin-syyllisyyteen

https://www.murha.info/rikosfoorumi/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5833&sid=0162e8467c60c0c204030438837fe135&start=15


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXMM9CHrxlw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEqMEDm6gkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4YNI-1bw6I&feature=youtu.be

https://www.murha.info/rikosfoorumi/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLesOFn5RU

https://truecrimefinland.squarespace.com/new-blog/2018/1/26/episode-013-bodom-lake-murders

The sinister Ratcliffe Highway in South East London was home to violence, prostitution and danger. 7 murders in as many days. Man, woman or child…nobody was safe.



Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:

Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap

Email: [email protected]



Credits:

Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash

Character Voices by Prash



Music:

Long Note By Two by incompetech, Kevin Macleod



Sources:

Jeffries, Bob; “The Ratcliffe Highway Murders”; Thames Police

http://www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/h_ratcliffehighwaymurders_4.html



Nicholas, Dean; “200th Anniversary of the Ratcliffe Highway Murders”, December 2011, The Londonist

https://londonist.com/2011/12/200th-anniversary-of-the-ratcliffe-highway-murders

In Victorian Brighton, eating chocolate was about to get dangerous… and it wasn’t just toothache people had to worry about. Triggered by a romantic obsession with her local doctor, vain and conniving Christiana Edmunds masterminded a poisoning spree and was smugly convinced she would never be caught…


Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:

Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap

Email: [email protected]

Credits:

Research, writing, original song, narration and audio arrangement by Prash

Sources:


Bondeson, Jan; “Victorian Murders”, 2017, Amberley Publishing


“Christiana Edmunds 1829 – 1907”, Berkshire Record Office, 2009

https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/storage/app/media/pdfs/Christiana-Edmunds.pdf

David, Rowland; “Christiana Edmunds”, Old Police Cells Museum, 2012

https://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/sussex_murders/christiana_edmunds

Jones, Kaye; “The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer: The Poisonous Passion of Christiana Edmunds”, 2016, Pen & Sword History

Music:

Black Fingerprint (copyright and royalty free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5zngU-aAE

In 1939, Germans were reeling from the declaration that their country was at war. But soon, train travellers on the S-Bahn had more to fear than the darkness of the blackout, as a remorseless serial killer stalked the tracks. Don’t forget your ticket, and remember not to trust everyone who wears a uniform…



Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:

https://prashganendran.com

Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap

Email: [email protected]

Credits:

Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash

Voice of Paul Ogorzow: Louis Coyote

Music:

https://www.dl-sounds.com/royalty-free/ethereal-flight/

https://www.dl-sounds.com/royalty-free/bed-bugs/

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3661-distant-tension

Sources:

Selby, Scott Andrew, 2014, “A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin: The Chilling True Story of the S Bahn Murderer”, Berkley Publishing Group