Scotland Yard Casebook: Harold Jones – The Boy Killer Who Fooled a Town
News of the Times | Episode 550 |1920 

📺 SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE — TWISTS, TRAGEDY & A TOWN DECEIVED
In this gripping extra-long episode of News of the Times, we explore one of Britain’s most chilling true crime cases: the 1921 murders committed by 15-year-old Harold Jones, a boy so charming he was celebrated as a hero — after his first acquittal.

But just two weeks later, another child vanished.

🕯️ Discover how a small Welsh town was led astray by appearances… and how Scotland Yard unraveled the truth behind a killer hiding in plain sight.

📌 Includes:
✔️ The shocking trial that ended in applause
✔️ A second murder — closer to home than anyone dared imagine
✔️ Harold Jones’s own handwritten confession
✔️ A look at how modern psychology views this disturbing case

💡 If you enjoy true crime with deep research, historical flair, and just a hint of dark humour, this is the one to watch.

👇 Don't miss this special entry in our Scotland Yard Casebook series.

🕯️ Further Particulars: The Curious Case of William Willoughby, Pewter Pirate of Holborn
In today’s Further Particulars, we bring you a man with strong views on trousers, public transport, and the correct way to be reintroduced into society after a spell in Wormwood Scrubs.

Meet William Willoughby, a 72-year-old pewter pot thief with a theatrical streak, a battered coat, and a mission to expose the indignities of post-prison fashion.

Within two days of his release, Willoughby was back in court — not just for theft, but for delivering what may be the most accidentally brilliant one-man show in Clerkenwell Sessions history.

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