Scotland Yard Confidential

In December 1915 in Highgate, London, a new bride was found drowned in her bath the day after her wedding. At first, it appeared to be a tragic accident. But when two more similar deaths came to light, Inspector Arthur Neil of Scotland Yard had two mysteries to solve: What was the real identity of the man involved in all three murders, and how did he make it look like his wives' deaths were accidents? With the help of the legendary Home Office pathologist, Bernard Spilsbury, Inspector Neil pieced together all the evidence to convict the killer of the Brides in the Bath.

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At around 10:30 PM on 31st October, 1908, 12-year-old Edwin Haskell, known as Teddy to his many friends, was discovered dead at his home in Salisbury. His throat had been cut while he was sleeping. Teddy lived with his widowed mother, Flora, and was disabled. One of his legs had been amputated when he was six because of tuberculosis in his hip. He was saving up for an artificial leg, and some of that money was missing, apparently stolen by his attacker. Chief Inspector Walter Dew from Scotland Yard was sent to assist the local police in their investigation. An experienced detective with an impressive track record, Dew was not afraid to ask the questions that needed asking. And to follow the evidence, wherever it led.

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In the early hours of December 20th 1988, police get a report of a young woman who went missing on the short walk from the train station in Raynes Park to her friend’s house. Police fear the worst, knowing that there have been a number of attacks in that part of South London recently. When a body is found in the dense undergrowth of some playing fields, just yards from the main road, their missing persons case becomes a murder investigation — one that will be solved thanks to Scotland Yard’s forensic scientists, and the recent advancements in a technique called DNA profiling.

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In October 1946, an unidentified woman's body was found hidden behind a hedge by the side of the A20 in Kent, the main road between London and Dover. Local police turned to Detective Chief Inspector Robert Fabian of Scotland Yard to lead the investigation. After two high-profile failures, Fabian desperately needed to crack this case. Calm, methodical and at times inspired, Fabian tenaciously followed the clues until he found himself face-to-face with the man he believed to be the perpetrator. But did he have enough evidence to prove his case, or would another murderer slip through his fingers?

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In 1860, Mary Emsley, a well-known landlady of the East End of London, is found brutally murdered in her own home. Police openly admit they don't know where to start. Emsley was a miserly, merciless business woman — and universally disliked. When ex-police officer James Mullins places the blame on a local cobbler, it looks as though the crime has been solved. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard uses budding forensic knowledge to build a case against Mullins. But is it enough to convict the right man?

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Hosted by John Hopkins, Short History Of is a transportive podcast, taking you back in time to witness history’s most remarkable events. Today, get the true story behind the legend that inspired the hit TV series. Between the 1890s and 1910s, the British city of Birmingham was in the grip of a gang: the Peaky Blinders. But were they really champions of the working class, driven by a code of loyalty and morality? Or was theirs simply a reign of terror, marked by dishonour and violence?

Short History Of is a Noiser production. New episodes every Monday!

Written by Luke Kuhns. With thanks to Professor Carl Chinn, social historian and author of Peaky Blinders: The Real Story

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In June 1946, Divisional Detective Reginald Spooner was called to the Pembridge Court Hotel in London's Notting Hill Gate, where an out-of-work artist named Margery Gardner was found brutally murdered. The hotel room was registered to Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Heath, but he was missing. Fearing his suspect might flee the country, Detective Spooner triggered a nationwide manhunt for a man who would soon be labelled "the most dangerous criminal modern Britain has known" and whose capture would be a crowning jewel in the detective's career.

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In October 1942, Royal Marines find the badly decomposed body of a woman buried on Hankley Common in Surrey. The gruesome discovery kicks off an investigation by one of Scotland Yard's finest: DCI Edward Greeno. The first mystery is to identify the victim, and police soon discover that she was a nomadic, emotionally troubled young woman called Joan Pearl Wolfie — known locally as the Wigwam Girl, due to the tent-like structures she lived in on the Common. The hunt for her murderer leads DCI Greeno and his team to a French-Canadian soldier on the local barracks. But will the forensic evidence they slowly piece together be enough to get a conviction?

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It's the Swinging Sixties, and in Bromley, Kent, a newly married woman is slaughtered after inviting an unexpected guest in for a cup of coffee. But with no murder weapon and no fingerprints, police struggle to find the culprit...until they see a familiar name on a Christmas card written to the victim... We join Margaret Pereira, the first woman on the Scientific staff at the Metropolitan Science lab, as she pieces together the evidence to solve the mystery of the Bromley Bride murder.

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In March 1973, a pair of British tourists are attacked while camping in the South of France. Jeremy Cartland is injured, but his father, John Cartland, is brutally hacked to death. It is not the first time French police have to work with the detectives at Scotland Yard, but the case highlights how differently the two forces investigate homicide. Scotland Yard are meticulous in their record-keeping, interviewing processes and evidence logging. The French are not. The result is a catalogue of errors, leaving police on both sides of the pond with a handful of solid suspicions, a number of conspiracy theories, and no concrete evidence to catch their killer.

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