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On the 6th March 1952, Lily Volpert was working in her shop on Bute Street in Cardiff. She owned the shop and frequently opened the shop at night for her customers. Around 8pm William Archbold entered the shop and found Lily in a pool of blood at the door. She had significant injuries to her neck and she was later pronounced dead. The police began an investigation which would lead to the trial of a man named Mahmoud Mattan. This arrest would cause long lasting effects on both the conviction and the justice system in the UK. 

Recommended further reading: 

https://www.thejusticegap.com/killed-by-injustice-the-legacy-of-mahmoud-mattan/

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Newspapers at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/hanging_of_british_somali_mahmood_mattan

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/last-innocent-person-hanged-wales-14860984

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/may/14/jamiewilson

https://ccrc.gov.uk/case-statistics/

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On the 24th May 1957, Emanuel Akinyemi at Gloucester Road tube station heard footsteps and some scuffling on the emergency stairs at the station. Next he heard a woman shout "Bandit!" When he went to investigate he found an elderly woman who had been stabbed in the chest. 

The investigation began and the police uncovered many shocks and surprises that they certainly had not been expecting. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_Teresa_%C5%81ubie%C5%84ska

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On the 29th December 1969, Alick McKay returned home from work to his house in Wimbledon, London to discover that his wife was not at home. This was unusual as he was expecting her to be home and she hadn't mentioned that she was going out anywhere. The fire was on, the lights were on and the contents of her handbag were strewn all around the stairs. Alick phoned the police and as an executive at The Sun and News of the World newspapers he was able to get his wife's disappearance on the next day's front page. When she had still not returned he was worried and he received a phone call. The call came from a man saying "We are Mafia M3\. We are from America. We tried to get Rupert Murdoch's wife. We couldn't get her so we took yours instead. You have a million by Wednesday night or we will kill her."....

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https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/mckay-kidnapping

https://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/real-people/true-crime-wrong-woman/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17464298

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQlvtF1RxcU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Muriel_McKay

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/almeidas-new-play-about-the-sun-is-exactly-as-i-remember-it-says-kelvin-mackenzi/usic by: 

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On the 4th December 1979, Teresa De Simone went out to a nightclub with her friend. She went back to her car but did not return home that evening. The next day her body was found on the back seat of her car; she had been murdered. An investigation began and police would interview around 30 000 people. They eventually arrested a man named Sean Hodgson who had confessed to the crime. He would spend 27 years in prison for the murder but in 2008 new evidence came to light which made everyone question what had really gone wrong in the investigation. 

Important information provided by: 

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2009/490.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/4976937/Man-jailed-for-murder-27-years-ago-could-be-longest-miscarriage-of-justice.html

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4203445.The_clues_that_could_lead_to_Teresa_De_Simone_s_killer/

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/briefing/teresa_de_simone/4634621.Background_to_the_life_of_Teresa_s_killer/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8196630.stm

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4708160.No_investigation_into_police_handling_of_Teresa_inquiry/

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/briefing/teresa_de_simone/4203427.The_Ad_that_led_to_freedom/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/apr/29/sean-hodgson-release-prison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Teresa_De_Simone

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12 men have been found dead in Merseyside between 1972 and 2018 and they all have one thing in common; they are all still unidentified. These men have been discovered in lots of different places in the area of Merseyside and due to lack of identification and a lack of information about them they still remain unidentified. Unfortunately their stories have been unable to be told. In this episode we look at the circumstances and try and understand who they were. 

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https://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/riddle-unidentified-bodies-left-merseyside-7697267

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/police-revisit-19-year-old-riddle-man-7734704

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On the 1st November 1909, George Harry Storrs was attacked and killed in his home at Gorse Hall in the town of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. This had not been the first attack on his home and police intially found it difficult to find any suspects in the crime. George was a prominent and wealthy man in Stalybridge as he was involved in cotton industry; was his wealth a motive in his death or was it something else? This case would end up leading to two different trials but they would not end up as the police had hoped. 

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http://gorse-hall.co.uk/TheMurder.html

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/new-suspect-in-100-year-old-murder-977375

Jonathan Goodman, The Stabbing of George Harry Storrs, Allison & Busby, London 1983

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On the 10th December 1994, a 999 phone call reached emergency operators. The caller did not say anything but the operators were able to hear heavy breaths. They traced the address of the caller and sent officers out to the house. When they arrived they found the body of 33 year old Dr Michael Meenaghan; he had been shot. The question became who would want to kill such a friendly and good natured person? 

Important information provided by: 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12661077.the-morse-murder-mystery-we-cant-believe-spike-is-dead/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-question-ex-girlfriend-of-gun-victim-1387289.html

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11657207.20000-offered-in-blackbird-leys-murder-case-from-20-years-ago/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-30412613

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13193121.reward-of-20000-as-mother-renews-plea-over-gun-murder-of-gifted-scots-scientist/

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https://soundcloud.com/still-at-large-podcast/dr-michael-meenaghan

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In London in 1975, a number of murders were causing panic and alarm to the public. The murders of 22 year old Eve Stratford and 16 year old Lynne Weedon caused a large scale police investigation to be carried out on the hunt for the people responsible. In the years following the murders, other information would be discovered which would turn the investigation on its head and pose many more questions about what happened. 

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/167444/is-tragic-lynda-third-victim-of-the-bunny-girl-killer/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fresh-appeal-40-years-after-linked-murders-of-teenager-and-bunny-girl-a2926111.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/24/police-50-calls-appeal-information-1975-murders

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11494368/Playboy-bunny-murder-police-launch-fresh-appeal-to-solve-1975-murders.html

https://www.architectural-review.com/today/how-the-london-playboy-club-bankrolled-hefs-empire/8680952.article

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On the 18th October 1930, Mr William and Mrs Alice Thomas from Trenhorne in Cornwall decided to visit the coastal town of Bude. They invited their neighbour Mrs Annie Hearn to accompany them. After eating some salmon sandwiches that Annie had brought, Alice began to feel unwell. After an illness that lasted a number of weeks, Alice died and people began to speculate if it had anything to do with the sandwiches she had eaten. The case of the poisoned sandwiches had begun. 

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http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-mystery-of-annie-hearns-sandwiches.html

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fascinating-tale-lewannicks-poisoned-salmon-1924141

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On December 3rd 1998, people in Altens, Aberdeen were making their way home from work in rush hour traffic. It was around 5pm and the roads were very busy with people trying to get home for the evening. Witnesses reported seeing two cars driving erratically down the road, weaving in and out of vehicles and seeing flashing blue lights on the dashboard. Members of the public alerted police to the cars and it was not long before it was discovered that a much bigger crime had occurred.

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https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/notorious-1-2m-armed-heist-still-unsolved-19-years-later-despite-crimewatch-feature/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12021550.detectives-explore-police-car-lead-in-robbery/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/28/ukcrime3

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/29/man-jailed-53m-uk-heist-will-not-repay-share-proceeds-paul-allen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-45345498

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