Murder in the Woods: The Forgotten Case of the Wigwam Girl
News of the Times | Episode 513 | 1942
[In one of wartime Britain’s most haunting and tragically overlooked murder cases, 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe—forever remembered as the "Wigwam Girl"—is found hastily buried on Hankley Common.

Who was this quiet, vulnerable girl? And why was a Canadian soldier—August Sangret—accused of her brutal killing?

With love letters, forensic breakthroughs, and courtroom drama that gripped the nation, this is a tale of young love turned deadly.

Betrayal, mystery, and murder beneath the heather.

Settle in for a powerful story of justice and sorrow, told straight from the original 1940s news reports—untouched, unfiltered, and heartbreakingly real.
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The Regent’s Park Murder of 1888
News of the Times | Episode 511 | 1888
While all eyes were fixed on the shadowy lanes of Whitechapel, murder found its way into the genteel heart of London.

In this gripping episode, we unravel the tragic and mysterious killing of Joseph Rumbold — a young printer, stabbed to death under the gaslights of Regent’s Park. Was it mistaken identity? Gang rivalry? Or something more sinister lurking in the shadows of respectable society?

Featuring period newspaper accounts and vivid testimony from the time, we walk through a case that stunned a city already on edge — from the moment of the crime to the courtroom’s final judgment.

And in our Further Particulars segment, we shine a sombre light on a grief-stricken mother’s desperate public plea to view the Ripper victims, believing one may be her missing daughter — a haunting reminder that not all horror wore a headline name.

☞ True Victorian crime
☞ Gang rivalries and mistaken identity
☞ Real newspaper accounts from 1888
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The Man Who Vanished: Whitechapel’s Other Attacker
News of the Times | Episode 510 | 1888
Before Jack the Ripper cast his long shadow over London, Whitechapel was already soaked in fear. In this gripping episode, we follow the shocking case of Richard Patterson, a dock labourer turned violent fugitive, whose stormy night of rage left two victims gashed and bleeding — and the police scrambling.

On 26 June 1888, just weeks before the Ripper’s infamous spree began, a thunderstorm roared over Grove Street. Amid the rain and lightning, a young woman — her throat slashed — stumbled into the street. Behind her, her brother, also brutally wounded. The man they named as their attacker? Her husband. Then… he vanished.

Patterson’s rampage, escape, and dramatic return stunned a city already teetering under the weight of poverty and panic. Though not a Ripper killing, this case was part of a rising tide of violence that left London terrified — long before the Ripper ever lifted his blade.

👉 Featuring original newspaper accounts, testimony from survivors, and the involvement of Inspector Reid (yes, that Reid), this true crime tale is a vivid, violent portrait of East End desperation.

✨ In our Further Particulars: While British detectives stumbled through the fog, American cities were already deploying telephone patrol boxes, dawn courtroom sessions, and telegraphed justice. A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent asks: Are the Americans beating us at our own game?

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