The Yesterday Channel (UK) aired a six-part series entitled “Nazi Murder Mysteries” late last year. Episodes 1 (Hitler’s Niece) and Episode 2 (The Duke of Windsor) can be found here Episode 3 (A Serial Killer in Berlin) can be found here Episode 4 (Bella in the Wych Elm) in which I participated, can be found […]
Who was Jack Mossop? Did he and an accomplice murder a woman after a night of drinking at the Lyttleton Arms near Hagley? Did they stuff her still warm body into a wych elm in Hagley Wood? Did the memory of this traumatic event drive Jack mad? Did he die of an overdose in a
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It would appear that Alex Merrill’s new book and the facial reconstruction he has commissioned has sparked some interest in the case. I was reading a Birmingham Live article (author Mike Lockley) that came out today. It is so full of errors, I can’t even begin to touch on all of them. They do, however,
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The Book Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm – Volume 1 – The Crime Scene Revisited. Alex Merrill. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. Summary Well, this was a surprise! A 16 year old from Halesown, Alex Merrill, has written a book on Bella in the Wych Elm. It came out on Friday, February 23,
What would Sherlock Holmes do with the Bella in the Wych Elm case? Had he handled the case in 1943 when the body was first discovered, I am confident he would have used his exquisite powers of deduction to eliminate the impossible and identify the solution, no matter how improbable it seemed. Alas… Sherlock Holmes
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I came across a podcast site last week that is rather interesting. The Unexplained Podcast is produced by Richard Maclean Smith and has garnered some great reviews. Smith tackles the Bella in the Wych Elm saga in two podcasts. The first aired on January 26, 2017 and the second aired on February 11, 2017. Various
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