The Vintage Murders Podcast
Exploring the crimes & misdemenours committed in the West Country of England in bygone days, there causes, reasons and eventual outcomes., that affected families as well as communities for many years after the unspeakable events took place. These episodes cover murderous acts committed between 1900 and 1950.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
A disgruntled Peer upsets his valet which leads to a bloody killing, a staged robbery and a houseful of staff under suspicion. And a killer at large. The YouTube video version is available here.
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
A secret long term experiment between Quaker Oats, MIT and a school for disadvantaged children, all in the name of profit. There were inevitable consequences. The YouTube video version can be found here.
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
A lazy hot summers day and three children are playing in a field near where they live, where they run into a strange man. One of them is forced into an adjacent hop field and brutally slayed and dismembered. The YouTube video version can be found here.
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Greed, accumulated debt and a wayward lifestyle led to a catalogue of premature & unexplained deaths. His desperate acts finally exposed, it all ended with a famous trial, and the gallows. The YouTube video version is available here.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
A couples scandalous romance, two marriages, abandonment & recriminations lead to years of court cases and a change in the law. The YouTube video version is available here.
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Two teenage friends decide to find out what it would be like to kidnap and murder an innocent victim as a social experiment. The YouTube video version is available here.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
A young woman disappears without trace, and her husband is implicated but never charged. The mystery is only solved in 1961 with a chance discovery. The YouTube video version can be found here.
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
The extraordinary story of the 1924 General Election where it was claimed that the Soviet Union was exerting undue influence on the outcome which would ferment an uprising of the population and the military and impose a Stalinist regime in Britain. The YouTube video version is available here.
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
21 deaths over many years, including three husbands & her own children by poisoning, so that she could claim the insurance money. Justice finally caught up with her dark deeds.
The video version can be found here on our Vintage Murders YouTube channel.
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
The death of Jocelyn Hay has never been fully explained or solved, despite a number of theories. His checkered journey to East Africa and settling among dysfunctional Europeans may give a clue as to the causes & reasons behind his violent final demise. The video version on our Vintage Murders YouTube channel can be found here.
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