In 1939, Germans were reeling from the declaration that their country was at war. But soon, train travellers on the S-Bahn had more to fear than the darkness of the blackout, as a remorseless serial killer stalked the tracks. Don’t forget your ticket, and remember not to trust everyone who wears a uniform… Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Voice of Paul Ogorzow: Louis Coyote Music: https://www.dl-sounds.com/roya ..read more

Join me for the penultimate episode of this mini-series where we’ll examine the death of the final canonical victim, in a bloodbath so unimaginable that it has become one of the most memorable Ripper murders, symbolic of his spiralling descent closer and closer to hell. We’ll look at Mary Jane Kelly’s life and try to understand the strange testimony of the witnesses as we encounter a visitor dressed in astrakhan, a man with a sinister black bag bothering women in the area, a missing key and more. ***Don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** No part of this episode may b ..read more

Let’s look at the second part of the so-called Double Event that chilled the people of Whitechapel to the bone on 30th September 1888. Catherine Eddowes was arrested for her own safety after being found drunk in the street, and ironically met her demise just 400 yards from the police station minutes after her release, her corpse mutilated in the most vicious and disgusting way that had yet been seen. ***Don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsm ..read more

In this fourth instalment of my Jack the Ripper miniseries, we’ll look at the murder of Liz Stride in Berner Street on 30th September 1888. What made her death different from the other victims, and can we really count her amongst the canonical 5? ***Don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits:Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Special Thank you to Peter Bleksley for his role as DI Edmund Reid http ..read more

We’re back for part 3 of this miniseries, so buckle up for a hair-raising, spine-chilling ride as the most famous serial killer of all time claims his second canonical victim… and for the first time, claims his name – Jack The Ripper. We’ll learn about Annie Chapman and tell her story, as we try to piece together the events of the Autumn of Terror. It’s not for the faint-hearted. ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits: Research, wr ..read more

Welcome back to foggy, lamplit London as we embark on the second episode of this miniseries on one of the most notorious serial killers of all time - Jack the Ripper. We’ll look at the first of the canonical murders; that of Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly, who was found in Bucks Row with her throat slashed and her abdomen mutilated. Wrap up warm and keep looking over your shoulder, because the Autumn of Terror has just begun... ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twit ..read more

Jump in a hansom cab and come with me to the foggy, lamplit streets of London’s East End as we embark on this 7 part mini-series on the gruesome murders of arguably the most infamous serial killer of all time… Jack the Ripper. Pack your doss money and a penny for the newsboy and let’s get started with two killings that occurred just before the Autumn of Terror. Could Emma Smith and Martha Tabram have been early Ripper victims? ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Email ..read more

Black versus white, North versus South, vigilantes and a deathbed confession. Join me for all this and more as we travel to Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 to learn about the tragic death of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan – one of the most divisive cases in history. Was the right man found guilty, or was it impossible to hold a fair trial in a state riven by racial, religious and geographic tension that had been brewing ever since the end of the Civil War? Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook: fb.me/prashsmap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prashs_murde ..read more

A school should be a place of learning, somewhere you feel safe. But in 2006, a 13-year-old girl in Israel went to the bathroom and never came back. Is the right man behind bars, or is there a second victim in this tangled case? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits:Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Thanks to JP and Simon for providing the voice overs Sources: Ashkenazi, Eli, 2006, “The writing was on the wall in Katzrin”, Haaretz, https://www ..read more

We travel back to Minnesota in 1912 to discover the tragic case of a young woman slain just yards from home: so close to safety, yet so far from salvation. She was popular and hardworking, with a loving, happy family, and no enemies. So how was it possible that a man confessed multiple times to killing 21-year-old Alice Matthews, but nobody was ever taken to trial? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash Voice acting by ..read more