Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast

Prash Ganendran
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Prash’s Murder Map is a true crime podcast created and hosted by British true crime author Prash Ganendran. Each episode explores real murder cases from history and around the world through original, in-depth research that uncovers overlooked facts and forgotten details. Told objectively and without sensationalism, the series places every case in its true historical and social context, offering thoughtful, evidence-based storytelling.

  1. Jul 17

    98 | The Manhunt for Barry Prudom: The Phantom of the Forest Murders

    In June 1982, the murder of Police Constable David Haigh sparked the largest manhunt Britain had seen at that time. As fugitive Barry Prudom moved through the forests and villages of North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, he left more victims in his wake, including Sergeant David Winter. Hundreds of police officers, helicopters, armed units and a specialist wilderness tracker joined the search, which culminated in the ‘Siege of Malton’. But how did a reserved former electrician and family man become one of the country’s most dangerous fugitives, known as the Phantom of the Forest? Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-Clyde-Hulten/dp/1036129616 📺 Subscribe for video versions: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio-only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash's Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Sources: Ancestry.co.uk Murder Casebook Volume 4 by Prash Ganendran Headline Crime: The Malton Manhunt Manhunt The Phantom Cop Killer Peter N. Walker's account as Liaison Officer for North Yorkshire Police Aldershot News, 14 May 1982 Coventry Evening Telegraph, 17 May 1982 Reading Evening Post, 18 May 1982 Lincolnshire Echo, 23 June 1982 Lincolnshire Echo, 24 June 1982 Daily Mail, 28 June 1982 Daily News, 28 June 1982 Lincolnshire Echo, 28 June 1982 Daily Mirror, 29 June 1982 Daily Post, 29 June 1982 Liverpool Daily Post, 29 June 1982 Western Daily Press, 29 June 1982 Daily Post, 30 June 1982 Lincolnshire Echo, 30 June 1982 The Scotsman, 30 June 1982 The Sunday People, 4 July 1982 Daily Mirror, 5 July 1982 Daily News, 5 July 1982 Daily Post, 5 July 1982 Hull Daily Mail, 5 July 1982 Western Daily Press, 5 July 1982 Daily Mirror, 6 July 1982 Liverpool Daily Post, 8 July 1982 Liverpool Daily Post, 19 July 1982 Daily Post, 27 August 1982 Huddersfield, 8 October 1982 Lincolnshire Echo, 30 March 1983

    98 | The Manhunt for Barry Prudom: The Phantom of the Forest Murders

  2. Jul 4

    97 | The Great Coram Street Murder: The Unsolved True Crime Case of Harriet Buswell

    On Christmas Day 1872, the body of 31-year-old Harriet Buswell was discovered in a Bloomsbury lodging house, her throat brutally cut inside a locked room. As detectives reconstructed her final hours, conflicting witness statements and rumours of a mysterious ‘German gentleman’ sent the investigation spiralling in the wrong direction. In this episode, we examine this baffling unsolved case that bears striking similarities to the later Jack the Ripper murders, and the tragic story of a young woman whose killer was never found. 📘 My latest book: Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334 📺 Subscribe for video versions: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio-only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash's Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: Epidemic Sound "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources:   National Archives, Murder of Harriet Buswell at Great Coram Street MEPO 3/111 and 3/114 Birmingham Mail - Saturday 28 December 1872 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 29 January 1873 Tromp, Marlene. “A Priori: Harriet Buswell and Unsolved Murder Before Jack the Ripper, 24-25 December 1872.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web.

    97 | The Great Coram Street Murder: The Unsolved True Crime Case of Harriet Buswell

  3. May 28

    96 | The Wrotham Hill Murder: Fabian of the Yard Investigates

    In October 1946, 48-year-old Dagmar Peters was found murdered on Wrotham Hill in Kent after a lorry driver spotted a blue shoe at the roadside. The investigation was led by Chief Inspector Robert Fabian, later immortalised in the TV series Fabian of the Yard. Suspicion fell on lorry driver Sidney Sinclair, a man with multiple aliases whose story soon unravelled under questioning. 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/dagmar-peters-murder/ 📘 My latest book: Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📺 Subscribe for video versions YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Music: Epidemic Sound "Promising Relationship" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: National Archives: MEPO 3/2743; PCOM 9/740 Ancestry.co.uk Murder at Wrotham Hill. Quercus, 2012 Daily Mirror – Friday 11 December 1908 Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) – Saturday 12 December 1908 Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser – Friday 25 December 1908 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette – Friday 01 November 1946 Daily News (London) – Monday 04 November 1946 Evening News (London) – Saturday 23 November 1946 Derby Daily Telegraph – Friday 20 December 1946 Daily Mirror – Saturday 01 March 1947 Evening News (London) – Tuesday 18 March 1947 Western Morning News – Wednesday 19 March 1947 Maidstone Telegraph – Friday 21 March 1947 The People – Sunday 03 August 1947

    96 | The Wrotham Hill Murder: Fabian of the Yard Investigates

  4. Apr 29

    95 | The Wife in the Well Murder: The 1885 Botched Execution of Robert Goodale

    In 1885, in the Fenland village of Walsoken near Wisbech, Bathsheba Goodale was last seen alive with her husband, Robert. That night, he returned home alone, his trousers soaked and his boots thick with mud. He showed little concern when his wife failed to come back from the fields, and his strange indifference quickly stirred suspicion among the villagers. The discovery of Bathsheba’s body at the bottom of a well was followed by a murder charge, a trial, and a guilty verdict. Robert Goodale was condemned to death. Yet it was not the crime that would secure his place in history, but its notorious aftermath. His execution became infamous as one of Britain’s worst botched hangings. 📖 Read the full article: https://prashganendran.com/penny_dreadfuls/walsoken-murder/ 📬 Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📺 Watch the video version: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 📘 My latest book: Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio-only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash's Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: Epidemic Sound "Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Sources:  Ancestry.co.uk Census Records (1851, 1861, 1871, 1881) Lincolnshire Free Press, Tuesday 22 September 1885 Lynn News & County Press, Saturday 26 September 1885 Eastern Evening News - Saturday 14 November 1885 Eastern Evening News, Saturday 28 November 1885 Norfolk News, Saturday 5 December 1885 Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday 10 November 1888 The A-Z of Curious Norfolk, Sarah Doig Norfolk Murders, Neil R. Storey Trove, National Library of Australia, newspaper article: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111013766

    95 | The Wife in the Well Murder: The 1885 Botched Execution of Robert Goodale

  5. Apr 18

    94 | The Vampire of Kraków: Karol Kot and the Murders That Shocked Poland

    In 1960s Kraków, Poland, a string of random, brutal stabbings shocked the city and left police hunting a killer with no apparent motive. At first, nobody suspected Karol Kot; a polite, intelligent teenager hiding an obsession with knives and violence. The two murders and multiple attempted murders he committed would earn him the nickname ‘The Vampire of Kraków.’ 📘 Learn more about my latest book Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334 Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📺 Subscribe for video versions YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap  🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: Epidemic Sound "Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Karol  Kot – Wizja Lokalna, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-et-kqwcJwc Seryjni mordercy – Był sobie chłopiec – Karol Kot (2008) Karol Kot. Wampir z Krakowa. Przed maturą chodził… polować M jak morderca. Karol Kot – wampir z Krakowa, Przemyslaw Semczuk Murder Casebook Volume 2, Prash Ganendran “Case 95: The Vampire of Kraków”, Casefile Podcast, 2019 Nucleus, “#0289, Vampire of Kraków Karol Kot”, November 2021, The True Crime Database “The Vampire of Krakow, Karol Kot, Poland”, Evidence Locker Podcast, 2022 Harriet Williamson, “In cold blood: sex maniac teen serial killer dubbed ‘Vampire of Kraków’ went on stabbing spree so he could drink victims’ blood”, The Sun, October 2018, https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7626084/teen-serial-killer-vampire-of-krakow/

    94 | The Vampire of Kraków: Karol Kot and the Murders That Shocked Poland

  6. Apr 11

    93 | The Murderess of Newington Butts: The Strange Case of Agnes Norman

    In Victorian London, 15-year-old Agnes Norman was working as a nursemaid when a 14-month-old girl in her care died suddenly and mysteriously. When suspicions were raised, police uncovered a disturbing pattern. Over the previous three years, Agnes had worked in several households, and each time, a string of sudden deaths – children and pets alike - followed in her wake. Was it cold-blooded murder, or a stunningly tragic coincidence? 📖 Read the full article: https://prashganendran.com/penny_dreadfuls/the-murderess-of-newington-butts-the-strange-case-of-agnes-norman/ 📬 Subscribe to my free newsletter and read more true crime articles: https://prashganendran.com 📺 Watch the video version: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 📘 My latest book: Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio-only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash's Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: Epidemic Sound "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - ending Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Sources: Ancestry.co.uk, including Census Records for 1851, 1861, and 1871. England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1954, FamilySearch. Old Bailey Online. Sun & Central Press, Saturday 6 May 1871. Norwood News, Saturday 13 May 1871. Public Opinion, Saturday 2 September 1871. Essex Times, Wednesday 19 July 1871.  Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Saturday 20 May 1871. Simon Read, Scotland Yard: A Bloody History (Headline). Paul Thomas Murphy, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane.

    93 | The Murderess of Newington Butts: The Strange Case of Agnes Norman

  7. Apr 4

    92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

    In November 1884, 68-year-old Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse was brutally murdered in her home in Babbacombe, Devon. As investigators pieced together the crime, suspicion fell on a household member, leading to a trial that gripped the public. But the story didn’t end in the courtroom, as the fate of the accused would take an extraordinary turn that made headlines across Victorian England. 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/penny_dreadfuls/john-babbacombe-lee/ 📘 My latest book: Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ 📺 Watch the video version: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Long Note Two” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry.co.uk Home Office Records, HO 144/148//A38492: Criminal Cases: Lee, John Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams - Monday 19 September 1881 Express and Echo - Monday 17 November 1884 Wigan Observer and District Advertiser - Friday 21 November 1884 Herald of Wales - Saturday 06 December 1884 North London News - Saturday 07 February 1885 North Devon Journal - Thursday 28 January 1909 Rope, Knife and Chair by Guy Logan, 1928 The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee by Michael Holgate, 2005

    92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

  8. Mar 12

    91 | The Saint-Cloud Murders: The Crimes of Serial Killer Eugen Weidmann

    Eugen Weidmann, a German-born criminal, carried out a spree of theft, kidnapping, and murder in Paris in the late 1930s, in a case that involved foreign victims, buried bodies, ransom notes, and multiple accomplices. His calm, deceptive charm helped him evade the police for two years before he was finally captured. In 1939, Weidmann became the last man to be publicly guillotined; a controversial method of execution that would remain in use in France until 1977. 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/eugen-weidmann-last-public-execution-france/ 📘 Learn more about my latest book Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📺 Subscribe for video versions YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: “Long Note Two” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry.co.uk Daily Herald – Thursday 30 December 1937 San Francisco Chronicle – Sunday 25 December 1938 Bradford Observer – Tuesday 14 March 1939 Bradford Observer – Wednesday 15 March 1939 Daily News (London) – Thursday 16 March 1939 Daily Express – Friday 17 March 1939 Daily Express – Thursday 30 March 1939 Birmingham Mail – Saturday 01 April 1939 Leicester Evening Mail – Tuesday 16 May 1939 Hull Daily Mail – Saturday 17 June 1939 Halifax Evening Courier – Saturday 17 June 1939 Sunday Post – Sunday 18 June 1939 https://www.guillotine.dk/pages/history.html

    91 | The Saint-Cloud Murders: The Crimes of Serial Killer Eugen Weidmann
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Prash’s Murder Map is a true crime podcast created and hosted by British true crime author Prash Ganendran. Each episode explores real murder cases from history and around the world through original, in-depth research that uncovers overlooked facts and forgotten details. Told objectively and without sensationalism, the series places every case in its true historical and social context, offering thoughtful, evidence-based storytelling.

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