Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast

Prash Ganendran

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

    8H AGO

    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? Check out my latest true crime book: Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten 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 "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.

    19 min
  2. 92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

    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. 📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten 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. 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

    25 min
  3. 91 | The Saint-Cloud Murders: The Crimes of Serial Killer Eugen Weidmann

    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. 📘 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. 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

    22 min
  4. 90 | Murder in Birkenhead: Lock Ah Tam and the Chinatown Tragedy

    FEB 26

    90 | Murder in Birkenhead: Lock Ah Tam and the Chinatown Tragedy

    After a birthday celebration in Birkenhead in 1925, the Tam family’s life of respectability and success suddenly unravelled in a violent tragedy. This episode explores the life of Lock Ah Tam, his role as a respected figure in Liverpool’s Chinese community, and the fateful events that led to one of the most shocking family murders of the era, set against the backdrop of Liverpool’s Chinatown and surrounded by the eerie coincidences that haunted the case long afterwards. 📘 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: "Long Note Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry.co.uk National Library of Wales Liverpool Echo – Wednesday 02 December 1925 Lancashire Evening Post – Wednesday 02 December 1925 Evening Express – Thursday 03 December 1925 Northampton Chronicle and Echo – Friday 22 January 1926 Liverpool Evening Express – Wednesday 27 January 1926 Liverpool Echo – Friday 05 February 1926 Westminster Gazette – Saturday 06 February 1926 Leeds Mercury – Saturday 06 February 1926 Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 Shields Daily Gazette - Wednesday 13 August 1924 Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 (duplicate entry) Widnes & Runcorn Chronicle – Saturday 27 March 1926 Sunday Sun – Sunday 28 March 1926 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 10 December 1925 Witness History – “The Scandal of Liverpool’s Missing Chinese Sailors”, 2020 LiverpoolEcho.co.uk – January 2022 Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 11 February 1926 Daily Express - Wednesday 24 March 1926 Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer Sat, Nov 25 The Curious Disappearance of Mr Foo (Podcast), 2023 Murder Casebook 86 Friends of Flaybrick Memorial Gardens https://flaybrick.org/catherine-cecelia-and-doris-tam-1926/ Seal, L. & Neale, A., (2019) “Race, Racialisation and ‘Colonial Common Sense’ in Capital Cases of Men of Colour in England and Wales, 1919–1957”, Open Library of Humanities 5(1), 64. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.471

    21 min
  5. 89 | Murder in Wartime Folkestone: Did Dennis Leckey Get Away With It?

    FEB 19

    89 | Murder in Wartime Folkestone: Did Dennis Leckey Get Away With It?

    On the streets of Folkestone, Kent, amid World War II, 18-year-old Caroline Trayler disappeared after being seen drinking at the local pub one Sunday evening in June 1943. When Police Constable Lewis entered a bombed-out grocer’s shop several days later in the hunt for the missing woman, he discovered a tragic scene which confirmed that the missing person’s case had now become a murder enquiry. 📘 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 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 Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk Professor Keith Simpson: An Autobiography, 1978, Harrap Ltd A Lance for Liberty, J.D. Casswell, George Harrap & Co Ltd British Newspaper Archive, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Daily News 22 June 1943 Folkestone Herald, 24 July 1943 Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 25 September 1943 Hull Daily Mail - Tuesday 02 November 1943 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 02 November 1943 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 06 November 1943 Sunday Sun (Newcastle) - Sunday 07 November 1943 Daily Herald - Saturday 24 February 1945 Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 24 February 1945 Stockport Advertiser and Guardian - Friday 23 March 1945 Kensington News and West London Times - Friday 23 August 1946 Wells Journal - Friday 04 October 1946 https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/dennis-leckey?category=19 https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports-recommendations/publications/investigation/cambridge-house-knowl-view-rochdale/part-f-other-institutions/dennis-leckey.html

    21 min
  6. 88 | Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten: Wartime London’s “Bonnie and Clyde” - Author Discussion

    FEB 13

    88 | Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten: Wartime London’s “Bonnie and Clyde” - Author Discussion

    In this special author discussion episode, Prash and Melissa Ganendran share their experiences of writing their latest book, which examines the 1944 crime spree of Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten, culminating in the murder of private car hire driver George Edward Heath. The case became known as the 'Cleft Chin Murder', while some newspapers at the time described the pair as London's 'Bonnie and Clyde'. In the episode, we talk about how we discovered and researched the case, the lives and fateful meeting of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten, and some of the new information we uncovered. For further information about Wartime London’s Bonnie and Clyde: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten, please visit: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334 Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/B7S_4DKxLa8 You can also find more about the book and our work on my website: https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ Thank you

    14 min
  7. 87 | Murder in a Lincolnshire Village: The Ethel Major Poisoning Case

    FEB 5

    87 | Murder in a Lincolnshire Village: The Ethel Major Poisoning Case

    In Lincolnshire in 1934, 44-year-old Arthur Major died suddenly. He had previously been healthy, and his wife seemed unusually eager to arrange his funeral. The ensuing investigation revealed a troubled marriage, and the circumstantial evidence against Ethel Major began to mount, in this vintage true crime case that captured the attention of both the local community and the national press, with Ethel later being dubbed the “corned beef killer.” Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 💡 Support my work Patreon (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; National Archives; Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology; Hull History Centre. Newspaper coverage: Lincolnshire Echo, 29 May 1934; Daily Mirror, 30 May 1934; Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 2 June 1934; Nottingham Journal, 1 August 1934; Daily Mirror, 3 August 1934; Nottingham Journal, 3 August 1934; Louth Standard, 4 August 1934; Boston Guardian, 4 August 1934; Lincolnshire Echo, 31 October 1934; Daily Express, 2 November 1934; Western Mail, 2 November 1934; Leicester Evening Mail, 19 December 1934, p.10; Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, 26 December 1934; Taunton Courier, Bristol and Exeter Journal.

    23 min
  8. 86 | Murder in Chantilly Forest: The 1978 True Crime Case of Alain Lamare

    JAN 23

    86 | Murder in Chantilly Forest: The 1978 True Crime Case of Alain Lamare

    A routine patrol in northern France uncovered an abandoned car in May 1978, sparking a terrifying manhunt. Over months, shootings, bombings, and stolen vehicles terrorised the Oise region, while anonymous letters taunted law enforcement. When the pieces fell into place, it revealed a shocking truth: the Oise Killer had been hiding in plain sight all along. Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com YouTube: 📺 youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (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: Intégrale l'Affaire Alain Lamare - Au bout de l'enquête, 2023 Alain Lamare - Les affaires criminelles qui ont marqué la Picardie

    27 min
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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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