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. 2d ago

    100 | The 1928 Lake District Murder: The Honeymoon Killer of Borrowdale

    In June 1928, a newly married Chinese couple arrived in the Lake District to enjoy their honeymoon. Days later, 28-year-old Wai Sheung Siu was found strangled in woodland near Derwentwater. Suspicion fell on her husband as hidden jewellery, cryptic notes, and reports of mysterious men and secret societies became part of a sensational murder case. 📘 My latest book: 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 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/the-1928-lake-district-murder-chung-yi-miao-wai-sheung-siu/ 📬 Subscribe to my free newsletter and read more true crime articles: https://prashganendran.com 💡 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 🎧 Listen to my other podcast Curious Britain Explore the mysteries, folklore, and forgotten stories of Britain. https://linktr.ee/curiousbritainpodcast   🙏 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/ "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 Two Chinese Domestic Murders – H. J. Lethbridge UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868–1929 New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1928 The Scotsman – Thursday 4 August 1927 Edinburgh Evening News – 21 June 1928 Reynolds's Newspaper – Sunday 22 July 1928 Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Thursday 02 August 1928 Sheffield Daily Telegraph – 2 August 1928 Cumberland and Westmorland Herald – Saturday 4 August 1928 Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 23 October 1928 The Nottingham Journal – 24 October 1928 Barrow News – Saturday 27 October 1928 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser – Saturday 27 October 1928 Evening News (London) – 20 November 1928 Shields Daily News – Tuesday 20 November 1928 Evening Standard – 20 November 1928 The Journal – 21 November 1928 Dundee Weekly News – Saturday 24 November 1928 The News – 1 December 1928 The Sunday People – Sunday 2 December 1928 Daily Express – Saturday 8 December 1928 Liverpool Echo – Saturday 8 December 1928 The Cincinnati Enquirer – 25 December 1928 The Sunday People – Sunday 6 January 1929 The Sunday Sun – 6 January 1929 Tuesday Express – Tuesday 26 March 1929

    100 | The 1928 Lake District Murder: The Honeymoon Killer of Borrowdale

  2. Jul 29

    99 | Interview with Giles Brown on Talk Radio Europe about Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde'

    On 1 July 2026, we were interviewed by Giles Brown on Talk Radio Europe about our latest book, Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten, which examines the 1944 crime spree that culminated in the shooting of private car hire driver George Edward Heath, known as the 'Cleft Chin Murder'. This is the recording of the interview in which we briefly explore several aspects of the case, including crime and society in wartime London, American servicemen in Britain during the Second World War, and the lives of Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten who were aged 18 and 22 at the time of their crime spree. Available as a hardback or e-book: 👉From the publisher (Pen & Sword): https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334 👉From Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1036129616 📚 Read more about our research https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ www.youtube.com/@TRETalkRadioEurope https://www.talkradioeurope.com Talk Radio Europe holds the copyright to the audio in this interview. Unauthorised reproduction, copying, downloading or redistribution of this content is strictly prohibited.

    99 | Interview with Giles Brown on Talk Radio Europe about Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde'

  3. 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. Music: "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 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

  4. 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/ "Unanswered Questions" 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

  5. 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/ "Unanswered Questions" 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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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