Albert Pierrepoint: The murder of Joan Wolfe.
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Joan was a troubled 19 year old whose young life had been tainted by grief. Living a nomadic life, she believed she had found love, only for her life to be taken from her, and in the papers of the time, she even lost her name, instead becoming known as "The Wigwam Girl" Episode resources https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sangret-august.htm https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/75-years-on-after-wigwam-murder-185746 https://history-room.co.uk/2021/03/09/august-sangret/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2016/10/09/the-wigwam-murder-a-ww2-murder-case/ https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Carrier https://elsteadvillage.co.uk/elstead-military-land/ https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/Surrey%20History%207-4.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankley_Common#:~:text=In%20September%201942%2C%20Hankley%20Common,as%20%22the%20Wigwam%20Murder%22. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-access-to-military-areas#hankley-and-elstead-commons http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004371.pdf https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/intriguing-history-once-formidable-atlantic-19596566 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsWMdpvQo4 Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 February 1943 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Daily News (London) - Wednesday 13 January 1943 Dundee Courier - Monday 07 December 1942 West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 04 March 1943 West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 14 January 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Shields Daily News - Friday 26 February 1943 Shields Daily News - Thursday 29 April 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 12 January 1943 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 03 March 1943 Belfast Telegraph - Monday 19 October 1942 Belfast Telegraph - Monday 01 March 1943 Dundee Courier - Tuesday 08 December 1942 Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 13 January 1943 Dundee Courier - Wednesday 20 January 1943 Belfast Telegraph - Tuesday 02 March 1943 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 01 March 1943 Sunday Mirror - Sunday 18 October 1942 Daily Record - Saturday 27 February 1943 Daily Mirror - Friday 26 February 1943 Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 17 October 1942 Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 17 October 1942 Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 07 December 1942 Leicester Evening Mail - Thursday 25 February 1943 Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 23 October 1942 Liverpool...
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