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During the 1940's and 1950s there were a series of cases that involved children in the vicinity of Wigan, some of which remain unsolved to this day. While another perpetrated by Norman Green would be the case that became Albert Pierrepoint's final execution. Join me as I explore the solved and unsolved cases, and what led to the most recognisable executioner in British history hanging up his noose.
Resources Pierrepoint: Executioner an autobiography Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 17 June 1942 Bradford Observer - Wednesday 17 June 1942 Liverpool Evening Express - Thursday 18 June 1942 Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 19 June 1942 The Scotsman - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 31 August 1954 The Scotsman - Thursday 14 October 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 08 September 1954 Liverpool Echo - Saturday 28 August 1954 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 01 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 06 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 07 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 14 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 09 November 1954 Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 22 September 1954 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 28 August 1954 Manchester Evening News - Friday 17 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 08 September 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 30 August 1954 https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=5&id=31073&gallery=Scholes&offset=0 Belfast News-Letter - Monday 21 June 1954 Daily Mirror - Monday 21 June 1954 Edinburgh Evening News - Monday 21 June 1954 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 19 July 1954 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 21 June 1954 Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 20 June 1954 Cambridge Daily News - Friday 01 October 1954 Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 01 October 1954 Daily News (London) - Monday 21 June 1954 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 19 July 1954 Manchester Evening News - Monday 21 June 1954 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6026743.the-madman-who-was-never-caught/ Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 21 November 1945 Daily Dispatch (Manchester) - Thursday 22 November 1945 Manchester Evening News - Thursday 20 December 1945 Daily Mirror - Wednesday 24 October 1945 Manchester Evening News - Monday 21 August 1944 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 19 December 1944 Manchester Evening News - Monday 28 August 1944 Daily Herald - Wednesday 14 April 1948 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 23 August 1944 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 22 August 1944 Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 12 September 1944 Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 19 September 1944 Manchester Evening News - Friday 01 September 1944 Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 24 October 1945 Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 06 September 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sheila_Fox https://historicbolton.yolasite.com/sheila-fox.php https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jun/06/helencarter http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2513&termRef=Sheila%20Fox https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/732dfuk.html https://medium.com/@yasminscherrer/she-wanted-to-walk-back-home-from-school-a8ecd9a24638 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/search-continues-60-years-on-1119203 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6022930.the-last-time-i-saw-sheila-alive/ https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6025598.heartbreak-missing-sheilas-sister/ https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6026474.she-left-the-classroom-and-was-never-seen-again/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-51530/Garden-dig-body-girl-vanished-57-years-ago.html https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/unsolved-mysteries-the-girl-in-the-green-mac/ https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30014732.html...
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Published 03/10/24
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