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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.

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September 7 · 14 min
102 | Murder in the Fens: The 1912 True Crime Case of Minnie Morris
In the summer of 1912, 21-year-old Minnie Morris left London for a working holiday picking fruit in the quiet fenland village of Walsoken. When her body was discovered beside a country lane, suspicion fell on fellow fruit-picker Robert Galloway, who...
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August 20 · 26 min
101 | The Ontario Murders: Manhunt for “The Tattoo Man” Peter John Peters
In January 1990, Ontario was gripped by one of Canada’s largest manhunts in 15 years. Peter John Peters, a violent ex-convict known as ‘The Tattoo Man’, terrorised the province for several days, leaving a trail of theft, assault and murder. From the...
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August 5 · 30 min
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...
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July 29 · 30 min
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...
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July 17 · 40 min
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...
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July 4 · 18 min
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...
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May 28 · 24 min
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...
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April 29 · 23 min
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...
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April 18 · 26 min
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....
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April 11 · 19 min
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...
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April 4 · 25 min
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...
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March 12 · 21 min
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...
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February 26 · 20 min
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...
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February 19 · 21 min
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...
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February 13 · 13 min
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...
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February 5 · 22 min
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...
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January 23 · 26 min
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...
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January 18 · 11 min
85 | The Brecknock Road Murder: The True Crime Case of George Vincent Heneage Finch
In 1886, shootings in London were rare - even more so in broad daylight. In this episode, we explore the murder and robbery committed in a quiet Kentish Town road by George Finch, a would-be performer whose stage ambitions had faltered. Finch would...
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January 9 · 23 min
84 | Murder on Roppa Moor: The Helmsley Double Murder of 1895
In 1895, 22-year-old Robert Hudson took his wife Kitty and their infant son on holiday to Helmsley, North Yorkshire. When they departed hurriedly under suspicious circumstances, the landlady at their boarding house was surprised. Soon, Kitty Hudson’s...
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Nov 18, 2025 · 39 min
83 | Dr Crippen and the Hilldrop Crescent Murder: The Notorious 1910 True Crime Case
Dr Crippen and the Hilldrop Crescent Murder revisits one of Britain’s most infamous true crime cases of 1910. When Cora Crippen, better known on the music-hall stage as Belle Elmore vanished, her husband Hawley Harvey Crippen offered shifting...
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