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EPISODE · Aug 30, 2025 · 43 MIN

Murder in Belgravia

from Tales of History and Imagination · host Simone Whitlow

This week on Tales of History and Imagination we discuss a murdered nanny, the murderer… his awful ancestors, and said murderer’s mysterious disappearance.  Trigger warnings: murder.    Sources Include: A Different Class of Murder by Laura Thompson And several dozen news articles, including this piece from Lynn Barber interviewing John Aspinall This one from Steven Morris on the many theories on Lord Lucan’s disappearance This one (Morris and Angelique Chrisafis) on Jungle Barry (sometimes called Jungley Barry) This article (author not listed) from the Whanganui Chronicle on an unpleasant man named Roger Woodgate  This article by Gary Nunn on John Stonehouse This Daily Mail article by Laura Thompson on the Taxi Driver hypothesis And a handful of documentaries I never recorded at the time of writing the first attempt at this script a few years ago…            Support Tales on Patreon for $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content, or Try our 7 Day Free Trial.    Please leave Tales a like and a review wherever you listen. The best way you can support us is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays. Tales of History and Imagination can be found on…   | Facebook |TikTok | Threads | YouTube | Bluesky |        

This week on Tales of History and Imagination we discuss a murdered nanny, the murderer… his awful ancestors, and said murderer’s mysterious disappearance.  Trigger warnings: murder.    Sources Include: A Different Class of Murder by Laura ThompsonAnd several dozen news articles, including this piece from Lynn Barber interviewing John AspinallThis one from Steven Morris on the many theories on Lord Lucan’s disappearanceThis one (Morris and Angelique Chrisafis) on Jungle Barry (sometimes called Jungley Barry)This article (author not listed) from the Whanganui Chronicle on an unpleasant man named Roger Woodgate This article by Gary Nunn on John StonehouseThis Daily Mail article by Laura Thompson on the Taxi Driver hypothesis And a handful of documentaries I never recorded at the time of writing the first attempt at this script a few years ago…            Support Tales on Patreon for $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content, or Try our 7 Day Free Trial.    Please leave Tales a like and a review wherever you listen. The best way you can support us is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays. Tales of History and Imagination can be found on…   | Facebook |TikTok | Threads | YouTube | Bluesky |

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