The Old London Affair - The Unrung Bell - Australian True Crime

Australian True Crime - Part 1 of 2  On April 17, 1991, a stranger walked in off the street and stood behind the hairdresser without making a sound. The door had a bell. It hadn't rung. He watched her in the mirror, told her he didn't like hairdressers, and said he'd be back. Claire Acocks locked up and went home early. She told her friends she had never, in her life, been so frightened. On May 3, tragedy struck Claire and a customer in that very salon. In part one of The Old London Affair, we trace the crime, the victims, and the single most unsettling detail in this case: a stranger who knew how to move through that building unseen, and who might have come back sixteen days after he first appeared in Claire Acocks' mirror. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - [email protected]  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: Wallace, L. (2012). Horrible Man: Sinister Secrets and Truths Untold — The Portland Hair Salon Murders. Fontaine Press. The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's salon killings still chill 20 years on." 2011. The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's darkest day still the talk of the town." April 13, 2015. The Standard, Warrnambool. "Husband Robert Penny charged over cold case murders at Portland hair salon." April 13, 2015. Wright, T. "Portland hairdresser murder mystery persists after all these years." The Age, October 2, 2017. Coroner Jacqui Hawkins, findings of inquest, June 30, 2017. Cited via The Standard and The Age. Presswire. Statement from Aphra Williams regarding film project, June 29, 2017.