The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder | Episode 1 | The Last Bus Home

We talk to someone who knew Francis Clarke on the inside of the prison system, and what this tells us about the reality of incarceration for an offender facing a life sentence, but also the crime itself. Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmaiLcom Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

DCS Bob Stewart, in charge of the Tina Sellars murder investigation had history. He had been the lead detective a famous case two years earlier and had secured life sentences for those involved. It was lauded as a great success. So he was the perfect man to lead this investigation. Or was he.... Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmaiLcom Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

The jury was certain. Francis Clarke had murdered Tina Sellars. But as we discovered in the last episode, there are serious doubts as to whether the time required to commit the crime tallied with the window of opportunity that Clarke had to commit it. As as we find out in this episode, there are other reasons to suspect there was a potentially entirely different explanation for the crime. But what about the scientific evidence? That's incontrovertible surely? For more details: Fire UK Public Information Film https://youtu.be/o7jsDUEvPBA?si=fz7AG97RAAcFkR2R   Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | blackpoolstreetmurderpodcast@gmaiLcom Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.  

Francis Clarke has been convicted of the murder of Tina Sellars and starts to serve his life sentence. But something's not quite right about this case. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | [email protected] Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

For DCS Bob Stewart the pressure to solve the Blackpool Street murder was intensifying, The violent nature of the killing suggest they were dealing with a man who had the potential to murder again. He needed to break the case and he needed to do it fast. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | [email protected] Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

The night of the 15th June 1980 was drizzly and unseasonal. In the Midlands town of Burton upon Trent, an 18 year old student steps off the bus and walks back to her grandparents house. An hour later she was found murdered and mutilated, but what exactly happened in that next hour? Welcome to the Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder. For more details Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/4464604230427918/ Email | [email protected] Ken Davies | [email protected] The Mysterious Case of the Blackpool Street Murder is a copyrighted GSE Media Ltd production - All rights reserved.

In Part 2 of our deep dive into Anthony Hardy, we're able to establish his exact whereabouts, we speak to those who knew him as a youngster and just maybe there's another Burton murder we need to concern ourselves with.   Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email [email protected]   Ken Davies [email protected]

In November 1972 a young women is murdered in a bedsit flat in Maida Vale, London. That murder is still unsolved. But how on earth could this be connected to our search for Fred? Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email [email protected]   Ken Davies [email protected]

As our research continues along the points we determined where key to moving the case forward, we're met with frustrating responses, but we're making progress in other key areas.    Links: New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/fredtheheadpodcast/   Podcast Email [email protected]   Ken Davies [email protected]