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HistoryExtra podcast · 2025-01-27 · 30 min · 5,380 words

Murder in WW2 London

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In september nineteen forty, the German planes began raining bombs on British cities. Causing death and destruction. On a scale never before seen. But in the capital, the blitz wasn't the only threat to people's safety.

John Balcombe talks to Professor Amy Helen Bell about London's Second World War crime wave. Exploring dark moments that challenge the cozy idea of Blitz Spirit. I'm revealing how serial killers such as Gordon Cummings and John Christie exploited the chaos of war to carry out their heinous acts.

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