History and Hearsay

• Who Killed Little Red Riding Hood? Muriel Drinkwater Murder

  Timestamps:0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Content Warning + Summer Time!1:31 - Muriel Joan Drinkwater 3:16 - Missing 5:19 - Investigation Begins7:44 - Persons of Interest12:09 - Harold Jones16:34 - Cold Case & DNA Technology20:05 - DNA Clears Potential Suspects23:30 - New Possible Suspect 26:36 - Effects On The Family & An Unanswered Question30:07 - Final Thoughts Cold Trace Video - Documentary where they were testing the sound of shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yrRcHi0zl8&t=130s https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/23/one-britains-longest-unsolved-crimes-murder-schoolgirl-muriel-drinkwater-23349284/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7708974.stm https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/the-muriel-drinkwater-case-can-they-crack-the-coldest-murder-case-lg98xvhzqlh?region=global https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/unsolved-murder-12-year-old-19232081 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/muriel-drinkwater-murder-harold-jones-16207548 https://herald.wales/national-news/crime/the-unsolved-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/  https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/detectives-link-muriel-drinkwater-and-sheila-martin-murders-vw3fx2ltcsp https://morbidology.com/the-little-red-riding-hood-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/ https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/muriel-drinkwater-murder-file-is-declared-secret-at-request-of-police-q62dm0jg93m https://www.pressreader.com/uk/western-mail/20181019/281895889216744 The Times, 24 March, 2009 – “Even if it was 100 Years Ago, We’d Still Search”South Wales Evening Post, 19 October, 2018 – “The Chilling Little Red Riding Hood Murder Which is Still Unsolved Today”South Wales Echo, 2 May, 2019 – “DNA Rules out Valleys Child Murderer as Killer of Young Muriel in 1946” Another Documentary: https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/muriel-drinkwater/umc.cmc.3yapmfrq6hja2vtrkmtsquci3?showId=umc.cmc.41vif7hpzcg5mmxge9iqjd89z 

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• How Monopoly was used to Free POWs during WWII

  0:00 - Intro0:25 - Disclaimer & Inspo for todays episode 1:21 - The Origin of Monopoly2:44 - The REAL Origin of Monopoly12:49 - The History of MI915:33 - Christopher Clayton Hutton 20:45 - Maps & Monopoly 25:58 - Getting the games into the POW Camps30:18 - Knowing what to look for31:42 - Sending a message34:08 - Other ways they snuck stuff in35:17 - The American Effort36:43 - Game Over38:22 - Declassified Sources: https://www.visitforgottonia.com/lizzie-magie-inventor-of-monopoly/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62285/how-brilliant-intelligence-officer-used-monopoly-free-wwii-powshttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/mi9-the-ingenious-secret-service-of-the-second-world-war https://www.thelegendofq.co.uk/christopher-clayton-hutton.html http://www.ww2rafcollection.co.uk/RAF_Collection/Aircrew_Evasion_&_Escape.html A ton of other sources are linked on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hutton  https://invention.si.edu/invention-stories/woman-inventor-behind-monopoly https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=ohiou1651700929726961&disposition=inline 

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• The Somerton Man: Australias Greatest Mystery

  Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:33 -  Disclaimer - Requested Solved case1:27 - The Man On The Beach3:49 - Police Arrive7:14 - Autopsy10:28 - Un-Natural Death13:19 - The Suitcase20:48 - New Evidence & The Inquest23:10 - The Book28:31 - Jilted Lover Theory31:00 - Spy Theory33:54 - Derek Abbott40:11 - Derek & Colleen’s Announcement41:50 - Identity of the Somerton Man45:13 - Muscular Calves47:25 - Clothing tags49:40 - The Code:51:27 - The Divorce Documents54:04 - Final Thoughts►Sources:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71520/mysterious-death-somerton-man https://biographics.org/the-somerton-man-australias-greatest-crime-mystery/ https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/stories-from-the-archive/but-what-poison-mystery-of-the-somerton-man https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/tamam-shud-case-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11063903/Toxic-marriage-explain-death-Somerton-Man-new-details-emerge-1948-mystery.html https://ciphermysteries.com/tamam-shud-somerton-man/the-somerton-mans-secrets-part-1 https://anemptyglass.fandom.com/wiki/Genetic_Evidence Divorce papers stuff: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-02/somerton-man-who-was-carl-charles-webb/101288890  Claims to have solved the “secret code” https://www.abc27.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/703090579/rest-of-australias-somerton-man-case-mystery-solved-using-his-own-code-as-deciphered-in-2021-okcir-sociologist-reports/ Books about this case (prior to it being solved) The Unknown Man – book by Gerry Feltus Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery – by Kerry Greenwood The Identity: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/australia/australia-somerton-man-mystery-solved-claim-intl-hnk-dst/index.html   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11451865/Somerton-Man-Charles-Webbs-true-identity-revealed-family-photographs-divorce-papers.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australia  https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/somerton-man-mystery-solved-professor-identifies-man-found-on-beach-in-1948/news-story/d66ba706a66e30561dbe0ba355edbfe0 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/somerton-man-identified-melbourne-born-engineer-researcher-says/101272182?fbclid=IwAR2AM4MaGLhu0l2wIPhG844dnkLCOu_hzRfDlVSUKRRAHqjnX8y9uMFnmdk https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 🕵🏻‍♀️Video Request Email: [email protected]  **Include as many photos, links, details, as you'd like **

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• From Surgery to Sawdust: The Unexpected History of the Chainsaw

  0:00 - Intro0:48 - Early Cutting Devices1:43 - Childbirth & Post-Mortem Caesarian Sections5:34 - The Symphysiotomy8:34 - The First Chainsaws 13:25 - Caesarean section on a live woman17:42 - Advancements in the Caesarean section19:05 - Surviving a C-Section21:46 -Medical Advancements23:43 - Advances in the Chainsaw26:14 - Chains & World War II28:02 -  Modern Chainsaw UseSOURCES:https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/why-were-chainsaws-invented.htm https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth https://egojournal.eu/journal/2024-3/caesarean-section-history-of-a-surgical-procedure-that-has-always-been-with-us/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-chainsaw-in-world-war-two.html https://ronixtools.com/en/blog/history-of-power-tools-series-history-of-chain-saw/ https://www.freerx.com/Blog/Details?s=Fascinating-History-Chainsaws https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-was-the-chainsaw-invented https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15209147/ https://www.waldwissen.net/en/learning-and-teaching/forest-history/the-history-of-the-chainsaw https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/12/symphysiotomy-irelands-brutal-alternative-to-caesareans https://www.husqvarna.com/au/learn-and-discover/history-of-the-chainsaw-celebrating-60-years/?srsltid=AfmBOooxzOIhL4F2wzj6X3CyWl1TYA-NiedMFGncH59rrtmOXRQk9pUK University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Treating your pain during labor and delivery. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics site. https://uihc.org/health-topics/treating-your-pain-during-labor-and-delivery#:~:text=The%20medications%20may%20make%20the,%2C%20and%20Stadol%20(butorphanol).Felton J. We Regret To Inform You That Chainsaws Were Originally Invented For Childbirth. IFLScience. 2021. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-childbirth/. Accessed March 25, 2021.Western Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences, 1830;4(3):485-488. The chain saw--a Scottish invention. Scottish Medical Journal. 2004;49(2):72-5. doi: 10.1177/00369330040490021

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• The Chilling True Story Of A Child Killer - Alsa Thompson

  In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing Alsa Thompson, the 7 year old girl who confessed to being a serial killer! Baby Borgia, child serial killer? ►Sources:https://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=alsa-mary-thompson https://derangedlacrimes.com/?p=7901 https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/zz002cpfkp/ https://imgur.com/gallery/seven-year-old-alsa-thompson-confesses-to-murders-los-angeles-1925-1928vN5              medium.com 

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