Always True Crime27 Nov 2025

An Unthinkable Crime: The Murder of Mabel Leyshon | Ep. 222

In November 2001, a crime unlike anything North Wales had seen before shattered the quiet Isle of Anglesey. Inside her cosy bungalow, 90-year-old Mabel Leyshon was discovered murdered in circumstances so disturbing that even veteran detectives struggled to comprehend what they had found.

What unfolded next became one of Wales’s most unsettling investigations: a bizarre crime scene, an urgent public appeal, and a growing sense of fear within a community that had always felt safe. As rumours spread and national media descended, two questions dominated every conversation: Who could have done this - and why?

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