#108 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part Two (The Investigation, Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)

#108 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part Two (The Investigation, Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)

This is Part Two of Three of The Thames Towpath Murders.


On the morning of Monday 1st June 1953, at 09:05am, the body of Barbara Songhurst was pulled out of the River Thames at Radnor Gardens and brought ashore at St Helena Pier, as many dead bodies are. But even before an autopsy was conducted, Scotland Yard were notified, as this was no accident, this was unmistakably a murder.

  • Date: Monday 1st June 1953
  • Location: St Helena Pier, by Richmond Bridge, Twickenham, TW1
  • Victims: 2 (Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)
  • Culprits: 1 (Alfred Charles Whiteway)


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