#172 - The Sacred One (Regents Park, London, Britain)

#172 - The Sacred One (Regents Park, London, Britain)

Back in the 1920’s, London Zoo had two elephant experts; Sayed Ali and San Dwe. They lived on site, they loved their elephants, and - according to the zoo’s owners - everything was going swimmingly. That was until the night of Friday 24th August 1928, when Sayed was found beaten to death in his bed. But who would want to murder this little man, and what did it have to do with the most sacred of elephants?

  • Date: Friday 24th August 1928 at roughly midnight
  • Location: Tapir House, London Zoo, Regent's Park, London, UK, NW1
  • Victims: 1 (Sayed Ali)
  • Culprits: 1 (San Dwe)
  • Keywords: jealousy, elephants, kiling


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