I just had 2 books arrive and one was Bella: An Unsolved Murder by Joyce M Coley. Only 26 pages long.
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Who put Bella in the Witch Elm?
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The Coley book adds nothing new as expected. At least I only paid £4 for it.
It adds one story of an old man who said that Bella used to sing in his parents pub and another one in town. She disappeared without warning after becoming friendly with the man’s mother (who’d given her a pair of shoes because her own were full of holes) The storyteller said that he didn’t like the look of the man that lived with her.
Theres also a photograph of Bob Hart, one of the boys that found Bella, as an adult.
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The other book, that I’m about to begin, is The Case That Foiled Fabian, about the murder of Charles Walton which has been linked by some to the Bella case. Although any contention by McCormick doesn’t overwhelm you with confidence.Regards
Sir Herlock Sholmes.
“A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”
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Hello. I have never heard of this case, but it is interesting. I looked up the Wikipedia entry on "who put Bella in the Wych Elm?" and the theories are all fairly wild.
I wonder if the graffiti was written by one of the youths who had discovered the woman's body?Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
Was it MJ Trow that came up with the Robert Mann theory?Thems the Vagaries.....
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Originally posted by Al Bundy's Eyes View Post
I'd love to read a full book dedicated to the case, but I'm wary about shelling out £20 on a book that hints at Nazi spies on the cover.
Was it MJ Trow that came up with the Robert Mann theory?)
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Sir Herlock Sholmes.
“A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”
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Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
Yeah, that’s the guy Al. He wrote a book on the Torso murders too. And Cleopatra and The Princes In The Tower and Vampires and Spartacus. I looked on his website and I make this his 107th book though that’s positively lazy compared to Barbara Cartland’s 723 (no, I haven’t read her books I had to Google that fact before you say it)
Thems the Vagaries.....
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Originally posted by Al Bundy's Eyes View Post
In that case I'll hang on to my money for a bit. Who knows, it might be a decent read, but he's a Jack of all trades...Regards
Sir Herlock Sholmes.
“A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”
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Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
So maybe not a German spy, exactly...Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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Originally posted by Pcdunn View Post
The blurb refers to "the world's oldest profession and the world's oldest crime!" Can we conclude the crime is murder, and that the victim was a prostitute?
So maybe not a German spy, exactly...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_...e%2C%20England.Regards
Sir Herlock Sholmes.
“A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”
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Originally posted by Pcdunn View Post
The blurb refers to "the world's oldest profession and the world's oldest crime!" Can we conclude the crime is murder, and that the victim was a prostitute?
So maybe not a German spy, exactly...
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Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
no. the simplest explanation is usually the right one.. an unfortunate prostitute killed by a "customer". however, whoever killed her must have known about that hollow tree. i would have looked very closely at everyone associated with that estate.
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Originally posted by barnflatwyngarde View Post
Here's an interesting article that suggests a possible link with the German spy Josef Jakobs
https://josefjakobs.info/facts-of-bella-in-the-wych-elm
Cheers Barn,
The problem is that Clara had normal looking teeth.
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Sir Herlock Sholmes.
“A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”
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