#347 - Undressing Jack the Stripper - Part A of D (Hammersmith Nudes; Elizabeth Figg & Gwynneth Rees)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
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This is Part A of D of Undressing Jack the Stripper, an eight part series made in conjunction with the True Crime Enthusiast podcast.
From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, the bodies of eight sex-workers (Elizabeth Figg, Gwynneth Rees, Hannah Tailford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Margaret McGowan and Bridget O’Hara) were found dumped in or near the River Thames in West London.
Panic spread that a sadistic serial killer was on the loose who targeted young petite brunettes; stripped and strangled them, dumped each body within weeks and streets of each other. Yet with not a single witness to his crimes, even though several suspects have since been named, with no convictions, it’s a series of killing which remains a mystery to this day.
After the success of their ten-part series, Psychopath: Two Side of Patrick MacKay, Mike at Murder Mile and Paul at the True Crime Enthusiast join forces once again to bring you an eight-part crossover series about one of Britain’s most infamous unsolved serial killing – Jack the Stripper.
This episode is about Elizabeth Figg & Gwynneth Rees.
- Location: Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, London, W4
- Date: 17 June 1959 (body found)
- Victims: Elizabeth Figg
- Location: Barnes Recycling Site, Barnes, London, TW9
- Date: 8th of November 1963 (body found)
- Victims: Elizabeth Figg
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get into your true crime episode in just a moment. When this one is finished though, |
| 0:05.7 | make sure your next listen comes from the Always True Crime Network. This show is a part of it, |
| 0:11.5 | and so is drunk women solving crime. Every week, comedians Hannah George and Taylor Glenn are joined |
| 0:17.3 | by a famous face to put their drunk detective skills to the test. The recent episode |
| 0:22.6 | with Selena Mosinski, also known as charity shop Sue, is a must listen, featuring a story involving |
| 0:28.6 | riot police, a chimney and an unexpected ending. And there's more alternative true crime |
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| 1:13.0 | From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, the bodies of eight sex workers, Elizabeth Figg, Gwyneth Rees, Hannah Telford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Bartholomey, Mary Flamick, Margaret McGowan and Bridget O'Hara |
| 1:19.6 | were found dumped in or near the River Thames in West London. |
| 1:25.1 | Panic spread, the sadistic serial killer was on the loose who targeted young petite brunettes, |
| 1:30.3 | stripped them naked except for maybe a stocking, erased all evidence of their identity, strangled them, |
| 1:38.3 | possibly extracted some of their teeth, dumped each body within weeks and streets of each other, |
| 1:43.3 | but never raped or mutilated them. |
| 1:46.0 | Yet with not a single witness to his crimes, even though several suspects have since been named, |
| 1:52.0 | with no convictions, it's a series of killings, which remains a mystery to this day. |
| 1:58.0 | Created in collaboration with the True Crime Enthusiast podcast, across this joint eight-part series, |
| 2:05.6 | Paul and I will rip apart 60 years worth of myths, lies, misinformation and conspiracies of one of London's greatest unsolved serial killings, |
| 2:14.6 | to make you rethink what you know or have been told about Jack the Stripper. |
| 2:22.1 | My name is Michael. I'm your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. |
| 2:28.0 | Episode 347, Undress in Jack the Stripper, Part A of D. |
| 2:51.8 | Thank you. Undress in Jack the Stripper, Part A of D. The first two killings initially attributed to Jack the Stripper were Elizabeth Thig, whose body was found propped up against a tree in Duke's Meadows on the 7th of June, 1959, and Gwyneth Rees, who was found in a waste pit over the river |
| 2:58.2 | on Townmead Road in Maud Lake on the 8th of November, 1963. Throughout the seven years of the |
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