74: The Murder of Pamela Werner | China

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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When a former British diplomat’s daughter was found brutally murdered near the Fox Tower in Peking with her heart ripped out of her chest, both Chinese and British investigators were appointed to solve the case. Theories led the investigation to a nudist group, an ex-boyfriend, as well as a Japanese soldiers seeking revenge after an international incident. But nothing could ever be proven. To this day, the murder of Pamela Werner remains a mystery.

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0:49.6	Built in the 16th century, Fox Tower in Beijing rises above the ancient Tartar City wall that encompasses the inner city.
0:52.0	The Fox Tower is a rectangular tower of gray brick with upturned eaves and a watch tower at the very top.
0:58.0	For centuries locals have avoided the tower, especially at night, as they believe it is inhabited by deadly fox spirits.
1:06.0	In Chinese mythology, a fox spirit can transform itself into the shape of a beautiful but dangerous
1:11.4	woman.
1:12.8	These beings intuitively know things about people who can be as far as a thousand miles away.
1:18.1	They can possess men, poison them by sorcery, causing them to lose all memory and knowledge.
1:24.6	On a frosty morning in January 1937, the Fox Tower stood vigil over the badly mutilated
1:30.5	body of a 19-year-old woman. She was covered with a sheet of ice and laid in a ditch
1:36.1	along the tartar wall, with gray eyes staring out into space. Her body showed signs of
1:42.3	unimaginable violence.
1:44.6	She was sexually assaulted, beaten to a pulp, and her heart had been ripped from her chest.
1:51.6	An old man walking his songbird along the wall discovered the grizzly scene and called for help.
1:57.0	The girl was identified as Pamela Werner, daughter of a former British diplomat living in the city.
2:03.0	An investigation commenced involving Chinese and British authorities in an unprecedented joint effort.
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