December 29, 1888: John Gill Found Murdered

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🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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On this day in 1888, 7-year-old John Gill was found murdered about 200 miles north of London. The brutality of the killing led the police and the press to link the crime to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Barclays, we're here for the land of football.
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0:18.0	We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy booths. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
0:27.6	Barclays, here for the land of football. Today is Sunday, December 29th, 2019.
0:37.0	On this day in 1888, 7-year-old John Gill was found murdered in his suburb of Bradford about 200
0:46.9	miles north of London. The brutality of the killing led the police and the
0:52.4	press to link the crime to Jack the Ripper's White
0:56.2	Chapel murders.
0:58.7	Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.
1:06.0	Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.
1:11.0	Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.
1:15.0	Today we're covering the murder of John Gill,
1:19.0	a seven-year-old boy who was brutally murdered and mutilated, found just a stone's throw from his own home.
1:27.0	Let's go back to December 29, 1888, just outside of Bradford, England.
1:37.0	Bradford was in a flurry.
1:40.0	Bradford was in a flurry.
1:42.0	The little Gilboy had disappeared on Thursday, December 27th, just two days after Christmas, and not long before his eighth birthday, poor thing.
1:55.0	His parents were in agony and no wonder.
1:58.4	They'd searched everywhere with the help of their neighbors and the local police on the 27th, then through the night and into
2:06.1	the wee hours of the 28th.
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