Episode 479: The Babes in the Wood Murders

Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

Inhuman Podcast

True Crime

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In October 1986, two young girls vanished in Brighton, Sussex, England. 9 year old Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway were playing in Wild Park when a monster murdered them. The main suspect was identified quickly, but missteps in the investigation led to an acquittal. Thankfully, investigators did not give up and over three decades later, the girls finally got justice. The case became known as “The Babes in the Wood” murders after a classic English children’s tale and was one of Sussex’s longest investigations. Click here to join our Patreon. Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group. To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for this episode: https://www.inhumanpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.4	I actually found today's case via TikTok because I made a video about it was like a cold cases solved in 2025 video and I mentioned the Bear Brook murders
1:36.8	which took place in the woods and we covered that episode in or we covered that case in
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