Interview #1 | Mark Russell (Historian and Author)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

I welcome British historian and author Mark Russell to the show in this interview episode to tell me about the murder of Julia Wallace in January 1931.

This complex case has so many twists, turns and unresolved questions that it is regarded internationally as a classic murder mystery.

Mark has been working on a book about the case for the last decade, and it was finally released on January 20th 2021, to mark the 90th anniversary of Julia Wallace's death.

Mark's book 'Checkmate: The Wallace Murder Mystery' is available to purchase here:

https://mangobooks.co.uk/products/checkmate-the-wallace-murder-mystery

Mark can be contacted directly via his e-mail:

[email protected]

For all things British Murders, please visit my website:

https://www.britishmurders.com/

Intro music:

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic

My recording equipment:

Shure SM57 Dynamic Mic

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

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0:25.2	The Open University. The future is open. Welcome to British murders, a true crime podcast with a focus on British murder cases.
0:50.0	My name's Stuart Blues, and I'm excited for you to join me on this journey of morbid discovery.
0:55.0	I'm by no means an expert on the subjects of homicide and serial killers.
0:59.2	However, I have always had a sick fascination with them.
1:02.4	Together, we will learn about some of the lesser-known British murderers,
1:06.0	as well as glimpsing occasionally at some of the more notorious ones.
1:09.7	The bite-sized presentation of this podcast is intentional,
1:13.1	as we look to cover an overview of the respective timelines of each case succinctly.
1:24.5	Hi everyone, Stuart here.
1:26.9	A slightly different episode today. This is a little bit of a different
1:31.3	style, a different format to the regular show I would have each week. As we are between seasons on
1:37.9	here, I've had the opportunity to speak to my guest today, who is Mark Russell, a local historian and author of the new book
1:48.8	called Checkmate, The Wallace Murder Mystery.
1:52.6	Now, this came out yesterday, I believe, is that right, Mark?
1:55.7	20th of January.
1:56.7	Yeah, that's what it's true.
1:57.5	So this is about the Julia Wallace murder mystery case, which happened 90 years ago in 1931.
2:05.3	So this is sort of the 90th anniversary coinciding with the book coming out.
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