S12E04 | The Murder of Juliet Callaghan (Swinton, Greater Manchester, 1966)
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.7 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I tell the story of Juliet Callaghan, a 12-year-old girl killed in Swinton, Greater Manchester, in March 1966.
Juliet was attacked and killed by a 16-year-old boy called Gordon Wheeler while walking home from school one Friday afternoon.
It took just ten days for the police to catch the teenage killer who had stabbed Juliet over 50 times during the frenzied attack.
Wheeler was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility in July 1966. Mr Justice Cusack ordered him to be detained at Broadmoor Hospital indefinitely.
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David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners. |
| 0:04.2 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:06.4 | You are now listening to British Brothers. |
| 0:09.8 | This will cry podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast focusing exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the fourth episode of season 12. |
| 0:37.2 | Before we get into the story, as always, let's break the ice. |
| 0:40.4 | The show's first opening icebreaker segment is this. |
| 0:43.8 | Do you facts that sound like both? |
| 0:47.1 | Did you know there's a saying, apparently, in New Zealand, |
| 0:51.3 | that people sometimes utter after hearing someone break wind in public. |
| 0:56.3 | Now, I'm sorry to be so crass, but this was sent to me by Kieran on X. |
| 1:00.9 | The saying is, an empty house is better than a bad tenant, which apparently is an old Irish proverb, |
| 1:08.3 | with obviously a completely different meaning. |
| 1:11.2 | Now it's time for the show's final opening icebreaker segment. |
| 1:14.6 | Randal quote of the day. |
| 1:17.1 | A committer is a group of people who individually can do nothing, |
| 1:21.5 | but as a group decide nothing can be done. |
| 1:24.7 | That was said by Sir Ranul Fines. |
| 1:28.0 | Listener Pauline requested this case via a review on Britishmerders.com all the way back in January |
| 1:34.0 | 2023. |
| 1:35.7 | We're in the town of Swinton this week, not to be confused with the Wiltshire town of Swindon. |
| 1:42.1 | Swinton, with a tea, is located in the city of Solford area of Greater |
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