S13 Ep6: Babes in the Wood
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Two little girls vanished in Brighton—and for decades, their killer almost got away with it.
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Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell
Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/
Artwork: George Leigh
Music: Dan Wansell
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| 0:00.0 | It's midnight. Again, you've got an early start. There's no more sheep to count, and your part of the snoring means that it's going to be another night of tossing and turning. |
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| 0:35.5 | Hi, I'm Molly Wansall. And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. We're a father and daughter, as those of you |
| 0:40.6 | who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember, and we meet every week, and often our |
| 0:45.1 | conversation has turned to murder, which is why we originally launched Blood Ties and why we've |
| 0:50.4 | now decided to bring it back in its new fresher form. |
| 0:59.1 | We're really excited to be back and we would love it if you could also check out our Patreon. |
| 1:01.0 | Just search Blood Ties on Patreon. |
| 1:02.0 | Thanks so much. |
| 1:02.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:09.8 | Hi everyone. |
| 1:13.2 | Welcome back to the Blood Ties podcast. I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here with my father Jeffrey Wansel. Hi everyone, welcome back. Thank you for listening. This is one from the archive. |
| 1:20.7 | A long time ago in January 2019, we did a story called Babes in the Wood involving the killing of two children |
| 1:30.8 | by a man called Russell Bishop. |
| 1:33.9 | Well, the interesting fact now is that for the very first time, the young woman, a girl, |
| 1:40.7 | who was attacked by Bishop and in fact identified Bishop which the reason he was eventually convicted. |
| 1:47.3 | Do you remember? |
| 1:47.9 | I do, yeah. |
| 1:48.7 | She's given a television interview, which is to be broadcast soon. |
| 1:53.6 | It's the first time she's ever talked about the case, and it is a gripping and horrifying story. |
| 2:15.6 | Thank you. And it is a gripping and horrifying story. It's midnight. |
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