S14 Ep1: Tony Dyce: The East London predator who thought he'd escaped
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Geoffrey and Molly Wansell examine one of the most shocking cold cases in East London history. A brutal triple murder that went unsolved for nearly three decades and a killer who believed he had got away with it forever.
In July 1982, 27 year old Norma Richards and her two young daughters were found murdered in their home in Dalston. The crime was savage, senseless and deeply disturbing. Yet despite a major investigation, the trail went cold. For 28 years the killer lived quietly among the public, convinced suspicion would never fall on him.
That man was Tony Dyce.
A sexual predator whose crimes remained hidden in plain sight until an extraordinary twist of fate brought the truth back into the light. The breakthrough did not come from a detective but from a journalist. Peter Law was researching the life of the late England footballer Laurie Cunningham when he began asking questions about Cunningham's brother and his partner, Norma Richards.
Those questions reopened old wounds and triggered a police cold case review. Detectives reexamined forensic evidence that had sat untouched for decades and what they found finally led them to Dyce. He was arrested in October and brought to justice for a crime that had haunted East London for a generation.
In this gripping episode, Geoffrey and Molly unravel how a killer hid in plain sight for nearly thirty years, how a chance line of journalistic inquiry reignited the investigation and how justice finally caught up with a man who believed he had beaten the system.
A story of brutality, persistence and the extraordinary moment when the past refuses to stay buried.
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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 | This week on Blood Ties. |
| 0:13.0 | She encounters what can only be described as a catastrophic scene. |
| 0:18.6 | The flat has been absolutely turned over. There's graffiti painted on the walls. |
| 0:23.6 | Norma's body because she's been stabbed to death is under a sofa which has been turned over on top of her. |
| 0:40.3 | She runs upstairs to find her |
| 0:52.3 | only to find them both dead. |
| 1:00.0 | The nine-year-old has been stabbed, the seven-year-old has been drowned in the path. |
| 1:18.6 | The... Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall. And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. |
| 1:20.6 | We're a father and daughter, as those of you who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember, |
| 1:24.6 | and we meet every week and often our conversation has turned to murder, |
| 1:29.0 | which is why we originally launched Blood Ties and why we've now decided to bring it back in its new, |
| 1:35.3 | fresher form. |
| 1:36.2 | We're really excited to be back, and we would love it if you could also check out our Patreon. |
| 1:41.2 | Just search Blood Ties on Patreon. |
| 1:43.2 | Thanks so much. |
| 1:44.0 | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 1:48.5 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to season 14 of the Blood Ties podcast. I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here |
| 1:55.9 | with my father Jeffrey Wansel. Hello everyone. Welcome back and to new series of blood ties. |
| 2:01.7 | Season 14. |
| 2:04.0 | I know we took a break, but we've been doing this for a long time. |
| 2:07.7 | Well, it wasn't a long break. |
| 2:10.7 | We just did a short break, really. |
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