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April 18, 1943

Hagley, England

A group of teenage boys discover an unidentified female skeleton inside a hollow witch-elm tree near

which Berryhill. It is determined that the victim was killed at least 18 months before she was found

and are likely caused of death with suffocation. Over the next several decades, mysterious graffiti

messages pop up in numerous locations which are variations of the phrase, who put Bella in the

witch-elm. While there are several theories surrounding the victim's death, including possible

connections to espionage and witchcraft, she cannot be identified and the circumstances of how she

was killed remain unknown. After that, the trail went cold.

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest Halloween themed episode of the trail went cold.

I'm your host Robin Warder and we're going to be traveling to the United Kingdom to explore

a bizarre mystery which is most commonly known as Who Put Bella in the Witch-elm.

Ever since the inception of this podcast, it's been a tradition for us to count down to Halloween

by spending the month of October covering mysteries which either took place on Halloween or have

some sort of spooky or paranormal slant to them. This year, I'll be following the same approach I

used last Halloween by putting together episodes about unsolved cold cases which are alleged to have

ties to supernatural elements, though this is often the result of misinformation and sensationalistic

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