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Morning Cup of Murder

The Woman Who Survived the A6 Murders - October 4 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

October 4th: James Hanratty Born (1936) Accepting a loved one’s guilt is incredibly difficult. On October 4th 1936 a young man was born who would eventually be connected to a heinous crime. One that his family believes with their whole heart, he is innocent of.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hanratty, https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hanratty-james.htm, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10683655/James-Hanratty-murdered-Michael-Gregsten-shooting-22-year-old-Valerie-Storie-1961.html, https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-hanratty-the-a6-murder, https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/history/james-hanratty-beds-a6-murderer-5057527, https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/valerie-s-story-the-woman-who-survived-the-a6-murder/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cup of murder.

0:15.0

Accepting a loved one's guilt is incredibly difficult.

0:18.8

On October 4th, 1936, a young man was born who would eventually be connected

0:24.0

to a heinous crime, one that his family believes with their whole heart that he is innocent of.

0:31.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:36.2

cup of murder.

0:44.6

James Hamerty was born on October 4, 1936, in Farnborough, Kent, and by the year 1937, was living with his family in Wembley.

0:49.1

According to the sources, James's childhood was quite a troubled one.

0:53.8

Described as mentally handicapped, a psychopath,

0:57.4

and a pathological liar, by the age of just 11, he was deemed ineducable at St. James

1:04.2

Catholic High School, and his parents, refusing to acknowledge their son's issues, refused to place

1:10.5

him in a more appropriate school.

1:13.1

By 15 years old, James dropped out completely and joined the public cleaning department as a refuse

1:19.3

sorter. Things only got worse, however, when he fell from his bicycle the following year

1:25.7

and remained unconscious for ten long hours.

1:30.6

After nine days in the hospital, James was released, and shortly thereafter, he left his family

1:36.4

home and moved to Brighton, where he picked up work as a road haulier, until being found lying

1:41.9

in the street, barely conscious eight weeks later.

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