Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 3
The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
The True Crime Enthusiast
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
He's the London serial killer you may never have even known existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, who were found stripped, strangled, and their bodies dumped unceremoniously, like pieces of rubbish. It's widely considered to be the UK's most prolific series of unsolved serial killings, claiming more victims than his similar namesake the previous century, and in a joint 8 part series between myself, and the award nominated Murder Mile podcast, myself and Mike will examine the case in full detail, sifting through misinformation, lies, rumour - and perhaps even downright corruption.
The True Crime Enthusiast and Murder Mile have brought you so far the accounts of eight dead women – Elizabeth Figg, Gwyneth Rees, Hannah Tailford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Margaret McGowan and Bridie O'Hara - who were found dead around the river Thames and in residential areas of the surrounding districts over a six year period from 1959 to 1965 – with police considering:
Was there another Ripper on the loose?
We bring forth in parts 3 and C, the full story of the investigation into the murders - were they even all connected? What certainly connected the latter four of these, and the possibility - was the Stripper seen - twice?
Join myself on The True Crime Enthusiast for parts 1 to 4, and Mike over on Murder Mile for parts A to D, as we continue Undressing - 'Jack The Stripper'
The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. The |
| 0:23.6 | The The |
| 0:40.3 | The Hello all and the very warmest of welcome to to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast, regularly bringing |
| 1:14.6 | you tales of true crime that are unfamiliar, often long forgotten, but no less important tales |
| 1:20.4 | that I scour the UK and worldwide to bring to you. |
| 1:25.7 | Doing just this is myself, Paul, the creator host and true crime enthusiast of the show's title. |
| 1:31.0 | I am accompanied as ever by my beloved black and white menace Peeksy, my true crime |
| 1:36.0 | enthusiast cat, and me and Peeksy are completed by yourselves, the enthusiasts that the show |
| 1:42.2 | is for always as simple as that. |
| 1:45.0 | It is as wonderful as ever having you join us today, |
| 1:47.8 | which I thank you kindly for doing so, |
| 1:49.9 | and I hope that as you've done, |
| 1:51.7 | then it's for a tale that finds you and yours all good, all safe, and all well. |
| 1:59.8 | So cracking right back on here then, In our eight-part collaboration so far then, me and Mike |
| 2:06.3 | from the award-nominated podcast Murder Mile have brought you the accounts of how from the late |
| 2:12.0 | 1950s to the mid-1960s, West London was plagued by a series of deaths of sex workers, each of them |
| 2:20.1 | young, petite and brunette, that are considered to date widely to be the UK's most prolific, |
| 2:27.7 | unsolved serial killings, though which are crimes that are shrouded in misinformation, |
| 2:33.8 | confusion, |
| 2:35.0 | even the exact number of victims is disagreed upon between sources. |
| 2:39.7 | Unfounded myths and rumour, sensationalism and downright lies, |
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