Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 4

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The True Crime Enthusiast

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 68 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 have heard 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, and in the final part of Undressing - Jack The Stripper, i bring you a series of suspects for the crimes.

I stress suspects - for only one person was ever charged with any of the linked killings - as you'll hear.

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 are 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.

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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.
0:23.6	Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. The Oh, The
0:40.3	The Hello all and the very warmest of welcome to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast, your regular
1:15.4	slice of true crime from my North Wales spare room that hopefully you won't know of or have
1:20.1	heard on countless other shows before and that may astound, horrify or mind-boggle you
1:25.3	because you may think, what the hell is all that about?
1:29.8	I am as ever Paul, the creator-host and true-crime enthusiast of the show's title,
1:33.8	my beloved hairy football-looking true-crime enthusiacab, Peexie, is not here with me today,
1:39.5	only because he is outside in his pen, fast asleep, sunbathing his little heart out. And so the two parts of
1:47.2	the true crime triangle we make up are completed by yourselves, the wonderful enthusiasts that
1:53.1	tune in each time and make me talking to myself in my spare room justified so I don't feel
1:58.9	a bit of a dick. It is as wonderful as always having you
2:03.2	join us today which I thank you kindly for doing so and I hope that as you have then it's
2:07.8	for a tale that finds you and yours all good all safe and all well. Right then no messing about
2:16.5	as we did earlier this year with Psychopath, created in collaboration with the award-nominated Murder Mile podcast, who shares the same always true crime network as myself.
2:27.6	Me and Mike have joined forces over a joint eight-part series between Murder Mile and the true crime enthusiast to bring you the
2:35.0	full tale behind the crimes attributed to a killer who came to be known as Jack the Stripper.
2:41.7	Thus far in our eight-part collaboration, me and Mike have brought you the accounts of how from
2:46.2	the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, West London was plagued by a series of deaths of sex workers,
2:54.4	each young, petite and brunette, that are to date considered widely to be the UK's most prolific
3:00.5	unsolved serial killings. You've heard accounts of the lives and last known movements of each woman,
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