A True Case of Murder: Scotland Yard Casebook
News of the Times Episode 431 | 1922
1922 and a small story in the papers recounts the discovery of a beaten high end call girl found by her maid in the victim’s bathroom. Police state the scene looks like a slaughterhouse.
The lead suspect is quickly traced but what then unfolds is a very strange, very bizarre tale of the killer. Is he insane? Was he insane at the time? Or is he just a bad one?
The case is given more import with the realisation that the suspected murderer is the stepson of the Baron de Freyne.
This case would severely test the definition of the McNaughton rule and what constitutes insanity within the British judicial system.
This infamous case is still taught in law courses today. We take a look at the background, the crime, and the verdict -which would end up being more complicated than it appears on the surface.
For those who enjoy the peculiar, our further particulars segment at the end of this episode looks at a case around the same time of spontaneous blue flames spontaneously igniting in the air in the room of an invalid.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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If you like this, here are links to some other recommended videos:
1892: The Body in the Buttery | EP392
https://youtu.be/Gcf7CT13o2s
1864 & 1878: Distrubing Cases of Matricide | EP393
https://youtu.be/zvn0Jq3d75A
1905: SYC: Deadly Devereaux - The Trunk Murderer | EP394
https://youtu.be/t9MUvoDMl4w
1887: The Horrific Case of Lydia Green | EP395
https://youtu.be/mITEfcw9T4U
1894: The Creepy Case of the Shaftesbury Av. Murder | EP396
https://youtu.be/D8PtrGwBJlw
1880 - 1885: Disturbing Cases of Severed Heads | EP397
https://youtu.be/2y4MQWn4eV8
1836 & 1843: The Trouble with Harriet | EP398
https://youtu.be/BrZh10eMQ0s
1532 - 1956: Grave Secrets: Disturbing Ways to Die | EP399
https://youtu.be/YERvDl4QQuc

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