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Ep 7: A Killer Returns? The Vanishing of Harold Jones

Ep 7: A Killer Returns? The Vanishing of Harold Jones

Update: 2025-09-031
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In 1921, a small Welsh town was shaken by two shocking child murders — and the killer was just 15 years old. After serving his time, he walked free… and then disappeared from public view. For decades, whispers have persisted that he resurfaced under a new identity — and may have killed again. In this episode, we follow the trail of clues, rumours, and chilling coincidences to ask: did he truly vanish, or did the killer return?  


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Sources 




  • BC News (12 Jan 2019) — Dark Son documentary names Abertillery murderer Harold Jones as prime suspect in the 1960s Hammersmith “Jack the Stripper” killings.




  • Wilson & Brookes (2011), Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology — peer-reviewed case study on Harold Jones and sexual sadism (background on his crimes and release).




  • Neil Milkins - Every Mothers Nightmare (book) Who Was Jack the Stripper? (Book)



  • Davis Seabrook - Jack of Jumps (Book)


  • BBC News (4 Aug 2018) — concise recap of Jones’s 1921 murders of Freda Burnell and Florrie Little, acquittal then confession, sentence and later release. 




  • BBC News (5 Nov 2017) — graves restoration piece that also summarises Jones’s age, convictions and sentence in 1921. 




  • General case context on the Hammersmith Nude Murders (overview of the series and suspects).



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Ep 7: A Killer Returns? The Vanishing of Harold Jones

Ep 7: A Killer Returns? The Vanishing of Harold Jones

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