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Murder Most British

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A British-American couple unearths haunting murders from across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and neighbouring islands — one file at a time. Deep dives, dark humour, and cases that linger long after the verdict. Welcome to Murder Most British.

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  • Ep 40 - The Secret in Derryraghan - The Murder of Gerry McGinley

    Ep 40 - The Secret in Derryraghan - The Murder of Gerry McGinley
    Apr 29 2026
    “Near the border, a man vanished — and the story left behind began to shift.” In August 2000, Gerry McGinley disappeared from his home. At first, there was an explanation: he had left suddenly, afraid that someone was trying to set him up. But Gerry’s absence did not settle into an ordinary missing person case. The longer he remained gone, the more questions gathered around the life he had left behind — a strained marriage, private loyalties, old suspicions, and people whose accounts did not sit esily together. As police began to follow the threads, the case moved between Northern Ireland and the Republic, drawing in family, business connections, and a story that became harder to believe the closer it was examined. This week, the Archive examines the disappearance and murder of Gerry McGinley — a case shaped by secrecy, suspicion, and the uneasy spaces between what was said, what was hidden, and what could finally be proved. Some people disappear into distance. Others are made to disappear by those closest to them. Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/murdermostbritishpodcast Links to our socials and Discord! https://linktr.ee/MurderMostBritish SOURCES The Queen v Julie McGinley and Michael Monaghan https://www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judiciaryni/decisions/Queen%20v%20Julie%20McGinley%20and%20Michael%20Monaghan.pdf Court of Appeal Judgment https://www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judiciaryni/decisions/R%20v%20McGinley%20and%20Another.pdf The Guardian - Businessman murdered by wife and lover, court told https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/17/rosiecowan The Guardian - Sex secrets of killer widow https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/08/theobserver.uknews1 Irish Independent - McGinley had a conviction for raping a Garda's wife https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mcginley-had-a-conviction-for-raping-a-gardas-wife/26249088.html Irish Independent - Body in woods may be link in sex triangle trial mystery https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/body-in-woods-may-be-link-in-sex-triangle-trial-mystery/26082464.html Irish Independent - A sorry tale of sex, blackmail and death https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/a-sorry-tale-of-sex-blackmail-and-death/26249059.html Irish Independent - Lovers 'killed husband to keep their affair secret' https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/lovers-killed-husband-to-keep-their-affair-secret/26034814.html BBC News - Lovers guilty of murdering husband http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2540273.stm BBC News - Killers 'must serve 15 years' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2752413.stm BBC News - Killers refused appeal to Lords http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6126302.stm The Irish Examiner - Murdered businessman buried - three years later https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30091959.html The Guardian - 'Black widow' in fresh fight to clear name https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/09/ukcrime.society Fermanagh Herald - Woman who murdered husband starts new life https://fermanaghherald.com/2015/09/woman-who-murdered-husband-starts-new-life/ Belfast Telegraph - Husband killer Julie McGinley lives cushy double life with former BBC producer https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/husband-killer-julie-mcginley-lives-cushy-double-life-with-former-bbc-producer/a/118607591.html Belfast Telegraph - Black Widow killer sets up love nest on prison day release https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/black-widow-killer-sets-up-love-nest-on-prison-day-release/a/118622564.html Belfast Telegraph - Northern Ireland woman who had husband beaten to death now running dog-minding business - Julie McGinley now living in Belfast https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/northern-ireland-woman-who-had-husband-beaten-to-death-now-running-dog-minding-business-julie-mcginley-now-living-in-belfast/a/114995433.html Belfast Telegraph - Video: 'Black Widow' killer Julie McGinley released from prison https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video/video-black-widow-killer-julie-mcginley-released-from-prison/a/118095122.html The Irish Times - Murder trial hears love notes found in van https://www.irishtimes.com/news/murder-trial-hears-love-notes-found-in-van-1.1097415 The Irish Times - Wife was suspect within fortnight after man disappeared, court told https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wife-was-suspect-within-fortnight-after-man-disappeared-court-told-1.1097546 The Irish Times - Blunt-force trauma caused death https://www.irishtimes.com/news/blunt-force-trauma-caused-death-1.1210307 The Irish Examiner - 'Lovers murdered husband' court told https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30068466.html The Irish Examiner - Wife and lover guilty of murdering husband https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30079230.html Irish Independent - Murder case evidence plea from lawyer https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-case-evidence-plea-from-lawyer/26091554.html
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  • Ep 39 - The Meon Hill Murder of Charles Walton (w/ Fauna Blakewell)

    Ep 39 - The Meon Hill Murder of Charles Walton (w/ Fauna Blakewell)
    Apr 22 2026

    “In a Warwickshire field at the end of winter, an old man was found dead — and the story around him would grow darker with every retelling.”

    On 14 February 1945, 74-year-old farm labourer Charles Walton was discovered on Meon Hill, near the village of Lower Quinton. The violence was shocking for its setting: rural, familiar, close-knit.

    Wartime Britain was nearing victory abroad — yet in this quiet corner of England, a murder unfolded that would outlive generations. The case drew national attention, and among those brought in was famed detective Chief Inspector Robert Fabian.

    In the years that followed, rumours of witchcraft, ritual, and ancient grudges began to attach themselves to the case, sometimes obscuring the simpler question at its heart: who killed Charles Walton, and why?

    This week, joined by researcher, writer and pagan wise woman Fauna Blakewell, the Archive returns to Meon Hill — separating folklore from fact, tracing the enquiry, and examining how mystery grows where certainty never arrives.

    Some cases gather stories as the years pass. The Archive goes back to where it began.

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    Sources

    Book

    The Case that Foiled Fabian - Simon Reed https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-that-Foiled-Fabian-Witchcraft/dp/0752493574

    Uncovering Warwickshire's sinister secret

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/weird-warwickshire/1945-witchcraft-murder.shtml

    Killing of Charles Walton

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Walton_(murder_victim)

    Weird Warwickshire

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2006/06/26/weird_witchcraft_murder_feature.shtml

    Murder in Long Compton

    https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/murder-long-compton

    Ritual Murder in Rural England: The Strange Case of Charles Walton

    https://cvltnation.com/ritual-murder-rural-england-strange-case-charles-walton/

    The "Witchcraft" Murder Mystery

    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167907737

    The Law Society Gazette - Bewitched by murders https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/bewitched-by-murders/2568.article

    VICE - The Unsolved ‘Witchcraft’ Murder That Shocked Britain https://www.vice.com/en/article/charles-walton-murder-victim/

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    55 mins
  • Ep 38 - Limbs in the Loch - The Barry Wallace Murder

    Ep 38 - Limbs in the Loch - The Barry Wallace Murder
    Apr 15 2026
    “In the still waters of Loch Lomond, something surfaced that no one was meant to find.” In December 1999, a passer-by walking near the loch made a discovery that would unsettle Scotland. Human remains — severed limbs — had been left in the water, concealed but not gone. What followed was a painstaking investigation to identify the victim, reconstruct the final hours, and determine who had gone to such lengths to dispose of a body piece by piece. The victim was 18-year-old Barry Wallace, last seen in Glasgow. The case would become defined by recovery sites, forensic reconstruction, and the slow, methodical work of turning fragments into a timeline. This week, the Archive traces a story of concealment — where water carried evidence to the surface, and where the truth refused to stay submerged. Even in deep water, the truth has a way of rising. Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/murdermostbritishpodcast Links to our socials and Discord! https://linktr.ee/MurderMostBritish SOURCES LEGAL DOCUMENTS https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/4q5joiar/2025csoh63-william-frederick-ian-beggs-for-judicial-review-of-a-decision-of-the-parole-board-for-scotland-dated-27-february-2024.pdf https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/lqwcxxtl/court-of-session-judgement-appeal-by-william-frederick-ian-beggs-against-the-scottish-information-commissioner-29-september-2023.pdf https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/docx/?library=ECHR&id=001-114250&filename=CASE%20OF%20BEGGS%20v.%20THE%20UNITED%20KINGDOM.docx&logEvent=False BBC NEWS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1569334.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1593920.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1593493.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1595305.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1594069.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4876482.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2118762.stm https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0x24zgne3po https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33610826 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36528499 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25828605 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20229963 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13376676 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1595854.stm#:~:text=A%20man%20convicted%20of%20murdering,levels%20and%20two%20A%2Dlevels. OTHER NEWS ARTICLES https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/13/highereducation.education1 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12142978.jury-told-how-dog-walker-found-severed-head-on-sands-distress-in-court-as-close-up-picture-shown/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23637973.true-crime-william-beggs-limbs-loch-killer/ https://www.scotsman.com/news/father-tells-how-he-had-to-identify-sons-severed-head-2467058 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LIMBS+IN+THE+LOCH%3A+GAY+RIPPER+CAGED%3A+A+strange+schoolboy%2C+%27Ian%27+grew...-a079100333 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEARS+OF+HORROR%3B+Jury+see+Barry%27s+severed+head+on+beach+Limbs+In+The...-a078759597
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