Just four friends hanging out in the woods looking for bird eggs during WW2; and then they discovered a really big egg in the hollow of a tree. Except it wasn’t an egg. It’s never an egg. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the mystery of how a woman ended up in a wych elm in Worcestershire, England in the early 1940’s. There’s no baby murder (as promised) but that doesn’t mean you’re going to like the ending!
Pour yourself a drink and feel free to take notes and give us your take on this unsolved mystery!
Catch Up: 00:00 - 12:00
Story: 12:00 - 1:00:17
Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mystery-murder-and-half-a-century-of-suspense-745330.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20201202135946/https://strangeremains.com/2015/04/24/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/31-days-of-halloween-who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/hand.html#baring-gould
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-mysterious-murder-of-bella-the-wych-elm-lady-bfb8c135272
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory
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