Brighton: Clive Olive & the Sussex Mad Dogs

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11/05/18 • 21 min

On a cool evening in April,1973, a cargo ship came into Shoreham Harbour, near Brighton, West Sussex. Sailors watched the murky water below as the ship got closer to port, and in the water, close to the side of the ship, they noticed something bobbing around on the surface.

Hauling it out, they found a bloated body, still wearing a jacket and trousers. There were no feet attached, and sticking out from the collar of the jacket— a skull, stripped of all flesh and hair, no eyes, just bone.

What they had uncovered that night was the dark side of Brighton, and a small town harbour full of crustaceans that had been feeding on human flesh.

Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's brand new TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm from 3rd September and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/local-historians-history/david-rowland/hello-hello-hello/horrendous_murders_in_the_1970s_and_1980s

http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=9155

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp138-149

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13503458.From_Hells_Angel_murder_to_the_botched_Dome_heist__renowned_barrister_tells_of_his_50_years_at_the_bar/

BOOKS

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eONxCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=Albert+Dorn+and+Brian+Moore&source=bl&ots=7-zfAn1PWH&sig=AuDvDtbkiFyTUMhspevIS7sMOPU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mPXp97ndAhVywMQHHUy5AEcQ6AEwA3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Albert%20Dorn%20and%20Brian%20Moore&f=false

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1OFiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT174&lpg=PT174&dq=Albert+Dorn+and+Brian+Moore&source=bl&ots=By3VlYn194&sig=L6z0VEqpcpjP1Ig9V3IrXVG2kFI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mPXp97ndAhVywMQHHUy5AEcQ6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Albert%20Dorn%20and%20Brian%20Moore&f=false

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What they had uncovered that night was the dark side of Brighton, and a small town harbour full of crustaceans that had been feeding on human flesh.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/local-historians-history/david-rowland/hello-hello-hello/horrendous_murders_in_the_1970s_and_1980s

http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=9155

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp138-149

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13503458.From_Hells_Angel_murder_to_the_botched_Dome_heist__renowned_barrister_tells_of_his_50_years_at_the_bar/

BOOKS

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Tyne and Wear: The Merry Widow of Windy Nook

In 1955, the small Tyne-On-Wear village of Windy Nook was like many other towns trying to build themselves back up to former glory days. The quarries were long closed, and many of the young residents had moved on to nearby cities like Sunderland or Newcastle in search of work.

Mary and John Knowles had lived in their cottage in Windy Nook since they first married. When John died of suspected Tuberculosis at 76, no one thought twice. Mary would find comfort in someone close to her, a man who could fill the void of John, but it would be short lived as he would also die shortly after.

Over the following two years, the townsfolk of Windy Nook began suspecting that something wasn’t right. Something wasn’t adding up.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

A collection of British Newspaper Archives:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120928102916/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/memories/darlington/3861932.Brassed_off_by_the_cold_and_back_again/

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19571209/012/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19571202/053/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19571202/002/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571212/177/0024

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571209/009/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571202/015/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000651/19571212/012/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19580210/024/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19580211/389/0017

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19580303/034/0007

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19580324/049/0006

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Season 2 Announcement

The official Murdertown podcast is returning for season 2 this September with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us). Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 more towns across the UK. Ten stories of people who might appear just like us — but are capable of evil.

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