The Case of the Body in the Wall Murder
News of the Times Episode 424 | 1930
1930 Birmingham and Edwin Claude Thick, bricklayer, has written to his parents informing them that his wife, Ivy, has left him and their one year old child and absconded off with a Frenchman with whom, he states, she had been having a regular affair for over a year. He is heartbroken but determined to look for Ivy and bring her back home.
Her parents do not believe it. Ivy, who spoke with her mother daily, was a devoted parent and had never given any indication of any additional relationships. As Ivy seems to have vanished utterly, her parents after attempting to speak with her husband, contact a solicitor and the police.
Doing their due diligence, a policeman goes to visit the residence that had been Ivy and Thick’s home and notices a peculiar smell. Pursuing the smell, he goes into the loft and sees a cavity within the wall. Inside are bloodstained bedclothes, a bloody pillowcase all encasing 6 to 7 body parts. It is Ivy.
This incredible case, with many a twist and turn, gripped the papers for some time and went through two trials. We take a look at the background, the crime and the ultimate verdict in today’s episode of the body in the wall.
For something even more peculiar, we take a look at a case from 1932 involving a disappearing cackling hermit, a gruesome corpse, and some boy scouts in the woods in our further particulars segment at the end of this episode!
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