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S6 Ep9: The Torso in the Marsh

Crimes of the Centuries

Apr 27, 202651:53Society & Culture

In 1949, a headless, legless torso surfaced in the Essex marshes, setting off one of Britain’s most sensational postwar murder investigations. The victim was Stanley Setty, a black-market car dealer. The suspect was Dona...

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S6 Ep9: The Torso in the Marsh is an episode from Crimes of the Centuries. In 1949, a headless, legless torso surfaced in the Essex marshes, setting off one of Britain’s most sensational postwar murder investigations. The victim was Stanley...

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Published Apr 27, 2026, 51:53 long, audio available.