S6 Ep9: The Torso in the Marsh

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 Donald Hume, a small-time crook, chronic liar and pilot who rented a plane the night Setty disappeared but swore he had nothing to do with the gruesome killing. Crimes of the Centuries is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes and more over at Order the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at !

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S6 Ep9: The Torso in the Marsh is an episode from Crimes of the Centuries.

This episode is 51:53 long.

This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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