Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?

On April 14th, 1943, four boys discovered the skeleton of a woman in a hollow tree while exploring the woods near Hagley, England. Investigators threw themselves into the task of identifying the body, but after months of searching, were no closer to giving her a name. With England caught in the midst of World War II, it seemed like she was destined to be forgotten... until mysterious messages began cropping up around the Black Country, taunting the investigators with a cryptic question: who put Bella in the wych elm? This episode originally aired in September 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? is an episode from Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories by Spotify Studios.

This episode is 48:09 long.

This episode was published on Aug 15, 2023.

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