E165: “Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?”

What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the pa ...  Show more

Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged killer’s own son. Today, we reopen the case against George Hodel, a certified genius and once-celebrated doctor who rubbed elbows with note ...  Show more

One of the more famous unsolved true crime cases concerns a woman found stuffed into a tree in a woods outside Worcestershire during WWII. Despite an extensive effort by police at the time of her discovery, she still has never been identified.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva ...  Show more

Uncover the chilling mystery of Bella in the Wych Elm! Join us on a journey through history as we explore the eerie discovery of a body in Hagley Wood and the unanswered question that still haunts to this day. Sponsor: Factormeals.com/decoding50 and use code decoding50 to get 50% ...  Show more

This 2016 episode covers a skeleton found in a tree near Birmingham, England in 1943. More than 70 years later, it's still unknown who the deceased was and how the body ended up in an elm tree.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

She was stuffed inside a tree and left to die. No name. No explanation. Then the graffiti appeared: “Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?” A chilling mystery was born — one that has haunted England for 80 years.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti ...  Show more