• South London's Summer of Fear: The Stockwell Strangler

  • Feb 19 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
  • Podcast

South London's Summer of Fear: The Stockwell Strangler

  • Summary

  • Episode 7! South London, summer of '86. It's boiling, windows are open, and an unseen predator is creeping inside. One by one, elderly residents are found dead in their beds, strangled, their homes disturbed but not ransacked. The press dub him 'The Stockwell Strangler', and fear grips the city.

    Who was Kenneth Erskine, and what drove him to prey on the most vulnerable? Han takes us through a case that left South London in shock.

    Plus, an important public service announcement - pubs with "arms" in the name do not, in fact, have anything to do with actual limbs. You're welcome!

    Sources include:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Erskine

    https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/stockwell-strangler-how-kenneth-erskine-terrorised-londons-pensioners

    https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/erskine-kenneth.htm

    https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/stockwell-strangler-wins-murder-appeal-6759330.html

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8149050.stm

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10814441/Tea-with-the-Stockwell-Strangler.html

    https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/the-stockwell-strangler/

    https://thetruecrimeenthusiast.co.uk/the-stockwell-strangler-part-2

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/stockwell-strangler-goes-home-1607484

    https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Kenneth_Erskine

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jul/14/stockwell-strangler-wins-appeal-murder-convictions

    https://www.guyhadleigh.com/blog/the-stockwell-strangler

    https://www.itv.com/watch/new-scotland-yard-files/10a3268/10a3268a0006

    https://shows.acast.com/theywalkamongus/episodes/the-stockwell-strangler-kenneth-erskine-part-2

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    Produced and hosted by Hannah Williams & Rachel Baines
    Mixed & edited by Purple Waves Sound (A.K.A Will)

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