Podcast Episode Details

Who Killed Little Red Riding Hood? Muriel Drinkwater Murder

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Season 4 Episode 12

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 

0:40 - Content Warning + Summer Time!

1:31 - Muriel Joan Drinkwater 

3:16 - Missing 

5:19 - Investigation Begins

7:44 - Persons of Interest

12:09 - Harold Jones

16:34 - Cold Case & DNA Technology

20:05 - DNA Clears Potential Suspects

23:30 - New Possible Suspect 

26:36 - Effects On The Family & An Unanswered Question

30:07 - Final Thoughts 

Cold Trace Video - Documentary where they were testing the sound of shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yrRcHi0zl8&t=130s 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/23/one-britains-longest-unsolved-crimes-murder-schoolgirl-muriel-drinkwater-23349284/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7708974.stm 

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/the-muriel-drinkwater-case-can-they-crack-the-coldest-murder-case-lg98xvhzqlh?region=global 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/unsolved-murder-12-year-old-19232081 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/muriel-drinkwater-murder-harold-jones-16207548 

https://herald.wales/national-news/crime/the-unsolved-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/ 

 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/detectives-link-muriel-drinkwater-and-sheila-martin-murders-vw3fx2ltcsp 

https://morbidology.com/the-little-red-riding-hood-murder-of-muriel-drinkwater/ 

https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/muriel-drinkwater-murder-file-is-declared-secret-at-request-of-police-q62dm0jg93m 

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/western-mail/20181019/281895889216744 

The Times, 24 March, 2009 – “Even if it was 100 Years Ago, We’d Still Search”

South Wales Evening Post, 19 October, 2018 – “The Chilling Little Red Riding Hood Murder Which is Still Unsolved Today”

South Wales Echo, 2 May, 2019 – “DNA Rules out Valleys Child Murderer as Killer of Young Muriel in 1946” 

Another Documentary: 

https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/muriel-drinkwater/umc.cmc.3yapmfrq6hja2vtrkmtsquci3?showId=umc.cmc.41vif7hpzcg5mmxge9iqjd89z 

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