In this second episode of Forensic Flies, Tessa tells the story of the 1935 “Jigsaw Murders.” A landmark case in the history of forensic science and forensic entomology.

The following sources were used for today’s episode: Animalia. 2025. Calliphora vicina. https://animalia.bio/calliphora-vicina. Burnell, P. 2025. Life Stories of killer doctor’s victims revealed. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jy1zd80eo. Goff, M.L. 2000, 2001. A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crime. First Harvard University Press, paperback edition. Glasgow Police Museum. 2020. The Ruxton Murders – 1935. https://www.policemuseum.org.uk/crime-casebook/interesting-cases/the-ruxton-murders-1935/. National Domestic Violence Hotline. 2025. https://www.thehotline.org/. National Library of Medicine. The Buck Ruxton “Jigsaw Murders” case. Forensic Views of the Body: Visible Proofs. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/galleries/cases/ruxton.html. Nature Spot. Wildlife and Wild Places of Leicestershire and Rutland. Calliphora vicina. https://www.naturespot.org/species/calliphora-vicina. Soteriou, H. 2024. A house saturated with blood – Number 2 Dalton Square, Mortality, and Dr. Buck Ruxton. Lancaster University. https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/a-house-saturated-with-blood-number-2-dalton-square-mortality-and-dr-buck-ruxton. University of Glasgow. Dr. Buck Ruxton (1935). https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/collections/medicalhumanities/forensic%20medicine/casefiles/drbuckruxton1935/.

Cover Art by Marinus Pieter Filbri c.1887-1888.

Music by Bryan Boyko.