The Woolston Tragedy – Double Murder and Vanishing Man
News of the Times | Episode 519 | 1922
A quiet Edwardian home. A respected family. A horror no one could have imagined.

When a devoted mother and her young daughter are found savagely murdered in Southampton, suspicion turns to the only one missing — Frederick Halliday, husband, father, and railway clerk. But what drove a trusted man to vanish without a trace?

In this chilling 1922 case, we examine a brutal double murder, a mysterious disappearance, and the tragedy that stunned a nation. Was Halliday a cunning killer, or a desperate man caught in his own unraveling life?

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