South London's Summer of Fear: The Stockwell Strangler

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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