Episode description
On the 18th of April 1943, 4 boys were looking for birds nests in the area of Hagley Woods in Worcestershire. They made an unsettling discovery in the stump of a tree. They discovered a skull. This launched an investigation which would make this one of the most famous unidentified missing person cases in UK history. Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?Important information provided by:
Contemporary articles- https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/is-this-the-bella-in-the-wych-elm-unravelling-the-mystery-of-the-skull-found-in-a-tree-trunk-8546497.html
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271
Link to Punt PI: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04c9dfn
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