One of the worst crimes to consume British headlines in 1986 leads authorities on a search for a killer who was in the thick of a murder investigation the entire time. The Wild Park double murders of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows end in justice, but justice delayed.
Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellowes (Source) Newspapers.com
Russell Bishop 1980’s Photo (Source) Newspapers.com
Russell Bishop 2018 Mug Shot (Source) BBC.com
Wild Park Nature Reserve Map (Source) Google Maps
Wild Park Nature Reserve (Source) Brighton-Hove.gov.uk
Episode Source Material
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Woods searched for girls.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Girls, 9, 10, found murdered, by Kenneth Clarke.
- Evening Sentinel (Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England): Detectives scour Brighton murder park Dead girls sex victims.
- Sunday Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Girls ‘may have known killer’, by James Langton.
- Coventry Evening Telegraph (Coventry, West Midlands, England): Last moments of girls to be relived, by Paul Edwards.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Two killers theory in Brighton girls’ murder, by James Dalrymple.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Youths ‘ran away’ from scene of Brighton murders, by James Dalrymple.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Massive murder quiz for youths, by Emma Lee-Potter.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): Murdered girls hoax alert.
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England): Murder squad seeks driver.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Computer link-up in hunt for girls’ killer, by A.J. McIlroy.
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England): Feelings of revenge.
- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England): North Lead in sex deaths, by Brenda Hickman.
- Coventry Evening Telegraph (Coventry, West Midlands, England): Man on murder charges.
- Coventry, West Midlands, England): I didn’t kill girls accused man sobs.
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, Merseyside, England): ‘Mystery girl’ court drama.
- Birmingham Evening Mall (Birmingham, West Midlands, England): Friends knew killer – claim.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): ‘Missing hour’ in murder suspect’s alibi.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): ‘Murder case is very weak’.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): Man for trial over killings.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): ‘Babes in wood’ murders denied.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Alleged Babes killer ‘asked to join hunt’.
- Daily News (Birmingham, West midlands, England): Murdered girls did not resist their killer.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Wife denies identifying sweatshirt.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): ‘Fantasy’ man acquitted of girls’ murders, by Sarah Boseley.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): Dead girl’s father calls for inquiry.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Jailed for life to protect children, by Paul Cheston.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): ‘Babes in Wood’ lifer sues police, by Paul Cheston.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): DNA hope as police reopen ‘Babes in Wood’ murder case.
- BBC News: Babes in wood families ‘find evidence’.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Bashir accused of losing evidence in ‘babes in wood’ case, by Jason Bennetto.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood case reopened by Patrick McGowan.
- The Argus (Brighton, England): Babes in the wood suspect is sane, says father.
- BBC News: Sweatshirt at heart of murder case.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): ‘Babes in wood’ suspect will not face double jeopardy trial, by Justin Davenport.
- BBC News: March over ‘Babes in Wood’ deaths.
- BBC News: Police quiz Babes in Wood father.
- The Guardian (US Edition): Man arrested over 1986 ‘babes in the wood’ murders in Brighton, by Press Association.
- The Argus (Brighton, England): Russell Bishop murder trial: everything said by the prosecution on morning of day 1.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Father with ‘guilty secret’ may have killed daughter to stop her revealing his involvement in her sex abuse, jury told, by Adam Lusher.
- BBC News: Russell Bishop trial: Jurors hear how bodies were found.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Furious detective ‘pinned expert against wall’ after evidence in trial that saw paedophile freed, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Father confronted with claims he ‘killed daughter after watching her in child sex abuse video’, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Paedophile denies murdering nine-year-olds – but admits sexually assaulting seven-year-old then lying about it, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: ‘Time capsule’ forensic evidence may be ‘leaky’ and contaminated, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Convicted paedophile refuses to keep giving evidence after being questioned over his ‘sexual interest in children’, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Ex-girlfriend tells court she saw girl’s father watching daughter in child sex abuse video, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Police asked murder suspect’s girlfriend to sleep with him to extract confession, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Predatory paedophile ‘scraping barrel’ by accusing girl’s father of child murder, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood murders: Paedophile killer Russell Bishop found guilty of murdering Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows in 1986, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Paedophile who murdered two young girls gave himself away with details only killer could have known, court told, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood murders: Paedophile Russell Bishop jailed for life, by Adam Lusher.
- BBC News: Babes in the Wood: Killer’s ex-girlfriend guilty of perjury.
- BBC News: Babes in the Wood: Killer's ex-girlfriend jailed for perjury.
- BBC News: Russell Bishop: Babes in the Wood murderer dies.
- Brighton Hove and City Council Website
- National Trust Website
- Find A Grave Nicola Elizabeth Fellows
- Find A Grave Karen Jane Michelle Hadaway