WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.560 In nineteen thirty one, a man returned home one evening 2 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:15.000 to a horrifying discovery. His wife was laying dead in 3 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.719 front of their fireplace. With few clues and no clear evidence, 4 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.920 suspicion quickly fell on him, making him the prime suspect. Yet, 5 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.559 nearly a century later, the identity of the true killer 6 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.439 remains a mystery. While some are convinced he committed the crime, 7 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:38.719 others argue that the circumstances around it made it absolutely impossible. 8 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.359 You see, this is the case that has since earned 9 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.439 a nickname, the Impossible Murder. 10 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.320 My name's Ben, I'm Nicole, and you're listening to Wicked 11 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:52.439 and Grim, a true crime podcast. 12 00:00:53.960 --> 00:01:23.040 The following podcast material for mature listener discretion. Happy Friday. 13 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.159 That is, if you are listening to this today, the 14 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.959 day the episode's released, which is Friday. If not Happy 15 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.359 whatever other day of the week you are listening to 16 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:32.959 this on. 17 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.560 Happy Day, hopefully it's Friday, because Fridays are a happy day. 18 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:41.239 Fridays are good days weekends. There you know what, Generally, 19 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.959 people don't typically work as hard on Friday. 20 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:46.680 That it had a nickname. 21 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:49.400 When I was working my last job, everyone called it 22 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:50.400 a fuck It Friday. 23 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.359 Seriously. Yeah, I don't know if I ever heard this. 24 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.120 You've never heard of fuck it Friday? 25 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:56.280 No? 26 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.159 Wow, Yeah, it's fuck it Friday. 27 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.920 Huh, Because lots I felt like when I was like, 28 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.920 had my other job that Friday was like, oh my gosh, 29 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.719 it's weekend. I get all the shit done, you know, 30 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:09.759 so I can enjoy my weekend. So I don't really 31 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.360 know if I. Oh, I kind of wish I had 32 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:13.400 that mentality. Now. 33 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:14.680 Don't get me wrong. 34 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.240 It was usually never like a matter of someone I mean, 35 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.759 occasionally it happened where someone was taking fuck it Friday 36 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.159 upon themselves, but usually it's like, ah, look at that 37 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:26.919 dude over there not doing his job. Clearly it's fuck 38 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.199 it Friday, like, you know, pointing to someone else not 39 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.599 doing their work. Okay, but I mean it works either way. 40 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:32.840 Though. 41 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.719 You can take it upon yourself to have a fuck 42 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:35.800 it Friday, because once in. 43 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:36.719 A while I can need that. 44 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.240 Yeah, but maybe that should be some some merch fuck 45 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.240 it Friday, mad getting grim. 46 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.199 That would be amazing. But I also feel like right 47 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:47.639 now this season, people might need that, you know, just 48 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:50.840 like some a day off. It's a busy season. 49 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:51.319 Yes, it is. 50 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.400 Everyone out there is getting a little bit wild, and 51 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.199 I've noticed it's still I mean, you have that online 52 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.639 shopping for Christmas and everything right and all the holiday 53 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:02.039 seasons stuff, but it's still wild. 54 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:03.919 When you go out shopping this time of year, it's 55 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.159 just busy, like it's almost where did all these people 56 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:07.680 come from? 57 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.520 Yeah, consumerism is at a next level this time of year, 58 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:13.560 and it just, I don't know, it drives me insane, 59 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:14.400 if I'm being honest. 60 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:16.840 But because weren't we out on a Wednesday? It was 61 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:21.280 like two or something. I think, I don't know, but it. 62 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:22.280 Was I think we went out for lunch. 63 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:24.400 Yeah, well no, we went to Winners and it was 64 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:26.960 hella busy, and I'm like, aren't these like why aren't 65 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.719 these people working? Like why is every like the lineup 66 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:31.840 was huge? It felt like it was a Saturday. 67 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.960 So anyway, Yeah, anyways, Honestly, like in this case, it's 68 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.439 nineteen thirty, I kind of wish I could go back 69 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:41.680 to the nineteen thirties. It seems like a nicer time. 70 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.199 Don't get me wrong. They had their struggles of their 71 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.080 own two which are probably worse than today, but it 72 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:47.680 just seemed like things were at a bit of a 73 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:48.800 slower pace back. 74 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.000 Then, a little more simple, a little more simple sometimes 75 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:53.159 sounds nice. 76 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:56.360 It does, for sure. But yeah, I'm excited for this case, 77 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:58.439 the Impossible Murder. 78 00:03:58.479 --> 00:03:59.280 Are you for this? 79 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.400 I'm excited to hear about this too. 80 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.960 Okay, Well, this mystery, I mean, honestly, it hasn't gotten 81 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.639 near enough attention over the years in my opinion, and 82 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:11.400 it is known as the impossible Possible Murder. And it's 83 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.599 one of those cases that makes you question everything you 84 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:19.199 think you might know. Really Okay, So the story takes 85 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.879 us back to nineteen thirties England and revolves around an 86 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:26.680 ordinary couple. Now, what makes this case so fascinating is 87 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.959 how controversial the trial was as well, not just the 88 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:33.399 mystery around it, but the trial of the case, which 89 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.279 of course we're going to dive into. So the verdict 90 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:43.480 ended up being a first in English legal history. Oh yeah, 91 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.079 and it left people completely divided, not even like just 92 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.399 the public, but like some of the courtroom was like 93 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:50.439 polar opposites. 94 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:53.160 Really, yes, Oh are you telling you're not going to 95 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:54.079 tell us right now? 96 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:54.360 No? 97 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.000 Here, I'm like, oh man, he's given us the goods 98 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:58.079 right at the start. 99 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:04.319 I'm I'm leaving I'm apping you up, is what I'm doing. Yeah, 100 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.360 some believe an innocent man escaped the gallows, while others 101 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:11.680 believe a cold blooded killer ended up walking free as 102 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.920 a result of this trial. It's one of the two. 103 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:17.639 Huh, okay, and. 104 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.360 It's up for you to decide which is the case. 105 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:20.680 Okay, let's do it. 106 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:22.879 So if you look at the facts, it's hard to 107 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.279 see how this accused could have ever been convicted in 108 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:29.639 the first place. In my opinion, it's pretty much impossible 109 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:35.399 to have committed the crime. Or is it dun dun dune? Okay, 110 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.079 enough amping you up. Let's get into the case. So 111 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.480 it all started in a year of nineteen thirty one 112 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.800 with an individual by the name of William Herbert Wallace. 113 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.800 He was fifty two years old and he worked in insurance. 114 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:51.360 He was an insurance agent for Prudential Financial. William seemed 115 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:55.160 like pretty average guy for his age. He was quiet, relatively, 116 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.279 you know, unremarkable, just living a normal life. Now, no 117 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.720 one that really sticks out in society, right, just kind 118 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.800 of blends in. Not that he was like it's a 119 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:05.920 bad thing. He was completely happy with that, don't get 120 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:09.279 me wrong, right, kind of like your average show exactly now. 121 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.800 His early years were a bit more adventurous, as he 122 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.680 worked odd jobs in far off places like India and Shanghai, 123 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.639 before health issues eventually brought him back to England. Now, 124 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.759 in hindsight, you can say that these health issues were 125 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.920 kind of a blessing in disguise because in nineteen eleven 126 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.120 he would meet Julia, the woman who he would quickly 127 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:33.000 fall in love with. Two years later, the two got 128 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.160 married and settled down at twenty nine Wolverton Street in 129 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.240 Liverpool's Angfield District. Now, the Wallaces didn't have any kids, 130 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.959 but they seemed perfectly happy with their quiet life together. 131 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.279 They mostly kept themselves and even after living in the 132 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.920 neighborhood for fifteen years, the neighbors never really noticed any 133 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.800 arguments or tension between the two of them. In fact, 134 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:56.079 people described them as a loving and devoted couple. 135 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.120 And even back then so they didn't have kids, which 136 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:03.399 was probably like a super rarity. 137 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:04.439 Right, oh one d percent. 138 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:04.839 Yeah. 139 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.199 I mean even today if someone's if you tell someone 140 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:08.800 that you're not gonna have kids, like they look at 141 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:09.600 you sideways. 142 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:12.639 They do. But I think it's slowly starting it to 143 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:13.639 be more accepted. 144 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:18.000 I think they're just slowly accepting it from us. I 145 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.160 think those close to us are slowly accepting that we're 146 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:20.759 not having kids. 147 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.399 Well, no, I feel like more there's more and more 148 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.439 people deciding not to have kids. Nowadays, that's true, but 149 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:28.639 back then, I feel like you're supposed to be you know. 150 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.600 Pumpo, like eight eight kids or so for sure, but 151 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.360 you still get those sideways look. There's more people deciding 152 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:37.560 not to but you still get judged the sardlets. 153 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:39.680 I always think it's so funny because it's like, I 154 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:42.399 don't give you sideways looks when you decide to have kids. 155 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:45.439 Yeah, Karen, when your kid is running and screaming to 156 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.120 the supermarket, I'm not giving you a sideways look, actually 157 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:48.399 I am. 158 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:50.680 But still that's okay. 159 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:55.160 Oh my gosh. No, I feel like, just decide. 160 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.879 What you'd like one hundred percent, do what you want 161 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:00.360 to do, and hey, don't judge with people for how live. 162 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.480 But these two were definitely living their best life, having 163 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:07.639 a great marriage together. They were kid lists just you know, 164 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:08.959 doing exactly what they wanted. 165 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:10.560 Sounds great now. 166 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.560 Julia had a creative side, and she was an excellent 167 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.240 pianist and a watercolor artist. She was fluent in French 168 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:22.800 as well, and had what William considered very refined literary tastes. William, 169 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:25.879 on the other hand, was into science and philosophy and 170 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.439 was known as an intellectual, though some found him a 171 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.279 little bit particular a sorry peculiar at times. Still, though 172 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.320 he made an effort to embrace the arts, you know 173 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.840 what his wife was involved in. He even picked up 174 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.480 violin lessons at the age of fifty, likely so he 175 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:41.200 could play alongside his wife. 176 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:45.240 Wow. Yeah, okay, I must actually kind of obsessed with 177 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.120 these this couple. 178 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.840 Right, they're, like I said, living their best life, just 179 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:50.840 doing what they want. 180 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.799 Well, deciding you want to embrace on her new skill 181 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:56.679 at the age of fifty is impressive. But I love that. 182 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.519 There's a lot of people who, you know, as you 183 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.480 get older, like oh I'm too old for that, or 184 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.360 you know, I should have done it when I was younger. 185 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.519 It's like, hey, it's never too late, and tell it's 186 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:05.159 too late, you know. 187 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:06.279 Yeah, I think that's great. 188 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:07.200 Yeah. 189 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:10.200 So the couple enjoyed simple pleasures like countryside trips and 190 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.799 occasional nights at the cinema. But of all Williams hobbies, 191 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.080 there was one that truly stood out chess. William's chess 192 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.559 skills might be up for debate to this day. No 193 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:23.679 one really knows how good he was. I mean, we'll 194 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.919 get into a little bit. He obviously had some skill, 195 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:30.120 but I digress. He was passionate about the game, though. 196 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:31.840 We do know that it was one of the few 197 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.559 activities that could get him out of the house and 198 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:38.879 away from his wife. Unfortunately, in a cruel twist of fate, 199 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.679 a chess match would set off a chain of events 200 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:47.000 that spelled devastation for the couple. It was Monday, January nineteenth, 201 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.279 nineteen thirty one. The workday had come to a close, 202 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.120 and William had just arrived for his match in a 203 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:56.480 local chess championship. So clearly he had some skill because 204 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:00.399 he's in a chess championship right. So before he could begin, though, 205 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.480 the venue's owner stopped him, explaining that a phone call 206 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:06.679 had come in about half an hour before William had 207 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:09.600 arrived there. The caller on the other end of the 208 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.679 phone was a deep gruff voice individual and claimed to 209 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.279 want to meet William the next evening at around seven 210 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:20.000 thirty pm. He said he was a potential client looking 211 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.360 to set up insurance for his daughter, and his daughter 212 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.879 had just turned twenty one that day, in fact, and 213 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.080 then he explained that he couldn't call back later because 214 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:29.519 he's busy with celebrating the birthday and everything, so he 215 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.679 called the venue to kind of leave a message for 216 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.879 him right. The man gave his name as R. M. 217 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:39.440 Qualthrow and provided an address of twenty five men Love Gardens, 218 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:44.080 East Mossley Hill. William took the information from venue owner, 219 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.200 wrote it all down and everything, but admitted he didn't 220 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.360 recognize the name or the address. He asked around, but 221 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.039 no one else seemed familiar with it either. As it 222 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.879 turned out, there was a very good reason for that, 223 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.840 though William wouldn't discover that until much later. 224 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:00.279 Neither would you. 225 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.440 No, my brain's going wild though. 226 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.159 No, we'll we'll touch on this here in a moment, 227 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.519 but we're gonna digress just for a bit now. Whether 228 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.159 William won his chess match that night remains unclear and 229 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.960 honestly not important to the story. But I still hope 230 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:17.759 he won that shit regardless, Everything that evening seemed normal 231 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.279 during the event, and soon though he was on his 232 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.759 way home the next day, January twentieth, nineteen nineteen thirty one. 233 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:27.000 We're still, you know, back in those thirties. No big 234 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.480 time warp is happening here. It started off like any 235 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.120 other day, any other Tuesday. William spent the afternoon collecting 236 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.559 insurance premiums from clients, working between three point thirty and 237 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.440 five forty five PM. Those interacted with him said he 238 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.200 seemed completely normal, relaxed, chill, cracking jokes, and even enjoying 239 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.679 a cup of tea with some of his clients too. 240 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.879 Once he finished his rounds, William likely headed home at 241 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:55.759 around six PM. It's here between six thirty and six 242 00:11:55.879 --> 00:12:00.960 forty five PM at the timeline becomes critical. What might 243 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.840 seem like a small, insignificant window of fifteen minutes would 244 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:10.799 soon become the centerpiece of this entire fucking case. Okay, 245 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.559 so at this point, Julia was still going about her 246 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.440 day as usual. We know this because a local milk 247 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.000 boy stopped by the house around that time to collect 248 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.120 a routine payment for her or from her. 249 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:23.600 Sorry. 250 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:27.720 Tragically, it would be one of the last interactions Julia 251 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:31.720 had ever had before meeting her untimely death. By seven 252 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.080 to ten pm, William was spotted roughly twenty minutes away 253 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.799 from their home boarding a train. As he followed up 254 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.480 on the mysterious appointment with this RM character, heading to 255 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:44.960 twenty five Men Love Gardens East. That same individual you 256 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.919 know left the message day earlier saying wanted to meet 257 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.039 up at seven thirty right, okay, right. 258 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.240 I couldn't remember what time it was with seven thirty. 259 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:55.200 Seven thirty m Now, he was unfamiliar with this area, 260 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.720 so William made a point of asking for directions from 261 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.399 anyone who might help train operators, police officers, and even 262 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.039 the odd random passerby. So there were several people who 263 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:08.360 could put him in this place at the time. But 264 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:13.600 where things got strange is right here. While there was 265 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.639 a Men Love Avenue and there was also a Men 266 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.759 Love Gardens West, South and North, there was no Men 267 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.399 Love Garden East, which was the address that was provided. 268 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.879 Some people William asked told him this flat out, there 269 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.519 is no Men Love Garden East, while others assumed maybe 270 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.159 it does exist somewhere nearby, they just didn't. 271 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.279 Know about it. Okay, I mean it fits in. 272 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.639 If there's a Men Love Gardens West, South and North, 273 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.600 of course there'd be one east, but there wasn't. So 274 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.399 by eight to twenty pm, Williams search for this elusive 275 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.320 address had hit a dead end. He was frustrated, and 276 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.039 he decided it was time to give up and just 277 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.320 head back home, leaving behind this potential new client. 278 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.639 That's such a piss off, hey, it is. That's one 279 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.320 issue we don't have today, because I would just be 280 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.879 like putting this in Google Maps, you know. 281 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.480 Exactly a plot in it and Google now. William's neighbors 282 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.559 were the next to give a timeline of his whereabouts. 283 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:10.120 At around eight forty five pm, they were preparing for 284 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:12.279 a night out when they heard a knock at their 285 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.039 front door. When they opened the door to check who 286 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.480 it was, they found William standing there, and he was 287 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:21.000 looking a little confused and definitely a bit uneasy. He 288 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:23.480 asked if they had noticed anything strange and explained that 289 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.799 he'd been trying to unlock both the front and back 290 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.279 door of his home, but neither key seemed to work 291 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.360 for him. With the neighbors standing by to assist to 292 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.559 see if they could help in any way, William tried 293 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.399 the back door to the home again, and this time, 294 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:38.840 for reasons unknown, the key worked. 295 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.919 Oh okay. 296 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:44.799 The door creaked open, revealing a dark house inside, lights 297 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:48.279 were out, William stepped in began lighting lamps as he 298 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.600 moved through the home. He checked upstairs in the bedroom, 299 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.159 found nothing out of the ordinary, and made his way 300 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.000 back downstairs. And that's when entering into the sitting room 301 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:02.360 when he would have his whirl shattered on the floor 302 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:09.720 near the fireplace, laid Julia's motionless body. No, the scene 303 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:13.639 was grim. Julia had suffered severe blunt force trauma to 304 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.240 her head, leaving no doubt that she was beyond help. 305 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:19.279 She was beyond she was dead. 306 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.000 She was dead. Yeah, she was done. 307 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.919 William immediately called for help, and authorities quickly arrived at 308 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.559 the scene. However, the initial investigation didn't bring much clarity 309 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:32.200 to the situation. If anything, it only deepened the mystery 310 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:35.240 and raised more questions than answers. 311 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.840 Holy shit, and I okay, that's quite a visual, because yeah, 312 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.879 I was thinking, goes in his house, he turned some 313 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.080 lights on, but that's not really the case. So it 314 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.399 would take kind of a little while. You know, he's 315 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:49.320 lighting up this house, probably wondering a why the hell 316 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.000 he wasn't able to get in and be like why 317 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.679 it is dark? 318 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.399 Yep. 319 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.000 And then as you're lighting these lanterns, or whatever the 320 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:01.480 hell you're calling them. You see that, Oh that is 321 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.480 a frickin' nightmare. And a half. 322 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:08.159 Agreed, but that's what he was faced with. And yeah, 323 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:11.840 and I mean, all things considered, I mean regarding this situation, like, 324 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.799 it wasn't in any sort of disarray when he looked around. 325 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:16.759 It's not like there was shit everywhere, you know, a 326 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.759 clear struggle or anything. And aside from a few like 327 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.799 slightly out of place things, it just kind of all 328 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.559 seemed like, you know, the regular house of course, other 329 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:29.679 than you know, ah, my wife's dead right there. Yeah, 330 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.799 so yeah, so yeah, there was no obvious sign of 331 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.320 a struggle. Blood was found in only two places, of course, 332 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:42.279 near Julia's body and in the bathtub of the home. Notably, 333 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.919 there was no blood on William's clothes that he was 334 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.879 wearing that evening. Now, there was evidence of a cabinet 335 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.200 being broken into, with four pounds missing from the cash 336 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.759 box inside. Remember this is over it, okay, right, so 337 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.559 it's four pounds. However, beyond that, nothing suggested a robbery 338 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.480 gone wrong, and there wasn't the kind of disarrayed expect 339 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:06.000 from someone ransacking the place either. One peculiar detail was 340 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:09.759 the apparent disappearance of two items, a fire poker from 341 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:14.000 the fireplace and an iron bar. Now, that bar reportedly 342 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.160 was discovered years later during renovation on the house, but 343 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.480 the poker itself. The fire poker was never found. Many 344 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.119 believed that it was most likely the murder weapon, given 345 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:27.720 how Julia's body was found next to the fireplace and 346 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.599 the nature of her injuries. Now, despite the search of 347 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:35.759 the surrounding area, this fire poker just simply vanished. In 348 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:40.200 cases like this, investigators of course naturally follow every possible lead, 349 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.000 you know, follow the evidence, as they say. Yet with 350 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:46.799 the Wallace's nothing significant seemed to emerge from the crime 351 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:50.960 scene or the investigation. There was no individual discovered with 352 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.839 a motive that would want to harm Julia. Julia herself 353 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.880 was known for being shy, reserved, sticking close to her 354 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.880 husband and keeping to her It seems almost unimaginable that 355 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.599 anyone would target her, let alone, in such a brutal way. 356 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.079 If this wasn't a botched burglary, then what could have 357 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:13.400 been the motive. Many believe that whoever this rm quaal 358 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.359 throw was, that they were the true killer. They were 359 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.200 the ones who brought William two men of Gardens East, 360 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:23.079 which didn't exist as a ploy to get him out 361 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:26.440 of the house so they could strike, assuming of course, 362 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:31.240 that William an RM weren't the same person. 363 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.119 Oh what the shit? They could be the same person. 364 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.079 That's what unbelief. 365 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.440 Oh, I don't know why. I wasn't expecting that. See 366 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:45.799 my brain right now. I was either thinking that something 367 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.519 bad was going to happen that night when he was 368 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:52.119 like you told to go somewhere, or even the night before, 369 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.960 and this was just like a phone call, like making 370 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.599 sure he was there kind of thing, right, Because it 371 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:02.160 doesn't make sense. He does have this these weekly things 372 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.160 where he goes in place chess, So why do we 373 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.119 have to make up this make believe shit too. 374 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.440 We'll kind of touch on that. Okay, you're totally on 375 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.440 the right track with your thought, one hundred percent, but 376 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:17.559 we'll get there, okay. So in any case, of course, 377 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:21.319 with the closest person to the victim, they're usually a 378 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:25.359 suspect right away, and such William was put under the microscope. However, 379 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:28.880 there were no rumors of infidelity, there were no reports 380 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:32.720 of strained marriage, and from the start, public opinion, though, 381 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:37.319 was firmly against William to them, the only person to 382 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.480 have a plausible motive to kill Julia was in fact 383 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:43.079 her husband, but there just again seemed to be no 384 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.079 reason for motive. 385 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.559 Now, when this. 386 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:49.480 Case went to trial against William, this sentiment carried over 387 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.240 to the jury, who, after four days of proceedings, took 388 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:58.640 a mirror one hour and sentenced William to death by 389 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:04.359 the gallows. They sentenced William to hang for the murder 390 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.279 of his wife. 391 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:08.039 It was just they were that sure, hey, yes, because 392 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:12.079 right now, I'm like, well, I didn't just sit through 393 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:14.799 a court case, I guess, but like, doesn't make sense. 394 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.359 It doesn't, I mean. The verdict came with a severe 395 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:20.519 lack of any direct evidence, no quote unquote smoking gun, 396 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:23.440 if you will, nothing that linked William to the murder scene. 397 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:27.599 He unfortunately wasn't convicted because the prosecution had proven his 398 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.599 guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. He was instead convicted because 399 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:35.160 he was the only suspect they had, and they convicted 400 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:37.960 him and sentenced him to death. 401 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.920