Julia Wallace Murder Mystery
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- Julia Wallace Murder Mystery
News of the Times Episode 318 | 1931
The Julia Wallace Murder Mystery remains enigmatic. Many a theory abounds by various parties who believe they have solved the brutal crime.
In this episode we look at the story from the standpoint of the papers. What we have noticed is its eery similarity to the Ramsgate Mystery • The Ramsgate Murder My... some 40 years before.
Even the ending of the case has a strange similarity to the Ramsgate case
We take a look at the background, the crime, the capture and the post script to this enduring enigma of the Julia Wallace murder mystery.
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Very good story. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you - really glad you liked it!🙏
Thank you. Enjoyed.
We have another request we are doing on Wednesday. Generally, as you know,. we tend to stick with pre 1920 cases, but we like to meet our subscribers requests. 😉
@@newsofthetimes I'm intrigued! I've no complaints with the stories chosen. Always interesting.
@@zero_bs_tolerance8646 thank you - as always!🙏 Wednesdays one - a bit grim this.
@@newsofthetimes Grim is good. Reminds me how relatively carefree and fortunate my life is.
This was a very intriguing and yet almost a "carboncopy" of the Ramsgate Murder Mystery. The only differences seem to be is that Julia Wallace didn't have a devoted dog and Julia's husband, William wasn't a particularly healthy man. I can't comprehend this being a robbery only, I believe this was a murder and robbery was used as the motive. I know that it was said they didn't believe Julia had any enemies but obviously someone didn't like her or else she wouldn't have been so cruelly murdered. I wasn't surprised that William ultimately wasn't found guilty, but I thought he would've been charged and given penal servitude. Did William gain financially from Julia's death? Great investigation, presentation, backstory, illustrations, photos, and videos, too. Take care 🦋 P.S. I wish Scotland Yard detectives would have been brought in to solve this case.
Yes! We think so too... 👍The neighbours though had a dog that barked easily and did not! So there is that similarity too! No - he did not gain financially. but - and we did not put this in because it was after his demise - he had a close relationship with his housekeeper. We do not know if that began after his death or before. Historically, there is speculation that it was a robbery gone wrong, but we are unconvinced. As for the enemies - it was speculated that he had enemies. She rarely went out - we do not know how she could have developed enemies.. Hmmmm. 🤔
Wow!! This case IS VERY similar to the Ramsgate Murder Mystery case!! Both wives were much older than their husbands, both husbands were well respected in their communities, and both couples were considered happily married by their neighbours!! Both husbands had neighbours with them when they discovered their dead wives!! One could imagine that the murderer in the Wallace case copied the Ramsgate murder!! It's all VERY odd indeed!!
Wallace seemed to have VERY supportive colleagues and employer!! Many people in his position would have been sacked on the spot!!
The prosecution's suggestion that Wallace could have committed the crime NAKED seems rather far-fetched to me!!
I suppose we'll never know the truth about Julia's death - unless a modern day Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple solves this crime!!
Thanks for yet another EXCELLENT video, Robin!! 👍💕👏❤
So nice to hear we are not the only ones! Did the person read the Ramsgate case and use it as a template? It is possible! The whole "I can't get into the door as the neighbours are leaving...it just seems so contrived as well. Hmmm. 🤔
Yes!! How fortunate for Wallace that his neighbours just so happened to be there when he was "unable" to get into the house!! Hmm indeed!!🤔🤔
@@nadiabrook7871 Yes - quite. and then it worked! way way way way too coincidental. And another match up with ramsgate mystery.🔎
@@newsofthetimes Yes, and Wallace's neighbour had a dog which NEVER barked, just like Nip the savage dog in the Ramsgate case!!🐶🐶🤔🤔
@@nadiabrook7871 Another match!👍
As a chess player ive been interested in this case for a while. Great coverage as usual 👏.
Thank you - most kind! 🙏It is a replica of the Ramsgate mystery! Was he a copycat killer copying the crime of a few decades before? We wonder.....🤔
Case should never have been brought without evidence. Appeal Court summed it up perfectly 👍
We agree, There was no evidence at all.
Hi. Thanks for this. These are only very small points. My understanding is that the cafe the message was phoned to by the supposed 'Mr. Qualtro', the potential new client, was attached to the chess club he sometimes frequented. Also, he travelled by tram or bus to this fictonal address & during the journey asked the conductor where said address was. I learned a lot of new details from your account. Thanks again.
ooooh! A crime historian! From what we can see - the chess club actually took place IN the cafe - that is what it looks like in the pictures. For the chess club - he was on the roster whch was printed up for all to see as it was a scheduled chess match. Yes, he did indeed ask the tram conductor, as well as a policeman and he went into a newsasgents - all to ask for directions / clarification. Oh yes, and he viisited the address "west" - so the worng house - so that is four verifications. Interesting. He was supposed to be quite good at chess - so a clever man and someone with an ability to plan ahead as that is what a good chess player requires. Lots of "if this happens, then i go there"etc. It is also so incredibly similar to the ransgate murder 40 yrears before which remained unsolved - it is like a template. A strange case. We do not believe for a moment the whole "robbery gone wrong". 🤔
@newsofthetimes If only I was worthy of that title! I'm afraid 'slightly obsessed amateur' would be more accurate! I don't know what it is about that particular murder that fascinates me. If there were a thousand podcasts on it I'd gladly watch all. Yours is the fourth for me. I also don't believe in the 'burglary gone wrong' theory. Other potential suspects' I have come across is the neighbours, as they moved house the following day. I don't hold this view. Although Mr. Wallace had nothing monetary to achieve by Julia's death, I believe he did it. He went overboard to make sure he had an alibi. What puzzles me is how did he get rid of the blood from his clothes/body. Apparently the drains were examined and they did not have blood in them. But it was 1931 and maybe there was a margin of error there.
@@helenflynn96 Interesting! Speculative rumour had it that he a thing going with the housekeeper when he moved. Was there a relationship? if so, did it exist prior? Or was all of this just nasty speculation. We are drawn back to his being, by all accounts, a good chess player. That gives him a real edge in pre-planning. And, of course, the Ramsgate murder we posted from the week before is a mirror of this crime. It would make sense, if one were planning a murder, to take a look at a murder where the perpetrator was not caught, It had taken place only some 40 yerars previously - so it is not like it was from the depths of history. We also heard about the pipes showing no trace of blood. Interestingly though, one of his keen hobbies was botany / chemistry. We know nothing of this BUT, we are assuming there is somethingthat could be placed in drains that would absolutley wipe them clean from the inside. As for the clothes - we do not know. There, we are stumped! 🤔
It gets more interesting - an affair! I doubt that as he seemed to have been 'relationship free' after he was released. Of course they could always have gone their seperate ways by then. I had totally forgotten that he had knowledge of chemistry. It's very likely he knew how to
'doctor the drains' as such. Much and all as I think he did it, if I was on that jury I'd acquit. Not enough evidence to send him to the gallows. Such an interesting case.
@@helenflynn96 We conpletely agree - the jury had no choice. You can understand the frustration of the police. We still think there is value in the ties with the Ramsgate case - they are carbon copies of each other. Why make something up, when you already have the template? The Ramsgate case was very well kown at the time and only some 40 years before. The dog not barking, although supposedly it would bark at anything, is the clincher, we think. 🕵
Not sure what to make of this Robin but the fact that the crime seemed soo personal with the face being the focus of the violence, leads me to believe that he was guilty.. however, with the lack of hard evidence, I understood the Judges decision to drop the guilty verdict. Sad that Julia Wallace never received justice in this life. Well done as always.
we agree. we think he did it. He was obviously a clever man, being quite good at chess. The timelines are incredibly tight - like the Ramsgate mystery. The neighborus also had a dog which was described as barking at almost anything, but it was quiet. We think he did it, but we do not know HOW he did it. 🤔
Again highlights the ineptitude of police and judiciary in UK
Agreed, handled very poorly this one.
He did it.
How do you know? Were you there? I doubt you were even born at that time.👽🤑
We think so too!🕵