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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
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The Complexity of the Railway Police
Angela Buckley describes the police system in London in 1845. She says it was really a mess with many different agencies involved. Police would write down description of suspect and run on foot from one officer to another. It was very inefficient, she says. The case seems neat and tidy because suspected killer is caught at Paddington station thanks to the telegraph. But this wasn't even his jurisdiction.
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