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Feb 20, 2018 · On May 27, 1974, the body of Barbara Forrest, a nurse at a children’s home, was found in a ditch on the edge of Pype Hayes Park in Erdington, a ward of Birmingham, England. She had been raped and strangled. Suspicion fell on one of her coworkers, Michael Ian Thornton, who lived nearby.
Dec 5, 2015 · Arden Dier. Newser. (NEWSER) – Pype Hayes Park in the quiet Birmingham, UK, suburb of Erdington is a picturesque place, yet it conceals the truth behind two eerily similar murders. Mary Ashford...
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Nov 30, 2015 · On May 27, 1974, another 20-year-old woman was murdered and left in a ditch near Chester Road in Erdington. Her body--which showed signs of rape and strangulation--was discovered a few days after death. This woman was identified as Barbara Forrest who worked as a nurse at nearby at Pype Hayes Children's Home.
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Nov 26, 2015 · News. Nostalgia. Crime. The chilling links between two brutal murders 160 years apart. Both women, aged 20, were killed returning from dances, their bodies left in the same spot. News. By....
Jun 7, 2023 · Two murders remain unsolved. While it may be too late for Mary, there may be hope yet for Barbara. If the police are willing to cooperate with her family. — — — Like what you’re reading? Follow me on Twitter or Facebook for the latest updates! Sources: The Eerie Coincidences of the Erdington Murders – Stephanie Almazan – Huffington Post
The Erdington Murders: two eerily similar murders, 160 years apart. Unresolved Murder. I vaguely heard of these murders and the eerie coincidences of the two, a long time ago in a YouTube video I believe. I was thinking of it for some reason recently and decided to Google. I realised it happened in an area I live not too far away from.
Apr 3, 2020 · On 27 May 1817, the body of a murder victim – 20-year-old Mary Ashford was found in a flooded sandpit at Erdington, a village lying five miles outside of Birmingham in England. Exactly 157 years afterwards to the very day and hour of the Ashford murder, history repeated itself in a most brutal and chilling way when 20-year-old Barbara Forrest ...
