The Shepherd's Bush Murders: Three Policemen Executed in Broad Daylight
Seeing Red A True Crime PodcastShow Notes
On 12 August 1966, three Metropolitan Police officers were carrying out their duties on a quiet street near Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London.
Within minutes, all three would be dead.
The cold-blooded killings of Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, Detective Constable David Wombwell and Police Constable Geoffrey Fox sent shockwaves across Britain, sparking one of the largest manhunts in the history of British policing.
But what could have driven someone to murder three police officers in broad daylight? Who was responsible? And how would the events of that summer's afternoon leave a legacy that would endure for decades?
Sixty years on, this week on Seeing Red, we revisit the shocking Shepherd's Bush murders, a case that changed British policing forever. Join our Patreon
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