Murder Mile UK True Crime

#367 - The Serial Killer Handbook (Ian Halls & Michael Harvey)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Show Notes

From Saturday 20th of March 2004 to Friday 15th of May 2004, in numerous lakes and rivers, across several countries, the head, hands, thighs, lower legs and feet, but not the arms, torso and pelvis of 63 year-old Ian Halls was found. He wasn't a criminal and hadn't double crossed anyone, so why was he brutally murdered and dismembered? Location: 1 Tower Mill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 Date: Wednesday 21st January 2004 (murder) Victims:Ian Edgar Halls Culprit: Michael Harvey

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