19 - The Brighton Trunk Murders: Unsolved Crimes

This week, we take another trip back in time and have a look at three vintage murders. First, we crack open the 1832 autobiographical account of John Holloway, who murdered his first wife Celia and buried her body, hidden in a trunk, down a lovers lane. Over 100 years later, two more trunks filled with murder victims' bodies were found again in Brighton. One of these cases remains unsolved to this day, while the culprit for the other Toni Mancini, was never punished for his crime.  Podcast Promo this week is from the lovely Pernilla over at True Crime Sweden (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-sweden/id1315602902) . Don’t forget to check out this excellent and unique podcast! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  Paul Williams, “The Brighton Trunk Murders” in Real Life Crimes...and how they were solved Volum3 3 Part 39 (Eaglemoss Press: London, 1993) pp 845 – 855  Lucy Pearce, “Nostalgia: A murder case which was the making of a barrister,” in The Argus http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14883861.NOSTALGIA__A_murder_case_which_was_the_making_of_a_barrister/ 12 November 2016  Peter Crowhurst, “Trunk Murders” from Brightonandhove.org http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6817.aspx 28 July 2005  David Rowland, “Death in Donkey Row: Perhaps Brighton's first murder” Oldpolicecellmuseum.org.uk http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/sussex_murders/death_in_donkey_row 12 November 2012  John William Holloway, An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway: With an Accurate Account of All the Mysterious and Extraordinary Circumstances....including, Also, the Trial for the Murder, and the Extraordinary Confessions of John William Holloway...written by Himself, and Published by His Own Desire, for the Benefit of Young People (London: W. Nute, 1832)