#353 - The 9.02 Killer (Janet Maddocks & Jack Roy Jnr)

#353 - The 9.02 Killer (Janet Maddocks & Jack Roy Jnr)

From Murder Mile UK True Crime by Always True Crime

June 17, 2026 · 59 min

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This episode explores the brutal murder of Janet Mary Maddocks on a train in 1985 and the subsequent investigation.

Wednesday 20th of March 1985, the 9:02pm slow train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street pulls out of Coventry Station, having passed through Northampton, Long Buckby and Rugby. It was silent, empty, and as the lone passenger slides open the door, in an off-side compartment, he saw blood up the windows and its seats saturated in a dark goo, as running twelve feet from the seat to a door stained with red sticky prints, a ‘river’ of blood ran along the aisle. A woman had been brutally murdered, and her body was missing, But how, and why? Location: 9:20pm slow train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street Date:  9:20pm departure, 2:30am body found Victims: Janet Mary Maddocks Culprit: Jack Roy Junior Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A…

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Places: Coventry Station, London Euston, Birmingham New Street

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