The Case Of Julia Wallace: The IMPOSSIBLE Murder

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious murder of Julia Wallace and the ensuing debate over her husband's involvement.

On a cold January night in 1931, Liverpool insurance agent William Herbert Wallace received a mysterious phone message sending him to a fake address across town, luring him out of his home. When he returned, he found his wife Julia brutally bludgeoned to death in their sitting room, a locked‑door puzzle that would become one of Britain’s most famous unsolved murders and spark nearly a century of debate over whether Wallace was a criminal mastermind, a wrongfully accused husband, or the victim of an elaborate frame‑up.

People in this episode

Host: Georgia Marie

Topics covered

• unsolved murder
• true crime
• historical mystery
• criminal investigation
• locked-door puzzle

Keywords

• Julia Wallace
• William Herbert Wallace
• unsolved murder
• Liverpool
• 1931
• true crime
• locked-door mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Liverpool

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