89 | Murder in Wartime Folkestone: Did Dennis Leckey Get Away With It?

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious disappearance and subsequent murder investigation of Caroline Trayler in wartime Folkestone.

On the streets of Folkestone, Kent, amid World War II, 18-year-old Caroline Trayler disappeared after being seen drinking at the local pub one Sunday evening in June 1943. When Police Constable Lewis entered a bombed-out grocer’s shop several days later in the hunt for the missing woman, he discovered a tragic scene which confirmed that the missing person’s case had now become a murder enquiry. 📘 Learn more about my latest book Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ 📺 Subscribe for video versions YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: "Long Note Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk Professor Keith Simpson: An…

People in this episode

Host: Prash Ganendran

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• World War II
• disappearance
• true crime
• Folkestone history

Keywords

• murder
• disappearance
• Folkestone
• World War II
• true crime
• Caroline Trayler
• Police Constable Lewis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Newspaper Archive

Books & works: Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten

Places: Folkestone, Kent

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