About this episode

The episode discusses the manhunt for fugitive Barry Prudom following the murder of Police Constable David Haigh in 1982.

In June 1982, the murder of Police Constable David Haigh sparked the largest manhunt Britain had seen at that time. As fugitive Barry Prudom moved through the forests and villages of North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, he left more victims in his wake, including Sergeant David Winter. Hundreds of police officers, helicopters, armed units and a specialist wilderness tracker joined the search, which culminated in the ‘Siege of Malton’. But how did a reserved former electrician and family man become one of the country’s most dangerous fugitives, known as the Phantom of the Forest? Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com 📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-Clyde-Hulten/dp/1036129616 📺 Subscribe for video versions: 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…

Topics covered

• manhunt
• true crime
• murder
• police
• fugitive
• 1980s

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