FROM THE VAULT - The Murder of Rachel Nickell #285

About this episode

This episode revisits the murder of Rachel Nickell, highlighting the police failures and the impact of recent media portrayals of the case.

Netflix's new drama 'The Witness' and documentary 'The Murder of Rachel Nickell' have brought Rachel Nickell's case back into public attention. For the true story behind the murder that rocked the UK, we've resurfaced our episode from February 2023. -- Rachel Nickell’s brutalised body was found on Wimbledon Common with her two-year-old son Alex wiping her bloodied face and begging her to 'wake up'. The nature of the broad daylight attack and the horrific injuries put enormous pressure on the Met to get the case solved and fast. However, none of that justifies the shoddy police work, cut corners, and tunnel vision that allowed serial rapist Robert Napper to go unchecked for years. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram

People in this episode

Host: RedHanded

Topics covered

• murder case
• true crime
• police investigation
• serial rapist
• UK crime
• Rachel Nickell

Keywords

• Rachel Nickell
• Robert Napper
• Wimbledon Common
• true crime
• murder investigation
• Netflix
• The Witness
• police work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Books & works: The Witness, The Murder of Rachel Nickell

Places: Wimbledon Common

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