42 Years Later: The Anthony Littler Murder Case

42 Years Later: The Anthony Littler Murder Case

From REDRUM true crime by redrumpodcast

July 16, 2026 · 23 min

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The episode explores the chilling murder of Anthony Littler and the decades-long investigation that followed.

On the 1st of May, 1984, 45 year old Anthony Littler stepped off the train at East Finchley Underground station after a night out with friends who shared his love of real ale. It should have been an ordinary walk home. Instead, minutes later, he lay dying on a dark footpath just meters from the station... attacked by two men lurking in the vegetation, armed with a rounders bat. What followed was a chillingly precise crime and an emergency call that made no sense. A young, "well spoken" caller rang for an ambulance and told the operator a man was hurt outside the station... then hung up. Police searched the area. They found nothing. By the time Anthony was discovered, it was too late. No robbery. No obvious motive. No forensic trail. Just a stranger murder that went cold for decades, buried under thousands of paper files, and a possible connection to another unsolved attack just two days earlier. Then, on the 29th anniversary of Anthony's death, a family secret finally cracked the case wide open... and a 2 minute gap in a decades-old timetable would become the key to it all. Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the…

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