About this episode

The episode recounts the unprecedented fingerprinting of every male in Blackburn following the murder of a young girl in 1948.

It was a daunting sounding task that had never before been attempted - the fingerprinting of every male in one of the largest towns in the UK. But back in May 1948, the murder of three year old June Anne Devaney had sickened even the most hardened detectives so much, that there wasn't an officer involved who wasn't prepared to give this his all. This time around, on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, I bring you the story of the Blackburn Fingerprint Hunt... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving a child, and including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Something Real – The Guest List White No Sugar - The Clint Boon Experience The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support   References - available upon request.   Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter…

People in this episode

Host: Always True Crime

Topics covered

• fingerprinting
• murder investigation
• true crime
• child victim
• historical crime

Keywords

• fingerprinting
• true crime
• June Anne Devaney
• Blackburn
• murder investigation
• 1948
• child crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Blackburn

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