In the early hours of August 1933, Charles Fox was murdered during a violent break-in at his West Bromwich home. The crime triggered a large-scale police investigation that uncovered a trail of forensic evidence linking the attack to 21-year-old Stanley Eric Hobday. As the manhunt intensified, Hobday’s movements led officers across the country. This episode explores a shocking crime, its swift resolution, and the public reaction that followed.

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Sources:

Ancestry
National Archives
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Saturday 12 December 1931
Daily Herald - Tuesday 29 August 1933
Leeds Mercury - Friday 01 September 1933
Daily Herald - Friday 08 September 1933
Daily Herald - Wednesday 27 September 1933
Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 28 December 1933
Black Country Bugle 1 April 1999

Music:
"Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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