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Prashs Murder Map is a true crime podcast created and hosted by British true crime author Prash Ganendran. Each episode explores real murder cases from history and around the world through original, in-depth research that uncovers overlooked facts and forgotten details. Told objectively and without sensationalism, the series places every case in its true historical and social context, offering thoughtful, evidence-based storytelling. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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90 | Murder in Birkenhead: Lock Ah Tam and the Chinatown Tragedy
Thursday, 26 February, 2026
After a birthday celebration in Birkenhead in 1925, the Tam family’s life of respectability and success suddenly unravelled in a violent tragedy. This episode explores the life of Lock Ah Tam, his role as a respected figure in Liverpool’s Chinese community, and the fateful events that led to one of the most shocking family murders of the era, set against the backdrop of Liverpool’s Chinatown and surrounded by the eerie coincidences that haunted the case long afterwards.📘 Learn more about my latest bookWartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hultenhttps://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wartime-Londons-Bonnie-and-Clyde-The-Crime-Spree-of-Betty-Jones-and-Karl-Hulten-Hardback/p/57334Subscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com📺 Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap💡 Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap🙏 Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:"Long Note Three", "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry.co.ukNational Library of WalesLiverpool Echo – Wednesday 02 December 1925Lancashire Evening Post – Wednesday 02 December 1925Evening Express – Thursday 03 December 1925Northampton Chronicle and Echo – Friday 22 January 1926Liverpool Evening Express – Wednesday 27 January 1926Liverpool Echo – Friday 05 February 1926Westminster Gazette – Saturday 06 February 1926Leeds Mercury – Saturday 06 February 1926Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 Shields Daily Gazette - Wednesday 13 August 1924 Daily Express – Monday 08 February 1926 (duplicate entry)Widnes & Runcorn Chronicle – Saturday 27 March 1926Sunday Sun – Sunday 28 March 1926 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 10 December 1925 Witness History – “The Scandal of Liverpool’s Missing Chinese Sailors”, 2020LiverpoolEcho.co.uk – January 2022 Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 11 February 1926 Daily Express - Wednesday 24 March 1926 Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer Sat, Nov 25 The Curious Disappearance of Mr Foo (Podcast), 2023Murder Casebook 86 Friends of Flaybrick Memorial Gardens https://flaybrick.org/catherine-cecelia-and-doris-tam-1926/ Seal, L. & Neale, A., (2019) “Race, Racialisation and ‘Colonial Common Sense’ in Capital Cases of Men of Colour in England and Wales, 1919–1957”, Open Library of Humanities 5(1), 64. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.471
