John Straffen (English Wikipedia)

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"Straffen, John Thomas: At Winchester on 24 July 1952 Convicted of Murder; Sentenced to Death". The National Archives (United Kingdom). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
"Unsolved Murder of Christine Vivian Butcher (7 Years) at Windsor, Berkshire, on 8 July 1951". The National Archives (United Kingdom). Retrieved 24 October 2024.
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"Cicely was 'Garrotted,' Say Police". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 30 August 1951. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
Reynolds, Ruth (28 September 1952). "Murder at First Sight: Lives of Three Little Children Snuffed Out by Insane Strangler". New York Daily News. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Funeral of Linda Bowyer: Hundreds of Mourners". Hull Daily Mail. 3 May 1952. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Killer Escapes Gallows, Hood Hides Justices". New York Daily News. 31 August 1952. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
"MP Satisfied on Straffen Move: Escape Impossible". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 1960. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

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"Broadmoor Child Killer's Last Hope Vanishes". The News. Australian Associated Press. 27 August 1952. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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"Britain's Longest-Serving Prisoner Dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

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Hill, Phillip (2 October 2021). "Child Killer John Straffen's Double Murder Trial in Taunton". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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Linham, Laura (21 March 2018). "The Horrifying and True Story of Serial Killer John Thomas Straffen who Stalked Children in Bath". SomersetLive. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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"Britain's Longest-Serving Prisoner: Two Murders, an Escape and a Third Murder". WordPress.com. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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Booth, Jenny (27 May 2001). "Human Rights Bid to Free Child Killer After 49 Years". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

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Tulley 1994, p. 62 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, p. 57 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, pp. 56–57 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, p. 57 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, p. 58 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, p. 61 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.
Tulley 1994, p. 62 Tulley, Mark (1994). "The Escape of John Straffen". Killers (6). London, England: Nexus Media Limited: 53–66. ISSN 1352-5654.