Ghosts in the Fog

Episode Summary In September 1922, the bodies of Episcopal minister Edward Hall and choir singer Eleanor Mills were discovered beneath a crabapple tree outside New Brunswick, New Jersey. Both victims were married to other people, and the torn love letters scattered between them exposed a secret affair—and a seemingly obvious motive for murder. What followed was a deeply compromised investigation,...

In this episode, we deconstruct the investigation and trial of George Joseph Smith, one of the most calculated serial killers in British history. We explore how Detective Inspector Arthur Neil and renowned pathologist Dr. Bernard Spilsbury solved the riddle of the "silent death"—three women found drowned in bathtubs with no signs of a struggle. From the dangerous diving experiments used to prove t...