Murder of Peter Amory

Whitehall 1212. For the first time in history, Scotland Yard opens its official files to bring you the authentic stories of some of its most celebrated cases.

These are the true stories. Research on Whitehall 1212 is prepared by Percy Hoskins, Chief Crime Reporter for the London Daily Express. The stories for radio are written and directed by Willis Cooper. This is the story of Scotland Yard File number 140MR519.

here to brief you is Chief Superintendent John Davidson. Good afternoon. This is the famous black museum of Scotland Yard. These two rooms are the lower ground floor of the main building, of a repository of, shall I say, mementos of some of our most famous cases, both solved and unsolved.

We keep here as exemplars of the practical art of murder and other crimes, the great many weapons, are not inconsiderable stock of disguises. A large number of miscellaneous objects, more or less, are directly concerned with the Commission of Specific Crimes, death-moth of a few notable criminals such as the late Heinrich Himmler, a great many bullets, some of them with a stain of depth still desirable, and more than a few

genuinely gruesome objects. Pause of human skeletons, things in alcohol-filled glass jars. Every object in here has an unhappiest association. And most of them have aided us in solving other puzzling crimes. For the criminal mind is curiously imitated. Now this case number one four oh MR 519 happened 30 years ago. You may have heard about it. It created a

great sensation in the United States. Now here is the one item that remains a night. It was once very sharp but the blood has rusted the blade. Oh good afternoon David. Good afternoon, sir. Now, this is the man who knows more about Case 140 MR 519 than anyone else up here.