Murder of Lady Madge Johnson

For the first time in its history, Scotland Yard opens its secret files to bring you the true stories of some of its most celebrated cases. These are the reasons why the research for Whitehall 1212 is from Percy Hoskins, Chief Crime Reporter of the London Daily Express.

The stories for Radio are written and directed by Willis Cooper. Now this is the voice of the custodian of Scotland Yard's famous Black Museum, Chief Superintendent John Davidson. Good afternoon. This is a man's handkerchief.

I doubt you've ever seen a handkerchief so stained with blood. I don't believe I am. I just like to touch it. They should really wash these things, shouldn't they? If the young man who owned it had washed it, he wouldn't be where he is now.

No, I don't know exactly where he is, but I've been led to believe it's an unpleasant place. His body is buried, as Mr. Justice Coburn said, within the precincts of a prison in which he had been confined. That was Pentendell Prison, where a great many murderers are buried.

Now here is Chief Inspector Godfrey Allen Rouse, who had most to do with the case number H, 4-2-4-2-6. Yes, I've been on duty all night. No, I've had no adventures at all, except an interview with a sad fat man who accidentally set his bed on fire, and his landlady was annoyed with him.

I don't believe the poor man has smoked cigarettes in bed soon. I was shambling sleepily along a certain street in the West End thinking how nice it is to go to bed at the height of the pool for a fragrant morning when my arm was rudely seized.