Joan Mary Woodhouse

Unsolved Murders

Age: 27

Sex: female

Date: 31 Jul 1948

Place: Arundel Castle, Sussex

Joan Mary Woodhouse was found dead in the grounds of Arundel Castle, Sussex on Tuesday 10 August 1948.

She had been raped and strangled. Her scantily clad body was found near Swanbourne Lake in Arundel Park by a man who was later considered a suspect but who was never tried.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see find.galegroup.com

see "Arundel Murder Charge." Times [London, England] 23 Sept. 1950: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.

see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 14 Mar. 1956: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.

see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 9 Apr. 1956: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.

see Glasgow Herald

see True Crime Library

see Sussex History Forum

see Dailymail

see National Archives - MEPO 3/3022, HO 45/25665

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 12 August 1948

see Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 18 August 1948

see Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 20 August 1948

see Manchester Evening News - Monday 23 August 1948

see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Friday 20 August 1948

see Western Mail - Wednesday 14 March 1956

see Western Mail - Saturday 13 January 1951

see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 17 August 1948

see Bognor Regis Observer - Friday 27 April 1956

see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 13 March 1956

see Unsolved 1948