Erger dan moord – Een tragisch geval van persoonsverwisseling dat Groot-Brittannië schokte en een tabloid-oorlog ontketende. Op een winterse avond in 1969 ontvoerden kidnappers, die het gemunt hadden op de vrouw van Rupert Murdoch, per ongeluk Muriel McKay; zij werd nooit meer teruggezien. Jane MacSorley onderzoekt deze schokkende misdaad, die de politie voor een raadsel stelde, een tabloid-oorlog veroorzaakte en – meer dan 50 jaar later – nog steeds onopgelost is. Intrige: ‘Adembenemend’, ‘meeslepend’, ‘verslavend’, ‘spannend’ – dramatische waargebeurde verhalen en onderzoeken die onthullen hoe de wereld echt in elkaar zit.
‘Jaw-dropping’, ‘gripping’, ‘bingeable,’ ‘thrilling’ – dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.
In April 2019, Dr Roberta Mazza receives an email from an academic in charge of Research at the Museum of the Bible which leads to the exposure of one of the most extraordinary breaches of trust in biblical scholarship. Through exclusive interviews, Ben Lewis reveals how the Museum of the Bible discovered that precious gospel fragments they had purchased for hundreds of thousands of dollars may have been stolen from a collection at Oxford University.
The episode follows the museum’s quest to verify their collection’s legitimacy, leading to a devastating discovery that a renowned Oxford professor had allegedly been selling artefacts that weren’t his to sell. From papyrologist Roberta Mazza’s early suspicions to the museum’s internal investigation, Ben pieces together how an elite scholar’s apparent betrayal came to light.
As evidence mounts, the story builds to a dramatic doorstep confrontation, where Ben attempts to get answers from the professor at the centre of the scandal – raising profound questions about the intersection of academia, wealth, and the ownership of sacred texts.
Presented by Ben Lewis
Produced by Clem Hitchcock
Executive producers: Philip Abrams and Jago Lee
Story editor: Andrew Dickson
Sound design by Richard Courtice
Original music by Max de Wardener
Additional sound effects courtesy of Freesound
A TellTale production for BBC Radio 4
