98 | The Manhunt for Barry Prudom: The Phantom of the Forest Murders

Podcast: Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast · Prash Ganendran

Opublikowano: 2026-07-17

In June 1982, the murder of Police Constable David Haigh sparked the largest manhunt Britain had seen at that time. As fugitive Barry Prudom moved through the forests and villages of North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, he left more victims in his wake, including Sergeant David Winter. Hundreds of police officers, helicopters, armed units and a specialist wilderness tracker joined the search, which culminated in the ‘Siege of Malton’. But how did a reserved former electrician and family man become one of the country’s most dangerous fugitives, known as the Phantom of the Forest? Subscribe to my free n...