Ep 25 - Saturday Night Strangler - Joseph Kappen

“For years, the streets of Port Talbot whispered of a killer who vanished with the dawn.”

In the early 1970s, three young women were murdered after nights out in South Wales — attacks that left a community fearful and police without answers. Decades later, new questions would emerge about what truly happened on those Saturday nights… and the man who escaped justice for so long.

This week, the Archive returns to South Wales, where three Saturday nights cast a shadow that lingered for decades.

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SOURCES

The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003) The hunt for the Saturday Night Strangler https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/18/wales.kevintoolis

The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003) DNA profile points to killer https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/18/weekend.kevintoolis

The Independent (7 June 2002) DNA evidence ends 30-year hunt for killer and rapist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/dna-evidence-ends-30year-hunt-for-killer-and-rapist-179326.html

BBC News (2 November 2000) DNA breakthrough in murder case http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1002648.stm

BBC News (29 October 2001) Woodland murders ‘breakthrough’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1626078.stm

BBC News (11 June 2002) Missing girl ‘link’ to murders http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2038433.stm

Wikipedia – Joseph William Kappen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kappen (Used as a tertiary reference only; facts verified against primary reporting.)