EP 181 - Jerome Caminada, The Sherlock Holmes of Manchester

Ep 181 is loose! And this week we are telling the story of famed policeman Jerome Caminada who fought crime with style and flair.

What drove Caminada to clean up the streets of Manchester? How did he come up with his disguises? And it stealing sheet music the greatest poison of them all?

The secret ingredient is...a hansom cab!

Sources this week include The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Story of Jermone Caminada by Angela Buckley, The Evening Telegraph, The Manchester Evening News, Criminal Historian, Medium.

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