luciferlaughs: On April 18, 1943, four boys came across a large Wych elm in Hagley, Worcestershire,
luciferlaughs: On April 18, 1943, four boys came across a large Wych elm in Hagley, Worcestershire, England. One of them began climbing the elm in search for some bird nests, and when he glanced down in the hallow trunk, he spotted a human skull with hair and teeth. The youngest of the boys reported his discovery and when police went to investigate, they found an almost complete skeleton hidden in the trunk of the tree, along with fragments of clothing, a shoe, and a gold wedding ring. They also exhumed a severed hand near the tree. The skeleton was medically examined and it was determined that it was a female who had been dead for at least 18 months. Taffeta had been found in her mouth, an indicator she had died from suffocation. The woman was never identified, since the murder had occurred in the midst of WWII. In 1944, a mysterious graffito message was sprayed onto an obelisk, reading ‘’Who put Bella in the witch elm?’’ -- source link