WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM?

In April of 1943, four young boys were searching for bird nests in a place called Hagley Woods near Stourbridge. This was a town in the area of the West Midlands, UK. Legally, they were not supposed to be there, but they snuck into the area and went exploring.
Eventually, they came across a large Wych elm. One of the boys decided to climb the tree and see if it contained any nests. At that moment he found a skull nestled in the tree. When someone wrote “Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?” around the area, the graffiti gave birth to a crime mystery that has endured nearly 80 years.

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