top of page
About the Recipe
Laura Eliza Mordaunt-Chapman was a wealthy widow living reclusively in Twickenham who was found brutally murdered in her home in July 1936, with evidence of 47 stab wounds, a staged scene and no clear sign of forced entry. Albert Hadfield, a confectioner who had a close but supposedly fractious relationship with her, was charged with her murder but acquitted, and the case remains unsolved.
Victim: Laura Eliza Mordaunt-Chapman, c. 60–61.
Perpetrator: Albert Hadfield, 68–69, charged but acquitted.
Incident details:
Wealthy, reclusive widow stabbed dozens of times and partially burned in her Twickenham home.
Outcome: Case remains unsolved after Hadfield’s acquittal.
Location/Date: Twickenham; July 1936.
bottom of page