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Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.
A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible but genuinely entertaining for everyone.
His published books include:
• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).
• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).
• The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021
• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)
www.entrepotpublishing.com
Rearview Mirror Chronicles
The Lord Lucan File: Blood, Shadows, and Silence
On a cold November night in 1974, blood was spilled in a Belgravia basement. Sandra Rivett, the nanny, was bludgeoned to death. The intended target, perhaps, was someone else. The killer vanished. So did Lord Lucan.
An aristocrat with a gambler’s charm and a predator’s instinct, Lucan stepped into the shadows and was never seen again. Did he die by his own hand? Or did the old world—the one of clubs, titles, and whispered loyalty—close ranks to protect its own?
For nearly fifty years, the mystery has festered. There were sightings in Africa, murmurs in South America, half-glimpses in the darkest corners of privilege and exile. But no answers. Only silence. Only theories. Only a ghost wearing a peerage.
In this episode, we descend into one of Britain’s most chilling unsolved cases—where blood, class, and conspiracy intertwine… and the question still echoes:
What happened to Lord Lucan?
And more importantly—who made sure we’d never know?
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