<p>On a cold February day in 1988, Julie Ward sets off on the journey&nbsp;of a lifetime from England, through Africa. She establishes a new life in the bustling capital of Kenya but mysteriously disappears while on safari - leaving her plane ticket back to England untouched on a table in her Nairobi home. When her father John flies to Kenya to track her down, he finds a gruesome crime scene in the Masai Mara that throws up more questions than it answers.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Archive in this episode: NPR, ITN via Getty, The Telegraph</p><br><p>Follow Murder in the Masai Mara: <a href="https://linktr.ee/TelegraphInvestigates" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/TelegraphInvestigates</a></p><br><p>Get in touch: <a href="mailto:juliewardcase@telegraph.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">juliewardcase@telegraph.co.uk</a></p><br><p>Watch the accompanying film to this series: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/kenyas-secret-deal-silence-father-murdered-julie-ward/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/kenyas-secret-deal-silence-father-murdered-julie-ward/</a></p><br><p>How to access bonus content on Apple Podcasts with your Telegraph subscription: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/telegraph-subscription-bonus-content-apple-podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/telegraph-subscription-bonus-content-apple-podcasts/</a></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. </strong>Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning.<a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/65719504ffda880012bd81a4/shows/6580123a3c61a30018545a14/episodes/telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

Murder in the Masai Mara | Episode 1, SOS

NOV 28, 202540 MIN
Bed of Lies

Murder in the Masai Mara | Episode 1, SOS

NOV 28, 202540 MIN

Description

<p>On a cold February day in 1988, Julie Ward sets off on the journey&nbsp;of a lifetime from England, through Africa. She establishes a new life in the bustling capital of Kenya but mysteriously disappears while on safari - leaving her plane ticket back to England untouched on a table in her Nairobi home. When her father John flies to Kenya to track her down, he finds a gruesome crime scene in the Masai Mara that throws up more questions than it answers.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Archive in this episode: NPR, ITN via Getty, The Telegraph</p><br><p>Follow Murder in the Masai Mara: <a href="https://linktr.ee/TelegraphInvestigates" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/TelegraphInvestigates</a></p><br><p>Get in touch: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p>Watch the accompanying film to this series: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/kenyas-secret-deal-silence-father-murdered-julie-ward/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/kenyas-secret-deal-silence-father-murdered-julie-ward/</a></p><br><p>How to access bonus content on Apple Podcasts with your Telegraph subscription: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/telegraph-subscription-bonus-content-apple-podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/telegraph-subscription-bonus-content-apple-podcasts/</a></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. </strong>Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning.<a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/65719504ffda880012bd81a4/shows/6580123a3c61a30018545a14/episodes/telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>