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• The Dundry Hill Murder: The Wedmore Brothers and the Death of Sarah Waterman, 1861

  The Dundry Hill Murder: The Wedmore Brothers and the Death of Sarah Waterman, 1861News of the Times | Episode 569 | 1861In the winter of 1861, a savage crime shocked the quiet hills near Bristol.George and Sarah Waterman, an elderly couple known for their quiet life and kindness, were attacked in their own cottage — ambushed by two masked men. The intruders came armed, posing as a local policeman to gain entry, and what followed was a scene of unimaginable brutality.Sarah Waterman was left with her skull nearly shattered. George, bloodied and barely alive, was tied to a bacon rack and left to die.The twist? The attackers were not strangers. They were family.This is the chilling case of the Wedmore brothers — Charles and Matthew — whose descent into greed and violence ended with a double hanging that drew thousands to the prison yard at Taunton.It’s a tale of rural isolation, broken kinship, and justice that came only after one of the most appalling home invasions of the Victorian age.🕯️ And in tonight’s Further Particulars…A devil in white. Rubber trousers. A glowing turnip. And a cry of “chick, chick.”In 1867 Broughty Ferry, terror had a new name — Spring Legs. Part ghost, part gymnast, and part candle-powered performance artist, he leapt through gardens, haunted windows… and met his match in a well-aimed flowerpot.Some say he was possessed. Others say he was just… Scottish.😉👤 Narrated by Robin Coles  📅 New episodes: Monday, Wednesday & Friday  📚 Related cases from the archive:  1868: The Body in the Cupboard: A Mystery That Baffled Victorian London |  EP528 https://youtu.be/9SGIxyna1q81865: Bayonet Madness in Batley: A Victorian Double Murder |  EP562 https://youtu.be/A08XNdHDzso❤️ Support Independent History  If you enjoy our ad-free, archive-based storytelling, help us keep the lantern lit:  👉 **Patreon** – Full archive, early access, bonus compilations (and it keeps us independent):  https://www.patreon.com/NewsOfTheTimesHistoricalCrime  ☕ Prefer a one-off thank-you? We LOVE a posh coffee indulgence! We tip our top hats:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd🕯 About the Channel  We’re an independent team of historical researchers and narrators specialising in 18th to early 20th century British true crime. Each episode is based enti Hear about our ad-free archive on Patreon – 650+ episodes and counting! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrime Fancy a chuckle between corpses? Discover our first lovingly illustrated volume of wildly unreliable memoirs. Grab it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b406f6f11e Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access and exclusive bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrimeSupport the showThanks for listening! You can also connect with us onOur YouTube Channel: | https://www.youtube.com/@newsofthetimesOur Facebook Page: | https://www.facebook.com/News-of-the-Times-101108282697405Have a question or comment? Get in touch with us at [email protected] If you would like to donate, we love coffee! Warmly appreciated :-) | https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd

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• The Scampston Murder | The Riverbank Crime That Shocked Edwardian England (1903)

  The Scampston Murder | The Riverbank Crime That Shocked Edwardian England (1903) News of the Times | Episode 568 | 1903A quiet Yorkshire village. A missing maid. A borrowed revolver.When 16-year-old Annie Marshall failed to return after Sunday evensong in 1903, no one expected the tragedy that followed. Two days later, her body was found in the reeds of the River Derwent — shot twice, violated, and with her mouth stuffed full of grass.The prime suspect? A jealous young farmhand with a secret, a pistol, and far too much to hide.In this episode of News of the Times, we explore the haunting real-life story of the Scampston Murder — a case that gripped Edwardian England with its blend of rural innocence, jealousy, and unspeakable violence. From mysterious gunshots in the night to a chilling confession and a gallows sentence, this is a tale that echoes with injustice and grief.📜 Featuring period newspaper accounts, courtroom drama, and the eerie details that captivated a nation.🕯️ Plus: In today’s Further Particulars — a macabre ghost story involving two murderers, a corpse, and what might be Death himself on a wooden bridge. It’s crime. It’s karma. It’s Victorian fog at full blast.👤 Narrated by Robin Coles  📅 New episodes: Monday, Wednesday & Friday  🎞️ Long-form historical crime compilations: Final Sunday of every month  📚 Related cases from the archive:  1903: Marston Moor Murders |  EP403 https://youtu.be/GmxBwDEUz1M1896 & 1903: The Infamous Starr Murders |  EP406 https://youtu.be/LqmZzLivZUU1903 - 1919: Favourite British Edwardian Murder Tales |  EP441https://youtu.be/5fL2iyy1RSY1903: Who Killed Mr Swann? |  EP450 https://youtu.be/6WI4PhQrE6o ❤️ Support Independent History  If you enjoy our ad-free, archive-based storytelling, help us keep the lantern lit:  👉 **Patreon** – Full archive, early access, bonus compilations (and it keeps us independent):  https://www.patreon.com/NewsOfTheTimesHistoricalCrime  ☕ Prefer a one-off thank-you? We LOVE a posh coffee indulgence! We tip our top hats:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd🕯 About the Channel  We’re an independent team of historical researchers and narrators specialising in 18th to early 20th century Hear about our ad-free archive on Patreon – 650+ episodes and counting! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrime Fancy a chuckle between corpses? Discover our first lovingly illustrated volume of wildly unreliable memoirs. Grab it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b406f6f11e Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access and exclusive bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrimeSupport the showThanks for listening! You can also connect with us onOur YouTube Channel: | https://www.youtube.com/@newsofthetimesOur Facebook Page: | https://www.facebook.com/News-of-the-Times-101108282697405Have a question or comment? Get in touch with us at [email protected] If you would like to donate, we love coffee! Warmly appreciated :-) | https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd

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• The Honeymoon Poisoning: The Chilling Case of Catherine Foster

  The Honeymoon Poisoning: The Chilling Case of Catherine FosterNews of the Times | Episode 566 | 1846It began as a village wedding in the golden lanes of Suffolk.Three weeks later, the bride was on trial for her husband’s murder.In 1846, Catherine Foster—just 17 years old and newly married—served her childhood sweetheart a dumpling for supper. By dawn, he was dead. What followed became one of the most sensational arsenic poisoning cases in Victorian England, ending with Catherine’s public execution in Bury St Edmunds.🔍 Was it calculated murder, or a tragic case of a girl trapped by circumstance, confusion, and a pot of flour?Featuring original period newspaper accounts, courtroom testimony, and the haunting final confession Catherine left behind, this episode takes you deep into the heart of Victorian justice—and a tale that shocked the nation.In today’s Further Particulars: A Victorian terrier, a suspicious hedge, and a case of canine clairvoyance that may have saved a man’s life.Bristol newspapers assert categorically that the story is factual...👤 Narrated by Robin Coles  📅 New episodes: Monday, Wednesday & Friday   📚 Related cases from the archive:  1844: Murder at Blaw Wearie |  EP498 https://youtu.be/gB7JHFzLYzY1841: Horfield murder  |  EP523 https://youtu.be/3iGILrw2yos1842: Before the Acid Bath Killer: Death in a Victorian Workhouse |  EP538 https://youtu.be/uhofUf94SqA1836 & 1843: The Trouble with Harriet |  EP398 https://youtu.be/BrZh10eMQ0s❤️ Support Independent History  If you enjoy our ad-free, archive-based storytelling, help us keep the lantern lit:  👉 **Patreon** – Full archive, early access, bonus compilations (and it keeps us independent):  https://www.patreon.com/NewsOfTheTimesHistoricalCrime  ☕ Prefer a one-off thank-you? We LOVE a posh coffee indulgence! We tip our top hats:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd🕯 About the Channel  We’re an independent team of historical researchers and narrators specialising in 18th to early 20th century British true crime. Each episode is based entirely on archival material — from coroners’ inquests to forgotten newspaper columns.  If you like your true crime thoughtful, atmospheric, Hear about our ad-free archive on Patreon – 650+ episodes and counting! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrime Fancy a chuckle between corpses? Discover our first lovingly illustrated volume of wildly unreliable memoirs. Grab it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b406f6f11e Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access and exclusive bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrimeSupport the showThanks for listening! You can also connect with us onOur YouTube Channel: | https://www.youtube.com/@newsofthetimesOur Facebook Page: | https://www.facebook.com/News-of-the-Times-101108282697405Have a question or comment? Get in touch with us at [email protected] If you would like to donate, we love coffee! Warmly appreciated :-) | https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd

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• The Limehouse Mystery — The 1867 Case That Divided Victorian London

  The Limehouse Mystery — The 1867 Case That Divided Victorian London News of the Times | Episode 565 | 1867 A young woman found dead.A slashed throat.And a chilling claim from her lover — that she did it to herself.But the neighbours heard something different: a scream in the night, the unmistakable cry of murder.By the time the police arrived, her body was already cold… and the timeline didn’t match his story.In this gripping case from Limehouse, 1867, we revisit the murder trial of a lighterman accused of killing his sweetheart in a cramped East End bedroom. With blood on the walls and suspicious wounds of his own, the suspect insisted it was suicide — but the evidence pointed elsewhere.🔎 Was it murder, self-inflicted tragedy… or a calculated cover-up involving the entire household?Join us as we unpick the contradictions, follow the inquest testimony, and explore a case that shocked Victorian London to its core — complete with ghostly rumours, courtroom theatrics, and one very unsettling post-mortem.👤 Narrated by Robin Coles  📅 New episodes: Monday, Wednesday & Friday  🎞️ Long-form historical crime compilations: Final Sunday of every month  📚 Related cases from the archive:  1876: The Butler, the Gun, and the Judge: A Shocking Welsh Murder in 1876 |  EP526 https://youtu.be/Wx1uLMVe8Sk 1874: The Baffling Case of Margaret Ball - Found Hanging — But Did He Kill Her?  |  EP527 https://youtu.be/qFitIfeXqDI 1872: Pushed to Her Death:  Murder on London Bridge |  EP529 https://youtu.be/KT94zNl440g ❤️ Support Independent History  If you enjoy our ad-free, archive-based storytelling, help us keep the lantern lit:  👉 **Patreon** – Full archive, early access, bonus compilations (and it keeps us independent):  https://www.patreon.com/NewsOfTheTimesHistoricalCrime  ☕ Prefer a one-off thank-you? We LOVE a posh coffee indulgence! We tip our top hats:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd🕯 About the Channel  We’re an independent team of historical researchers and narrators specialising in 18th to early 20th century British true crime. Each episode is based entirely on archival material — from coroners’ inquests to forgotten newspaper columns.  If you like your true crime thoughtful, atmospheric, and Hear about our ad-free archive on Patreon – 650+ episodes and counting! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrime Fancy a chuckle between corpses? Discover our first lovingly illustrated volume of wildly unreliable memoirs. Grab it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b406f6f11e Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access and exclusive bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrimeSupport the showThanks for listening! You can also connect with us onOur YouTube Channel: | https://www.youtube.com/@newsofthetimesOur Facebook Page: | https://www.facebook.com/News-of-the-Times-101108282697405Have a question or comment? Get in touch with us at [email protected] If you would like to donate, we love coffee! Warmly appreciated :-) | https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd

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• The Malthouse Murder | Wolverton’s Burning Secret (1867)

  The Malthouse Murder | Wolverton’s Burning Secret (1867)News of the Times | Episode 564 |1867 Welcome to News of the Times — where true crime meets smoke, suspicion, and a suspiciously well-stacked pile of coal.In the early dawn of 1867, the villagers of Wolverton awoke to smoke curling from the local malthouse — but the scent wasn’t malted barley. Beneath the flames, they uncovered a charred horror: the half-burned body of Martha Britten, her wedding ring glinting defiantly through the soot. Her husband, George, stood nearby, insisting it wasn’t her. Even as the evidence said otherwise.This is a tale of domestic darkness, blunt instruments, and a man who blamed the Devil — quite literally — for everything. From jealous rage to clumsy cover-up, The Malthouse Murder unfolds like a Victorian penny dreadful with a particularly grim punchline.👤 Narrated by Robin Coles  📅 New episodes: Monday, Wednesday & Friday  📚 Related cases from the archive:  1867: Bridget Durgan: The Maid, The Murder, and the Smile That Haunted 1867 |  EP515 https://youtu.be/-Y557qWfRzQ1868: The Body in the Cupboard: A Mystery That Baffled Victorian London |  EP528 https://youtu.be/9SGIxyna1q81866: The Murder That Stunned Victorian London — The Shocking Case of Mrs. Millson (1866) |  EP537 https://youtu.be/jYBX_tfxyoc1869: Arsenic, Bonnets and Betrayal: The 1869 Dudley Poisoning of Joseph Oliver |  EP559 https://youtu.be/Igt7pytWWxU❤️ Support Independent History  If you enjoy our ad-free, archive-based storytelling, help us keep the lantern lit:  👉 **Patreon** – Full archive, early access, bonus compilations (and it keeps us independent):  https://www.patreon.com/NewsOfTheTimesHistoricalCrime  ☕ Prefer a one-off thank-you? We LOVE a posh coffee indulgence! We tip our top hats:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd🕯 About the Channel  We’re an independent team of historical researchers and narrators specialising in 18th to early 20th century British true crime. Each episode is based entirely on archival material — from coroners’ inquests to forgotten newspaper columns.  If you like your true crime thoughtful, atmospheric, and rooted in real records — welcome to the vault.  🎩 — RC & Tea Hear about our ad-free archive on Patreon – 650+ episodes and counting! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrime Fancy a chuckle between corpses? Discover our first lovingly illustrated volume of wildly unreliable memoirs. Grab it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b406f6f11e Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access and exclusive bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/NewsoftheTimesHistoricalCrimeSupport the showThanks for listening! You can also connect with us onOur YouTube Channel: | https://www.youtube.com/@newsofthetimesOur Facebook Page: | https://www.facebook.com/News-of-the-Times-101108282697405Have a question or comment? Get in touch with us at [email protected] If you would like to donate, we love coffee! Warmly appreciated :-) | https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsofthetd

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