Murder at bedtime with Lyndon

On the 15th November 1884,68 year old miss Emma Keyes,was found horribly murdered,in her cottage,in the beautiful bay of Babbacombe in Devon ,England this is the extaordinary story of that crime https://www.devonperspectives.co.uk https://www.lestheredblog.com https://www.babbacombelhs.org.co https://www.devonlive https://ianwaugh.com and the brilliant book , victorian murders by Jan Bondeson and...

happy new year everybody,tonight i have a story to tell you that was suggested to me by the fabulous BETH of true crime bnb podcast,alll the way from Atlanta in Georgia please give her a listen its a truly great podcast, Beth suggested The Llangibby massacre of the watkins family in july 1878 in Llangibby in south Wales i hope you enjoy it , did he do it let me know on my facebook or instagram or...

Join me as i take you too leicestershire in 1856,to look at the terrible,brutal double murder of a man and his grandson , at the toll gate on the road to grantham ,and the tale of the man accused of the crime ,William Brown aka Peppermint Billy, thanks to The true story of Peppermint Billy by John Mcquaid Foul Deeds and suspicious deathsaround Leicester by Kevin Turton https://www.leicestermercury...

on the morning of the 1st of june ,William Harsent set off as he did every sunday ,to deliver fresh laundry to his daughter Rose who worked as a housekeeper at a large house in the middle of the little village of Peasenhall in Suffolk England what he would find there ,would horrify him,and shock the village , when the choirmaster of their local chapel a married man with 6 children ,was arrested fo...

Today we visit the mysterious murder of Caroline Luard in August 1908,in the idyllic village of Ightham in Kent,please let me know if you think the husband did it, either on my Instagram messenger, or the Facebook page thank you to ... https://kentonline.co.uk https://spartacus-educational.com/CRIMEluard.htm https://www.whitehavennews-.co.uk/news/17158046.unravelling-mystery-of-a-murder-still-unso...

The baffling murder case in Liverpool in 1931,of julia Wallace the wife of 52 year old insurance salesman ,William Herbert Wallace ! Thank you to Denise from Liverpool ,where the crime took place ,for recommending this case to me,it really did have me hooked right from the start thank you to..... https://www.williamherbertwallace.-com https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpools-...

who killed 16 year old Jane Clouson ?The police knew who had done it,the public thought they knew who had done it ! all the evidence seemed to point to one man .....but did he do it? join me as we take a trip to eltham a borough of london in 1871, to find out !!!! firstly a big help in bringing out this story to the book on the crime "pretty Jane and the viper of kidbrooke lane" by Paul Thomas Mur...

Let me take you to Derby in England in 1861,where recently widowed , Richard Thorley,has become obsessed with a pretty, young irish lady called Eliza Morrow,unfortunately Eliza doesnt feel the same way about Richard,and lets him know, leading to a downward spiral in Richard, leading to anger ,jelousy and finally murder a big thank you to Martin Baggoley for the story in his book Derbyshire murders...

Mary Bateman was a self styled wise woman, a clever, cunning,confidence trickster, with absolutely no concience !she could be a serial killer , but she only stood trial for one murder ,and that was the poisoning of mrs Rebecca Perigo,a lady she was supposedly helping to lift a curse,join me as we tell her story of her crime ,her capture,and her execution https://www.yorkmuseumtrust.org.uk https://...

The 1934 murder of 44 year old lorry driver Arthur Major ,by his wife Ethel,in the little village of Kirkby upon Bain in Lincolnshire, England thank you to ..... https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk https://murderpedia.org http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org https://ourcriminalancestors.org https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk https://crimescribe.com thankyou to jonathan Segev for kindly allowing me to...

The 1726 murder of John Hayes, by his lodgers Thomas Billing and Thomas Wood, all planned by his wife Catherine,Billing was allegedly her lover ,but was also her son by a former partner,and Wood was a long time friend of John Hayes from when they lived in woucestershire ,John had generously taken him in ,and he repaid him by firstly becoming his wife's lover , and then murdering him ! but why? and...

The 1864 murder of Annie Leeson, by her lovesick admirer William Stevens,a man wh could not control his obsession,jealousy,and anger ,he finally decided if he couldnt have pretty 17 year old Annie then nobody would! thank you to the buckingham gaol and museum website buckinghamshire live .com the books Buckinghamshire murder and crime by Scott Houghton and Buckinghamshire mystery and murder by Dav...

The 1833 murder in Wantage now in oxfordshire England,at the White Hart Inn on newbury street, where he decapitated body was found by her 12 year old stepson,when he went down for breakfast the suspicion immediately fell on 18 year old bean reaper George King !! but why did George kill decide to kill Ann? join me in this weeks episode to find out thank you to https://www.darkoxfordshire.co.uk http...

On the night of friday the 8th december 1893 ,2 young brothers james and henry froome,could get no answer,at the farmhouse they spent the night at when they worked there ,they knew the sole occupant,the housekeeper, 30 year old Kate Dungey should be there,when at 9.30pm she had still not appeared, they went home and alerted their father John Froome,he and the farm manager George Dawson made a shoc...

Today i tell the tales of 2 danish lady child killers ,Ana Andersdotter,and Dagmar Overbye its the first time i have gone beyond these shores for an episode,but i came across these 2 and they really interested me so im hoping you will find them interesting too tonights episode includes a shout out to a favourite podcast of mine GHOST TALES BY THE FIRESIDE hosted by Clem Dalloway https://podcasters...

A special episode ,with my daughter Kita ,about the chocolate cream poisoner,Christina Edmunds,who in 1871,in Brighton,England,decided to poison the man she loved,s wife,which she failed to do , but then decided to try to poison the rest of Brighton and blame a local sweet shop owner to make her love believe it wasnt her ,confused??? yes so was i,hopefully we will all be less confused after this e...

The 1899 murder of her son Manfred , by his mother Louise Masset, at London Bridge railway station ,why did she do it? their seems no reason ,and as she explained in court could it have been a mysterious mrs browning ? thank you too http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org http://www.murderpedia.org http://www.britishexecutions.co.uk The book ; The Trial of Louise Masset edited by Kate Clarke, notable b...

Norman Thorne murdered his fiance Elsie Cameron at his chicken farm in Crowborough,Sussex on December 5th 1924 or did he? This is my longest murder at bedtime yet,as the story really absorbed me ,and i hope it does you too!! A massive help in writing this episode was the great short story by the famous author Minette Walters about the case called "CHICKENFEED" which i thoroughly enjoyed https://mi...

In April 1742 Mary Blandy was hanged outside oxford castle for the murder of her father Francis Blandy ,she said she thought she was mixing a harmless love potion into his food and drink ,but the jury had disagreed ,and she went to her fate bravely,but was she just a naive young lady duped by her lover? thank you to.... https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org https://www.berkshirehistory.com https://w...

The 1979 murder of Teresa Elena Di Simone in her car outside The Tom Tackle pub in Southampton England a man called Sean Hodgson served 27 years in prison before dna cleared him of the crime ,so who did murder Teresa? thank you to these sources Orrible British True Crime by Ben Oakley www.theguardian.com www.southerndailyecho.co.uk www.absolutecrime.com forejustice.org reallifevillains.miraheze.or...

The story of Louisa May Merrifield who in 1953 murdered her employer Sarah Ann Ricketts with Rodine rat poison,but her husband Alfred was cleared thank you to theses sources and others in researching this story www.lancslive www.capitalpunishmentuk.org www.murderuk.com www.britishexecutions.co.uk www.jarossi.com www.executedtoday.com www,manchestereveningnews.co.uk hanged at manchester by steven f...

The story of Margaret Walber who in may 1893 chained her husband John into the attic of their house on Gildart street in Liverpool and then 4 months later beat him to death in that attic many thanks to Alan Hayhurst the Author of the brilliant more murders in Lancashire without finding this book i wouldnt have half the details also www.capitalpunishmentuk.org www.britishexecutions.co.uk www.oldmer...

The 1948 murder of 68 yr old Nancy Ellen Chadwick by Margaret "Bill" Allen maybe Britains first Transgender murderer and certainly Rawtenstall in Lancashires first murderer!! but did "Bill" deserve to hang for it? its a very sad case but decide for yourself thank you to Lancs live,The lancs times, The Bacup times, Murderpedia,executed today and the invaluable book "TheTragic and Transgendered worl...

The 2007 murder in Bridlington Yorkshire of 57 year old retired lecturer Susan Grundy by 31 year old Stephen Grundy,while she walked home from celebrating the sale of her house,at the Prior John pub in the town !

The story of Dr Edward Pritchard who would on the 28th july 1865 become the last person to be publicly hanged in scotland for the murders by poisoning of his wife and mother in law as always i would like to thank Johnathan Segev for the continued use of Cursed Lullaby as my intro