#126 - The Coal Hole Concealment (The Strand, London, England)

Today’s episode is about Maria Poulton, a humble cook in a notorious West End tavern called The Coal Hole. Branded as ‘pure evil’, her shocking crime scandalised this infamous den of depravity, only this tragic little murder wasn’t committed through rage or hatred, but mercy and love.Date: Friday 13th April 1832Location: The Cole Hole, 15 & 16 Fountain Court, off The Strand, WC2, UK, London, Victims: 1 (an unnamed child)Culprits: 1 (Marie Poulton, according to the law)Keywords: infanticide, child killing, tragedy, Blog -https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-126-the-coal-hole-concealment-maria-poultonMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSUPPORT THE PODCAST:Support us via PATREON.Buy Merch in THE SHOPFree Goodies HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.