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Mar 7, 2022 45 min

Episode 85: Jeanie Seton

from Murder She Spoke Hosted by Joannagh Shanks & Emma Taylor

Episode 85: Jeanie Seton. This week Emma takes a trip back in time to bring us the story of Jeanie Seton and the Murder of Ratho in the year 1864. We hear how Jeanie was killed in a crazed attack by George Bryce - a former love interest of a friend of Jeanie's - who blamed her for the breakup of the relationship. Emma describes how - after a failed plea of insanity - George was sentenced to death and would go on to have one of the most infamous executions in Scottish history. Case research by Emma Taylor Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks Editing by Shaun O'Neill Music by Tribe of Noise Sources of research: https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/george-bryce/ https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/quiet-edinburgh-road-surprisingly-gruesome-21228819 https://www.criminalhistorian.com/a-peculiar-man-the-ratho-murder-of-1864/ https://medium.com/@diarmidmogg/the-only-picture-of-the-ratho-murderer-d741fd81741e https://www.witcherytours.com/blog/2015/06/21/day-21-june-1864-a-drop-too-much https://www.proquest.com/openview/31ef07388e972369/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=6932 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qusDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA511&lpg=PA511&dq=The+ratho+murder+jeanie&source=bl&ots=myM59gtkP6&sig=ACfU3U3mQUYvyR83MszcRn6hUYzfrcWBiQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH1PnYmaD2AhVlolwKHVj5BrEQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=The%20ratho%20murder%20jeanie&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6BFPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=The+ratho+murder+jeanie&source=bl&ots=AIbRCccEvI&sig=ACfU3U1kMbsVfSkf5Nq6ph4w_3cgE4Pjbw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH1PnYmaD2AhVlolwKHVj5BrEQ6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=The%20ratho%20murder%20jeanie&f=false https://www.konect.scot/post/the-ratho-murderer-last-public-hanging-in-edinburgh http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/wp-content/uploads/chapter-two-a-lively-boy.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltoun_House

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