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Murder at bedtime with Lyndon
by Lyndon Dowdell
a no waffle no frills 10 - 15 minute bi-weekly true crime bedtime story on wednesdays at 10 pm
Episodes
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ROBERT COOMBES (The wicked boy)
The 1895 murder of his mother by 13 year old Robert Coombes, thank you to.... the book THE WICKED BOY by Kate Summerscale https://www.oldbaileyonline.org https://www.express.co.uk thank you to @jonathonsegev for the continued use of his cursed lullaby for my intro music
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The Murder of Emma Keyes (John Babbacombe Lee)
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...
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The Llangibby Massacre
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...
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Murders at the toll gate (The Tale of Peppermint Billy)
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…
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The Peasenhall Murder (Rose Annie Harsent)
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...
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The Mysterious Murder of Caroline Luard
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...
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The Man From The Pru !! (The murder of Julia Wallace ,Liverpool 1931)
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...
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The Terrible Death of Jane Clouson
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…
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The Terrible Death of Eliza Morrow
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...
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MARY BATEMAN (The Yorkshire Witch)
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...
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The Agonising Death of Arthur Major
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...
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The Crime and Execution of Catherine Hayes
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...
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The Terrible Murder of Annie Leeson
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...
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The gruesome murder of Ann Pullin
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...
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The Murder of Kate Dungey
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…
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Two Danish Murderesses (Ana Andersdotter & Dagmar Overbye
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…
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The chocolate cream poisoner(with my daughter Nikita(Kita)
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...
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The Terrible Crime of Louise Masset
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...
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Murder in the chicken run
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...
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For the sake of decency gentlemen,please dont hang me high!!(The tale of Mary Blandy)
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...
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Murder at the Tom Tackle
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...
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The Blackpool Poisoner(Louisa May Merrifield)
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...
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Death in the Attic
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…
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The case of Margaret "Bill" Allen
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…
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Murder In Bridlington (Stephen Browning)
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 !
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Crocodile Tears (Dr Edward Pritchard)
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
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The Beast of Manchester
The story of Trevor Hardy who terrorised manchester in the 1970s with 3 murders that at the time were overshadowed by the murders of The Yorkshire Ripper , Peter Sutcliffe but were just as depraved and evil thanks as always to jonathan segev for continuing to let me use cursed lullaby for my intro
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murder in the potteries
The 1952 murder of Alice Wiltshaw by their ex chauffeur Leslie green although he was a small time crook ,the savagery of the murder was totally out of character ,everybody who met him or knew him said he was kind and gentle a really likeable man even though he was a bit of a rogue i got a lot of...
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Murder at The Crumbles
The gruesome 1924 murder of Emily Bielby Kaye in a cottage on a desolate shingle beach between Eastbourne and Pevensey known as "The Crumbles" by a horrible man called Patrick Herbert Mahon ,Mahon was married,he got Emily pregnant then started an affair with another woman,he killed Emily and...
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The Musical Milkman Murder
The 1920 murder in sleepy Little Marlow in the county of Buckinghamshire by poisoning of the very popular milkman's wife ,but was he all he seemed? i found the book The Musical Milkman by Quentin Falk to be a massive help in writing this episode and as always thank you to Jonathon Segev for...
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Did she murder Jack the Ripper
No one knew that the reclusive old lady who was found dead in her squallid 3 room bungalow surrounded by cats ,was once 50 years before arguably the most famous woman in the world ,but who was she and who may her husband have been? references, thank you to ...They all love jack by Bruce robinson...
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Neville Heath The Ladykiller
The murders in 1946 of margery Gardner and Doreen Marshall thank you to ministry of history, british newspaper archive,murderuk,truecrimeedition,the bournemouth echo,Rotten to the core by Francis Selwyn and thank you to Jonathon Segev for the continued use of his Cursed Lullaby as my intro
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Massacre at Stukeley Road
The massacre of the Cornish family on the 28th April 1919 by Henry Perry aka Beckett big thanks to www.E7-nowandthen.org for a lot of the detail in this story and to jonathan Segev for the use of cursed lullaby for my intro music
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The Murder of Celine Figard
The 1995 Murder of French student Celine Figard by English truck driver Stuart Morgan the week before christmas
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The Blackout Ripper
The 1942 murders of 4 women in 5 days by Airman Gordon Cummings
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The Little Red Riding Hood Murder
The 1946 murder of Muriel Drinkwater
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The Great Yarmouth bootlace murders
The 1900 murder of Mary Jane Bennett on Great Yarmouth beach
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blood in the perambulator
The 1890 murder of mrs phoebe hogg and baby tiggy the book "The woman at the devils door " by sarah beth hopton was invaluable in this story
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A jar of your special dripping please missus !!!
The 1879 murder of Julia Martha Thomas by her housekeeper Kate Webster
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Double jeopardy (The murder of Julie Hogg)
The 1989 murder of Julie Hogg and the fight to get justice by her mother Ann Ming
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Karma in Manchester???
A man was hanged in manchester in 1947 but did he do it?and if he didnt,did he still deserve to hang?
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The Devil lived in Wath
The 1988 Murders in Wath upon Dearne and mexborough in south yorkshire commited by Anthony Arkwright
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The wicked dwarf of Nelson
The 1936 murder of miss Ruth Clarkson by Max Mayer Haslam
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Lesley and Stefan pt 2
The second part of Lesley and Stefan part 2 sorry for the wait
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EP 11 Lesley and Stefan
The Murder of Lesley Molseed and the terrible injustice done to Stefan Kiszco
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ep 10 Murder in Milton Keynes
The murders of Dorothy and Michael Rogers in stantonbury in 2003
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Did the milkman kill little johnny gill ?
did the local milkman murder his little helper?
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The Denham massacre
The 1870 massacre of the Marshall family in Denham Buckinghamshire
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under the covers with Lyndon
a little collection of ghost stories for christmas eve
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a no waffle no frills 10 - 15 minute bi-weekly true crime bedtime story on wednesdays at 10 pm
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Lyndon Dowdell
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