Murder at bedtime with Lyndon

Murder at bedtime with Lyndon

a no waffle no frills 10 - 15 minute bi-weekly true crime bedtime story on wednesdays at 10 pm

Episodes

February 19, 2024 16 mins
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
and also thank you too ....
https://...
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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://murderpedia.org
https://www.mylearning...
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November 27, 2023 14 mins
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
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October 29, 2023 20 mins
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 what happened to them afterwards ,l...
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September 24, 2023 19 mins
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 David Kidd Hewitt
and as always a big thank...
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August 23, 2023 17 mins
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
https://davidkiddhewitt.wordpress.com
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July 19, 2023 19 mins
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 shocking discovery at the house,

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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.spotify.com...

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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 episode ,hope you enjoy it :)
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April 12, 2023 15 mins
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 british trials no 85
as always a big thank...
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March 8, 2023 20 mins
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://minettewalters.co.uk
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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://www.oxforddnb.com
https://www.gutenberg.c...
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December 9, 2022 14 mins
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.org
www.dailymail.co.uk
and many more thank yo...
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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 fielding
the coventry evening telegraph
and t...
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November 5, 2022 18 mins
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.oldmerseytimes.co.uk
The Liverpool Echo
and t...
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October 16, 2022 16 mins
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 world of Margaret "Bill" Allen by @moll...
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October 2, 2022 15 mins
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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August 29, 2022 12 mins
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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July 31, 2022 16 mins
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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June 20, 2022 14 mins
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 information for this episode from the book The Barlaston Murderer Leslie Green by Margaret Moxom avaliable on amazon in paperback or kin...
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