News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime
Robin Coles
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Spectral Evidence: The Chilling Case of Anne Walker’s Ghost | A Notorious November Episode News of the Times | Episode 579 | 1631 In 1630s County Durham, the dead didn’t just whisper… they testified. This is the gothic true crime story of Anne Walker — a young servant girl who vanished, only for her ghost to return, describe her murder, name her killers, and send shockwaves through a superstitious society. Incredibly, the courts listened. And a conviction followed. In an era before fingerpr...
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Spectral Evidence: The Chilling Case of Anne Walker’s Ghost | A Notorious November Episode News of the Times | Episode 579 | 1631 In 1630s County Durham, the dead didn’t just whisper… they testified. This is the gothic true crime story of Anne Walker — a young servant girl who vanished, only for her ghost to return, describe her murder, name her killers, and send shockwaves through a superstitious society. Incredibly, the courts listened. And a conviction followed. In an era before fingerpr...
A Ghost Story Without a Ghost: The Chelsea Parlour Murder of 1833
News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime
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A Ghost Story Without a Ghost: The Chelsea Parlour Murder of 1833
A Ghost Story Without a Ghost: The Chelsea Parlour Murder of 1833 News of the Times | Episode 558 | 1833 In 1833, 70‑year‑old Catherine Elms lived quietly in a tiny Chelsea flat. She was well liked, friendly, and poor, with only a few modest possessions. But one winter night she was found brutally slaughtered — her face split open by repeated blows with a sword and a hatchet, her rooms ransacked — and yet not a single thing of value was missing. And the true puzzle: Every door locked and b...
News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime
Spectral Evidence: The Chilling Case of Anne Walker’s Ghost | A Notorious November Episode News of the Times | Episode 579 | 1631 In 1630s County Durham, the dead didn’t just whisper… they testified. This is the gothic true crime story of Anne Walker — a young servant girl who vanished, only for her ghost to return, describe her murder, name her killers, and send shockwaves through a superstitious society. Incredibly, the courts listened. And a conviction followed. In an era before fingerpr...
