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...
Bayonet Madness in Batley: A Victorian Double Murder
News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime
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Bayonet Madness in Batley: A Victorian Double Murder
Bayonet Madness in Batley: A Victorian Double Murder News of the Times | Episode 1865 | 562 When heartbreak met a bayonet in Batley, the result was a tragedy that shook all of Yorkshire. In August 1865, 19-year-old Eli Sykes seemed the very picture of respectability — steady, polite, a proud member of Queen Victoria’s volunteer corps. But when the young woman he loved, Hannah Brook, told him no, something inside him splintered. By nightfall, Hannah and her mother lay dying in their own door...
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...
