Murder at bedtime with Lyndon

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 out this story to the book on the crime "pretty Jane and the viper of kidbrooke lane" byPaul Thomas Murphy an absolutely brilliant account of everything to do with the murder ,please get this book if you want to find out more about this fascinating crime!!!also thanks to the following......https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/lifestyle/memories/jane-was-16-pregnant-and-brutally-murderedhttps://prettyjaneandtheviper-.tumblr.comhttps://katdevitt.com/2022/08/29/the-tragic-murder-of-jane-maria-clousonhttps://www.fobic.org.ukhttps://runner500.wordpress.com/tag/edmund-pookhttps://www.oldbaileyonline.org/recordt18710710-561and a special thank you to jonathan segev for the continued use of his composition "cursed lullaby"

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 murdersand also thank you too ....https://truecrimelibrary.comhttps://derbyuncovered.comhttps://www.oldilkeston.comhttps://www.visitderby.co.ukhttps://issuu.comhttps://www.capitalpunishment.uk.orghttps://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk

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 executionhttps://www.yorkmuseumtrust.org.ukhttps://murderpedia.orghttps://www.mylearning.orghttps://examinerlive.co.ukhttps://northernlifemagazine.co.ukhttps://www.mentalfloss.comhttps://www.darlingtonandstockton-times.co.ukand thank you as always to jonathan segev for the continued use of his brilliant Cursed Lullaby as my intro

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.ukhttps://murderpedia.orghttp://www.capitalpunishmentuk.orghttps://ourcriminalancestors.orghttps://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.ukhttps://crimescribe.comthankyou to jonathan Segev for kindly allowing me to use his Cursed Lullaby as my intro music https://m.soundcloud.com/jonathansegev

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 ,lets take a look!i would like to thank as always jonathon Segev for his continued use of his "Cursed Lullaby" as my intro music ,and alsohttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukhttp://rictornorton,co.ukhttps://www.capitalpunishmentuk.orghttps://murderpedia.orghttps://localhistories.org

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 tothe buckingham gaol and museum websitebuckinghamshire live .comthe books Buckinghamshire murder and crime by Scott Houghtonand Buckinghamshire mystery and murder by David Kidd Hewitt and as always a big thank you to Johnathon Segev for the continued use of his Cursed Lullaby as my intro music and thank you so much for listening

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 breakfastthe 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 tohttps://www.darkoxfordshire.co.ukhttps://davidkiddhewitt.wordpress.comand the book Oxfordshire murders by Nicola Sly also as always ,thank you to Jonathon Segev for the continued us of his "cursed lullaby" as my intro

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, thanks to https://murderresearch.com/kate-dungey/https://www.darkoxfordshire.co.ukand as always thank you to Jonathan Segev for the continued use of his music

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... you can find him on Ghost Tales By The Fireside on Instagram and his email is ghosttalesbythefireside@gmail.com dont forget you can find me on instagram and on my email exiled.ybelly@gmail.com as always many thanks to @jonathansegev for the continued use of cursed lullaby as my intro

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 :)big thanks in this episode must go to The book ,the case of the chocolate cream killer by Kaye Jones https://thecrimewire.comhttps://www.mhms.org.ukhttps://www.northlainehistory.me.ukhttps://www.murderuk.comhttps://www.womenofbrighton.co.uk

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 toohttp://www.capitalpunishmentuk.orghttp://www.murderpedia.orghttp://www.britishexecutions.co.ukThe book ; The Trial of Louise Masset edited by Kate Clarke, notable british trials no 85as always a big thank you to jonathon segev for the continued use of cursed lullaby as my intro and mostly thank you for listening to me !!!!send me an email exiled.ybelly@gmail.com

Norman Thorne murdered his fiance Elsie Cameron at his chicken farm in Crowborough,Sussex on December 5th 1924or 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 enjoyedhttps://minettewalters.co.ukand also thanks to ...https://www.dailymail.co.ukhttps://murderpedia.orghttps://www.britishexecutions.co.ukhttps://crowboroughlife.comthe bbc programme murder,mystery and my familyand special thanks as always to @jonathansegevmusic for the use of his "cursed lullaby" for my intro musicif you would like to email me about this case or any other or just for a case suggestion or just a chat please mail me on exiled.ybelly@gmail.com and thank you so much for listening

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.orghttps://www.berkshirehistory.comhttps://www.oxforddnb.comhttps://www.gutenberg.comhttps:www.darkoxfordshire.co.ukand my favourite by far htpps://juliabracewell.com

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 sourcesOrrible British True Crime by Ben Oakleywww.theguardian.comwww.southerndailyecho.co.ukwww.absolutecrime.comforejustice.orgreallifevillains.miraheze.orgwww.dailymail.co.ukand many more thank you

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 storywww.lancslivewww.capitalpunishmentuk.orgwww.murderuk.comwww.britishexecutions.co.ukwww.jarossi.comwww.executedtoday.comwww,manchestereveningnews.co.ukhanged at manchester by steven fieldingthe coventry evening telegraphand thank you to jonathan segev for the continued use of cursed lullaby for my introand most of all thank you for listening

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.orgwww.britishexecutions.co.ukwww.oldmerseytimes.co.ukThe Liverpool Echoand the books Hanged at Liverpool by Steve FieldingandFoul Deeds and suspicious Deaths by Steven Wade and thank you as always for the continued use of CURSED LULLABY as my intro by Jonathon Segev

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 @mollycutpurse and many more and also thank you as always to @Jonathonsegev for the continued use of Cursed Lullaby as my intro

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 !

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 lawas always i would like to thank Johnathan Segev for the continued use of Cursed Lullaby as my intro

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