Dead Men's Shoes - Part 1

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03/08/23 • 39 min

Edwin Whittaker was born and raised in Sandbach, Cheshire. A shoemaker by trade, he was involved in a range of escapades before emigrating to America with his son, Samuel in 1871. Why did he decide to move to Lowell, Massachusetts, and did he manage to achieve the American Dream?

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A Walsallian Story

George Ebbans & Sarah Ann Crossley married in Walsall, Staffordshire during the Great War. By the 1920s, the marriage had broken down and George ultimately disappeared leaving behind his wife, two small children, and a family mystery. Did George desert his family willingly or did 'Sarann' kick him out?

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Dead Men's Shoes - Part 2

The Whittaker family story takes another tragic turn... What lay in store for Edwin’s son, and fellow shoemaker, Samuel Whittaker after his father’s demise? And, what was Samuel’s role in the crime known as "one of the most fiendish" in the criminal history of Cambridge, Massachusetts?

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