Dead Men's Shoes - Part 2

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03/22/23 • 38 min

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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Dead Men's Shoes - Part 1

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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Thomas and Eliza Playle had been married 20 years when an event occurred that 'created much excitement' in the usually quiet village of Little Baddow, Essex, that became 'a fertile subject of gossip among the parishioners'. What happened? And what role did this couple play in the proceedings?

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