The Murder of Patrick O'Connor in 1849 (The Bermondsey Horror)

Macabrepedia: A Marriage of True Crime and the Truly Bizarre

08/30/21 • 36 min

Marissa and Matt discuss this Victorian murderess's crime and what made it so fascinating to Londoners at the time. Maria dated two guys but ended up choosing the wrong one to marry. So, she decided to take the money from the man she didn't marry... no matter what that took.
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Blanco, Juan. 2021. "Maria Manning | Murderpedia, The Encyclopedia Of Murderers". Murderpedia.Org. https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/manning-maria.htm?fbclid=IwAR2TCxEkjC9w087f8QyojgBE7XXXvpyVDNzsVeWQijgxofAYd2o0BjXY5Hk.
2021. https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/fred-maria-manning-victorian-murderers/?fbclid=IwAR0aNPcCnWE9rYwQ7MmXY2Iz4xTbuC2Tu0kvsJ7YRvpxRKOXjKLcCM-pmRY.
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08/30/21 • 36 min

Macabrepedia: A Marriage of True Crime and the Truly Bizarre - The Murder of Patrick O'Connor in 1849 (The Bermondsey Horror)

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Matthew00:00:00.000

macabrepedia deals with dark subject matter that may not be suitable for all audiences listener discretion is advised.

Marissa00:00:18.210

August 9 1849, London England, a 50 year old moneylender by the name of Patrick O'Connor went to dinner at the home of his friends Maria and Frederick. A couple of years prior, he'd courted Maria, but she'd married Frederick Manning instead. That was okay with Patrick though, as h

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