The Terrible Murder of Annie Leeson

09/24/23 • 19 min

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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 to
the buckingham gaol and museum website
buckinghamshire live .com
the books Buckinghamshire murder and crime by Scott Houghton
and 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

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The gruesome murder of Ann Pullin

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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 breakfast
the 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 to
https://www.darkoxfordshire.co.uk
https://davidkiddhewitt.wordpress.com
and 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

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The Crime and Execution of Catherine Hayes

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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 also
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
http://rictornorton,co.uk
https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
https://murderpedia.org
https://localhistories.org