The Red Barn Murder
SEASON 2 : EPISODE 35
JANUARY 17, 2024
Tonight’s story may arguably be the one most prolifically retold Victorian true crime stories of all time. It has inspired plays, publications, music, films - I mean it must be a wild story to stand the test of time like that right? It even includes a bit of a supernatural twist.
This is the story of the Red Barn Murder.
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The bonus content on Patreon for this episode is another story of a criminal whose skin was used to make a book - this time though, by his own request!
Episode Sources
Articles
Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated
“Don’t Expose Me”: The Beecher-Tilton Scandal of New York
When Victoria Woodhull Brought Down Henry Ward Beecher
The Beecher-Tilton Scandal of 1875: A Shocking Event
THE NOTORIOUS ADULTERY TRIAL OF THE REVEREND HENRY WARD BEECHER
Victorian Society Tip Sources
How if feels to be the husband of a suffragette
Read a 1918 suffragette’s “advice on marriage to young ladies.”